India-China border tensions flare up as soldiers scuffle in Ladakh: Report

The tensions flared up even as the Indian Army is all set to hold a major exercise to test its new integrated battle groups in Arunachal Pradesh in October, added the report

Tensions at the border between India and China flared up again on Wednesday after a prolonged confrontation between the troops of both countries in eastern Ladakh, the Times of India reported on Thursday. 

Sources told the national daily that the face-off began soon after dawn on Wednesday on the northern bank of the 134-km-long Pangong Tso -- 'Tso' means lake -- two-thirds of which is controlled by China.  

The tensions flared up even as the Indian Army is all set to hold a major exercise to test its new integrated battle groups (IBGs) in Arunachal Pradesh in October, added the