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Satellite imagery analysts claimed the village was two kilometres inside Bhutanese territory. The Chinese journalist has since deleted his tweet about the village. Representational image of Chinese soldiers | Photo: D. Myles Cullen | Commons A Chinese journalist has sparked controversy after tweeting, and then deleting, the map of a new village of the country.  Satellite imagery analysts claimed the village was two kilometres inside Bhutanese territory and near the Doklam Plateau , but Bhutan has contested the analysis, asserting that there is no Chinese encroachment on its territory. “There is no Chinese village on Bhutanese territory,” Major General V. Namgyel, Bhutan’s envoy to India, told ThePrint. Asked if the village was on Chinese land, he repeated that all he can say is that there are no Chinese villages on Bhutanese land. To combat this Chinese engineers have constructed a small retaining wall, I assume designed to keep any flood water out of the village. I'm not sure I...

(Representative Image | Credits: Freshers LIVE) The Russian-origin air defence systems are used by both the Indian Army and the Air Force and are supposed to be used when the enemy fighter jets or choppers come close to own locations or deployments during hostilities.  The Indian side has also enhanced its surveillance through the deployment of radars and surface to air missile systems to keep track of the enemy air movement there. While building up in the Eastern Ladakh sector including areas such as Galwan valley and Patrolling Point 14, the Indian forces had observed that a number of Chinese choppers had tried to come inside Indian territory near the flashpoints. ( Russian made Igla-S MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defence System) deployed by the Indian Army at China border | Image: IAS4Sure)   Source: TOI  

China gains no particular strategic advantage by positioning themselves at Finger 4 other than 'land grabbing', according to India's defence and security establishment. Representational image of China's People's Liberation Army | Photo: Justin Chin | Bloomberg The Chinese move to position itself between Finger 4 and Finger 8 of the Pangong Lake, a total of 8 km inside India’s Line of Actual Control (LAC), is bullying tactics to stop India’s road construction activity , sources in the defence and security establishment said. According to sources, while a road from Finger 2 to Finger 4 is something that has been in the works for long, a fresh attempt was being made by India. “To travel from Finger 3 to Finger 4, the Indians have to do so by foot through a narrow track. An attempt was being made to build a proper track to Finger 4 which was being objected to by the Chinese ,” a source said. India-China Military standpoints at Pangong Tso lake - 'Fingers 1- 8...

PM Narendra Modi addressed Indian Army soldiers during his visit to Leh amid an ongoing border standoff with China. Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the Indian troops during his visit to the forward post at Nimu in Ladakh, Friday, July 3, 2020. (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the soldiers of the Indian Army deployed in the eastern Ladakh sector along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China on Friday and paid glowing tribute to their valour while delivering a strong message to China by recounting India’s history of repulsing attacks by ‘invaders’.   Here are the top 10 quotes by PM Modi 1. “Your bravery and your dedication to safeguard mother India’s honour is not comparable. Your endurance is not inferior to anyone in the world. No one in the world can compete with the tough situations and the heights you embrace while serving mother India. Your courage is taller than the heights you are deployed in. Your resolve is stronger than the valleys you walk eve...

Indian Army's recent move of claiming  Lipulekh  on the border with Nepal was a national and strategic necessity, failing which, we would have lost it---  it was in the pipeline of being 'gifted' to China by Nepal. Same is the case with Doklam and Bhutan . The Chinese are always playing mischief there. Had it not been for the Indian Army, Nepal would have physically occupied it a long time ago or it would have been 'gifted' to China.  Representative image  China's eye on Himalayan 'tri-junctions' There are a total of 4 important tri-junctions on the 4056 km long Indo-China border. A 'tri-junction' is a small area where the borders of three countries meet. This territory is militarily vulnerable. These 'tri-junctions' are through the Himalayan entrance.   Which are in such a strategic position that the country which will take control of all these four tri-junctions will prevail in this tough Himalayan battlefield.    Because their geograph...

The exercise is expected to include the review of the practice of not carrying firearms at the Line of Actual Control. Border Security Force soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on 17 June 2020 (representational image) | ANI Indian authorities are likely to review the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and rules of engagement being followed by its soldiers along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the wake of repeated violence by the Chinese, including the deadly clash Monday evening that led to the death of at least 20 soldiers and injuries to several others. Sources in the defence and security establishments told ThePrint the exercise will include the review of the practice of not carrying firearms at the LAC.  “The sheer violence and barbarity being displayed by the Chinese troops is shocking and goes against every agreement signed between India and China. In wake of this, the SOPs and rules of eng...

Twenty Indian soldiers have been martyred in the violent face-off between India and China. Of them, three have been identified.  L to R : Havildar Palani, Colonel Santosh Babu and Sepoy Ojha. Photos: PTI  Late on Tuesday night, the Indian Army confirmed that the number of Indian soldiers martyred in the “violent face-off” with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley on Monday night had risen to 20. For most of Tuesday, the number was thought to be 3, following an Army statement in the afternoon, although suspected to be indeed higher. While the identities of the 17 armymen who were martyred in action has not been made public yet, the 3 who are believed to have passed away first were later identified as Colonel Santosh Babu, Commanding Officer 16 Bihar regiment, Havildar Palani and Sepoy Ojha. Not much is known yet about Sepoy K.K. Ojha, who was originally from Dihari village of Sahebganj district in Jharkhand. While social media has it that he became a father just 17 days ago and ...

China and India have accused each other of provoking fighting in which both sides have suffered severe casualties in a disputed Himalayan area. India and China have been locked in a border dispute for decades The Indian army said that both sides suffered casualties, but there has been no word on numbers from China yet. Tuesday's battle was reportedly fought with rocks and clubs. However, no shots were fired. The Indian army said a number of its troops "were critically injured in the line of duty". The statement goes on to note that the injured soldiers were also "exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitude terrain ". An extraordinary escalation 'with rocks and clubs' Monday's confrontation in the Ladakh region was the first deadly clash in the border area in at least 45 years. India said China had tried to "unilaterally change the status quo". Beijing accused Indian troops of "attacking Chinese personnel". The two armies...