Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and G Kishan Reddy address a press conference along with a group of Ladakhi leaders, who withdrew the boycott call given for the elections to the auton...
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Vehicles pass through the Leh Gate in Leh, Ladakh.
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An army convoy moves towards LAC, amid India-China border dispute in eastern Ladakh, in Leh.
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This combination of June 28, 2020, left, and July 6, 2020, satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Galwan Valley along the disputed border between India and China...
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This combination of June 28, 2020, left, and July 6, 2020, satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Galwan Valley along the disputed border between India and China...
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A view of the Namgyal Palace sans tourists owing to COVID-19 pandemic, in Leh.
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A view of the historical Leh Palace, in Leh.
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A fighter jet flies from Leh Air force base amid border tensions with China, in Leh.
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An aerial view of Leh city amid border tension with China, in Leh.
The remarks by the State Department came as the armies of India and China began disengagement of troops locked in over eight-month-long standoff in eastern Ladakh.
The military talks will be held to take forward the disengagement process in Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang in eastern Ladakh, official sources said on Friday.
'We are committed to maintaining a peaceful situation at the Line of Control. India has always emphasised on maintaining bilateral ties,' Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.
The foreign minister has spoken in bits and pieces on all these aspects, but never laid down so vividly the eight propositions as well as three ‘mutuals’ to get relations back on track.
India has all along been maintaining that the onus is on China to carry forward the process of disengagement and de-escalation at the friction points in the mountainous region.
Addressing an annual press conference in New Delhi, General Naravane said Indian forces had to rise to the occasion in dealing with challenges last year.
The soldier of the Chinese PLA was apprehended at the southern bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh on Friday morning after he transgressed across the Indian side of the LAC