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New artillery guns, rifles, chopper-borne troops add to Army firepower at TawangIt was here that the Chinese Army marched in from across Bum La (15,200 feet), heavily outnumbering a stretched border deployment and swift...
India's 'missed opportunities' against China in the pastSubramaniam said he was not as "pessimistic" as other commentators on the present situation at the border as the Indian armed forces are in...
Book review: A new book explores trials and tribulations of India’s armed forces in the post-1971 periodGiven the conspicuous absence of well recorded military history these two books serving as sequels to each other is a notable contribution ...
To counter China, Army to mark ‘unheld areas’ with expeditions, studies“China’s blatantly expansionist policy to grab territory needs to be effectively countered. While the Army rebalances with additional force...
View: China is fast losing the upper hand in its staring contest with IndiaIn India's case, China has pursued the objective of forcing its terms through four key fronts — boundary dispute, terrorism, nuclear prolif...
Defence Ministry acquires land in Arunachal Pradesh's border villageThe defence ministry has been gradually acquiring strategic land along the Sino-Indian border over the last few months. This also signals a...
View: Corona, wolf warriors create challenges and opportunities for IndiaWe didn’t pay adequate attention to Trump’s award of merit medals to the Quad prime ministers – it cemented the core of the Indo-Pacific as...
Defence Ministry acquires strategic land near Sumdorong Chu flashpointThe ministry has moved a plan to take over 202.563 acre of Lungro Grazing Ground (GG) in Bomdir village — 17 km from Tawang town — to devel...
A history of Sino-Indian feuds: Times when China had to back downWhile the 1962 war helped set the tone of the narrative for decades to come, there have also been many instances when China had to face set...
Tensions remain high in Ladakh, as India braces for 'hot summer' along border with ChinaIndian troops are keeping “a close watch” on the activities of People’s Liberation Army soldiers in the Pangong Tso sector of eastern Ladak...
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...
India and China need to demarcate LACThe Line of Actual Control has to be properly demarcated and simultaneously confidence building measures (CBMs) have to be conducted, milit...
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...
India-China row: 8 disputed border areas that China claims as its ownLine of actual control—the working boundary between India and China. Total length: 3,440 km. It is divided into three sectors: eastern, mid...
India bracing for a 'hot' summer on China front after Doklam crisisHalf of the 23 “disputed and sensitive areas” along LAC are “likely to witness renewed muscle-flexing” by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA...
Army officer scales peak, stumbles across outpost named after her dadHow a daughter came to know about an army post named after her father who led the troops to beat back Chinese invasion in 1986.
Government yet to notify Operation Falcon on China border after 28 yearsWith Indian troops still forward deployed along the LAC 28 years later, the Army has been pressing the govt to promulgate Operation Falcon.
- Chinese troops up ante, erect another tent at incursion site
The tent and the banner seemed to challenge India's assessment that the crisis may blow over by May 9 when external affairs minister Salman...
- ITBP jawans injured in China border shootout
Simmering tensions along the mountainous frontier with China appear to have become serious with a revelation that two jawans of the Indo-Ti...
- 140 instances of Chinese incursions in one year
Confirming the claims made earlier by the BJP about sustained Chinese incursion into Indian territory, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police on Tu...