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19 June, 2020, 10:30 AM IST

India China Border News Live Updates: PM Modi calls all-party meet

The all-party meeting, called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the situation at the border areas with China, is scheduled to be held on Friday at 5 pm.

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10:09 AM

India has taken Ladakh incident very seriously

- Prakash Javadekar, Union minister

09:52 AM

Galwan clash: Brutal injury marks on bodies; some die of hypothermia, asphyxiation

The bodies of the Army personnel killed by the Chinese had some extreme injury marks, with some of them dying of hypothermia and asphyxiation. The post-mortem of the bodies of the 20 personnel was conducted at SNM hospital in Leh.
Officials said some of them had brutal injury marks on faces and other body parts, confirming the reports that suggested that the Chinese Army used clubs studded with nails during the physical combat with the Indian Army.

09:30 AM

Army low on stocks of 45 key items

The Army, which is at present seeing eye-ball to eye-ball with Chinese troops in Ladakh, has put at least 45 key items, including different types of ammunition, warm clothing meant for troops deployed in areas like Ladakh, man-landing parachutes among other things, on a critical list. The army, through the department of defence production (DDP), has asked the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to ensure supply of these items on priority at a time more than 80,000 employees have threatened an indefinite strike in July.

09:10 AM

Boycott call may impact Chinese exports worth USD 17 bn

The nationwide clamour for boycott of Chinese goods is getting louder amid the Ladakh face-off, with traders urging the Centre to direct e-commerce firms to restrict the sale of items from the Dragonland, which imports products worth USD 74 billion to India annually.
Of the total import from China, retail traders sell goods worth around USD 17 billion, mostly comprising toys, household items, mobiles, electric and electronic goods and cosmetics among other things, which could possibly be replaced by Indian products, a national trading body said.

08:57 AM

Sepoy Jai Kishor Singh's mortal remains are being taken for last rites

#WATCH Bihar: People chant 'Bharat Mata ki jai' & 'Jai Kishor amar rahe' at Sepoy Jai Kishor Singh's residence at h… https://t.co/oIbZNBaQ8x
— ANI (@ANI) 1592534943000

08:19 AM

US has no formal plans to mediate between India-China

US President Donald Trump is aware of the clash between the Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Laddakh, the White House said on Wednesday, but stressed that there are no formal plans to mediate between the two countries amid reports that Beijing wants to de-escalate before next week’s talks between senior ministers from the US and China.
“The president is aware of it. We’re monitoring the situation between Indian and Chinese forces along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters when asked about the border clash.
“We have seen the Indian Army statement that 20 Indian soldiers died as a result of the confrontation today, and we extend our deepest condolences on that,” she added.

08:04 AM

Chinese acts on India border meant to take advantage of COVID distractions: US official

China opening multiple fronts like the one on India border may be because of Beijing's assessment that the world is distracted due to COVID-19 pandemic and it may advantage of it, a top American diplomat said Thursday.

07:58 AM

PLA of China seems to have provoked clash to grab Indian territory: Senate Majority Leader

For the sake of grabbing territory, the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) of China appears to have instigated the most violent clash between the two Asian giants, a top American Senator said on Thursday.
“On land, for the sake of grabbing territory, the PLA appears to have instigated the most violent clash between China and India since those nations went to war in 1962,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a major foreign policy speech on the floor of the House.
In his speech, China topped the list of countries, threatening the interest of the US and its allies.
“Needless to say, the rest of the world has watched with grave concern this violent exchange between two nuclear states. We are encouraging de-escalation and hoping for peace,” McConnell said.

07:49 AM

Next round of Sino-Indian consultative system soon

India and China have decided to hold the next round of working mechanism for consultation and coordination on border affairs (WMCC) soon to de-escalate the standoff in Ladakh. The decision came a day after foreign ministers of the two countries decided that neither would ‘escalate matters’ following Chinese killing of an Indian Army colonel and 19 soldiers in physical combat at the Galwan valley into which the PLA made incursions.

07:48 AM

Family of Sepoy Jai Kishor Singh pays tribute to him

Bihar: Family of Sepoy Jai Kishor Singh pay tribute to him and people gather at his residence, where his mortal rem… https://t.co/QFWVLjIAAy
— ANI (@ANI) 1592531840000

07:26 AM

Get facts straight: Foreign minister Jaishankar to Rahul Gandhi

“Let us get the facts straight. All troops on border duty always carry arms, especially when leaving the post. Those at Galwan on June 15 did so. Long-standing practice (as per 1996 and 2005 agreements) not to use firearms during face-offs,” Jaishankar said.

07:05 AM

Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State

We extend our deepest condolences to the people of India for the lives lost as a result of the recent confrontation… https://t.co/paAXXHb1j3
— ANI (@ANI) 1592530257000

06:27 AM

Whole world is now not very much interested to deal with China

- Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister

06:24 AM

India, China working to resolve Galwan standoff through diplomatic, military channels: Official

"The two sides are working to resolve the issue on the ground through military and diplomatic channels," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing in Beijing answering questions on the tense standoff between Indian and Chinese troops at the Galwan Valley.

06:22 AM

Rahul Gandhi writes letters to families of soldiers

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written letters expressing his condolences to the families of the 20 Indian Army personnel, who lost their lives in the violent face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan Valley.

06:21 AM

Past pacts prevented use of guns

This, in short, is the standard operating procedure (SOP) followed by Indian troops, who are also under strict instructions to never open fire in accordance with the flurry of border management agreements inked with China over the years. The 1996 agreement, for instance, lays down that “neither side shall open fire or conduct blast operations within 2 km of the LAC."

06:20 AM