Galwan Valley

Villagers want 'China mukku' area in their town renamed

Chinese official media highlights PLA casualties at Galwan clash without mentioning numbers

9:11 pm June 17, 2020

Beijing: China may have officially maintained a steady silence on the casualties suffered by its troops in the clashes with the Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley but editorials in the state-run dailies acknowledged the PLA fatalities while calling for disengagement to avert a border war. China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday parried all questions related to the casualties suffered by the […]

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

Galwan Valley incident will have serious impact on bilateral ties: India to China

9:06 pm June 17, 2020

New Delhi: India on Wednesday delivered a strong message to China that the “unprecedented” incident in the Galwan Valley will have a “serious impact” on the bilateral relationship and held the “pre-meditated” action by Chinese army directly responsible for the violence that left 20 Indian Army personnel dead. In a telephonic conversation, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Wang Wi […]

Kohli, Rohit, Bhutia pay tribute to Indian soldiers killed in Galwan clash

2:07 pm June 17, 2020

New Delhi: India’s leading sportspersons, including cricket captain Virat Kohli and former football skipper Bhaichung Bhutia, have paid tributes to the 20 Army personnel killed during a clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh. The clash at the Galwan valley was the biggest Indo-China military confrontation in over five decades and escalated the volatile border […]

At least 20 Army personnel killed in Ladakh face-off

11:54 pm June 16, 2020

New Delhi: A total of 20 Indian Army personnel were killed during a violent clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on Monday night, escalating the already volatile border standoff between the two sides, an army statement said Tuesday. Initially, the army said one officer and two soldiers were killed. Later in the […]

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 […]