India-China face-off live updates: PM's remarks on LAC situation being misinterpreted, says PMO

Yesterday BJP led central government has given a 'shameful's statement and said that China did not take possession of our one inch of land. If China has not taken possession of our land and territory, then why our leaders were engaged in talks with the Chinese government, Why our forces were in talks with Chinese forces: Sanjay Singh, AAP

Nepal is confident that our friendly neighbours India & China will resolve, in the spirit of good neighbourliness, their mutual differences through peaceful means in favour of bilateral, regional & world peace and stability: Govt of Nepal

Himachal: School to be named after Sepoy Ankush Thakur killed in Galwan valley

After violent face-off in Galwan Valley, satellite images reveal China diverting course of Galwan river

The satellite pictures showing signs of the landscape of the valley being altered through widening tracks, moving earth and making river crossings were taken by the Earth-imaging company Planet Labs, the Daily Mail reported. 'Looking at it in Planet, it looks like China is constructing roads in the valley and possibly damming the river,' Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at California's Middlebury Institute of International Studies, was quoted as saying. The imagery sighted on Tuesday also showed the machinery along the mountains and in the Galwan River.

UP STF personnel asked to remove Chinese apps from mobile phones

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force has asked its officers and staff to remove all Chinese apps from their mobile phones. A senior official of the STF requesting anonymity told PTI, "This is an internal order of the department, and is applicable only to the STF personnel. The order was issued, but cannot be explained in detail to the media, as it is an internal matter of the department." The order circulating in the social media lists 52 Chinese apps including Tiktok, UC Browser and Shareit.

Himachal: School to be named after Sepoy Ankush Thakur killed in Galwan valley

A government school in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district will be named after Sepoy Ankush Thakur who laid down his life in a face-off with China in Ladakh's Galwan valley, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Saturday. The chief minister made the announcement after visiting the soldier's home in Karohta village. He also said that a financial help of Rs 20 lakh will be provided to the family of the sepoy. The chief minister said the country is proud of its army and brave jawans that are manning its borders.

Read: PMO issues clarification over Modi's comments that no one entered Indian territory

The sacrifices of the soldiers of the 16 Bihar Regiment foiled the attempt of the Chinese side to erect structures and also cleared the attempted transgression at this point of the LAC on that day: Govt statement

It was made clear (in yesterday’s all-party meeting) that this Government will not allow any unilateral change of the Line of Actual Control (LAC): Government of India Statement

Attempts are being made in some quarters to give a mischievous interpretation to remarks by the Prime Minister at the All-Party Meeting yesterday: PMO

PM was clear that India would respond firmly to any attempts to transgress Line of Actual Control (LAC): PMO

A bridge has been completed on the Shyok river in Eastern Ladakh area, very close to Shyok-Galwan rivers’ meeting point. It is not on the track moving to Patrolling Point 14: Indian Army sources

It is unfortunate that unnecessary controversy over PM's remarks being created at a time when brave soldiers are defending our borders: PMO

Words of PM that those who tried to transgress were taught befitting lesson by our brave sons succinctly summed up ethos of armed forces: PMO