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'Indian forces fought PLA with utmost bravery, forced them to go back'
India | Dec 14, 2020, 02:51 PM ISTDefence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said India's armed forces stood up to aggression along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh and fought the Chinese military with "utmost bravery", forcing it to go back.
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China plans to increase influence at UN missions by deploying more troops
World | Nov 13, 2020, 06:24 PM ISTTo enhance its influence at the United Nations, China has planned to deploy more troops on ground for peacekeeping missions, a top government source said. It is also aimed to diminish India's role in such missions.
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Army gears up for winter in eastern Ladakh; biggest operation in decades to stock supplies
India | Sep 27, 2020, 08:09 PM ISTA significant number of T-90 and T-72 tanks, artillery guns and infantry combat vehicles were flown into various sensitive areas including Chushul and Demchock sectors as part of the logistics operation, the sources said.
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India-China border tension: 4th round of Brigade commander level meeting underway in Chushul
News | Sep 03, 2020, 04:06 PM ISTAmid ongoing India-China border tension, the meeting of brigade commander of the Indian Army with his Chinese counterpart is underway in Chushul/Moldo to discuss issues related to the situation on the southern bank of Pangong lake.
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Amid talks, China increases troops presence across entire LAC; India responds in equal measure
India | Jun 11, 2020, 06:43 PM ISTEven as the New Delhi and Beijing try to negotiate a solution to the military faceoff in eastern Ladakh, China has increased its army presence across the entire stretch of the LAC from Leh to Arunachal Pradesh
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We must draw a ‘red line’ for China as we did during the Doklam standoff: Lt General Abhay Krishna
India | Jun 03, 2020, 07:50 PM ISTAs India and China prepare for a high-level military dialogue to resolve the current standoff at LAC in eastern Ladakh, India’s military pointsman during the Doklam standoff Lt General Abhay Krishna says that New Delhi must draw a ‘red line’ that Beijing must not cross
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How much of Indian land does China claim and why Indian Army holds a military edge vis-a-vis PLA?
India | Jun 02, 2020, 11:36 PM ISTThe 3,488-kilometre-long Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de-facto border between China and India, has a difference of perception of its actual alignment at nearly 14 different points stretching from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh, highlights Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna, the former General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of India's Eastern Command
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LAC faceoff: PM Modi meets Ladakh Governor after holding talks with NSA, CDS, service chiefs
India | May 26, 2020, 09:07 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi met Ladakh UT's governor RK Mathur on Tuesday evening, during which they held consultations on the ongoing faceoff between Indian and PLA troopers in the Galwan River area
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China’s indigenous FGFA J-20 program hit by COVID-19 outbreak, PLA soldiers infected
World | May 01, 2020, 11:16 PM ISTMany of Chinese troops have likely been infected by the coronavirus. “To some extent, it is a blow to PLA's morale, but it is hard to say if it is a big blow or not," said Dr Si-fu Ou, a defence expert at Taiwan think tank Institute for National Defense and Security Research
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China's new maritime surveillance radar can monitor areas size of India: Report
World | Jan 09, 2019, 03:58 PM ISTThe domestically-developed radar system will enable the Chinese navy to fully monitor China's seas and spot incoming threats from enemy ships, aircraft and missiles much earlier than the existing technology.
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Chinese military doubles new recruits' training period to improve combat readiness
World | Sep 14, 2018, 04:12 PM ISTThe new recruits could not keep pace with veterans, and veterans are not receiving enough training, the announcement said.
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For first time since Doklam standoff, Chinese military holds high-altitude drill in Tibet to test ‘capabilities’
World | Jun 29, 2018, 07:55 PM IST"The biggest challenge of battle at the high altitude is to provide sustainable logistics and armament support. In the 1962 China-India border conflict, China failed to protect its fruits of victory due to poor logistics support. Although local Tibetan residents provided soldiers with temporary support, it was not sustainable," Song Zhongping, a military expert, said.
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Close ties between China and Pak armies will help maintain regional peace, global stability: PLA
India | Mar 29, 2018, 09:23 PM ISTChina’s 2.3 million-strong military is the world’s largest, and Pakistan has emerged as the biggest consumer of the China-produced military hardware. In the past five years.
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Raisina Dialogue: China's new infrastructure in Doklam temporary in nature, says Army Chief
India | Jan 17, 2018, 06:21 PM ISTGeneral Rawat said Indian forces will face the PLA troops if they come again in Doklam.
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'Major PLA troop reduction in Doklam', China mum over Gen Rawat’s remarks
World | Jan 09, 2018, 04:32 PM IST"Chinese border troops patrolling and stationing in the Dong Lang area are exercising sovereignty rights," Lu said without commenting on the troop reduction.
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China to maintain troops in Doklam through sub-zero temp: Report
India | Dec 11, 2017, 05:39 PM ISTIn the freezing temperatures of Himalayas, ‘around 1,600-1,800 Chinese troops have now virtually established a permanent presence in the Doklam area, near the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction’, a report said.
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New long-range ballistic missile may be inducted into China's PLA next year: Report
World | Nov 20, 2017, 03:46 PM ISTChina's next-generation multi-nuclear warhead intercontinental ballistic missile with a proclaimed ability to hit targets "anywhere in the world" may be inducted into the PLA early next year
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PLA likely to get new long-range missile to hit targets ‘anywhere in the world’ next year: Report
World | Nov 20, 2017, 12:13 PM ISTThe missile which underwent another test -- the eighth since it was first announced in 2012 -- could be in the People Liberation Army's line-up as early as the first half of 2018, state-run Global Times said.
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China ready to resolve disputes without any 'compromise': Xi during his 3.5-hour-long speech
World | Oct 18, 2017, 05:11 PM ISTXi Jinping said that "a military is built to fight" stressing combat capability as the criterion to meet.
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Will beef up patrols in Doklam, says PLA; mum on building road
World | Aug 31, 2017, 07:03 PM ISTChina's military today said it will beef up the presence of troops and patrols to protect "every inch" of its territory in Dokalam but was evasive on the construction of the road which was stopped by Indian troops