Galwan Valley Area

Army sources have told NDTV that a video from an official Chinese media handle on twitter, which shows a Chinese flag being unfurled in Galwan valley, does not violate the demilitarised zone between the two countries in the area.

The "unilateral and provocative" actions by the Chinese military to change the status quo by force in more than one area on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) were responded to in a "firm" and "non-escalatory way", the Defence Ministry has said in an annual report.

India has put restrictions on traders from nations sharing border on grounds of defence and national security. The move is expected to affect Chinese firms and is in line with the economic retaliation following the June 15 clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh that ended in fatalities. There have been reports that the Chinese troops are yet to move o...

The US House of Representatives has unanimously passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), slamming China's aggression against India in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh and its growing territorial assertiveness in and around disputed areas like the South China Sea.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met the soldiers of the Bihar regiment during a visit to forward areas in Ladakh, his office said on Sunday. The Bihar Regiment had lost 20 soldiers in a deadly clash with the Chinese Army in the Galwan Valley last month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared India's views on India-China relations in general and the present situation in border areas, although no discussion was held on the Galwan Valley clashes with the European Union (EU), said Vikas Swarup, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West), on Wednesday.

Congress leader P Chidambaram today took a swipe at the centre over the tension with China in contested border areas. The 2-km mutual withdrawal of Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh - on since Sunday after special representative level talks - is complete in some areas, sources have said.

China has completed the withdrawal of its troops by 2 km in the contested Hot Springs and Galwan area of eastern Ladakh on Tuesday. The Chinese have also started pulling back in Gogra near Hot Springs. India has also withdrawn an equal distance in all three areas. Buffer zones are being created in the areas where Indian and Chinese soldiers are mut...

Shiv Sena deputy leader Priyanka Chaturvedi today said the Centre must respond to China's claim that the sovereignty over the Galwan Valley area in Ladakh belonged to it.

US Ambassador to India Ken Juster today expressed his condolences to the families of the soldiers killed in the India-China stand-off in the Galwan Valley area.

In the backdrop of India and China's most bloody face-off in five decades and Beijing's recent claims of sovereignty over parts of east Ladakh, including the geo-politically strategic Galwan Valley area, NDTV spoke with the Leh resident whose family has been here for generations.

All Indian soldiers involved in the deadly clash with China at the Galwan Valley area in Ladakh on Monday have now been accounted for, senior officials of the army said today. Newspaper reports had discussed the possibility of some Indian soldiers being in Chinese custody; The Hindu newspaper said this morning that "several soldiers are still unacc...

A day after inconclusive talks over the face-off in eastern Ladakh, a Major General of the Indian Army is holding talks with Chinese military officers at Galwan valley. The talks being held are in the area where violent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers took place on Monday night. 20 soldiers including a Colonel gave their lives for India...

The government has said "making exaggerated and untenable claims" on areas along the Line of Actual Control or LAC is against the understanding that military commanders of India and China had reached during a meeting on June 6.

Army sources have told NDTV that a video from an official Chinese media handle on twitter, which shows a Chinese flag being unfurled in Galwan valley, does not violate the demilitarised zone between the two countries in the area.

The "unilateral and provocative" actions by the Chinese military to change the status quo by force in more than one area on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) were responded to in a "firm" and "non-escalatory way", the Defence Ministry has said in an annual report.

India has put restrictions on traders from nations sharing border on grounds of defence and national security. The move is expected to affect Chinese firms and is in line with the economic retaliation following the June 15 clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh that ended in fatalities. There have been reports that the Chinese troops are yet to move o...

The US House of Representatives has unanimously passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), slamming China's aggression against India in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh and its growing territorial assertiveness in and around disputed areas like the South China Sea.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met the soldiers of the Bihar regiment during a visit to forward areas in Ladakh, his office said on Sunday. The Bihar Regiment had lost 20 soldiers in a deadly clash with the Chinese Army in the Galwan Valley last month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared India's views on India-China relations in general and the present situation in border areas, although no discussion was held on the Galwan Valley clashes with the European Union (EU), said Vikas Swarup, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West), on Wednesday.

Congress leader P Chidambaram today took a swipe at the centre over the tension with China in contested border areas. The 2-km mutual withdrawal of Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh - on since Sunday after special representative level talks - is complete in some areas, sources have said.

China has completed the withdrawal of its troops by 2 km in the contested Hot Springs and Galwan area of eastern Ladakh on Tuesday. The Chinese have also started pulling back in Gogra near Hot Springs. India has also withdrawn an equal distance in all three areas. Buffer zones are being created in the areas where Indian and Chinese soldiers are mut...

Shiv Sena deputy leader Priyanka Chaturvedi today said the Centre must respond to China's claim that the sovereignty over the Galwan Valley area in Ladakh belonged to it.

US Ambassador to India Ken Juster today expressed his condolences to the families of the soldiers killed in the India-China stand-off in the Galwan Valley area.

In the backdrop of India and China's most bloody face-off in five decades and Beijing's recent claims of sovereignty over parts of east Ladakh, including the geo-politically strategic Galwan Valley area, NDTV spoke with the Leh resident whose family has been here for generations.

All Indian soldiers involved in the deadly clash with China at the Galwan Valley area in Ladakh on Monday have now been accounted for, senior officials of the army said today. Newspaper reports had discussed the possibility of some Indian soldiers being in Chinese custody; The Hindu newspaper said this morning that "several soldiers are still unacc...

A day after inconclusive talks over the face-off in eastern Ladakh, a Major General of the Indian Army is holding talks with Chinese military officers at Galwan valley. The talks being held are in the area where violent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers took place on Monday night. 20 soldiers including a Colonel gave their lives for India...

The government has said "making exaggerated and untenable claims" on areas along the Line of Actual Control or LAC is against the understanding that military commanders of India and China had reached during a meeting on June 6.