POK To Galwan Debate: Instead Of Fighting The Enemy, We Are Busy Fighting Each Other Over Nothing
2 years ago

POK To Galwan Debate: Instead Of Fighting The Enemy, We Are Busy Fighting Each Other Over Nothing

ABP News  

The armies of the three nuclear neighbours, India, Pakistan and China, were the biggest news story of the Indian subcontinent yesterday. So with Pakistan the big news was the Sharif Brothers, through Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif choosing Lt Gen Asim Munir to become the next Army Chief of Pakistan. When Northern Army commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi was asked to comment on the defence minister's statement on taking back Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, the former replied that the Indian Army is ready to execute any order given by the Government of India, including taking back POK. To quote him verbatim, he said: "As far as the Indian Army is concerned, it will carry out any order given by the Government of India. But once the clashes at Galwan took place, the Indian Army hit back and even took strategic heights forcing the Chinese to negotiate even harder.

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India's cautious optimism on China's Galwan withdrawal hinges on the implementation of the agreement
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India's cautious optimism on China's Galwan withdrawal hinges on the implementation of the agreement

Live Mint  

India's relations with China come to an end with a deal to disengage militarily and resolve issues in the Himalayan border areas. The agreement, if implemented seriously, could be the first step towards better ties between the two countries. However, it is important to be cautious and not let optimism overpower caution in the short term.

No need to capture PoK by force; its people will themselves want to join India, Rajnath Singh feels
7 months, 2 weeks ago

No need to capture PoK by force; its people will themselves want to join India, Rajnath Singh feels

The Hindu  

India will never give up its claim on Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir but it won't have to capture it with force because its people, on their own, would want to be part of India after seeing the development in Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. ‘Talks with China going on well’ As the military standoff between India and China drags on along …

'No need to capture PoK by force, its people will themselves want to join India': Defence Minister
7 months, 2 weeks ago

'No need to capture PoK by force, its people will themselves want to join India': Defence Minister

India TV News  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, during an interview, reasserted India's claim over the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said: "India will never give up its claim on PoK but it won't have to capture it with force because its people, on their own, would want to be part of India after seeing the development in Kashmir". The way the ground situation has changed …

No good choices ahead for Pakistan after elections
10 months, 1 week ago

No good choices ahead for Pakistan after elections

Hindustan Times  

Never has there been such a dramatic election in Pakistan, with results being greeted with cheers at one moment and tears in the other as winning candidates found their huge majorities wiped out in the few hours. To this group has been added a bunch of smaller parties like the Pakistan Muslim League headed by the Chaudhrys of Gujrat, a …

Tawang Clash: India Should Prepare For War, If It Wants Peace At China Borders - News18
2 years ago

Tawang Clash: India Should Prepare For War, If It Wants Peace At China Borders - News18

News 18  

Common sense says China would not make the mistake of attacking India, a rising power with a military that is among the best in the world. In fact, if one looks closely at the infrastructural development pursued by China in the last decade, and especially since 2020, it becomes obvious that Xi Jinping has a bigger and more ambitious Himalayan …

Big Picture: Lessons from PLA Tawang incursions and China’s global ambitions
2 years ago

Big Picture: Lessons from PLA Tawang incursions and China’s global ambitions

Hindustan Times  

Nine days after China sanctimoniously asked India to adhere to 1993-1996 bilateral border agreements and uphold peace and tranquillity on the LAC while opposing India-US military exercises in Auli, the aggressive PLA changed the goal post yet again and transgressed across the border in Tawang sector on December 9. This intellectual section, of which a large number belong to the …

What does the 2020 Galwan clash say about India and China?
2 years, 6 months ago

What does the 2020 Galwan clash say about India and China?

