RSS, US arms lobby complicate India-China ties: KaratOctober 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat has accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the US arms lobby of creating complications in India-China relations. "There has been a revival of the bogey of the threat from China among sections of the corporate media and strategic experts," Karat said in an article written on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China Thursday.
No action against journalists who filed Chinese firing reportSeptember 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police has been instructed not to prosecute two journalists for what officials said was a wrong report about Chinese firing across the border, official sources said Wednesday. Home Minister P.
China denies incursions along LACSeptember 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - China on Tuesday flatly denied reports of incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Talking to reporters after meeting with Home Secretary G K Pillai here, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yan said: "Nothing is happening.
Chinese incursions result of lack of demarcation, say villagersSeptember 16th, 2009 CHANGLA GAON - Villagers living along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh said on Wednesday that Chinese incursions were a result of lack of border demarcation. Indian media had reported that two soldiers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were injured in firing from across the border on the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh, part of which China claims as its territory.
'Chinese aggression indicates Beijing's nervousness over India's rise'September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A US think-tank has said that China's recent aggression on Indian border is direct result of Beijing's "nervousness over India's rise."
"Well, I think China is becoming increasingly nervous about India's rise. It's something that they have to deal with that perhaps 10-15 years ago they didn't believe was something that was necessary to focus on.
Reported Chinese firing injuring border guards scare residents in SikkimSeptember 16th, 2009 GANGTOK - Reports of Chinese firing injuring border guards in Arunachal Pradesh have caused concern among people in Sikkim. They said security in the state should be tightened.
External Affairs Ministry denies Chinese firing across LACSeptember 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday denied a media report about two ITBP jawans being injured due to firing from across the Line of Actual Control (LAC). "A media report about two ITBP jawans having been injured due to firing from across the LAC (Line of Actual Control) has come to notice.
To counter Chinese incursions, Pokhriyal demands Mountain Security ForceSeptember 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Monday demanded the formation of a new Mountain Security Force on the lines of the Coast Guards to maintain security on borders along the mountains. Speaking to ANI, Pokhriayal said: "I demand the formation of a Mountain Security Force for guarding the borders along the mountains, on the lines of the Coast Guard."
His demand came days after he revealed that the Uttarakhand Government had mentioned that the Chinese were entering Indian territory in the state.
Deputy Commissioner Leh visits border areasSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Deputy Commissioner of Leh, Ajit Kumar Sahu, had visited the site where the Chinese intrusion was reported recently. He is undertstood to be sending a report to the Government.
Indo-Tibetan force dispatches fourth batch to CongoJuly 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Central paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force has sent a replacement batch of 124 personnel to war-torn D.R. Congo as part of UN mission after its third batch returned to India Tuesday, an official said.
ITBP team returns from Mount Abi Gamin peak to a grand welcomeJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Having conquered 24,130-feet Mount Abi Gamin peak on the Sino-Indian border, the mountaineering and skiing team of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) returned to the national capital on Thursday and was accorded a warm reception. The team skied down the peak, despite heavy snow accumulation and high velocity blizzards.
BSF troopers in Kutch border posts get satellite phonesMay 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Border Security Force (BSF) troopers deployed at three outposts in the inhospitable Kutch region of Gujarat have been given satellite phones to keep in regular touch with their families, a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) official said Saturday. The state-run BSNL has provided the phones and the troopers can talk at a subsidised rate of Rs.1 per minute instead of the standard charge of Rs.49 per minute in the country, the official said.
Don't teach me law, I was once chief minister: Mulayam SinghMay 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh had an argument with a poll official in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri constituency after his bodyguards were stopped from entering the polling booth alongwith him. The former chief minister, who has Z plus security, got angry when an election official at the polling station in Saifai locality, said that as per the norms only one person could accompany him into the booth.
ITBP puts VVIP security units in Delhi under new headquartersApril 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The units of central paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) looking after the security of the President Estate and other VVIP security have been brought under one roof, and the force Monday inaugurated a new headquarter for this purpose in the national capital. Vikram Srivastava, director general of the ITBP, inaugurated the new headquarter of special frontier, in West Block of R.K.
BSF chief visits India-Pakistan border areasDecember 26th, 2008 AMRITSAR - Amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai terror attack last month, Border Security Force (BSF) director general M.L. Kumawat Saturday visited frontline security positions in Amritsar and Ferozepore districts of Punjab.
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