'This simple fact seems to elude the minds of those running GOI,' he said.
November 23, 2020There cannot be two agencies responsible for the same border.
August 4, 2020Top military sources have said that India has further increased its strength in Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley - the two contentious areas where Chinese army is learnt to have been deploying around 2,000 to 2,500 troops, besides gradually enhancing temporary infrastructure.
May 26, 2020A Chinese contingent from the Tibet Military Command comprising 130 personnel and an Indian contingent of similar size will participate in the 14-day exercise.
December 3, 2019Earlier this year, in September, the MP had claimed that the Chinese Army intruded into Arunachal Pradesh's remote Anjaw district and constructed a bridge over a stream.
November 20, 2019Sources said the exercise would enhance the capacity of both Indian and Chinese troops to respond to any emergency situation to counter terror.
November 19, 2019The Doklam stand-off had led to heightened tensions between India and China in June 2017 when their forces were engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation after India objected to the illegal construction of a road close to the Chicken Neck corridor at the tri-junction between India, China and Bhutan by the Chinese troops.
July 24, 2019In a strongly worded statement, JKPCC Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma condemned the attempts of China of continuous interference with our territory and its hostile attitude towards India.
July 13, 2019The two countries are expected to consolidate the dialogue at the highest level after the installation of a new government in India.
May 22, 2019India’s assistance to Bhutan's 12th plan, which runs from 2018 to 2023, would conform to its needs and priorities.
December 28, 2018The visit is considered significant, given the emphasis being laid by New Delhi on ties with neighbouring countries as part of the ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy.
December 19, 2018The fanfare was loud, but something did not ring quite true when the government mounted an exaggeratedly-hyped “Parakarm Parv” festival to celebrate the second anniversary of the ‘surgical strikes” to demolish terrorist launch pads across the LOC on the night of 28/29 September 2016. Sure the armed services ensured good shows ~ nothing less was …
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September 29, 2018Sections of the ministry of external affairs are worried about the foreign office’s recent clashes with Mamata Banerjee. They are worried on two counts. She might even be the next prime minister, if the political chatter around the 2019 elections is to be taken into account. It’s worrisome if someone so powerful is on the …
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September 19, 2018Relations with both India and China have become an important issue in the election campaign in Bhutan which has been for decades heavily dependent on New Delhi for its economic survival.
September 13, 2018Despite India’s strong objections, the CPEC was being openly trumpeted as a ‘gift to Pakistan’ by China, the Standing Committee on External Affairs said in its latest report on Sino-Indian relations.
September 13, 2018India is possibly the only nation in the world which has two nuclear-powered adversaries on its borders, both seeking Indian territory. The close relationship between Pakistan and China, dubbed as ‘higher than mountains and deeper than oceans’, always creates a threat of a two-front war, which would be the worst-case scenario for India’s military. While …
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September 4, 2018India and China are expected to devise ‘fool-proof’ ways to prevent another Doklamlike situation on their common border when Chinese defence minister Gen Wei Fenghe arrives here on 21 August on a four-day visit. Diplomatic sources said the Chinese minister was coming to India with high expectations. The ground work for his trip had been …
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