India-China border dispute live updates: For first time in 45 years, shots fired in air at LAC

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India on Tuesday refuted reports published in Chinese media that Indian troops "illegally crossed" the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near Pangong Tso and said the comments attributed to National Security Advisor Ajit Doval are "false"

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Earlier, sources told ANI that an incident of firing had taken place on the LAC in the Eastern Ladakh sector where troops of India and China have been engaged in a stand-off for over three months.

Firearms were not used by either side even during the violent skirmish in Galwan Valley on June 15, which left 20 Indian and an unspecified number of Chinese soldiers dead.

For first time in 45 years, shots fired in air at LAC

The Army on Tuesday said Chinese troops fired shots in the air and attempted to close in on an Indian position in eastern Ladakh a day earlier as it rejected charges by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) that it transgressed across the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The remarks by the Army came after the PLA late on Monday night alleged that the Indian troops crossed the LAC and "outrageously fired" warning shots near the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh.

The border situation deteriorated again after China unsuccessfully attempted to occupy Indian territory in the southern bank of Pangong lake on the intervening night of August 29 and 30.

India's behaviour violated agreements...It's a serious military provocation, says the Chinese foreign ministry as quoted by ANI.

The Army termed the statement issued by the Western Theater Command of the PLA as an attempt to mislead their domestic and international audience.

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The fresh escalation comes even as EAM S Jaishankar left for Moscow today morning, where he is scheduled to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of SCO.

Firearms were not used by either side even during the violent skirmish in Galwan Valley on June 15, which left 20 Indian and an unspecified number of Chinese soldiers dead.

The use of firearms marks a very serious escalation along the 3,488-km LAC, where no shots have been fired by either side for the last 45 years, since the military confrontation began in eastern Ladakh in early-May.

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The Indian Army says that, "the statement by the Western Theatre Command is an attempt to mislead their domestic and international audience."