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The demand comes a day after the Army Chief went on a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh to review preparedness at forward points along the Line of Actual Control.   Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday asked his field commanders to be prepared for any eventuality and maintain the highest operational preparedness. His demand comes a day after the Army Chief went to Arunachal Pradesh on a two-day visit to the forward points along the Line of Actual Control in the north-eastern state amid expansionist misadventures by China into Indian territory. The Army General’s visit at a time China has moved its troops into Indian land and has refused to disengage the troop build-up, artillery and armour in western (Ladakh), middle (Uttarakhand and Himachal) and eastern (Sikkim and Arunachal) areas of the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army also has soldiers near Uttarakhand’s Lipulekh Pass, a tri-j...

A 2-hour phone call between Ajit Doval & Chinese Foreign Minister plays a crucial role in PLA finally removing tents and shifting from Galwan clash site, vehicles move back in other areas too. Indian Army trucks depart towards Ladakh, at Manali-Leh Highway in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Monday. (Photo: PTI) India and China have started showing first signs of disengagement at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh where the situation has been volatile for over two months. The removal of Chinese tents in Galwan Valley followed a two-hour telephonic conversation on Sunday between the Special Representatives of India and China on the Boundary Question. India’s National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, and China’s State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, spoke to each other, two days after Prime Minster Wang Yi’s visit to operational areas in Ladakh. Officials observing the situation on the ground call it a “piecemeal de-escalation” and a first step tak...

Indian Air Force's Sukhoi 30 fighter aircraft  (File picture) Two helicopters of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army hovered close to the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh on May 5 and Indian Air Force fighter jets had also been airborne at the same time during a face-off between soldiers near the Pangong lake, sources in the army headquarters said on Tuesday. The latest revelations come at a time there has been an escalation in tension in pockets of the disputed frontier. “The Indian Air Force is regularly carrying out sorties of its Sukhoi 30 fighter aircraft in the Ladakh sector amid the simmering tension with China in the region. During the face-off last week, two Chinese choppers had come close to the border but there was no air space violation. The IAF’s Sukhoi 30 fighter jets were also airborne at the same time but it was routine flying and not in response to Chinese helicopters,” a source said. Chinese PLA Choppers Spotted Near LAC; IAF Rushes Fighter Jets To Ladakh...