LAC

India and China have agreed to establish a hotline, acknowledging the importance of "timely" communication in border crisis situations. The decision was an outcome of the 75-minute telephonic talk between foreign ministers of both the countries on February 25. The proposed hotline will be an add-on to the military hotline between the Indian Army’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) and China’s Western Theatre Command. Reportedly,… read-more

For trespassing border, a Chinese soldier was captured by the Indian troops near the Pangong Tso lake in Eastern Ladakh in the wee hours of January 8. Notably, this is the second incident at the Line of Actual Control in the last 19 months. As per reports, the Indian Army have initiated a probe on the matter. Besides, they are dealing with the PLA soldier as per laid-down procedures.

An online Centralised Liquor Management System (CLMS) has been launched by the ITBP to provide desired liquor brands to the Army personnel guarding the LAC. The recently cleared long-standing move will help the in-service and retired ITBP personnel to buy liquor from their nearest unit and also check the stock online. Previous system provisioned them to purchase the liquor only from the canteens of the units, where they were posted.

Amid standoff with India, Chinese Army on October 29 released schemes to build insulated cabins with “thermal-insulation device for food-storage” for soldiers positioned at high-attitude areas. While not clarifying developments regarding the LAC issue, China's Defence Ministry spokesperson Col Wu Qian said this will support combat effectiveness and support Army’s war-preparedness. For '2+2 Ministerial Delhi Dialogue', he did not comment on … read-more

The soldier of China's People's Liberation Army, who had crossed over LAC to the Indian side, was returned back to the country in the late hours of October 20. Reportedly, the Indian Army handed him over to the Chinese Army at the Chushul Moldo meeting point. Earlier, China had expressed its hope that India would return the soldier, Wang Ya Long, soon.