India China Border Tension Live Updates: Twenty Indian Army personnel were killed in a face-off in Ladakh's Galwan Valley on the night of June 15-16, the Army. Four more Indian soldiers who were in critical condition, are now stable. Amid the Indo-China border standoff, the Ram Mandir trust has put on hold its plan to begin the construction of the temple in Ayodhya. Expressing concern over the killing of Indian soldiers, the trust which has been charged with the construction of the temple after the historic Supreme Court verdict last year, said a new date will be decided soon.
Meanwhile, China has not denied claims that there were casualties on its side too. In a brief statement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India wants peace, but is capable of giving a befitting reply if instigated. He has called an all-party meet on June 19 to discuss the situation.
The Army has rushed in additional troops to all sensitive areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh. Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters have been moved to forward bases as a precautionary measure, reports suggest. Catch the LIVE updates here:
India-China Border News LIVE | US Chamber of Commerce:
US-India corridor is very much focused this week on grave developments on the China-India border. While strong behind-the-scenes diplomacy seems poised to resolve and deescalate tensions, we are saddened by the loss of life resulting from the conflict.
The clashes have pushed bilateral relations to a new low, and prompted pledges from New Delhi to pare back economic ties with China and strengthen strategic relationships with the US and other partners. (ANI)
India-China Border News LIVE | FM Nirmala Sitharaman at all-party meeting:
Today’s all party meeting was encouraging. The views expressed by the seasoned leaders of various political parties is the strength of India. This meeting led by PM Modi on strategic matters reinforces his belief in federalism and sends out a message of solidarity.
India-China Border News LIVE | HM Amit Shah at all-party meeting:
Attended all-party meet chaired by PM Modi. Meeting had an unequivocal message — India is one when it comes to national security. All parties are proud of our armed forces, their valour, and have full faith in them to defend our sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The all-party meeting today was enriched by the views of various esteemed leaders. It was a manifestation of PM Narendra Modi ’s commitment to take all political stakeholders along, when it comes to key matters involving India’s strategic interests.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
India wants peace and friendship, but upholding sovereignty is foremost.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
Through the recently developed infrastructure, patrolling capacity at LAC has also increased. We are better informed about the developments at LAC and consequently are able to monitor and respond better
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
India has never come under external pressure. Whatever is necessary for country’s protection will be expedited.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
We have given our armed forces full freedom for taking any appropriate action necessary.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
The country has immense faith in our soldiers. I want to assure our soldiers that the entire country is with them.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
The areas which were not really monitored earlier, even there our jawans are now able to monitor and respond well.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
In the past few years, we have given importance to infrastructure development to protect our borders. The requirements of our armed forces, be it fighter planes, advanced helicopters, missile defence systems, that too is being given importance.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
Till now, those who were never questioned or stopped, now our jawans stop them and warn them at multiple sectors.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
Whether it is deployment, action, counter-action...air, land or sea, whatever our armed forces have to do to protect our country they will do.
Today, we possess the capability that no one can eye even one inch of our land. India's armed forces have the capability to move into multiple sectors at one go.
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi at all-party meeting:
Neither have they intruded into our border, nor has any post been taken over by them (China). 20 of our jawans were martyred, but those who dared Bharat Mata, they were taught a lesson.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in all-party meeting on India-China border issue, he said, "there was no intelligence failure". (Sources told ANI)
India-China Border News LIVE | Telangana Chief Minister
KC Rao announces that Col Santosh Babu's family will get Rs 5 cr, a residential plot and Group 1 job to his wife. State Govt also announces Rs 10 lakh each to the other 19 soldiers who were martyred in Galwan Valley.
India-China Border News LIVE | Jagan Mohan Reddy (YSRCP) at all-party meet:
Thanks to PM, India’s reputation has risen globally. He has built key strategic partnerships across the world. You are our strength, Prime Minister. India has gained envy of many. They (China) are trying to destabilise India. (Sources told ANI)
India-China Border News LIVE | JDU Chief and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar at all-party meet with PM Modi:
Goods from China flooding Indian markets have major problems. They're plastic heavy, aren't eco-friendly and they harm environment. Electronic waste associated with them is high. Chinese products don’t even last long. It 's our duty to be one and support the Centre.
India-China Border News LIVE | Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray at all-party meeting called by PM Modi:
We are all one. This is the feeling. We are with you, PM. We are with our forces and their families. India wants peace but that doesn’t mean we are weak. China’s nature is betrayal. India is mazbootnot majboor. Our government has the ability to - aankhiennikalkarhaathmein de dena.
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JDU Chief and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar at all-party meet with PM Modi: There is nationwide anger against China. There should be no differences among us. We are together.
India-China Border News LIVE | TMC leader and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at all- party meeting:
China is not a democracy.They are a dictatorship.They can do what they feel. We, on the other hand, have to work together. India will win, China will lose. Speak with unity. Think with unity. Work with unity. We are solidly with the Govt.
