Line of Actual Control


India aware of China, Pakistan’s border infrastructure development

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
India aware of China, Pakistan's border infrastructure development New Delhi, Mar 4: The Indian government is aware of infrastructure development by China and Pakistan along the borders and reviews the threat perception regularly, parliament was told Monday. Defence Minister A. K. Antony told Lok Sabha that the government has identified strategically important border roads and railway lines for development ...

‘Don’t see any war in the near future with China’

Saturday, February 4th, 2012
'Don't see any war in the near future with China'Bangalore, February 3: Discounting US intelligence reports of a limited armed conflict between India and China, a senior Indian Air Force officer Friday ruled out any war in the near future but said Indian forces were fully prepared to protect the country's strategic interests. "I don't see any war in the near ...

Indian Army preparing for conflict with China: US

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Indian Army preparing for conflict with China: USWashington, February 1: The Indian military is preparing to "fight a limited conflict" with China, said a top American intelligence officer who added that New Delhi may not send troops or heavy equipment to Kabul so as not to provoke Pakistan. "India is increasingly concerned about China's posture along their disputed border ...

India, China boundary issue moving towards agreed framework: Expert

Thursday, January 19th, 2012
India, China boundary issue moving towards agreed framework: ExpertBeijing, January 19: The border row between India and China "is moving towards an agreed framework" and the two countries need to develop strategic ties, a visiting Indian professor has said. "The boundary issue is moving towards an agreed framework, and the two countries must now develop a strategic partnership to realize ...

A new word for Chinese diplomacy – ‘duplimacy’?

Thursday, January 19th, 2012
A new word for Chinese diplomacy - 'duplimacy'? RAVI M. KHANNA  "China wants to develop long-term friendship and cooperation with India." So said the Chinese official who held border talks with Indian officials this week. He also predicted a "golden period for India-China relations" in the near future. What he did not say, but sceptics like me heard him ...

India, China sign border mechanism framework

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
India, China sign border mechanism framework New Delhi, January 17: India and China Tuesday signed a border mechanism framework to maintain peace on the disputed boundaries between the two countries. The framework was signed at the end of the 15th round of boundary talks between special representatives of the two countries. It will facilitate real-time contact between the foreign ...

India protested Chinese troops damaging wall in Tawang: Antony

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
New Delhi, December 21: Chinese troops damaged a 200-foot stone wall on the Indian side of the border in Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh in July this year, triggering a strong protest from India, Defence Minister A.K. Antony told parliament Wednesday. In a written reply to questions from Rajya Sabha members, Antony ...

‘India-China boundary is one of the most peaceful we have’

Thursday, September 29th, 2011
New Delhi, September 29: India Thursday downplayed reported Chinese intrusions into its territory, saying these happen due to a difference in perception about the Line of Actual Control and stressed there is a "very good mechanism" to resolve such issues amicably. "We have a very long boundary. The Line of Actual Control ...