A total of 76 personnel of the Indian Army were brutally assaulted by the Chinese army in the recent violent face-off in Glawan Valley in Ladakh, military sources quoted by PTI news agency said. Of the injured, 18 were seriously wounded while 58 of them sustained minor injuries. They said 18 personnel are undergoing treatment […]
The Chinese army on Thursday evening returned from its custody 10 Indian soldiers, including two officers, involved in Monday’s violent face-off in the Galwan River Valley. These soldiers were returned on the LAC after hectic negotiations between the two sides, including three rounds of talks at the Major General level from Tuesday to Thursday, officials […]
The Ministry of External Affairs Thursday clarified that no Indian Army personnel were missing in action following Monday’s night’s violent showdown with Chinese troops in the Galwan valley of Ladakh. “This has been clarified by the Army today afternoon that there are no Indian troops missing in action,” MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said while replying […]
Intelligence agencies are assisting the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) technologically and providing it satellite imagery as the government has directed the force to solidify its presence and keep an eye on the movement of Chinese troops along the 3,488 km long India-China border from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh, two officials said. More troops were being […]
(Agencies) New Delhi: With India formally elected as non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was “deeply grateful” for the overwhelming support from the international community. There were five vacant seats in the UNSC, out of which four were filled by the […]
(Agencies) New Delhi: Indian and Chinese militaries held Major General-level dialogue on Thursday for the third consecutive day on disengagement of troops as well as restoration of normalcy in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. Galwan Valley was the site of a violent clash between Indian and Chinese troops on Monday evening that […]
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, addressing people in a video message, condemned China’s actions in eastern Ladakh that resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers. The Congress leader, pointing out that Indian soldiers were unarmed, sought to know who is responsible for this situation. “China has committed a crime by killing India’s unarmed soldiers. I want […]
Nepal’s National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill to update the country’s political and administrative map incorporating the Indian territories. India has termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims by Nepal after its lower house of parliament on Saturday unanimously approved the new political map of the country featuring areas […]
As of mid-June, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected over eight million people and killed more than 430,000 people. If this was not bad already, the pandemic is wreaking havoc on every aspect of global health, from TB, AIDS and malaria to maternal and newborn health. Even before Covid-19, TB was the leading infectious killer, with 1.5 million people dying […]
India has warned China that the face-off in which 20 of its soldiers were killed, will have serious impact on the bilateral ties. Foreign minister S Jaishankar told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a phone conversation on Wednesday that the Chinese side’s “pre-meditated and planned action” was behind the violence and casualties. This was […]