US & China once agreed Ukraine & Belarus are akin to Bhutan & SikkimThe conversation took place at a time when the US was breaking ice with China, taking advantage of the Sino-Soviet split amid lukewarm ties...
13 Mar, 2022, 08.05 PM IST
Facilitating connectivity: India and Bhutan launch Jaigaon-Ahllay trade routeThe new route will operate between Jaigaon in West Bengal and Ahllay in Bhutan, enabling smoother trade of goods and strengthening of sub-r...
17 Jul, 2020, 08.37 AM IST
India's first NiV outbreak victim town Siliguri is sinking deep under panic following Corona outbreak in ChinaWith the death toll crossing 100, Corona Virus outbreak in China has set Siliguri in West Bengal under deep panic. The small city at close ...
29 Jan, 2020, 10.05 AM IST
Bhutan king’s India visit reaffirms ties, sends signal to ChinaWhile Bhutan needs to reaffirm special security ties with India, Delhi on its part needs to strengthen establishment in Thimphu amid China’...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Bhutan plays big role in ending Sino-Indian military standoff in DoklamVery little has been said about how Bhutan undertook a delicate balancing act between two hostile neighbours, withstanding huge pressure fr...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
Ajit Doval to explore ways to end border standoff ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visitHowever, any formula for ending the impasse in near future seems unlikely amid hardening of Chinese position on the Indo-Bhutan-China triju...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.31 AM IST
No dispute with Bhutan in Doklam: China"I can say that we have been stressing that Doklam belongs to China since ancient times. It was under the effective jurisdiction of China w...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
India sidesteps China's bid to delink Dokalam from Special Representative talksAccording to SR mechanism, the trijunction border has to be settled trilaterally though India and China have not held any discussion with B...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
Ajit Doval, Yang Jiechi hold talks amid Sikkim standoffHis visit has raised expectations about the likelihood of India and China finding a solution to the over a month-long standoff at Doklam ar...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
China claiming sizeable Bhutan territory, Jawaharlal Nehru tells Zhu Enlai in his 1959 letterIn the letter, Nehru wrote that India is the only competent authority to take up with other Governments matters concerning Bhutan's externa...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.41 AM IST
Has China miscalculated on the border? Or, is this a deliberate provocation?China assumes, correctly, that once it has possession of the territory it wants, its overwhelming strength can deter smaller neighbours.
12 Jul, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
Want to see India, Bhutan developing normal relations: ChinaReacting to Bhutan King's India visit, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing that both India and Bhutan ...
02 Nov, 2017, 02.47 PM IST
India to host Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckThe King's trip will be a reaffrimation of Indo-Bhutan ties amid relentless pressure by Beijing to make inroads into Bhutan including estab...
31 Oct, 2017, 09.50 AM IST
Government has taken correct step in tri-junction: Shivshankar Menon“India is very clear in telling China to maintain the status quo. I think that’s a very logical stand..We know each other’s stand very well...
22 Jul, 2017, 08.10 AM IST
Indo-China border row: India of 2017 different from India of 1962, says Arun JaitleyHitting at China, which asserted that India should learn from the experience of 1962 War, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday claimed t...
01 Jul, 2017, 12.20 AM IST
Sikkim standoff violates India-China understandingThe SRs of the two countries had decided in 2012 that matters regarding trijunction will be dealt atSpecial Representative mechanism.
29 Jun, 2017, 11.17 PM IST
India will not allow Bhutan to engage with China: ReportThe recent withdrawal of subsidies on cooking gas and kerosene to Bhutan, since revived, has raised the hackles in China, with a state-run ...
05 Aug, 2013, 06.31 PM IST