Hindustan Times  

Before June 15, 2020, it was a standard operating procedure of the Chinese Army to first transgress across the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh as evident in 2013 Depsang intrusions in Daulet Beg Oldi and then engage the Indian side in a never-ending diplomatic-military dialogue to resolve the boundary aggravation. While creating a false front on patrolling point 14 …

'Witnessing trailers of future conflicts': Army Chief on security challenges from Pakistan, China
2 years, 10 months ago

'Witnessing trailers of future conflicts': Army Chief on security challenges from Pakistan, China

India TV News  

Highlights India facing "unique, substantial, multi-domain" security challenges on northern borders: Army chief Its adversaries will continue with efforts to achieve their strategic aims, he said. India is witnessing trailers of future conflicts and its adversaries will continue with efforts to achieve their strategic aims, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said on Thursday delving into the national security challenges emanating …

Amid heightened Pakistani, Chinese military activities, top Army officers to discuss security along borders
3 years, 2 months ago

Amid heightened Pakistani, Chinese military activities, top Army officers to discuss security along borders

India Today  

Top Indian Army commanders, including Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane, will be deliberating the sensitive security situation along the borders in a four-day meeting starting on Monday. The meeting is happening at a time when the Army has been dealing simultaneously with both Pakistani and Chinese heightened military activities along the border. “The top brass of the Army will …

Year after Galwan clash: Indian Army develops military infra, deploys around 60K troops
3 years, 6 months ago

Year after Galwan clash: Indian Army develops military infra, deploys around 60K troops

India TV News  

A year after the Galwan valley clash in eastern Ladakh, China is still sitting at the Line of Actual Control while India has geared up for a long grind. The Indian Army has focused on being better prepared to face Chinese belligerence in Ladakh over the last year, as a final resolution seems far off. India has enhanced military infrastructure, …

The road from Galwan, a year later
3 years, 6 months ago

The road from Galwan, a year later

The Hindu  

On June 15 last year, the Line of Actual Control witnessed its first deaths after 1975 when 20 Indian soldiers and at least four soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army died in a violent clash in Galwan in Ladakh. Four days after the Galwan clash, Mr. Modi addressed an all-party meet where he unequivocally stated, “ Na koi wahan hamari …

Time for India, Pakistan to bury the past, move forward: Pak Army chief
3 years, 9 months ago

Time for India, Pakistan to bury the past, move forward: Pak Army chief

India Today  

Pakistan's army chief called on Thursday for arch rivals India and Pakistan to "bury the past" and move towards cooperation, an overture towards New Delhi that follows an unexpected joint ceasefire announcement last month between the two countries' militaries. General Qamar Javed Bajwa stressed however that the burden was on India to create a "conducive environment", and said Washington had …

Chinese suffered significant casualties in Galwan clash, says Ministry of Defence
3 years, 11 months ago

Chinese suffered significant casualties in Galwan clash, says Ministry of Defence

India Today  

The Ministry of Defence has said that unilateral and provocative actions by the Chinese forces to change the status quo by force, in more than one area on the Line of Actual Control, were responded to in a firm and non-escalatory way by the Indian Army, ensuring the sanctity of India's claims in Eastern Ladakh. Indian Army, with assistance from …

Galwan Result of China's Military-dominated Misadventure, Conflict with India Not Good for Beijing: IAF Chief
3 years, 11 months ago

Galwan Result of China's Military-dominated Misadventure, Conflict with India Not Good for Beijing: IAF Chief

News 18  

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday said any serious conflict with India does not suit China’s global aspirations and “grand plans” and the trigger for the Ladakh face-off could be the result of a variety of reasons including a “military dominated misadventure” that escalated following the rapid trust deficit faced by the neighbouring country due to the coronavirus pandemic. …

Breakdown of Sino-India Pacts, LAC Losing Sanctity: Why Situation in Ladakh Can Worsen Suddenly
4 years, 3 months ago

Breakdown of Sino-India Pacts, LAC Losing Sanctity: Why Situation in Ladakh Can Worsen Suddenly

News 18  

The situation in eastern Ladakh, which had almost disappeared from the media channels, was back in the limelight last week. Foreign minister S Jaishankar recently stated, “I am totally convinced that the solution to the situation has to be found in the domain of the diplomacy, and I say that with responsibility.” It would be preferable for both countries that …

