India is believed to have insisted on setting in motion at the earliest the process of disengagement and de-escalation of troops by the two countries.
January 25, 2021The talks, expected to begin in the morning, will focus on disengagement and de-escalation of troops, leading to peace and tranquility in border areas, sources said.
January 24, 2021The IAF spokesperson shared that ACM Bhadauria is on a two-day visit to air bases and ALGs within the operational command of the EAC and during which he visited forward areas in Sikkim sector and interacted with senior officers and personnel deployed there.
January 8, 2021Official sources said China appeared serious about the disengagement process at the last meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs between the two countries held on 18 December. Naveen Srivastava, Joint Secretary (East Asia) had led the Indian team, which also included defence personnel, at the meeting.
December 30, 2020Pictures of the newly built housing colony have been shared on the social media by Konchok Stanzin, councillor of the Chushul constituency and former executive councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) of Leh.
December 21, 2020The Indian Army issued a denial on Tuesday, emphasising that no such incident has taken place in Ladakh and noting that they remain in control of the high ground
November 20, 2020The second stage would involve pulling back armoured and artillery elements deployed on the Southern Bank, where India holds the key having occupied heights along the Kailash Ridge. This would be followed by pulling back of troops in this region.
November 17, 2020India has a significant place in the assortment of countries that China focuses on, primarily because it is the only country in Asia to have the mammoth scale of resources, territory and people to match China. If China wants to dominate the Asian continent, it is India, along with Japan, that will pose a serious challenge to its superiority. Hence the present bout of tensions in the high Himalayas needs to be assessed from the strategic and diplomatic perspective.
November 2, 2020Delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture last evening, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar noted that ties with China were stable for three decades as the two nations addressed inherited challenges and new circumstances.
November 2, 2020Both sides, however, agreed to disengage troops to resolve stand-off at LAC
October 14, 2020China first wants to resolve the mentions at the south bank of Pangong Lake where India is in a strategically strengthened position, but India wants a roadmap to de drawn out for de-escalation on all along the LAC.
September 25, 2020The Indian army refuted Chinese claims, stating, “In the instant case, it was China's PLA troops who were attempting to close-in with one of our forward positions along the LAC and when dissuaded by own troops, PLA troops fired a few rounds in the air in an attempt to intimidate own troops.”
September 15, 2020India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has addressed the States’s concern of China’s deployment of its troops with arms and equipment along LAC to China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi at a meeting in Moscow.
September 11, 2020India has strongly condemned these attempts being made by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops and have warned that India would retaliate if Chinese army continues to make these attempts of overtaking Indian held positions
September 10, 2020EFSAS also notes that despite the repeated incidents near Pangong Tso, the saving grace was that public statements still seem to be prioritising peace over a war
September 7, 2020This would be a ‘game changer’ because training by night will strengthen the IAF's capability to conduct full spectrum operations at the Line of Actual Control on short notice, given Leh’s proximity to the LAC.
September 7, 2020On the night of 29/30 August as per reports Indian commanders decided to send in the Vikas (SFF) battalion to occupy Black Top on the southern side of Pangong Tso on India’s side of LAC to preempt the Chinese from moving in. It could have been touch and go.
September 6, 2020