Page 24 - India China Border Row

Top headlines: States to borrow Rs 2.35 trn, Ladakh situation 'serious'

Here are the top headlines of the day

Military option in Ladakh entails hard choices for both India and China

For both India and China, the most likely option appears to be a freezing of the status quo

Alibaba puts India investment plan on hold amid China tensions: Report

Alibaba, which has fuelled the growth of several Indian start-ups, will not put in fresh funds to expand its investments in the country for at least six months, the sources said

India-China spat starting to impact domestic unicorns, Chinese investors

Experts said Chinese investments in Indian unicorns including Paytm, Byju's, Ola, BigBasket, Dream11, and Swiggy may drop sharply through investors such as Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi

India deploys troops with shoulder-fired missiles in key areas of Ladakh

The shoulder-fired missiles have a range of two to five km and they are capable of bringing down low flying helicopters and aircraft

Military option to deal with China still on if diplomacy fails: Gen Rawat

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops are sitting at various disputed and friction points along the Line of Actual Control

Rajnath Singh, NSA Doval, CDS Rawat review Ladakh standoff situation

Talks between India and China remain deadlocked and now the bigger problem is logistics. India has to move around three additional formations to reinforce the border

Shekhar Gupta: Fort Narendra Modi

A really popular, well-entrenched Indian leader has never been defeated by a rival. Which is why Modi is impregnable and only he can defeat himself

China must restore status quo in eastern Ladakh to resolve standoff: Report

India and China have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks in the last two-and-half months but no significant headway has been made for a resolution to the border row in eastern Ladakh

Bait and switch: The maths of promises and delivery will have to add up

On the three major subjects on which the country would like to hear from the prime minister - defence expenditure, healthcare spend, and economic difficulties - there is only silence, writes T N Ninan

India, China claim 'candid, in-depth' talks to resolve border dispute

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the two sides had a "candid and in-depth" exchange of views on the existing situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC)

India, China to hold joint secretary-level talks to discuss disengagement

China has not disengaged in Finger area, Depsang plains and Gogra after multiple rounds of military and diplomatic talks

IPL title rights: BCCI likely to ask Dream11 to revisit bids for 2021, 2022

The company replaced Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Vivo, which had to pull out for this season because the Sino-India border stand-off

US Senate condemns China's aggression against India, calls for diplomacy

The resolution commended India for taking steps to secure its telecommunications infrastructure from Chinese security threats

Peoples Bank of China among 357 investors to acquire stake in ICICI Bank

The Chinese Central Bank subscribed to the recent ICICI Bank's Rs 15,000 crore capital QIP placement and invested Rs 15 crore

Ready to address differences with India, develop bilateral ties: China

Sound development of bilateral ties serves the interest of the two countries, says Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

Border tensions may spoil India's plan to boost manufacture of weapons

Modi's efforts to transform the world's biggest arms importer into a defense manufacturing powerhouse have remained a non-starter since the idea was first proposed in 2014

India expects China to sincerely work on disengagement in Ladakh: MEA

"As the external affairs minister had noted in a recent interview 'the state of the border and the future of our ties, cannot be separated'," Srivastava said at an online media briefing

India can give befitting reply if enemy attacks us, says Rajnath Singh

In a message to the armed forces on the eve of Independence Day, he said India believes in winning hearts and not land

Indian envoy to China briefs PLA General, reiterates stance on Ladakh issue

India has been insisting that China must withdraw its forces from areas between Finger Four and Eight. The mountain spurs in the area are referred to as Fingers