Exclusive: Disengagement with China initiated, efforts on for status quo ante, says northern Army commander
4 years, 5 months ago

Exclusive: Disengagement with China initiated, efforts on for status quo ante, says northern Army commander

India Today  

The Indian Armed Forces would take all measures to ensure restoration of status quo ante at the Line of Actual Control, says Lt Gen YK Joshi, Army commander northern command. The Army Commander, however, did not give a time frame for the Chinese withdrawal and total restoration of status quo ante at the LAC. The Indian Armed Forces would take …

After Galwan, correct India\'s past mistakes
4 years, 5 months ago

After Galwan, correct India\'s past mistakes

Deccan Chronicle  

It is high time that India corrects its past mistakes, as its 1.3 billion people face uncomfortable truths and an uncertain future, like so many countries around the world. India is the only one among the world’s top 10 economies and militaries whose soldiers are slaughtered by the rogue forces of the Communist Party of China, which pretends to be …

India-China disengagement: How world has changed since Galwan clash in background
4 years, 5 months ago

India-China disengagement: How world has changed since Galwan clash in background

India Today  

A quote attributed to former Communist Party of China chairman Deng Xiaoping - the Chinese leader hailed for putting the country on the path of modernisation during 1970s - is doing round on social media these days. Two UN Security Council permanent member countries have indicated military support to India in the event of a war with China. The US …

Galwan was an ‘unfortunate incident’, PLA officers tell Indian side at Corps Commander-level talks
4 years, 6 months ago

Galwan was an ‘unfortunate incident’, PLA officers tell Indian side at Corps Commander-level talks

The Hindu  

People’s Liberation Army officers at the Corps Commanders meeting with the Indian Army delegation on Monday repeatedly stated that the Galwan clash was an “unfortunate incident”, a top Indian official told The Hindu. India and China have agreed to "disengage from three friction points" in Ladakh and pull back from their current positions, where the Indian army and the Chinese …

India-China faceoff: Armed forces given 'free hand' to deal with Chinese aggression along LAC
4 years, 6 months ago

India-China faceoff: Armed forces given 'free hand' to deal with Chinese aggression along LAC

India Today  

The armed forces deployed along the 3,500-km de-facto border with China have been given "free hand" to give a "befitting" response to any Chinese misadventure, government sources said after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the situation in eastern Ladakh at a meeting with the top military brass on Sunday. India has already mobilised fighter jets and sent thousands of additional …

Galwan Valley clash: Neither is anyone inside Indian territory, nor has any post been captured, says Narendra Modi at all-party meeting
4 years, 6 months ago

Galwan Valley clash: Neither is anyone inside Indian territory, nor has any post been captured, says Narendra Modi at all-party meeting

Firstpost  

At an all-party meeting, Modi said the soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice taught a “lesson” to those who had dared to look towards India and that the army has been given “freedom” to take necessary steps. New Delhi: Neither is anyone inside our territory nor has any Indian post been captured, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday on …

China’s PLA is nibbling at the border in name of peace and tranquility
4 years, 6 months ago

China’s PLA is nibbling at the border in name of peace and tranquility

Hindustan Times  

The Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar, Colonel Santosh Babu, and his fellow men lost their lives in a medieval-era clash, complete with stones and nail-studded clubs, with Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army at Galwan on Monday evening, but their blood has triggered a turning point in India-China relations. Galwan valley face-off: China wants the border and bilateral trade on its terms …

20 Indian soldiers martyred in violent face-off with China at LAC in Ladakh's Galwan Valley
4 years, 6 months ago

20 Indian soldiers martyred in violent face-off with China at LAC in Ladakh's Galwan Valley

India TV News  

Twenty Indian soldiers including Army Colonel B. Santosh Babu, commanding officer at the LAC with China in Ladakh's Galwan valley were martyred in a violent face-off with People's Liberation Army on Monday night. 17 Indian troops who were critically injured in the line of duty at stand-off location and exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitude terrain have succumbed …

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