New Delhi: In an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation for over two years now, India and China today announced that they have begun troops disengagement at one of the key friction points in Gogra-Hot Springs in eastern Ladakh, following discussions between military commanders on Jul. 17. The troopers of the two […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated with an important historical perspective on the latest firing of shots in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4.) By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India today exposed China‘s bluff, calling their army’s claim of warning shots being fired by Indian soldiers along the de facto border […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India today made it clear that it took only defensive action against China between Aug. 29 and 31 in the Chushul sector in eastern Ladakh, where their armies are in a face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) for the last […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated at 7.30 pm today with Chinese Western Theatre Command spokesperson’s reaction at paragraph 15.) By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: China has opened a new battle front on the South banks of Pongong Tso, a boomerang-shaped lake in eastern Ladakh, leading to a military action […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today called China‘s bluff on border peace between the two nations, saying the mutually agreed disengagement at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh was not yet complete. “There is some progress but the process of disengagement is not yet […]
New Delhi: India and China will hold a military commanders’ meet next week to further thrash out differences over the disengagement of their army soldiers along the Ladakh de facto border, which is yet to be completed. The need for the military talks were felt, as the Chinese […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Diplomats from India and China will hold a virtual bilateral meeting on the border question tomorrow to thrash out details of the current disengagement between their militaries following the over 75 days of face-off in Ladakh. Ahead of this meeting, India told China […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: For the first time since the June 15 military clash with China in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh that left soldiers dead on either side, India today sent out a very strong signal to its northern neighbour that “any unilateral change” […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated with Indian Army statement at paragraph 16 and a Ministry of External Affairs add-on statement at paragraph 23.) New Delhi: India held a meeting of the China Study Group, a formal gathering of senior Indian government officials, last evening to consider the marathon 15-hour discussion […]
New Delhi: India and China today agreed that ensuring peace between the two nations was the end state to be achieved in their bilateral relations so that there is no future military confrontation on the borders, as witnessed in Ladakh for the last 65 days now. At a […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Diplomats from India and China will hold a virtual meet tomorrow to review the military disengagement currently in progress along the borders in Ladakh, even as their armies are contemplating fourth round of corps commanders talks next week. Indian government sources said […]
By N. C. Bipindra and Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India and China today achieved a break-through in their Ladakh conflict with the Chinese army soldiers pulling back by nearly two kilometres from their two-month eyeball-to-eyeball positions of confrontation at almost all locations along the de facto borders, except […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has assessed that it could witness a prolonged conflict at two key locations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in Ladakh, where the two nations’ militaries have been in a face-off for over 50 days now. The military […]