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24 June, 2020, 08:30 AM IST

India China News LIVE: India, China agree on gradual disengagement on LAC

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is currently on a three-day visit to Moscow to attend the 75th Victory Day Parade. The visit comes amid heightened tensions between India and China following the Ladakh standoff.

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07:53 AM

Disengagement move

The step-by-step disengagement will first take place at the face-off sites in the Galwan region and Gogra-Hot Springs area.

07:39 AM

IRB jawans deployed in Sikkim villages close to Sino-India border Gangtok

The armed IRB jawans have been deployed since the past week on the direction of the state government, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Range, Prawin Gurung told reporters.
Gurung said as per the state government's order, the IRB jawans have been deployed in villages near Lachen, Lachung and Thangu in North Sikkim and Kupup and Sherathang in East Sikkim.

06:27 AM

India pushes Russia to speed up defence contracts

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his team are in Russia's capital Moscow to attend World War II Victory Day celebrations as well as speed up various defence contracts, including the S-400 missile defence system as ties with China deteriorate.

06:24 AM

Rajnath Singh briefs Russia on troop confrontation with China

Defence minister Rajnath Singh will not hold a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe in Moscow on Wednesday, even as he on Tuesday briefed Russia on the ongoing troop confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.
In his meetings with Russian deputy prime minister Yury Borisov and defence minister General Sergei Shoigu, Singh stressed that India as "a peace-loving" country was all for resolving disputes through dialogue but "its resolve to protect its sovereignty and territorial interests at any cost cannot be doubted", said sources.

06:22 AM

Rahul targets govt

China took our land. �� is negotiating to get it back. China says it’s not Indian land. PM has publicly supported… https://t.co/WuawVuhgNz
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1592916771000

06:21 AM

Congress govts pandered to Chinese interests: Ram Madhav

BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Tuesday praised the Narendra Modi government for standing up to China's attempts to "nibble" at Indian territory along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and accused the previous Congress governments of signing bilateral pacts that suited Beijing's interests.

06:20 AM

India will not let China take even an inch of its land

- Trivendra Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand CM

06:18 AM

India, China agree on gradual, ‘verifiable disengagement’

India and China have agreed on a gradual and verifiable disengagement from their over 50-day troop confrontation in different areas of eastern Ladakh, which will eventually lead to the two sides also thinning out their massive military build-ups along the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control.

06:15 AM

India, China don’t need any help from outside: Russian Foreign Minister

Reacting to the standoff between India and China on the Ladakh border issue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the two countries “don’t need any help from outside” while underlining that New Delhi-Beijing showed their commitment to a peaceful resolution.

06:05 AM

Amid border tensions, India, China likely to hold joint secretary-level talks

The Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) is likely to hold virtual meet on Wednesday to discuss border tensions between the two countries.The WMCC talks are headed by joint secretary-level officials from both sides.

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