LAC standoff live updates: Current crisis on border with China attributable to mismanagement of BJP, says Sonia Gandhi

Delhi: Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane leaves for Ladakh. He will review the on-ground situation with the 14 Corps officials and the progress in talks with the Chinese military.

Chidambaram dares Nadda to ask Modi on 2,264 Chinese incursions

After the BJP targeted former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Chinese incursions during the UPA government, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday hit back at the BJP national President J.P. Nadda, saying there were incursions during 2010-13 but no Indian territory was occupied and no Indian soldier's life was lost. Chidambaram dared Nadda to question Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2,264 incursions since 2014. "BJP President J.P. Nadda asked ex-Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to explain the 600 Chinese incursions into India between 2010 and 2013. Yes, there were incursions but no Indian territory was occupied by China and no lives of Indian soldiers were lost in violent clashes," Chidambaram said in a series of tweets. "Will J.P. Nadda please ask the present PM to explain the 2,264 Chinese incursions since 2015? I bet he will not dare to ask that question," former union home minister said in another tweet. Read more

Current crisis on border with China attributable to mismanagement of BJP-led govt, its wrong policies: Sonia Gandhi at Congress meet

US lawmaker condemns Chinese aggression along Indian border

Strongly condemning the recent Chinese aggression along the Indian border, a top Indian-American Congressman has urged Beijing to abandon its "reckless path" of escalation and instead turn to diplomacy. Twenty Indian Army personnel, including a Colonel, were killed in a clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley last week, in the biggest military confrontation in over five decades that has significantly escalated the already volatile border standoff between the two countries. "I remain deeply concerned with the Chinese government's recent dangerous acts of aggression along the Line of Actual Control on the India-China border and the unnecessary loss of life caused," Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said in a statement on Monday. The Chinese government must end its bullying and provocations while joining its neighbours in working to resolve conflicts according to international law, he said.

Rahul Gandhi's poser to govt: Has China occupied Indian territory?

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the government whether China has occupied Indian territory. "We are standing united against Chinese aggression. Has China occupied Indian territory?" Gandhi tweeted along with a photograph of the Pangong Tso lake clicked by his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi has been attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his statement at an all-party meeting last week that neither is anyone inside India's territory nor has anyone captured its posts while referring to the Ladakh face-off. Earlier too, the Congress leader had asked the government whether China has occupied any Indian territory.

Indian Air Force fighter jets carried out sorties in Leh. The air activity has gone up in the region after the stand-off with China started on the Line of Actual Control there.

Army Chief to visit Ladakh to take stock of ground situation

Army Chief Gen MM Naravane will visit Ladakh on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss with ground commanders the six-week standoff with Chinese military, Army sources said. The Chief of the Army Staff will visit forward locations and interact with troops on the ground, they said. The visit comes a week after 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in a brutal assault by the Chinese military in Galwan Valley which escalated the border tension.

S Jaishankar to hold trilateral talks with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the virtual meeting of the Russia-India-China (RIC) grouping today.

Government to curb pharma imports from China

The government plans to tighten the regulatory noose around pharmaceuticals imports from China through stricter scrutiny of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), key starting materials (KSMs) for medicines and medical equipments. Higher duties on Chinese products may also be on the cards, official sources said. These moves gathered pace in the wake of the military face-off between India and China in east Ladakh and the continuing diplomatic tension since then, prompting the government to explore all options to reduce import dependence on China. India imports more than 53 critical pharma APIs, including those used in tuberculosis medicines, steroids and vitamins from China.

There was no official word on the outcome of the talks between 14 Corps commander Lt-General Harinder Singh and South Xinjiang Military District chief Major General Liu Lin as the meeting that began at 11.30 am Monday continued till late night.

India’s trade deficit with China at 5-year low

India, China may indulge in diplomatic dialogue soon

De-escalation in eastern Ladakh is not going to be easy. It will take time. We are hoping for the best but are prepared for the worst: Source

China confirms death of two officers in Galwan valley clash

Members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha on Monday burnt an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shimla.

India strongly reiterated its demand for restoration of status quo as it existed in mid-April, during top-level military talks

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane to visit Leh today. He will review the on-ground situation with the 14 Corps officials and the progress in talks with the Chinese military