IAF technical team inspects site for construction of ALG
A high level technical team from Indian Air Force (IAF) has inspected the site for construction of proposed Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at Tawang district bordering China. The IAF team inspected the site at Thrillam village under Lumla sub-division of the district on Friday along with local MLA Jambey Tashi, Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Dev and Brigadier J S Rajpurohit, Commander of the 190 Mountain Brigade, official sources informed on Saturday. The team comprising Wing Commander P Joseph of Air Force Station Jorhat and Squadron Lead…
India awaiting China response on draft border agreement
China is yet to revert with its response to India’s suggestions on the draft of a border defence cooperation agreement that Beijing had proposed in March - before the Chinese troop incursion in Ladakh region. New Delhi wants to know Beijing's mind on the suggestions made on May 10 on the draft Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) - a proposal thrown up by Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie during his visit to India in September last year. Beijing raised the issue when then Indian defence secretary Shashikant Sharm…
India awaiting China response on draft border agreement
China is yet to revert with its response to India’s suggestions on the draft of a border defence cooperation agreement that Beijing had proposed in March - before the Chinese troop incursion in Ladakh region. New Delhi wants to know Beijing's mind on the suggestions made May 10 on the draft Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) - a proposal thrown up by Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie during his visit to India in September last year. Beijing raised the issue when then Indian defence secretary Shashikant Sharma we…
Army's top secret letter on India-China border deployment leaked, six personnel indicted
Army's top secret details about operational plans and deployment along the India-China border could have been compromised and around six military personnel have been indicted by a Court of Inquiry (CoI) in this regard. Sources said the indicted personnel are in the process of facing disciplinary action on various counts in the incident which happened around a couple of years ago. The sensitive information could have been compromised because of leakage of a top secret letter written by the Tezpur-based 4 Corps to the Rangia-based 21…
India Adding 40,000 Mountain Troops at China Border
Shortly after new Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visited here, India has decided to proceed with a plan to add more than 40,000 troops in the form of a mountain corps to bolster its strength on the Chinese border. The Ministry of Defence prepared the plan two years ago and has awaited consideration by the Ministry of Finance, which has given approval. Now, it must be cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security, an MoD source said. About US $12 billion will be spent to raise the additional troops, and the new corps is expected to be…
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