India-China Border Row News

On Friday, September 13, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that troops have been withdrawn from four locations, including the Galwan Valley, in Eastern Ladakh.

The Defence Minister stated that the government's focus had been on strengthening the Defence forces with a focus on self-reliance.

EAM Jaishankar said that resolution of border issues is paramount for the restoration of normalcy in diplomatic ties.

The EAM S Jaishankar said that New Delhi is watching the Chinese movements in the Indian Ocean “very carefully” for any security implications.

China has released a new "standard map" for 2023 showing Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as part of its territory.

After meeting his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh in Delhi, Lloyd Austin said the US-India cooperation matters 'because we all face a rapidly changing world'.

Relations between India and China have been strained since the eastern Ladakh military standoff between the two countries in May 2020.

Asaduddin Owaisi: The AIMIM MP hit out at External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's reported comments on the India-China border dispute in an interview to a news agency. 

The Dalai Lama says the entire planet would benefit if China, historically a Buddhist country, were to follow the ancient Indian wisdom embedded in the ideals of `ahimsa` and `karuna`, and more than the two-and-a-half billion people in both countries were to work on cultivating inner peace.

BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi was referring to Rahul Gandhi's remarks that China is adopting the same principle with India as Russia is with Ukraine.

"This refusal to allow a parliamentary debate on such a matter of grave national concern - shows disrespect for our democracy", Sonia Gandhi said as she hit out at the government for not allowing a discussion on the India-China border issue in Parliament.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that the Narendra Modi-led government "talks like a lion but acts like a mouse" as it is not taking on China for indulging in incursions along the LAC.

In an apparent message to China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India has no intention to capture even one inch of the land of any country but will respond if anyone tries to cast an evil eye over it.

A day after Congress staged a walkout in Loksabha, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday took a dig at the Narendra Modi government for trying to dodge a discussion in Parliament over the India-China Tawang clash.

Gen Naravane said the Chinese army has been trying to alter the status quo along LAC in very "small incremental steps". They look quite innocuous. What we call salami slicing, coming up one inch at a time. But in the bargain over a period of time they have gained a lot."

India on Tuesday said that Chinese troops tried to "unilaterally" change the status quo along the LAC in the Yangtse area of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector on December 9.

India-China border row: The troops of the Indian Army and China's People's Liberation Army clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector on December 9. The face-off resulted in minor injuries to a few personnel from both sides.

India and China have carried out a joint verification of the disengagement process at PP-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area in eastern Ladakh after withdrawing their troops and dismantling temporary infrastructure from the friction point on Monday.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said Arunachal Pradesh, which is a border state, is also "100 per cent safe and secure''.

The Budget Session will begin with President Ram Nath Kovind's address to a joint sitting of both houses in the Central Hall and chambers of both the Houses in view of the COVID-19 situation. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Economic Survey 2021-22 on Monday and the Union Budget on Tuesday.