Sikkim Standoff

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Sherathang near Nathu La on Diwali, paid tribute to fallen soldiers and interacted with Army personnel deployed along the India-China border.

Fifteen more stranded tourists were evacuated from Lachung and adjoining regions of Sikkim's landslides-hit Mangan district on Tuesday, officials said. The district administration along with Border Roads Organisation (BRO), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other volunteers are taking the stranded tourists to safer grounds, officials said. More tourists are likely to be evacuated and moved to safer places as the day progresses, they said. Sixty-four tourists were evacuated from North Sikkim's Lachung on Monday and moved to Mangan town, officials said. The district administration had to set up log bridges over the slides to facilitate movement by foot and by vehicles where roads were motorable, they said. Incessant rains since June 12 wreaked havoc in Mangan, causing multiple landslides, and severing connectivity to most parts of the district. Due to the blockage of various roads at several locations, around 1,200 tourists got strande

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha supremo Prem Singh Tamang is set to take oath as chief minister of the Himalayan state for a second straight term on Monday, officials said. Governor Lakshman Acharya will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Tamang and his Council of Ministers during the swearing-in ceremony at Paljor stadium here, they said. The council of ministers in Sikkim has a strength of 12 members, including the chief minister. The swearing-in ceremony, which is likely to be attended by around 30,000 people, will commence at 4.30 pm, the officials said. The state government has ordered the closure of all educational institutions in and around Gangtok on Monday, as part of the security measures for the event. A half-day holiday has also been declared in all government offices on Monday. "In view of the swearing-in ceremony of the Hon'ble Chief Minister Designate and the Council of Ministers Designate... the state government hereby declares, 10th June, 2024 (Monday) as half

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First deadly clash on the disputed border since four Assam Rifles jawans were ambushed and killed by Chinese border guards in October 1975.

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China continues to consolidate its defences in Galwan River and Pangong Lake areas up to 3 km inside the territory that Indian Army has claimed for decades

It was mentioned that the drills "lay the ground for plateau warfare"

China claims that India has reduced its troops from 400 to 40 at the site of the standoff

The meeting comes amid a standoff between China and India in Doklam area in the Sikkim sector

Yang exchanged views separately with other representatives on bilateral relations

Doklam, at the tri-junction of China, India, and Bhutan, holds strategic importance for all three

Officials were tight-lipped about Doval's expected meeting with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi

Chinese, Indian soldiers are locked in face-off in Doklam area in southernmost part of Tibet

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday claimed India 'admitted' to entering Chinese territory

Said, 'On the North, we have China with a large landmass, huge resources, large standing Army'

He said that a large amount of China's defence spending remains undeclared