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The number of recoveries in the north-eastern region of India at 5,715 exceed the active cases, which stands at 3,731. No COVID-19 death has been reported from Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim so far, and the number of cases in the north-eastern region was comparatively lower than the rest of the country, the government said on Friday. It also said that lack of testing facilities and dedicated COVID-19 hospitals had initially hampered the fight against the dreaded virus in the eight north-eastern states but the infrastructure has been bolstered since then. As on date, the number of recoveries at 5,715...

Even as India and China continue to discuss ways to reduce tensions in Eastern Ladakh, it is emerging that the Chinese Army has deployed its troops all along the over 4,000 kilometre-long Line of Actual Control after which India has also rushed its fighting formations to forward locations in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.India and China have been engaged in one of the biggest disputes over territory in several years after the Chinese military started building up along the Line of Actual Control in May first week along the Ladakh sector and Sikkim where they came to the...

Army Moves Troops of Sukna-Based 33 Corps to India-China Border Chandan Nandy Updated: 9 August, 2017 3:39 AM IST A bulk of the troops of the Sukna-based 33 Corps have been or are in the process of being moved to the Indo-China frontier in Sikkim even as the controversy over the Doklam plateau at the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction continues to surface from time to time. Eastern Command army sources revealed that all three divisions under the 33 Corps, which is stationed in Sukna, near Siliguri in West Bengal, have been deployed on the Sino-Indian border. The troop movement from Sukna began...

Time for a second lesson for forgetful India By John Gong Source:Global Times Published: 2017/7/24 21:08:39 The public's patience is running short with India's Doklam transgression. Nothing can stand in the way of China's and Chinese people's dignity. No government in the world can stand still doing nothing while its borders are being violated. As India continues down this intransigent path, perhaps it is time that it be taught a second lesson. Their troops in Doklam could either withdraw voluntarily, be captured or may be killed when border disputes escalate, Liu Youfa, China's former consul general in Mumbai, made the...

Doklam standoff: China’s message to India – easier to shake a mountain than PLA The People’s Liberation Army said its capability to protect China’s territory was “indomitable” and it was ready to step up deployment on the plateau. Updated: Jul 24, 2017 14:16 IST Sutirtho Patranobis Hindustan Times, Beijing The Chinese military on Monday asked India not to harbour any “illusions” about its resolve to protect China’s sovereignty, the latest warning to come from Beijing on the Doklam border standoff that is in its second month. The People’s Liberation Army, the world’s largest armed force, said its capability to protect...

Sikkim standoff: Indian soldiers can withdraw, be captured or be killed, says former Chinese diplomat to India The comments by Liu Youfa, a former Chinese consulate general in Mumbai, come amid a military stand-off between India and China in the Doklam area. A former Chinese diplomat who recently served in India has said that Indian troops deployed at the disputed Donglang area could either withdraw voluntarily, be captured or be killed. The comments by Liu Youfa, a former Chinese consulate general in Mumbai, come amid a military stand-off in the Donglang area – also called Doklam – with Beijing blaming...

China moved huge military hardware into Tibet after Sikkim standoff: Report PTI | Updated: Jul 19, 2017, 07:43 PM IST BEIJING: The Chinese Army moved tens of thousands of tonnes of military hardware into the remote mountainous Tibet region after the standoff with Indian troops in the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector+ , the mouthpiece of the PLA+ said today. The vast haul was transported to a region south of the Kunlun Mountains in northern Tibet by the Western Theatre Command - which oversees the restive regions of Xinjiang and Tibet, and handles border issues with India, reported the...

China ready to attack India, claims Mulayam in Lok Sabha PTI | Updated: Jul 19, 2017, 03:41 PM IST NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader and former defence minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that China was ready to attack India in collaboration with Pakistan and asked the government to reverse its stand on the Tibet issue and support its independence. Raising the matter in the Lok Sabha against the backdrop of tension between India and China, he asked the government to inform Parliament what it has done to meet any likely challenge from the neighbouring country. "India is today...

