Line of Actual Control (LAC) News

India rejected China's renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh, called it preposterous, and reaffirmed the state as an integral part of India.  

The Army is bracing for another challenging winter in Ladakh, one of the most challenging military deployments in the world, as the winter sets in. 

In Tawang, Chinese soldiers often enter Indian territory and that is why most of the incidents of skirmishes between the soldiers of the two countries take place here. 

The Corps Commander-level talks were initiated in 2020 after China's PLA raised tensions in eastern Ladakh after the latter violated agreements at several places and violated the LAC. 

MEA annual report said that the Chinese attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh impacted overall ties between two countries.

The planned route will travel through Rutog and around Pangong Lake on the Chinese side of the LAC.

The Indian Air Force will carry out Exercise Pralay involving all its major air bases in the northeast. The exercise comes at a time when the Indian Air Force has deployed and activated the S-400 air defence squadron in the area. The Chinese have also been increasing their activities along the Doklam area.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a visit to Arunachal Pradesh today to inaugurate multiple key infrastructural projects close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the 100-metre-long Siyom bridge over the river Siyom near Boleng in the Siang district, it is a strategically important bridge for the military and gives an advantage in deploying troops to the far-flung areas of the LAC.

India has been considering multiple options of developing airfields in eastern Ladakh including Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO), Fukche and Nyoma which are at a distance of few minutes from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

India and China have been in a standoff situation since last year "The Chinese are building permanent concrete structures which will allow them to deploy troops near the frontline areas," the sources said. The sources added that the road infrastructure is very good which will allow the Chinese to reach the border areas with India much more swiftly than before

Senior commanders of Indian and Chinese army held tenth round of military talks to discuss and take forward the disengagement process at friction points like Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang in eastern Ladakh on Saturday (February 20). This round of Corps Commander-level talks began at 10 in the morning and went on till 9:45 in the night at the Moldo border point on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The 20th round of India- China WMCC talks will take place virtually later today WMCC is an institutional mechanism, established in 2012, for consultation and coordination for the management of India - China border areas. The last such round of talks happened on 30th September.

Along with the enemy across the border, the Indian Army is also working on war footing to fight the extremely harsh winters by building new shelters and prefabricated structures for the soldiers. The Indian Army is battle-ready to face the Chinese Army with its T-90 and T-72 tanks along with the BMP-2 Infantry Combat Vehicles which can operate at temperatures up to minus 40 degree Celsius. The Eastern Ladakh area witnesses the harshest winters where temperatures normally dip to minus 35 degrees in the night during winters coupled with high-speed freezing winds.