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China lodges protest with India over Gen. Rawat's reported remarks

China has protested to India over Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat's reported remarks about Beijing constituting the biggest security threat, the Ministry of Defence here said on Thursday. "Indian officials speculate on the so-called Chinese military threat' for no reason, which is a serious violation of the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries that China and India do not constitute a threat to each other', and incites geopolitical confrontation, is irresponsible and dangerous, Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Sr. Col Wu Qian told an online media briefing here. According to the transcript posted on the defence ministry's website, Sr. Col Wu was responding to a question on the reported comments by Gen. Rawat recently stating that the biggest security threat to India is China. There is a lack of trust' between India and China in resolving the border dispute, and suspicion' is growing. What is China's comment on this? We express our firm opposition to this

Congress questions PM's silence on Chinese intrusion in Arunachal

The party also slammed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for his comment on border row as Congress alleged that Chinese intrusion is absolutely unimaginable physically

Cong asks PM to end 'silence' on Chinese 'intrusion' in Arunchal Pradesh

The Congress accused the BJP government of deception and deliberate distortion over alleged Chinese intrusions in Arunachal Pradesh and questioned Modi's 'silence' on the issue.

Army will stand up to all external, internal threats: Vice Chief of staff

Adversaries with 'hegemonic' designs try altering status quo under false pretexts, but the Indian Army must, will stand up to all external and internal threats, Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty said

Don't think China has any doubt on India's stand: Jaishankar on ties

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that China should be in no doubt about India's position on the bilateral relationship between the two countries and what is languishing it."I don't think the Chinese have any doubt on where we stand on our relationship and what's not gone right with it. I've been meeting my counterpart Wang Yi a number of times. As you would have experienced, I speak fairly clearly, reasonably understandably (and) there is no lack of clarity so if they want to hear it, I am sure they would have heard it," Jaishankar said.He spoke at a panel "Greater Power Competition: The Emerging World Order" at the Bloomberg New Economic Forum in Singapore on Friday.External Affairs Minister has also said that India and China are going through a bad phase in their relationship because of Beijing's actions and violation of agreements between the two neighbouring nations and for which it still doesn't have a "credible explanation"."We are neighbours and going through a ..

India, China going through 'bad patch' in bilateral ties: Jaishankar

"I don't think the Chinese have any doubt on where we stand on our relationship and what's not gone right with it,' Jaishankar said.

Ladakh row: India, China agree to hold next round of military talks soon

India and China on Thursday agreed to hold the next round of military talks at an early date to achieve the objective of complete disengagement in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh

Govt does not have strategy on China, says Rahul Gandhi

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the country's national security is "unpardonably compromised" as the government does not have a strategy on China

India has not accepted illegal occupation of our territory by China: Centre

"India has neither accepted such illegal occupation of our territory nor has it accepted the unjustified Chinese claims," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said

Volatile situation on borders, forces must be prepared: Rajnath

Citing the volatile situation on the borders, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that the armed forces "need to be prepared to respond at a short notice for any contingency".

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju hits out at Congress on India-China border issue

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday hit out at the Congress for allegedly quoting a foreign media report to question the "credibility" of the government on the India-China border issue. He also once again posted a short video of then defence minister AK Antony's purported remarks on China in Lok Sabha. "Dear Congress members, listen to Congress government's defence minister before speaking on China border issue," the minister said in a tweet in Hindi. The Congress had on Saturday sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to "withdraw" his "clean chit" to China that no one has entered into Indian territory while citing a Pentagon report that claims China has entered 4.5 km into Arunachal Pradesh. In a series of tweets, Rijiju claimed that "some mischievous media" wrote in bold that China has built a village inside Arunachal' "and then slightly mentioned 'at the area occupied by China in 1959'. What's your purpose?" Rijiju said that "these people" deliberatel

China built village inside disputed territory with India's Arunachal: US

China has built a large 100-home civilian village inside disputed territory between the Tibet Autonomous Region and India's Arunachal Pradesh, claimed the US Department of Defense

China taking tactical actions to press claims at LAC: Pentagon

The Pentagon report comes amid heightened tensions between the US and China over the issue of Taiwan

'Full of prejudice': China says Pentagon's nuclear report disregards facts

The Pentagon estimated in its Wednesday report that China will have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030

Territorial ambitions of China & Pak require India to stay alert: CDS

Rawat said history is witness to the fact that whenever a country neglects its armed forces, the external powers are quick to exploit it.

Army needs widened roads up to China border, Centre tells Supreme Court

The top court said that the matter will be listed post Diwali break before appropriate bench

India fully prepared to face any challenge, if need arises: Rajnath

Singh visited Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Chandigarh.

China's new land boundary law is of concern to us, says India

China's decision to bring out the law as a matter of "concern" as it can have implications on the existing bilateral pacts on the management of the border and the overall boundary question

India criticises China for 'unilateral' move to bring new land border law

Last week, China's national legislature adopted the new law on the protection and exploitation of the land border areas, which could have bearing on Beijing's border dispute with India.

China passes new land border law amid military standoff with India

The country's national legislature has adopted a new law on the protection and exploitation of the land border areas