The Congress on Saturday stepped up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the standoff with China in Ladakh as it underscored the various statements on the status on the ground along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “The Prime Minister should openly, publicly condemn the brazen Chinese occupation […]
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Ladakh MP delivers biting response to Rahul Gandhi on China-occupied territory
Ladakh lawmaker Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has waded into the political back-and-forth between the opposition and the ruling BJP-led government over the India-China border row with a sharp comeback to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Namgyal, responding to Rahul Gandhi’s tweet asking the government to spell out if the Chinese had occupied […]
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India working on two roads in Ladakh amid border row
India is working on two key roads near the China border in eastern Ladakh — the site of a tense weeks-long border stand-off with its northern neighbour — to provide connectivity to an important forward area that the military calls Sub-Sector North (SSN), two senior officers familiar with the developments […]
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In 1st comment on Ladakh standoff, Rajnath Singh’s pointed reference to Doklam
India and China are talking to each other at military and diplomatic levels to resolve the Ladakh standoff, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. Singh’s statement is the first from a senior central minister on the standoff with China at four points along the Line of Actual Control. Rajnath […]
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PM Modi’s ‘Doklam team’ back in action to stand up to China in Ladakh
India has pushed in high altitude warfare troops with support elements to the eastern Ladakh theatre to counter Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aggressive posture designed to browbeat the government to stop building border infrastructure in the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) sector as it may threaten the Lhasa-Kashgar highway in Aksai […]
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Government should come clear on Ladakh standoff with China: Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged the government to come clean on the border standoff with China, saying there should be transparency on the issue. “What we would like to see is some more transparency on what is going on. It becomes difficult for us to have a […]
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Army chief visits Ladakh after border skirmish at LAC
Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday visited Leh, the headquarters of 14 Corps in Ladakh, for a security review of the sensitive sector amid tensions between India and China along the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC), two officials said on the condition of anonymity. He returned to […]
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Ladakh man takes online classes as passion for teaching dwarfs infection
Despite having tested positive for the coronavirus, a teacher in Ladakh is making sure his students do not miss any mathematical formula or the enigmatic algebra problems do not get tougher than what the life may sometimes throw at them. Lodged in an isolation centre in Leh district, Kifayat Hussain […]
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Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh become separate Union Territories from today: 10 points
The state of Jammu and Kashmir ceased to exist at midnight Wednesday and was converted into two union territories under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, 86 days after Parliament abrogated its special status under Article 370. Here are 10 points about Jammu and Kashmir’s conversion into two union territories […]