China officially admits five military officers, soldiers killed in Galwan clash with Indian Army

Five Chinese military officers and soldiers were killed in last year’s Galwan Valley clash in eastern Ladakh with the Indian Army, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officially acknowledged for the first time on Friday. Five Chinese frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains have been recognized by the Central Military Commission of China […]

China still holding area from Tawang till Anjaw in Arunachal Pradesh since 1959

Welcoming India’s agreement with China for disengagement in the Pangong lake area, Ninong Ering, Congress MLA from Arunachal Pradesh pointed out that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is still holding the area from Tawang till Anjaw since 1959 and building infrastructures. “In 1959, when Dalai Lama came to Tawang, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) entered […]

President Kovind takes veiled dig at China in R-Day address

In a veiled dig at China over the border standoff in Ladakh, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday that India faced ‘an expansionist move” on its borders which was foiled by the country’s valiant soldiers and said 20 of them laid their lives in the violent clash in Galwan Valley. In his address to […]

‘Minor face-off’ between Indian and Chinese troops in Sikkim, issue resolved: Indian Army

The Indian Army on Monday confirmed that there was a minor face-off between Indian and Chinese troops at Naku La area in Sikkim. According to a statement released by the Indian Army, it is clarified that there was a minor face-off between Indian Army and PLA in Naku La area of North Sikkim on January […]

Indian, Chinese soldiers injured in physical brawl near Naku La in Sikkim

Several Indian and Chinese soldiers were injured after they involved in a physical brawl along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) last week near Naku La area in Sikkim. “Troops of India and China involved in a physical brawl along the Line of Actual Control last week near Naku La area in Sikkim. Soldiers from […]

Construction in ‘own territory’ normal, says China on report of building village in Arunachal

China’s development and construction activities “within its own territory” is “normal” and beyond reproach, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said here on Thursday, reacting to a report about China building a new village in Arunachal Pradesh. “China’s position on the Zangnan region (South Tibet) is consistent and clear. We never recognised the so-called Arunachal Pradesh,” Chinese […]

Chinese village ‘in Arunachal Pradesh’ creates sensation

Amid reports of China constructing a village in Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh, BJP MP from the frontier state Tapir Gao has said that the Chinese have been occupying the area in question since 1962. Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain, Tapir Gao further said India should push to make the McMahon line […]

Chinese soldier captured in eastern Ladakh

A Chinese soldier was apprehended by Indian troops from an area south of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh in the early hours of January 8, official sources said on Saturday. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier had transgressed into the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control and was taken into custody by […]

No meaningful outcome of talks with China on LAC standoff, status quo remains: Rajnath Singh

Union Defence Minister on Wednesday said that no “meaningful solution” has come out of diplomatic and military level talks with China to resolve the standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and there is “status quo”. In an exclusive interview with ANI Editor Smita Prakash, the Defence Minister said that if […]