Tag: Doklam standoff

Congress alleges Govt aggressive towards Pak, soft on China; Rajnath Singh clarifies

Speaking on India-China border issue, Rajnath Singh said that there is no mutually agreed Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China leading to incidents of incursion.

December 4, 2019

‘Need long-term fiscal support’, says Navy chief after China’s ‘White Paper’ on defence plans

China on Wednesday released a ‘White Paper’ on its overall defence strategy which, among other things, speaks about the efforts being made by its armed forces to promote stability with India.

July 25, 2019

Govt ramping up infrastructure along China border to ensure security: Rajnath Singh

Speaking on Doklam, the minister said both the countries are exercising restraint in the matter.

July 17, 2019

India, China ties cannot take strain of another Doklam: Chinese envoy

Bilateral ties between India and China can’t take the strain of another Doklam episode, the Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui said on Monday, emphasising on the need to find a “mutually acceptable solution” on the boundary issue through a meeting of the Special Representatives. The Chinese envoy said at an event here that “some...

June 18, 2018

India’s international balancing act

India seeking to expand its ties across the globe has been receiving positive signals. Nations flock to sign security and economic pacts with India. All this because of the nation’s military and economic might which guides its foreign policy. The government has been on international overreach seeking to enhance the nation’s stature. While India has...

June 12, 2018

Differences shouldn’t lead to disputes in India-China ties: Nirmala Sitharaman

During her meeting with Fenghe, Sitharaman said that differences should not lead to disputes in relations between India and China.

April 24, 2018

China agrees to share Brahmaputra river data with India

China on Wednesday said it has agreed to share the Brahmaputra river water data with India, which it had withheld last year after the Doklam military stand-off. The announcement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry came a day after India and China held talks over the trans-border rivers in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. “The...

March 28, 2018

No such thing as changing status quo in ‘Chinese Doklam’: China

China on Monday said Doklam is a “Chinese territory” and the question of changing the status quo does not arise after India’s envoy Gautam Bambawale warned Beijing against any attempt to change the present state of affairs on the plateau. In an interview to Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, Bambawale said any attempt to...

March 26, 2018

Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi on Doklam issue

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over reports claiming China has found an alternate route to Doklam. “In Doklam, it’s China season again. How will Modi Ji react this time? tweeted Gandhi attaching online new portal The Print’s story headlined – “China quietly and cleverly finds a new route to...

March 21, 2018

Dokalam standoff: Arunachal incident resolved, says Army Chief General Bipin Rawat

The transgression incident in Arunachal Pradesh, where Chinese workers entered Indian territory constructing a track, has been resolved, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Monday. He also said that there was a major reduction in the number of Chinese troops in the Doklam area. Speaking on the sidelines of an event here, the Army...

January 8, 2018

Post Doklam, SSB strengthens presence on India-Bhutan border

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) — the country’s youngest paramilitary force — on Wednesday said it has increased its strength along the India-Bhutan border in view of the Doklam standoff between the Indian and Chinese armies. “Following Doklam standoff, SSB is slightly increasing its presence in the eastern part of Sikkim on India-Bhutan border,” its...

December 20, 2017

‘Hugplomacy’: PM Modi asks Rahul, who ‘hugged’ Chinese envoy during Doklam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his ‘hugplomacy’ jibe saying, it was the Congress leader who hugged the Chinese Ambassador when the Indian Army was in a standoff with Chinese troops in Doklam earlier this year. “When the Indian Army was standing eye-to-eye with Chinese in Doklam for 70...

November 27, 2017

No new development at Doklam: Government

India on Friday said there are no new developments at Doklam and its vicinity and that reports to the contrary were incorrect. “I would like to reiterate that there is no new development at the face-off site and its vicinity since the August 28 disengagement,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. He was asked...

October 27, 2017

Why China blinked in Doklam standoff

What really compelled China to de-escalate in Doklam? First, let us examine the reasons that have been cited in the public domain since the pull-back some weeks ago. After weeks of raising the decibel level the government in Beijing realised that building the road up to the Jampheri Ridge was considered an existential threat by...

October 18, 2017

India ready to tackle Chinese military threat: Defence expert

An Indian defence expert has said that India is ready to tackle China’s military threat and Pakistan will continue to use nuclear threat as a deterrent, but will cause more damage with sponsoring on-going acts of terrorism. In a key-note address on “India’s Security”, Virendra Gupta, Former Director General of the Institute of Defence and...

October 17, 2017

Working with India to take ties forward post-Dokalam: China

China and India are working together to “take forward” their relationship leaving behind the Dokalam episode, the Chinese Consul General here has said. Chinese Consul General Ma Zhanwu also asserted that by working together cooperation and exchanges can be further enhanced. “India and China are working together. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping...

September 23, 2017

Doklam standoff handled with great maturity: Puri

India handled the Doklam standoff “with great maturity”, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. “The Doklam issue was handled very well and with great maturity,” Puri, a former diplomat who has also served as India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, told reporters here. Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a tense border...

September 15, 2017