Home Minister Amit Shah has lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for resorting to petty politics instead of standing in solidarity when 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in the Indo-China clash.
Indian Air Force chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Saturday said they are well prepared and suitably deployed to respond to any contingency.
The US on Friday condoled the death of Indian soldiers, killed in a violent face-off with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, and said their bravery will not be forgotten.
The satellite images captured by Earth-imaging company Planet Labs reveal how China was altering the landscape of the Galwan valley through widening tracks, moving earth and making river crossings.
Even as 20 bravehearts lost their lives during the violence in Galwan valley on Monday, The Indian army sources said on Thursday that 18 soldiers in a Leh military hospital and 58 in other hospitals are 'stable' and can join work next week.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will attend a virtual conference of the Russia-India-China trilateral on June 23 which is being held in the backdrop of a violent border clash between Chinese and Indian troops in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the troops of the Indian Army were carrying arms during the face-off at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan Valley on Monday night. Jaishankar was responding to a tweet by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioning as to why were the Indian soldiers unarmed.
The Indian Railways on Thursday decided to scrap project contracts awarded to Beijing National Railway Research and Design Institute of Signal and Communication Group, citing poor work progress.
Amid heightened tension between the two countries, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying has blamed the Indian Army for provoking the clashes in the Galwan Valley.
The clash in Galwan Valley on Monday night is the biggest confrontation between the two militaries after their 1967 clashes in Nathu La in 1967 when India lost around 80 soldiers while over 300 Chinese army personnel were killed.
A wreath-laying ceremony was held in Ladakh’s capital Leh for the Indian Army soldiers, who were martyred in the line of duty in Galwan Valley clash. While the Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar Regiment, Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu, and two jawans were martyred on the night of June 15 itself, 17 others later succumbed to their injuries sustained in the clash that took place in sub-zero temperature on the hilly terrain.
In a bid to resolve the ongoing crisis in the Galwan Valley region of Ladakh, Major General level talks have begun between the Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). From the Indian Army, Major General Abhijeet Bapat of the Trishul Div will be speaking to his Chinese counterpart.
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Wednesday said that traders have taken a firm pledge to support CAIT's national movement to boycott Chinese products and promote Indian goods.
A wave of grief swept across the country as the mortal remains of the soldiers who laid down their lives fighting the Chinese Army in Galwan Valley in Ladakh were taken to their native places on Wednesday.
"Today when there's anger in the country regarding this incident then PM should come forward & tell the truth to the country that how did China occupy our land and why did our 20 soldiers lose their lives? " She asked.
Satellite image from Planet Labs, (photo above) has captured the details of the Galwan Valley, where violent clashes between India and China took left 20 Indian soldiers dead. The photo nails China's lie that claimed the Indian Army violated LAC positions.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the bravery and sacrifice of the soldiers who were martyred in clashes with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) will not be forgotten. As many as 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in the clash which took place between the Indian Army and the PLA in Galwan Valley region of Ladakh.
Clashes between the Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday resulted in at least 20 casualties on the Indian side and about 43 casualties on the Chinese side. Commanding officers from both sides lost their lives in the unprecedented clashes that took place in Ladakh's Galwan Valley region.
Twenty Indian Army bravehearts, including a Colonel of 16 Bihar Regiment, were killed in the clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley on Monday night, the biggest military confrontation in over five decades. But this clearly is not the first time China has broken the agreement reached at the border. Here're times when China crossed the RED line post-1962 war.
Former Chief of Indian Army, General Ved Prakash Malik, has said that the situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is grave and the Chinese intentions do not look positive.
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