India-China Border News LIVE | TMC leader and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at all- party meeting:
All-party meeting is a good message for the nation. Shows that we are united behind our Jawans. TMC strongly in solidarity with the government.Don’t let China enter telecom, railway and aviation sectors. We will face some problems but we won’t allow the Chinese to enter. (sources told ANI)
India-China Border News LIVE | Congress President Sonia Gandhi
said, "all party meeting should have happened much earlier. Even at this late stage we are in the dark. Congress has specific questions –What date did Chinese troops intrude? When did the Govt find out about the transgressions? Does govt not get satellite pics? Did intelligence not report about unusual activity?"
"Nation needs assurance that status quo ante restored. What is the current status of Mountain strike corps? Opposition parties should be briefed regularly," she said further. (sources told ANI)
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DMK's MK Stalin said "We are united when it comes to patriotism." He also welcomed the recent statements by the PM on China issue, sources told ANI.
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Biju Janta Dal's Pinaki Misra representing his party said, "We stand with the Government fully and unconditionally". (ANI)
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TRS Chief and Telangana CM KCR said that PM's clarity on Kashmir has angered China. PM's emphasis on Kashmir's development has also angered China. He stressed that PM's call of Atmanirbhar Bharat has rattled China, sources told ANI.
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CPI's D Raja said "we need to resist US efforts to drag us into their alliance" and CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechuri stressed on the principles of Panchsheel, sources told ANI.
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Sikkim Krantikari Morcha chief and Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang said during meet that "we have full faith in the PM. In the past too, when it comes to national security, PM has taken landmark decisions", sources told ANI.
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NCP Chief and Former Defence Minister Sharad Pawar said that issues of whether soldiers carried arms or not are decided by international agreements and we need to respect such sensitive matters, sources told ANI.
India-China Border News LIVE |
All-party virtual meeting chaired by PM Modi to discuss India-China border situation, underway at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg; 20 parties attend the meeting.
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PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, FM Sitharaman, EAMand leaders of different political parties who are present in the all-party meeting via video-conferencing, pay tribute to soldiers who lost their lives in Galwan Valley clash.
India-China Himalayan standoff deadly for cashmere herds
Antagonisms between Indian and Chinese troops high in the Himalayas are taking a dire toll on traditional goat herds that supply the world’s finest, most expensive cashmere.
The months-long military standoff between the Asian giants is hurting local communities due to the loss of tens of thousands of Himalayan goat kids died because they couldn't reach traditional winter grazing lands, officials and residents said.
Nomads have roamed these lands atop the roof of the world, around the un-demarcated borders with China and Tibet, for centuries, herding the famed and hardy goats that produce the ultrasoft wool known as Pashmina, the finest of cashmeres.
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India-China Border News LIVE |
Presidents of various political parties, including the BJP, Congress, TMC, AIADMK, DMK, TRS, JD(U), BJD, LJP, BSP, SP, Shiv Sena and NCP among others, are taking part in thevirtual all-party meeting, being chaired by PM Modi.
India-China Border News LIVE |
The all-party meeting, which is underway, came against the backdrop of demands by the Opposition seeking details of the violent standoff. However, certain parties, including the Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Laly Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Asadussin Owaisi's AIMIM, have not beeninvited for the meeting.
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The all-party meeting chaired by PM Modi, along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah has begun, CNN News18 has reported.
People from Northeast protest against China
A group of people from Northeast India protested against China in southwest Delhi on Friday over the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a violent border clash in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley.
Around 20 members of Voice of Northeast, an organisation working for the people of the region, staged the protest at Teen Murti Marg.
They shouted slogans against China and left after 15 minutes. They had masks and maintained social distancing. No one was detained, a senior police official told PTI.
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RJD takes exception to not being invited to all-party meeting convened by PM Modi on June 19to discuss violent standoff with China in Ladakh, says "largest" party in Bihar has been ignored.
India-China Border News LIVE | German Ambassador to India Walter J. Lindner:
Our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of the soldiers who lost their lives in Galwan.
China says it did not detain Indian soldiers in clash
China says it never detained Indian soldiers after Indian media reports that China had released 10 of them late Thursday. Indian officials have also denied that Indian troops were in Chinese custody.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Friday that “China hasn’t seized any Indian personnel” when asked about the media reports.The comments come as China blames India for a recent military clash at their border that left 20 people dead.
Zhao said that “the right and wrong is very clear and the responsibility lies entirely with the Indian side.”He added that the two sides are in communication over diplomatic and military channels.
“We hope India can work with China to maintain the long-term development of bilateral relations,” he said at a daily briefing. This week’s confrontation in the Galwan Valley, part of the disputed Ladakh region along the Himalayan frontier, was the deadliest conflict between the sides in 45 years.
– AP
India-China Border News LIVE | IAF Chief visits Leh to review Ladakh operations, fighter aircraft moved to forward bases
Indian Air Force (IAF) chief RKS Bhadauria was on a two-day hush-hush visit to the Leh and Srinagar airbases, which would be the most critical for any operations to be carried out by the force the Eastern Ladakh area.
