Day: June 16, 2020

Sensex surges 376 pts in line with global rally

7:16 pm June 16, 2020

Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 376 points on Tuesday, led by index heavyweights HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Infosys amid strong cues from global equities. The 30-share index, however, briefly turned negative in afternoon session after escalation in India-China border tension, but managed to recoup losses and settled 376.42 points, or 1.13 per cent, higher […]

Military talks with China have no link with "any extraneous issue": India

Indian and Chinese troops in deadly border clash

4:24 pm June 16, 2020

New Delhi: Three Indian soldiers were killed in a violent face-off on the Chinese border, the Indian army said Tuesday, following weeks of rising tensions and the deployment of thousands of extra troops from both sides. Brawls erupt regularly between the two nuclear-armed giants across their disputed 3,500-kilometre (2,200-mile) frontier, but no one has been […]

Ladakh rolls out first tourism incentive policy

Chinese military suffers casualties in clash with India – Global Times editor

4:16 pm June 16, 2020

Beijing: The Chinese military suffered casualties in a border clash with Indian soldiers, the editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times newspaper said on Tuesday. “Based on what I know, Chinese side also suffered casualties in the Galwan Valley physical clash,” Hu Xijin said in a tweet. He did not give further details. The Global Times is […]

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Indian Army officer, 2 soldiers killed in violent clash with Chinese Army in Galwan Valley

3:51 pm June 16, 2020

New Delhi: An Indian Army officer and two soldiers were killed during a violent confrontation with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night, in the first such incident in the last 45 years reflecting massive escalation in the five-week border row. The Army said India lost an officer and two […]

Villagers want 'China mukku' area in their town renamed

China accuses Indian soldiers of violating consensus

3:44 pm June 16, 2020

Beijing: China on Tuesday alleged that the Indian troops twice crossed the borderline on June 15 for illegal activities and provoked and attacked Chinese personnel which led to serious physical conflict between the two sides, contesting the Indian Army’s position that the violent face-off took place between the troops during the “de-escalation process” in the […]