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India-China border dispute live updates: China says it hopes for disengagement as soon as possible, cites 'harsh winter'

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Sep 09, 2020, 09:49:21 IST

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India-China border dispute live updates: China says it hopes for disengagement as soon as possible, cites 'harsh winter'

The PLA late on Monday night accused Indian troops of crossing the LAC and firing shots to deter Chinese patrol guards in the Pangong area. The Indian Army in its response today, has said that at no stage has it transgressed across the LAC or resorted to use of any aggressive means. Stay here for all live updates

01:40 (IST) Sep 08

Incident of firing took place on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh sector where troops of India and China have been engaged in a stand-off for over three months. More details awaited: Sources (ANI)

21:52 (IST) Sep 07

Arunachal Pradesh police says whereabouts of five youths from a village in northeastern state on India-China border allegedly abducted by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) are not yet known

21:38 (IST) Sep 07

In a humane gesture Indian Army handed over 13 yaks & 4 calves, that strayed across the LAC on 31 August 2020 in Arunachal Pradesh's East Kameng, to China on 7 Sept 2020: : Eastern Command, Indian Army

Chinese officials present thanked Indian Army for the compassionate gesture

18:06 (IST) Sep 07

China has never recognized so-called Arunachal Pradesh," which is China's south Tibet region, and we have no details to release yet about question on Indian army sending a message to PLA about five missing Indians in the region

Chinese FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian

09:22 (IST) Sep 07

Army has contacted PLA through hotline on abductions: Kiren Rijiju

The Indian Army is awaiting word from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on its “hotline message” regarding the suspected abduction of five Arunachal Pradesh youths from near the international border in Upper Subansiri district, Union minister of state for sports Kiren Rijiju tweeted on Sunday. Engaged as porters and guides by the Army, the youths were reported missing by their families through social media on Friday.

09:00 (IST) Sep 07

How LAC tension is delaying work on Mumbai coastal road

It will take two months to assemble the tunnel boring machine (TBM) components at the coastal road work site at Priyadarshini Park in the city. BMC officials say that unless Chinese engineers are allowed to work on the machine, the project will suffer delays. “Around 100 pieces of the TBM, imported from China, need to be put together. Because of India-China tensions, contractor L&T has been unable to get clearances for engineers from the Chinese manufacturer to reach Mumbai for the work. But Chinese engineers already working on the TBMs being used in Metro 3 and the Bangalore Metro can help assemble the coastal road TBM, the biggest in India, as the Metro TBMs are similar machines, size being the only difference,” said a BMC official.

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08:57 (IST) Sep 07

The two sides held extensive talks on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, each lasting over six hours, but no concrete result emerged from the negotiations.

08:57 (IST) Sep 07

India too has strengthened its combat capabilities following reinforcements by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).

08:57 (IST) Sep 07

Following the confrontation, India occupied a number of strategic heights in the Chushul sector overlooking crucial bases of the Chinese military. Since then, China has deployed additional troops, tanks and anti-tank guided missiles in the area.

08:57 (IST) Sep 07

Tension escalated in the region after Indian troops foiled attempts by Chinese military to occupy Indian territories in the southern bank of Pangong lake area on the intervening night of August 29 and 30.

08:57 (IST) Sep 07

The overall situation in the region continued to be delicate.

08:56 (IST) Sep 07

The sources said the Indian Army has been on a very high level of alert and is ready to deal with any eventuality in the area.

08:56 (IST) Sep 07

The nearly four-hour brigade commander-level interaction near Chushul could not produce any tangible outcome, sources said.

08:56 (IST) Sep 07

Indian and Chinese militaries on Sunday held another round of talks in eastern Ladakh in an attempt to calm tensions even as the situation remained "delicate" with both sides further rushing in additional troops and weapons following last week's confrontations, government sources said.