LADAKH

Ladakh troops to also get vaccine starting January 16, frontline troops to get priority

3,820 doses already reserved for soldiers in Ladakh; vaccine centres ready for mass inoculations. Officials said that detailed plans have b...

India & China continue to maintain close communication: MEA on Ladakh standoff

Last month, India and China held another round of diplomatic talks under the framework of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordi...

View: How Indian forces are ready to take on the adversary during the Ladakh standoff

The weather is harsh, the lake is completely frozen and the current temperature ranges from -10 to -25 degree Celsius near the lake area. O...

Pakistan, China together form potent threat: Gen Naravane on national security challenges

The Chief of Army staff said India will have to be prepared to deal with a "two-front" threat scenario. He said there has been an increasin...

Hopeful of solution; ready to deal with any eventuality: Army Chief on eastern Ladakh standoff

Talking about increasing security challenges at the Line of Actual Control, the Chief of Army Staff said a need was felt about "rebalancing...

BRO continues snow clearing operations to facilitate troop movement in Ladakh

Project Himank of the BRO is undertaking winter snow clearance work on strategically important roads axis and prominent mountain passes whi...

China moves back around 10,000 troops from depth areas near LAC in Eastern Ladakh; no change on frontline

However, the deployment in the frontline areas has remained the same and the troops from both sides remain in an eyeball to eyeball situati...

CDS Rawat in Ladakh to review overall security situation amid border standoff with China

The visit of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to Ladakh comes days after he toured several key installations including "forward most air ma...

India returns captured PLA soldier to China

The Chinese soldier was captured at the southern bank of Pangong lake in the early hours of Friday after he transgressed across the Indian ...

Indian Army apprehends Chinese soldier in Ladakh, second such incident in three months

The capture of the soldier comes amid a massive deployment of troops by the Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army(PLA) in ea...

Border standoff, demand for constitutional safeguards kept Ladakh in news in 2020

The demand for the constitutional safeguard gained momentum with the holding of election to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council ...

Bipartisan Congressional provision condemning China's military aggression towards India becomes law in US

The US House of Representatives and the Senate on December 15 passed the $740 billion NDAA, which included key components of Indian-America...

Indo-Tibetan Border Police chief S S Deswal tours LAC posts in Uttarakhand

Addressing his men at "sainik sammelans (meeting with troops)" held in Mana and Joshimath, Deswal said the "nation was grateful to them for...

China, India in talks to hold 9th round of Commander-level meet on Ladakh standoff: Defence Ministry

Since the eighth round of Corps Commander-level talks between the armies of China and India, the two sides have maintained consultations on...

India cannot accept any unilateral change of LAC: Rajnath on continuing border standoff with China in Ladakh

Asserting that India has always been in favour of peace, Singh also said the country can never compromise on its dignity and self-respect.

ITBP personnel, civilians push back Chinese soldiers in civilian clothes at Chanthang in Ladakh

The Chinese soldiers, who were in civilian clothes, were apparently objecting to the local nomads allowing their cattle to graze in the are...