Sikkim standoff at Doklam: China warns India, says PLA troops will not wait patiently Sikkim standoff at Doklam: In a stern message directed towards India, China has said that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been waiting patiently at Doklam but will not do so for an indefinite period. By: FE Online | New Delhi | Updated: July 18, 2017 8:00 AM Sikkim standoff at Doklam: In a stern message directed towards India, China has said that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been waiting patiently at Doklam but will not do so for an indefinite period, according to Indian Express report....

China says no room for negotiations on Sikkim standoff, adds Ladakh to dispute with India The commentary by the official Xinhua news agency warned that India could face “embarrassment” if it does not withdraw its border troops and sought to add yet another dimension to the face-off by bringing in the Ladakh region and linking it to Pakistan. Updated: Jul 15, 2017 22:20 IST Sutirtho Patranobis Hindustan Times, Beijing With no end in sight to the standoff in the Sikkim sector, China on Saturday said there is “no room” for negotiations to resolve the military face-off and the only solution...

Sikkim standoff: If China wants to play Kashmir card, a confident India is more than ready Sreemoy Talukdar Jul, 10 2017 16:47:08 IST The current deadlock with China at the Doka La area in the Sikkim sector is one fight India cannot afford to lose. It isn't just about the strategic vulnerability of the Siliguri Corridor (which is no doubt of serious concern), it is equally about India's standing as a major power which underwrites insurance to smaller nations within its sphere of influence to balance China's hostile revanchism. And finally, it is also about the writ of liberal democratic...

Govt authorises Indian Army to make emergency purchases for a short and intense war amid border tensions with China Amid the ongoing face-off between India and China on the border of north-eastern state Sikkim, the government has passed an executive order authorizing Indian Army to make emergency purchases of arms and ammunition to be able to fight if required 'short intense war'. The decision has come at a time when two neighbouring countries -India and China- are locked-in a bitter border stand-off which also involves Bhutan as a third country. India Today reported that an internal audit of the Indian...

Chinese Media Says India Needs to Be Taught a 'Bitter Lesson' Over Its Border Dispute An editorial that ran in China's Global Times Tuesday has ramped up the rhetoric in an ongoing military dispute along a portion of the Sino-Indian border. The English-language Global Times is published under the aegis of the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily. Under the headline, "India will suffer worse losses than in 1962 if it incites border clash" the newspaper said that New Delhi needed to be taught "a bitter lesson" for allegedly trespassing across the border in Sikkim border, known in China...

A major earthquake struck northeast India early Sunday evening that sent tremors as far as Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The quake, which struck in the mountainous region near the town of Mangan in north Sikkim state, registered 6.8 on the Richter scale. Aftershocks measuring 6.1 and 4.8 followed half an hour after. So far, 7 people in Sikkim, 2 in Bihar, 2 in West Bengal have been reported dead and around 33 injured. Five people were reported dead in neighboring Nepal, killed when the wall of the British High Commission in Kathmandu collapsed, and one person was killed in nearby...

T-72 tanks moved to remote Sikkim area after China tests Indian defences Manu Pubby Posted online: Tuesday , Jul 28, 2009 at 0441 hrs New Delhi : Chinese moves to test Indian control of the strategic Finger Area in North Sikkim last year have prompted the Army to deploy heavy tanks and armoured personnel carriers in the region and strengthen defensive positions. In fact, the highest gallantry award to a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel was conferred to a dozer operator, Zalim Singh, who cleared a strategic road near Theing village — he was decorated with a Bar to Shaurya...

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NEW DELHI: The 'Sikkim-for-Tibet' process between India and China has 'already' started, but it would be 'some time' for this to come about, Chinese envoy here, Hua Junduo, told a TV channel on Saturday. "I think the process has already been started. It will take some time before what you say will come about", the envoy said in Shanghai when asked whether the Chinese position in the joint declaration with India was a de facto recognition of Sikkim by China. "I think we very much appreciate the stand the Indian side has expressed on the question of Tibet, recognising the...