Sikkim

Amid Doklam stand-off, Army Vice Chief warns 'China bound to be a future threat to India'

Amid a bitter stand-off with China, Indian Army`s Vice Chief Sarath Chand said on Tuesday that Beijing is bound to be a threat to India in the years to come.

Jul 25, 2017, 17:34 PM IST

India should 'conscientiously withdraw' to end Doklam standoff: China

India has said the "unilateral" Chinese action to change the status quo near the Bhutan trijunction poses a challenge to India's security.

Jul 25, 2017, 15:23 PM IST

China hints at Doval-Yang bilateral at BRICS NSAs meet

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay, while replaying to a question about Doval's schedule in Beijing, had last week said that if there are any further developments in his programme then the media will be informed.

Jul 24, 2017, 17:21 PM IST

Shaking a mountain is easy but shaking Chinese Army is hard: Beijing on Dokalam stand-off

New Delhi and Beijing have been engaged in the standoff in the Dokalam area near the Bhutan tri-junction since June.

Jul 24, 2017, 10:44 AM IST

India will surely lose if it engages with China militarily, warns Chinese daily on Dokalam row

Chinese media on Friday said that military conflicts will escalate if India refuses to withdraw troops from Dokalam.

Jul 21, 2017, 15:13 PM IST

'India is Kashmir and Kashmir is India': Rahul Gandhi on China's mediation offer

Commenting on China's offer to act as a mediator between India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said there is no need for third party interference in New Delhi's internal matters.

Jul 21, 2017, 12:04 PM IST

Amid Dokalam stand-off, NSA Ajit Doval to visit China to attend BRICS meet

Amid the ongoing stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops at the Dokalam area, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will visit Beijing to attend the BRICS NSA's meeting on July 27-28.

Jul 21, 2017, 10:21 AM IST

India seeking peaceful resolution of boundary issues with China, including Doklam standoff: MEA

India on Thursday said it was seeking "peaceful resolution" of all boundary matters with China.

Jul 20, 2017, 17:03 PM IST

Bellicose China mounting expansionist policy: US Republican Party

"While tensions between China and Taiwan have persisted since the 1950s, China has now mounted an aggressive and expansionist policy towards other nations in the region in order to enlarge their sphere of influence," the Republican Study Committee said in its report yesterday as the House of Representatives initiated steps to pass the annual budget.

Jul 20, 2017, 14:56 PM IST

Won't talk until India withdraws troops from Dokalam: China

China has repeatedly said the withdrawal of troops from Doklam was the precondition for any "meaningful dialogue" with India over the festering border row in the Sikkim section of the border.

 

Jul 20, 2017, 14:40 PM IST

Dokalam stand-off: 'Hindu nationalism risks pushing India into war with China'

Amid simmering border tension over Dokalam in Sikkim, China state-controlled media has said that Hindu nationalism risks pushing India into war with China.

Jul 20, 2017, 10:52 AM IST

Doklam stand-off: This is how India is countering China at the border

There is no significant rise in deployment of troops by China along the Sino-India border, top government sources said on Wednesday.

Jul 19, 2017, 23:55 PM IST

No significant rise in troop level by China along border: Govt sources

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.

Jul 19, 2017, 20:53 PM IST

Amid Dokalam stand-off with India, China's PLA moves military vehicles, equipment into Tibet

In the wake of an Army face-off and chill in ties with India over Dokalam stand-off, China has moved tens of thousands of tonnes of military vehicles and equipment into Tibet, report said on Wednesday.

Jul 19, 2017, 12:17 PM IST

United States expresses concern over India-China standoff in Sikkim sector

The US has expressed concern over the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in the Sikkim sector and said the two countries should work together to come up with "some sort of arrangement" for peace.

Jul 19, 2017, 10:51 AM IST

Dokalam stand-off: US urges India, China to engage in direct dialogue to reduce tensions

China and India have been engaged in the standoff in the Dokalam area near the Bhutan tri-junction since last month.

Jul 19, 2017, 08:32 AM IST

India, China should engage in dialogue to reduce tension: US

The US on Tuesday said it would encourage India and China to engage in a direct dialogue.

Jul 18, 2017, 23:33 PM IST

China unusually aggressive in its stand on Dokalam: Foreign Secretary tells Parliamentary panel

Chinese and Indian soldiers have been locked in a face- off for over a month.

Jul 18, 2017, 21:54 PM IST

China must admit India is a force to be reckoned with: Nisha Desai Biswal

"China, I think, needs to acknowledge the fact that there is growing strategic and security capability across Asia, and certainly India is a force to be reckoned with," former Indian-American Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal told PTI in an interview.

Jul 18, 2017, 19:47 PM IST

West Bengal police escorting Sikkim registered trucks along NH 10

The Sikkim government has moved the Supreme Court on July 13 seeking a direction to the Centre and West Bengal government that NH-10, be protected and uninterrupted vehicular movement be ensured in the wake of ongoing agitation for separate Gorkhaland state.

Jul 18, 2017, 19:43 PM IST