India China Border Stand-off

PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first "formal bilateral meeting" since the military stand-off between India and China began in 2020. Here is an explainer with video, a map, and satellite images to help understand the LAC.

Amid a stand-off at the border, China should not expect other relations to move on normally, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today.

India and China pulled back soldiers from a friction point along their de facto border last month, the Defence Ministry had said, following a two-year stand-off with sporadic deadly clashes.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi for talks on Friday, the highest-level meetings since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants.

India has expressed concern over a new Chinese law on protection and exploitation of land border areas which was passed recently amid a military stand-off between the two nations.

India on Sunday pressed for an early disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh at the 13th round of military talks with China that lasted for around eight-and-half hours, sources in the security establishment said.

India and China are set to hold their 13th round of talks on Sunday to address the ongoing military stand-off between the two countries, according to Army sources.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL (public interest litigation) seeking to remove Union Minister VK Singh over alleged anti-Army statements he had made on February 7; the statements were made with reference to the LAC border stand-off with China.

Following a visit to Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts along the India-China border, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has said China is strengthening its infrastructure in the Tibet region.

India and China have reached an agreement on disengagement at Pangong Tso in Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today in parliament, giving details of a breakthrough after a protracted stand-off and several rounds of talks between military commanders and diplomats.

Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the border stand-off with China, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused him of ''weakening'' and ''destroying'' the country and claimed that "for the first time" Chinese troops were "sitting inside Indian territory".

The ninth round of India-China talks - aimed at defusing tension along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and finding a solution to a nearly nine-month-long border stand-off - was "positive, practical and constructive"

The Army's "charismatic performance" during the prolonged border stand-off with China has improved the morale of the country and allowed Indians to "hold their heads high", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh declared Saturday at a public event in Lucknow

Amid the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing tension along the international border with China that cuts through the region, the Ladakh administration has reopened the famous Pangong Tso Lake for tourists from January 10.The areas reopening for tourism are not located near the flash points between India and China.

Serious armed conflict with India is not in China's best interest at a global level, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria told news agency ANI on Tuesday, as he discussed months of tension between the two countries following violence at the Ladakh border

PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first "formal bilateral meeting" since the military stand-off between India and China began in 2020. Here is an explainer with video, a map, and satellite images to help understand the LAC.

Amid a stand-off at the border, China should not expect other relations to move on normally, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today.

India and China pulled back soldiers from a friction point along their de facto border last month, the Defence Ministry had said, following a two-year stand-off with sporadic deadly clashes.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi for talks on Friday, the highest-level meetings since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants.

India has expressed concern over a new Chinese law on protection and exploitation of land border areas which was passed recently amid a military stand-off between the two nations.

India on Sunday pressed for an early disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh at the 13th round of military talks with China that lasted for around eight-and-half hours, sources in the security establishment said.

India and China are set to hold their 13th round of talks on Sunday to address the ongoing military stand-off between the two countries, according to Army sources.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL (public interest litigation) seeking to remove Union Minister VK Singh over alleged anti-Army statements he had made on February 7; the statements were made with reference to the LAC border stand-off with China.

Following a visit to Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts along the India-China border, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has said China is strengthening its infrastructure in the Tibet region.

India and China have reached an agreement on disengagement at Pangong Tso in Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today in parliament, giving details of a breakthrough after a protracted stand-off and several rounds of talks between military commanders and diplomats.

Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the border stand-off with China, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused him of ''weakening'' and ''destroying'' the country and claimed that "for the first time" Chinese troops were "sitting inside Indian territory".

The ninth round of India-China talks - aimed at defusing tension along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and finding a solution to a nearly nine-month-long border stand-off - was "positive, practical and constructive"

The Army's "charismatic performance" during the prolonged border stand-off with China has improved the morale of the country and allowed Indians to "hold their heads high", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh declared Saturday at a public event in Lucknow

Amid the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing tension along the international border with China that cuts through the region, the Ladakh administration has reopened the famous Pangong Tso Lake for tourists from January 10.The areas reopening for tourism are not located near the flash points between India and China.

Serious armed conflict with India is not in China's best interest at a global level, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria told news agency ANI on Tuesday, as he discussed months of tension between the two countries following violence at the Ladakh border