Addressing the Lok Sabha, MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said these areas have been under illegal occupation of China since 1962 and India has never accepted it.
India and China have serious differences at Pangong and Depsang Plains, even though they have moved ahead with disengagement at other points of conflict along LAC.
The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson's remarks came a day after Indian and Chinese military commanders held 'productive' talks to end the border standoff in eastern Ladakh.
Navy looking at about 26 multi-role deck-based fighters for its aircraft carrier. Visit by Super Hornets comes close on heels of similar trip by competitor Rafale M of Dassault Aviation.
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.