Sino-India border News

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.

The Congress leader said there is a need to unite against China at this crucial time. 

China on Monday reacted guardedly to the recent clashes between the Chinese and Indian soldiers, saying its troops remained committed to uphold peace and tranquillity at the border areas.

The bodies were taken to Pooh from where they will be sent to their native places.

Chinese forces may have moved back 400 meters from the disputed area in Doklam but are now digging into rather permanent positions with surveillance equipment to keep an eye on Indian forces.

Seven military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Tawang two days ago.

There is no significant rise in deployment of troops by China along the Sino-India border and its recent military exercise in the Tibet region should not be linked to the current standoff between the armies of the two countries in Dokalam, top government sources said on Wednesday.

Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the standoff between Indian troops and Chinese Army along the Sino-India border would soon be over.

Giving strategic interests a further push, the Centre is exploring feasibility to connect Sino-India border district Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh with the railway network.

Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Krishna Chaudhary said transgressions made by Chinese PLA forces is "going down steadily".

Expensive SUVs have for the first time been deployed at high-altitude border posts of the ITBP along the Sino-India border.