Army given full freedom to deal with China: MoS Kishan Reddy

Hyderabad: The Army has been given “full freedom” in dealing with China and protecting India’s territory and its men in the backdrop of the border faceoff in Ladakh, Union Minister of State for Home GKishanReddy said on Sunday. Speaking after meeting family members of slain Colonel Bikkumalla Santosh Babu, who along with 19 other soldiers […]

Galwan Valley clash: Govt grants emergency financial powers to three services

New Delhi: The government has granted the three services emergency financial powers of up to Rs 500 crore per procurement project to buy ammunition and weapons in view of the escalating border standoff with China, government sources said Sunday. The special financial powers have been given to the forces to procure weapons and military hardware […]

Modi’s LAC comments ‘endorsed Chinese position’: Congress

New Delhi: Stepping up the offensive against the government on the Ladakh standoff, the Congress on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “endorsed the Chinese position” by saying there was no intrusion into Indian territory. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at the prime minister, saying “Narendra Modi is actually Surender Modi”. […]

Oppn MPs demand Par panel meeting, briefing by FS on Galwan incident; BJP members oppose

New Delhi: A meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs should be called at the earliest and briefed by the foreign secretary, defence secretary and other top officials on the violent faceoff with China in which 20 Indian soldiers died, several panel members from the opposition parties said on Sunday. However, panel members […]

China ‘claims’ Galwaan valley

Beijing: China on Saturday claimed the entire ‘Galwaan valley’ as Chinese territory. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there were no foreign incursions into India, China once again claimed that the Galwan Valley of Ladakh is located on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). In an official statement on the step-by-step […]

India rejects claim

New Delhi: India on Saturday strongly rejected China’s claim of sovereignty over Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, asserting that attempts by the Chinese side to “advance exaggerated and untenable” claims are not at all acceptable. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said China’s claim over Galwan Valley was not in accordance with its own position […]

Covid-19 Pandemic: JK reports five deaths, toll touches 81

Paramilitary troopers, cops among 154 more test positive

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported five more deaths, taking the overall fatality count due to the deadly virus in J&K to 81—ten in Jammu division and 71 in Kashmir Valley. Out of the latest fatalities, four were reported from Kashmir include three women and an elderly man while one was from Jammu. Officials […]

COVID-19: India crosses four lakh mark as positive cases witness surge

New Delhi: India crossed 4 lakh novel coronavirus cases Saturday on a day the country reported over 14,000 cases, in its steepest one-day jump. The total number of cases is now 4,00,412 and the number of deaths linked to the contagion is close to 13,000. India has the world’s fourth highest number behind the United […]