Map showing location of Depsang Plains. The red line on the left depicts the line of control (LoC) with Pakistan and the same on the right depicts the line of actual control (LAC) with China. (Map not to scale)New Delhi: China has laid down its terms...
Gen Manoj Pande at Chanakya DialogueNew Delhi: Amidst the lingering border standoff with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, Indian Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande has stated that the situation in eastern Ladakh is "stable...
The Tawang Monastery. (Photo by Rajat Chakraborty/Unsplash.)Arunachal Pradesh – which is also called the “land of dawn-lit mountains” – is the 24th state of India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (N...
The India-Tibet border with disputed territories marked in yellow. India and China never shared a common border until China annexed Tibet, a process it started in 1950. This brought the dragon right to our doorstep. With its annexation of Tibet,...
An Indian village right on the India-Tibet LAC in Uttarakhand. The transgression by the China’s People’s Liberation Army soldiers in Barahoti, Uttarakhand on August 21 raised an alarm in the Indian media a few days ago. While such tr...
New Delhi: After completion of disengagement process at Pangong Tso areas in the eastern Ladakh, India and China have vouched to push for a mutually acceptable resolution of the remaining issues, including Gogra, Hot Springs and Depsang in a steady a...
Indian Army tents high in the Himalayas. Winter Wars – Tales of misery from Moscow to LadakhThe country waits with bated breath as corps commander-level talks go on – and on. Will status quo ante be restored? Will China resort ...
New Delhi: India on Monday categorically asked the China for complete disengagement and de-escalation from all friction points in eastern Ladakh, including Depsang and Pangong Tso, during the sixth round of meeting of top Generals at Moldo on the Chi...
An Indian Army T-72 tank high in the Himalayas. Last week, we had Brigadier RJS Dhillon taking us north in a sharp but shallow offensive through Depsang, SSN (subsector north) and the Karakoram Pass in order to gain a bargaining advantage with t...
A June satellite image showing Chinese military build-up in the Galwan valley. (Photograph: 2020 Planet Labs via Twitter)Since the 20 Indian soldiers, including a colonel, were killed in a bloody clash with China’s People’s Liberation Arm...