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Army rejects purported video of eastern Ladakh face-off. (PTI Photo)

Indian Army rejects viral video showing Indian, Chinese soldiers face-off in Ladakh

The undated video purportedly shows clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in the Pangong Tso area in eastern Ladakh

31 May 2020 5:00 PM

India is currently the third largest contributor of military and police personnel to UN peacekeeping. (Photo: Wikimedia commons)

Highest UN peacekeeper deaths in last 70 years from India

According to UN, of the 3,737 peacekeepers who have died since 1948, 163 have been from India, the highest from any country.

30 May 2018 1:45 PM

Majority of women recruits in the Army are short-service commission (SSC) officers and they have a maximum tenure of 14 years. (Photo: File/Pixabay)

Indian Army to create special cadre to grant permanent commission to women

The grant is being considered for segments including cyber and IT, corps of military police and various posts in service selection board.

08 May 2018 2:24 PM

The Army is not a business. These lands are for a specific purpose and have no commercial value. The terms very clearly state that if the military does not require these lands, they must revert to the state government. (Representational image)

‘This is not Pakistan, General Saab!’

The Secunderabad Cantonment is still administered somewhat like Pakistan is these days, with a military-dominated civilian regime.

01 May 2018 5:47 AM

Indian Army personnel carry out drills at Kibithu, close to the China border, in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

India deploys more troops along border with China

The Army has also deployed copters to carry out recces and has enhanced patrolling to maintain sanctity of the Line of Actual Control.

01 Apr 2018 2:07 AM

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses with soldiers for a group photo after arriving at Thoise.

Nirmala Sitharaman meets Indian troops in Ladakh

It is the extreme point of the Line of Actual Control, the border between India and China and India’s northernmost build-up area.

04 Feb 2018 1:50 AM

A jawan stands guard during a strike in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: H.Q. Naqash)

Kashmir shuts on troops’ arrival anniversary

Bandh call evokes partial response in parts of Valley.

28 Oct 2017 1:38 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: PTI)

Stay alert as Chinese send mixed signals

India has done likewise, and is in the process of enhancing infrastructure, where needed, along the 4,000-km border regions.

03 Oct 2017 12:15 AM

The intrusion by the Chinese Army was noticed during one such joint training exercise and the Indian Army engaged in the training were directed to prevent Chinese from gaining control over the Doklam area which is strategically important to India’s security, sources said. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Doklam standoff: Indian, Chinese army widen faceoff by 1 kilometre

The situation in the area is now quite normal like what it was before the standoff started on June 19.

10 Sep 2017 3:20 AM

On the afternoon on August 28th, India has pulled back all the trespassing personnel, equipment to the Indian side of the boundary, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. (Photo: File)

China downplays India's disengagement agreement, says it's troops still in Doklam

China also remained silent on its plans to build a road, which sparked the prolonged standoff in the Doklam area near Sikkim.

28 Aug 2017 9:21 PM

This incident comes amid severe tensions between India and China resulting from the Doklam standoff. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

US supports 'return of status quo' on Doklam issue: Top official

India and China have been locked in a standoff for over two months in Doklam at the Sikkim sector.

27 Aug 2017 3:09 PM

Indian border guards on Tuesday foiled an attempt by Chinese soldiers to enter Indian territory in Ladakh, resulting in stone pelting that caused minor injuries to people on both sides. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

PLA peaceful on border, we’re unaware of row with Indian Army in Ladakh: China

The skirmish in Ladakh comes at a time when India and China are locked in a face-off in the Doklam area of the Sikkim sector.

16 Aug 2017 1:53 PM

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that 53 people and a bulldozer from India remain in Chinese territory as of Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Sikkim standoff: China says India giving signs of preparing possible clash

Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the Indian armed forces are strong enough to meet any challenge to the country's security.

11 Aug 2017 8:42 AM

China has held off going to war in the hope New Delhi would see reason, the state-run Global Times, which has kept up a barrage of hostile commentary, said on Tuesday. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

India’s diplomacy ‘fails’ to defuse border standoff with China: report

Chinese media said that Beijing would have to resort to unavoidable countermeasures if India refused to take warnings from the situation.

09 Aug 2017 11:23 AM

An article in the official China Daily today said "geostrategic miscalculations" were behind India's border "trespassing". (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Chinese army tells India to withdraw troops from Doklam, avoid confrontation

A visit by Indian journalists, sponsored by China, turned into a propaganda exercise by the Chinese army for delivering its message.

07 Aug 2017 3:36 PM

India and China have been locked in a prolonged standoff in the area in the Sikkim sector since June 16 after Chinese troops began constructing a road near the Bhutan trijunction. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

China planning strike in Doklam?

State-run daily says country could carry smallscale ops to expel Indian troops.

06 Aug 2017 1:23 AM

Mr Liu referred to President Xi Jinping’s recent utterance that “military option is the fundamental guarantee” to protect China’s unity and territorial integrity. (Representational Image)

India’s Doklam stand ‘risky’: Chinese envoy

Deputy chief of mission in the Chinese embassy Liu Jinsong warns India of ‘serious consequences’ if it did not pull out all troops from Doklam.

04 Aug 2017 2:18 AM

India also conveyed to the Chinese government that the road construction would represent a significant change of status quo with serious security implications for it. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Refuting China’s claims, India says it has not its reduced troops at Doklam

The Chinese foreign ministry issued a document on Wednesday, saying the number of Indian troops was 40 by end of July from 400 in June.

02 Aug 2017 9:29 PM

Of the 3,488-km-long India-China border from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, a 220-km section falls in Sikkim. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Take concrete actions, withdraw troops from Doklam: China to India

The Foreign Ministry also posted a 15-page fact sheet with maps and other details about the standoff since it began on June 16.

02 Aug 2017 3:57 PM

The standoff in Doklam is seen as a part of the same tactic to change the status quo in the area. India has taken a strong stand against the “unilateral action” by China.

India, China need to talk, thaw tensions, says Pentagon

National security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval will visit Beijing for a meeting of Brics’ NSAs next week.

23 Jul 2017 6:38 AM

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