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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicIndia-China border

Topic: India-China border

Modi’s legacy is on the line now. He must shed passive approach to China’s border dominance

India faces no existential threat or substantial loss of territory. Engaging in brinkmanship can even reduce the probability of a limited war.

Matching China’s defence will take a long time. Until then, tunnel warfare is Army’s solution

Indian Army should exploit tunnel warfare to 'stalemate China’ or 'neutralise asymmetry' in high-end military technology.

Why India’s strategic depth is of little value—from Pakistan to China borders

What if a country has neither strategic depth, nor a friendly neighbour? Faced with such a situation, this depth has to be created by occupying territories.

On Ladakh standoff, India, China talking differently this time. Something bigger is on menu

In all the flurry, should there be an agreement centred around a pullback of positions, its long-term ramifications must be understood.

India, China talks fail to make headway on Depsang but both sides agree to freeze build-up

19th round of talks came ahead of PM Modi & Xi's visit to Johannesburg for BRICS Summit later this month, to be followed by latter's visit to India for G20 Summit in September.

Army to follow amended SOPs for counter-insurgency ops in Northeast, says Eastern Command chief

Lt Gen RP Kalita says situation along northern border with China is ‘quite stable’ & Army has ‘increased deployment’ along Indo-Myanmar border.

Why India’s border standoff with China reveals Modi weakness. It’s the economy, stupid

How far does India want to escalate border tensions, in the full knowledge that Xi won’t show up at G20 if Delhi pushes the tipping point?

India, China discuss proposals for disengagement along Line of Actual Control

This was the first in-person meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) since 2019, & was held Wednesday in Beijing.

9,400 more personnel, new operational base for ITBP — how India plans to strengthen hold on LAC

Hirings will allow ITBP to raise 7 new border battalions. Move comes days after Leh superintendent of police reported India lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points along LAC with China.

Bridge allowing armoured vehicles to pass opened in Arunachal, less than month of Tawang clash

The Siyom bridge in Arunachal Pradesh is a 100-metre ‘Class-70’ steel arch superstructure, which can withstand movement of armoured columns along with artillery.

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?