Ladakh Crisis

India and China are rising and the two countries, in the process, are changing the world order, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks today focusing on the Ladakh standoff and geopolitical implications of the crisis in Ukraine. Mr Wang also met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

India will not reduce the number of troops unless China initiates the process, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday over the eastern Ladakh standoff, while exuding confidence of finding a solution to the row through talks.

Hailing the Indian Army's actions in "truly" protecting the integrity and sovereignty of the country, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that while the troops are standing firm in eastern Ladakh, the ongoing talks for peaceful resolution of the crisis will continue.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat called for India to grow bigger than China in terms of "power and scope" today, at the organisation's key Vijayadashami celebrations. "We intend to be friendly with all. This is our nature," he said, adding, "mistaking our benevolence for weakness and attempts to disintegrate or weaken us by sheer bru...

To facilitate fast movement of security forces and easy deployment of heavy machinery and other weapons to locations along Ladakh's Line of Actual Control (LAC) - the de factor border between India and China - amid ongoing tension between the two countries, the Border Road Organisation (BRO) has started working round-the-clock to finish building ro...

If anyone casts an "evil eye", India can give a fitting reply, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today on the China crisis, commenting that if 20 jawans lost their lives in the June 15 brawl in the Galwan river Valley in Ladakh, "the toll is double on the Chinese side".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today did not mention the crisis with China in his first address to the nation since 20 soldiers were killed in a deadly brawl in the Galwan valley, where satellite images show Chinese incursions.

China's repeated incursions into Indian territory this year has been in "complete disregard of all mutually agreed norms", the foreign ministry said today in the hardest statement since last week's violence at Galwan Valley in Ladakh, in which 20 soldiers were killed in action. "Since early May, the Chinese side has been amassing a large contingent...

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her party stands firmly behind the Union government in this hour of crisis after 20 army personnel were killed in action with Chinese troops along the LAC, and urged the Centre not to allow Chinese investments in strategically important infrastructure sectors, sources said.

"We Are Still In Dark": Sonia Gandhi At PM's All-Party Meet On Ladakh Clash

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had started his online conference with Chief Ministers to discuss coronavirus and plans for after June 30, when the current phase of the countrywide lockdown comes to an end. The meeting comes amid a 'violent face-off" between India and China in Ladakh that took place overnight.

Positive discussions over the ongoing border issues at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during the commander-level talks between the Indian and Chinese military over this weekend prevented another Doklam-like crisis, The Global Times, a daily tabloid of the Chinese Communist Party, reported.

Indian and Chinese troops remained engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in several areas along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, signalling that the standoff could become the biggest military face-off after the Doklam crisis in 2017.

Following mass protests and closure of government offices against the creation of a separate division for Ladakh with its headquarters at Leh, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil has called for mass disobedience and directed all government offices not to entertain government orders unless the Governor reviews the decision.

India and China are rising and the two countries, in the process, are changing the world order, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks today focusing on the Ladakh standoff and geopolitical implications of the crisis in Ukraine. Mr Wang also met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

India will not reduce the number of troops unless China initiates the process, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday over the eastern Ladakh standoff, while exuding confidence of finding a solution to the row through talks.

Hailing the Indian Army's actions in "truly" protecting the integrity and sovereignty of the country, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that while the troops are standing firm in eastern Ladakh, the ongoing talks for peaceful resolution of the crisis will continue.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat called for India to grow bigger than China in terms of "power and scope" today, at the organisation's key Vijayadashami celebrations. "We intend to be friendly with all. This is our nature," he said, adding, "mistaking our benevolence for weakness and attempts to disintegrate or weaken us by sheer bru...

To facilitate fast movement of security forces and easy deployment of heavy machinery and other weapons to locations along Ladakh's Line of Actual Control (LAC) - the de factor border between India and China - amid ongoing tension between the two countries, the Border Road Organisation (BRO) has started working round-the-clock to finish building ro...

If anyone casts an "evil eye", India can give a fitting reply, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today on the China crisis, commenting that if 20 jawans lost their lives in the June 15 brawl in the Galwan river Valley in Ladakh, "the toll is double on the Chinese side".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today did not mention the crisis with China in his first address to the nation since 20 soldiers were killed in a deadly brawl in the Galwan valley, where satellite images show Chinese incursions.

China's repeated incursions into Indian territory this year has been in "complete disregard of all mutually agreed norms", the foreign ministry said today in the hardest statement since last week's violence at Galwan Valley in Ladakh, in which 20 soldiers were killed in action. "Since early May, the Chinese side has been amassing a large contingent...

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her party stands firmly behind the Union government in this hour of crisis after 20 army personnel were killed in action with Chinese troops along the LAC, and urged the Centre not to allow Chinese investments in strategically important infrastructure sectors, sources said.

"We Are Still In Dark": Sonia Gandhi At PM's All-Party Meet On Ladakh Clash

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had started his online conference with Chief Ministers to discuss coronavirus and plans for after June 30, when the current phase of the countrywide lockdown comes to an end. The meeting comes amid a 'violent face-off" between India and China in Ladakh that took place overnight.

Positive discussions over the ongoing border issues at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during the commander-level talks between the Indian and Chinese military over this weekend prevented another Doklam-like crisis, The Global Times, a daily tabloid of the Chinese Communist Party, reported.

Indian and Chinese troops remained engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in several areas along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, signalling that the standoff could become the biggest military face-off after the Doklam crisis in 2017.

Following mass protests and closure of government offices against the creation of a separate division for Ladakh with its headquarters at Leh, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil has called for mass disobedience and directed all government offices not to entertain government orders unless the Governor reviews the decision.