Sheep grazing in Ladakh. (File photo for representation.) New Delhi: Indian graziers confronted Chinese troops in Skakjung (also called Kokzhung) in eastern Ladakh near the line of actual control (LAC) earlier this month, a post on X by a counci...
The “memorial” erected by 8 Kumaon troops at the spot, in October 2020, where Maj Shaitan Singh’s body was found, in February 1963. (Photo: X/@kstanzinladakh) New Delhi: A memorial erected by Indian soldiers a few years ago on ...
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, skipped the G20 summit that was held in New Delhi recently. This is something he hasn’t done since taking over the presidency of China, in 2012. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, he attended the summit virtua...
Map of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Aksai Chin is shown in red, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in green. (Map not to scale.)New Delhi: China is building tunnels and bunkers just 70 kilometres from the line of actual control in Aksai Chin, at least two ...
The red circles in this map roughly shows the areas where Indian and Chinese troops had skirmishes between 2020 and 2021 in eastern Ladakh. (CIA map via Wikipedia) New Delhi: The Indian Army has rejected China’s demand for a buffer zone i...
Rajnath Singh (2L) during talks with Li Shangfu (R). (Photo: Rajnath Singh/Twitter)New Delhi: In talks during the first high-level military visit from China since the start of the Ladakh stand-off in April 2020, the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, c...
Indian and Chinese troops disengaging from a friction point at Pangong-tso in eastern Ladakh after Indian troops captured dominating heights in the Kailash Ranges, in 2020. (Photo: Indian Army)The power and strength of the national security apparatus...
The Pangong lake in Ladakh. (Photo: Twitter)New Delhi: India has lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points near the line of actual control in eastern Ladakh, several media reports citing the contents of a research paper said. The reports said Leh’s s...
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...
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 ...