The visit assumes significance as it came soon after the top security brass of the country reviewed the situation and military options after the Chinese Army killed 20 Indian soldiers in a premeditated attack in the Galwan Valley area after making an attempt to unilaterally change the status of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
"The Air Force chief was on a two day visit where he checked the operational readiness of all along the LAC in the Eastern Ladakh where more than 10,000 troops have been amassed by China," government sources told ANI.
In the first leg of his visit, he was in Leh on June 17 and from there he went to the Srinagar airbase on June 18. Both these bases are closest to the Eastern Ladakh area and most suited to carry out any fighter aircraft operations in the mountainous terrain and also have a clear edge over the Chinese, the sources said.
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India-China Border News LIVE | 20 parties to attend PM's all-party meet on India-China border situation
At least 20 political parties are likely to attend the all party meeting, called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the situation at the border areas with China that is scheduled to be held on June 19 at 5 pm, sources told ANI.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda will also be present in the virtual party meeting. According to sources, former BJP chief Rajnath Singh had on Thursday personally invited all leaders on behalf of the Prime Minister.
After coming in for criticism from parties such as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and RJD that they had not received any invitation to the meet, sources clarified that only recognised national parties, those with over five MPs in the Lok Sabha, leading parties from the Northeast and parties with Union Cabinet Ministers had been invited.
"In order to discuss the situation in the India-China border areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for an all-party meeting at 5 pm on June 19. Presidents of various political parties would take part in this virtual meeting, PMO had tweeted.
- ANI
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20 parties to attend PM's all-party meet on India-China border situation: ANI
India-China Border News LIVE | AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to take part in all-party meet on India-China standoff
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will participate in the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to discuss the India-China border situation, according to an official statement. The CM will participate in the meeting to be held through a video conference, it said.
Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh talked to the Chief Minister on phone and briefed him about the meeting to be held on Friday, it added.
This is the first time since the eruption of border tensions in April that the PM has called for an all-party meeting to discuss the conflict. So far, his virtual meetings with opposition leaders have been on the coronavirus pandemic.
- PTI
India-China Border News LIVE | Chinese attack in Galwan pre-planned, Govt was fast asleep: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on June 19 said it is now clear that the Chinese attack in Galwan valley in Ladakh was "pre-planned" and that the government was "fast asleep" while the martyred jawans paid the price. Gandhi's attack comes ahead of the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on evening of June 19 to discuss the situation along the India-China border.
"It's now crystal clear that: The Chinese attack in Galwan was pre-planned. GOI was fast asleep and denied the problem. The price was paid by our martyred Jawans," he said on Twitter.
He tagged a report quoting minister of state for Defence Shripad Naik, saying the attack was pre-planned by China and the Indian forces will give a befitting reply. Gandhi has been questioning the government on the LAC stand off and asking how the Chinese occupied Indian territory and why Indian soldiers were sent "unarmed to martyrdom" in Ladakh.
- PTI
India-China Border News LIVE | PM Modi calls all-party meeting on June 19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called an all-party meet on June 19 to discuss the India-China border situation. It has been learnt that all recognised national parties -- those with over five MPs in the Lok Sabha, leading parties from the northeast and parties with Union Cabinet ministers -- have been invited for the meeting.
In a brief statement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that India wants peace, but is capable of giving a befitting reply if instigated. The meeting comes against the backdrop of demands by the opposition seeking details of the violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh which left 20 Indian Army personnel dead.
India-China Border News LIVE | AAP not invited for all-party meeting called by PM Modi: party leaders
The Aam Admi Party (AAP) has not been invited to an all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the border conflict with China, two senior party leaders claimed on June 19.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the party has a government in Delhi and in Punjab, it is the main opposition party, but still the BJP does not want its opinion. "A strange ego-ridden government is running at the Centre. The Aam Aadmi Party has a government in Delhi. Punjab has a main opposition party. There are four MPs all over the country, but still the BJP does not want its opinion on such an important matter. What will the prime minister say in the meeting, the whole country is waiting for it," Singh also tweeted.
He also said that during a national emergency, all parties should be brought together.
AAP leader and Delhi minister Gopal Rai said it is unfortunate that the AAP was not invited. "Instead of taking all the parties together, the BJP is using mathematical formulas to ascertain who should be invited and who should not be. It is unfortunate," he said.
- PTI
India-China Border News LIVE | War-like situation with China or global correction could spoil party on Street: Experts
Indian market has rallied over 5 percent so far in June even as COVID-19 cases are growing rapidly. Global rating agencies' action, weak macro trend, and the standoff between India and China are some other factors that are keeping the gains in check.
Despite the bad news, experts say, the recent rally in market, backed by liquidity, could take a knock only if there is a correction in the global market or if there is a war-like situation with China. But, still, investors should tread with caution because we could see some profit-taking at a higher level.
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