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...
Xi Jinping (L) and Narendra Modi (R) during their brief interaction at the BRICS summit in South Africa. Also seen is the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa (C). (Photo via Twitter)New Delhi: The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, may skip at...
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with troops at a forward position during the 1962 India-China war.Dissecting Claude Arpi’s 1962 India-China war claimsDuring my studies on the hitherto obscure aspects of the 1962 India-China war, particularly wi...
Amit Shah. New Delhi: As China objected to his visit to Arunachal Pradesh, the Union home minister, Amit Shah, went ahead in launching the “Vibrant Villages” programme in the border village of Kibithoo in Arunachal Pradesh and used t...
Rajnath Singh briefing Parliament on the Indian Army-PLA clash in Arunachal Pradesh.New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, briefed Parliament on the December 9 clash between Indian Army troops and China’s People’s Liberation...
Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 | Photo Credit: brisl.orgNew Delhi: Days after India raised concern with Sri Lanka over visit of Chinese ship near its maritime boundary, the Ranil Wickremsinghe administration has asked Beijing to defer its ship’s vi...
Indian troops surrendering at the Namka-chu area. This is part of the series on the 1962 India-China border war that seeks to debunk the myths, misinformation and politics spun around India’s debacle in the North-East Frontier Agency.Gener...
File photo of S Jaishankar (L) and Wang Yi.Moscow: India has categorically asked China to ensure a comprehensive disengagement of troops in all the friction areas in eastern Ladakh, which is necessary to prevent any untoward incident in the future. &...
Rajnath Singh holds meeting with Gen Fenghe in MoscowNew Delhi: Amid rising border tension between two nations, Defence minister Rajnath Singh has categorically conveyed to his Chinese counterpart about India’s position on the development along...