The Hindu INDIA and China yesterday (Sept. 29) exchanged sharp statements blaming each other for the continuing border tensions, with New Delhi describing China’s Line of Actual Control (LAC) claims as “untenable” and Beijing saying it “did not recognise” the Union Territory of Ladakh. “India has never accepted the so-called unilaterally defined 1959 Line of
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India, China accuse each other of firing in the air on tense border
New Delhi/Beijing – India and China have accused each other of firing in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a further escalation of military tension between the nuclear-armed nations. Hundreds of troops are in eyeball-to-eyeball proximity along the remote border, which erupted in a clash in June
Read moreChina denies detaining Indian soldiers after reports say 10 freed
By Al Jazeera and news agencies, BBC CHINA has said it never detained Indian soldiers after Indian media reports said 10 of them were released after they were captured in a high-altitude border clash in the Himalayas which also left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead. When asked about Indian media reports today
Read moreChinese firms to lose India business in Railways, telecom
AS TENSIONS run high in India after the violent clash in Ladakh that left 20 Indian soldiers dead, a first set of actions have been initiated against Chinese businesses in the country, Indian Express reported today (June 18, 2020). A Chinese engineering major is set to lose a significant contract with the Indian Railways, and
Read moreModi: sacrifice of Indian soldiers will not go in vain
By The Dispatch, Indian Express Jammu: In his first remarks on the violent faceoff with Chinese troops in the Galwan valley of Ladakh, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (June 17) said the sacrifices of soldiers along the border “will not go in vain”. The Prime Minister has called for an all-party meeting at 5
Read moreThree Indian soldiers killed in clashes along border with China in the Himalayas
(CNN)Three Indian soldiers were killed during a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late Monday (June 15), the Indian army said in a statement. The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in the disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh area, where a large troop build
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