Photographs of Indian Army troops holding a large tricolour in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley as part of New Year celebrations were released on Tuesday by sources in the security establishment
The Congress slammed the Centre after reports of China building a bridge across the Pangong Tso lake emerged
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed the Central government over the India-China border issue and demanded a special session of Parliament to discuss the matter.
India is likely to face more challenges at the northern border as China implements its new border law from Saturday.
Singh said India would not have been able to respond strongly to the adversary in the northern sector if there was no infrastructure in the region
The two neighbours have not had the best of relations since the Galwan clash in 2020
The Arunachal Pradesh government threw much of its weight behind reinvigorating infrastructure and envisioning climate-resilient development in 2021
The military standoff at Eastern Ladakh has brought the relations between the two countries to a standstill
Situated at a height of 15,200 feet above sea level, the pass sits on the top of a craggily formed Himalayan range that separates the Tibetan plateau from the Indian sub-continent.
In his opening remarks at the talks, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that India is confident of overcoming the challenges with a strong political will and an inherent capability of its people
China has protested to India over Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat's reported remarks about Beijing constituting the biggest security threat, the Ministry of Defence here said on Thursday. "Indian officials speculate on the so-called Chinese military threat' for no reason, which is a serious violation of the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries that China and India do not constitute a threat to each other', and incites geopolitical confrontation, is irresponsible and dangerous, Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Sr. Col Wu Qian told an online media briefing here. According to the transcript posted on the defence ministry's website, Sr. Col Wu was responding to a question on the reported comments by Gen. Rawat recently stating that the biggest security threat to India is China. There is a lack of trust' between India and China in resolving the border dispute, and suspicion' is growing. What is China's comment on this? We express our firm opposition to this
The party also slammed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for his comment on border row as Congress alleged that Chinese intrusion is absolutely unimaginable physically
The Congress accused the BJP government of deception and deliberate distortion over alleged Chinese intrusions in Arunachal Pradesh and questioned Modi's 'silence' on the issue.
Adversaries with 'hegemonic' designs try altering status quo under false pretexts, but the Indian Army must, will stand up to all external and internal threats, Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty said
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that China should be in no doubt about India's position on the bilateral relationship between the two countries and what is languishing it."I don't think the Chinese have any doubt on where we stand on our relationship and what's not gone right with it. I've been meeting my counterpart Wang Yi a number of times. As you would have experienced, I speak fairly clearly, reasonably understandably (and) there is no lack of clarity so if they want to hear it, I am sure they would have heard it," Jaishankar said.He spoke at a panel "Greater Power Competition: The Emerging World Order" at the Bloomberg New Economic Forum in Singapore on Friday.External Affairs Minister has also said that India and China are going through a bad phase in their relationship because of Beijing's actions and violation of agreements between the two neighbouring nations and for which it still doesn't have a "credible explanation"."We are neighbours and going through a ..
"I don't think the Chinese have any doubt on where we stand on our relationship and what's not gone right with it,' Jaishankar said.
India and China on Thursday agreed to hold the next round of military talks at an early date to achieve the objective of complete disengagement in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the country's national security is "unpardonably compromised" as the government does not have a strategy on China
"India has neither accepted such illegal occupation of our territory nor has it accepted the unjustified Chinese claims," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said
Citing the volatile situation on the borders, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that the armed forces "need to be prepared to respond at a short notice for any contingency".