Tag: Doklam
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India to contribute Rs 4500 crore to Bhutan’s 12th five-year plan
India’s assistance to Bhutan's 12th plan, which runs from 2018 to 2023, would conform to its needs and priorities.
December 28, 2018 -
Bhutan PM Lotay Tshering to visit India next week
The 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, 2018 -
Craze for kudos
The 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, 2018 -
Clashes with CM worry MEA brass
Sections 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, 2018 -
India keeps a close watch on Bhutan elections
Relations 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, 2018 -
Why is China ignoring India’s sovereignty concerns, asks Parliamentary Committee
Despite 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, 2018 -
India’s two-front conundrum
India 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, 2018 -
Ways to prevent another Doklam on 21 Aug agenda
India 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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August 5, 2018 -
Doklam dispute resolved through diplomatic maturity: Sushma Swaraj
India and China were locked in a face-off in the Doklam area of Sikkim sector for over 50 days after Indian troops stopped the Chinese Army from building a road in the area.
August 1, 2018 -
Congress hits out at PM Modi for not raising Doklam issue at BRICS Summit
Randeep Singh Surjewala's remarks came following claims that China resumed its activities in Doklam but neither Bhutan nor India tried to dissuade it.
July 28, 2018 -
Redrawing the map?
A fortnight ago it was reported that Myanmarese authorities had erected a Border Pillar well inside Indian Territory in the Kwatha Khunou area in Tengnoupal district of Manipur where Moreh, the gateway to India’s Look or Act East Policy, lies.
July 22, 2018 -
‘Doklam issue was handled by India with complete maturity without bloodshed’
The defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, on Monday said that the Doklam issue was handled by India with “complete maturity without bloodshed” while the government will continue to oppose the ‘China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’ (CPEC) without severing diplomatic ties with China. The defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, on Monday addressing a conference organised by the ladies wing of …
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May 1, 2018 -
Sushma Swaraj reaches Beijing, to hold talks with Wang Yi
The one-on-one meet with Wang on Sunday will be the key highlight of Sushma Swaraj's visit in which she will discuss a range of issues and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's China trip in June to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Summit.
April 21, 2018 -
Foreign Secretary visits Bhutan
Bhutan was always important for India, given its strategic location. But the tiny Himalayan nation’s importance has grown manifold since last summer’s military stand-off between India and China at Doklam. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale paid another quiet visit to Bhutan on 1-2 April during which he held extensive talks on regional and bilateral issues with …
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April 3, 2018 -
Foreign Secretary visits Bhutan; discusses situation at Doklam
Besides holding deliberations with his Bhutanese counterpart Dasho Sonam Tshong, Gokhale called on Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay and King Jingme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
April 2, 2018 -
China readies for war
Kings and emperors are known to wear a crown of thorns. The prickliest of them in their headgear is an uncertainty about their popular appeal because, unlike democracies, there is no way for the monarchs to know whether they are liked or disliked by hoi polloi. There is always the fear, therefore, that unknown to …
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March 28, 2018 -
Hope ‘56 inch strongman’ has a plan on Doklam, Rahul taunts Modi
Casting aspersions over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aptitude, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hoped that the “56 inch strongman” has a plan to resolve the Doklam issue with China. In a tweet, the Gandhi scion shared a news article titled — “India should have learnt lessons from Doklam” says China thus, questioning the status …
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March 27, 2018