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Villagers want 'China mukku' area in their town renamed

Violent face-off in Ladakh result of China’s attempt to unilaterally change status quo in region: MEA

10:26 pm June 16, 2020

New Delhi: India on Tuesday said the violent face-off between the armies of India and China in eastern Ladakh was the result of an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change the status quo in the region. The Ministry of External Affairs said both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had the agreement arrived at earlier at the higher level […]

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 […]

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 […]