S Jaishankar. (File photo)New Delhi: The foreign minister, S Jaishankar, unequivocally ruled out any role for a third party in the ongoing border dispute between India and China. Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, where he attended the 8th Quad ...
S Jaishankar (L) with Wang Yi. (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar) New Delhi: The foreign minister, S Jaishankar, and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, engaged in a crucial meeting on the margins of Asean-related gatherings in Vientiane, Laos, on Thursday...
A portrait of Major Ajit Singh, MVC – the hero of 1962 Hot Springs operation. (Photo for India Sentinels collected by Jai Samota via special arrangement) “Let Chinese blood flow at the Hot Springs. We are well prepared, and my men ar...
Chinese troops attacking an Indian Army post at Galwan in 1962. (Photo credit: mymemo.cn99.com)In 1962, China said the establishment of the Indian military post at Galwan was an attempt to grab land by India. Galwan is one of the most-used terms by t...
Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane. (File photo) New Delhi: In what has come as a surprise to many, former chief of Army staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane said neither of the three services – Indian Army, Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force &nd...
The Assam Rifles is a CAPF under the administrative control of the Union home ministry while its operational control is with the defence ministry. (Photo via special arrangement.)India shares land borders with Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan...
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, skipped the G20 summit that was held in New Delhi recently. This is something he hasn’t done since taking over the presidency of China, in 2012. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, he attended the summit virtua...
Map of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Aksai Chin is shown in red, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in green. (Map not to scale.)New Delhi: China is building tunnels and bunkers just 70 kilometres from the line of actual control in Aksai Chin, at least two ...
This two-photo combination shows an under-construction Chinese village, in 2019, and the fully built village, in 2021, inside Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh. (Photo: Maxar/Twitter)New Delhi: China is rapidly raising border settlements all alon...
Mig-29 UPG (PC: Indian Air Force)Srinagar: India has deployed a squadron of upgraded MiG-29 fighter jets at the Srinagar air base to tackle threats from both the Pakistani and Chinese front.The Tridents squadron which is now also known as the 'De...