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An all-weather link to Tawang, how the new Sela Tunnel boosts readiness at China border

March 11, 2024 11:20 am

With China seeking to claim Tawang as part of larger Tibet, while calling Arunachal Pradesh southern Tibet, India has always kept the region militarily fortified.

Sela Tunnel Project: 2 tunnels, link road — All you need to know

March 09, 2024 11:25 am

The Tunnel project is aimed at providing at weather connectivity to Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang region — the part long contest by China which describes it as a part of ancient territory.

When Indian Army troops kissed the ground on re-occupying territory in Arunachal

January 18, 2023 2:15 am

Major General P K Batra (retd), then Brigade Commander, recalls the Indian Army’s successful Operation Falcon against China in Arunachal Pradesh in 1986.

Lessons from Tawang: The five changes India needs to make in dealing with China

December 31, 2022 6:11 pm

From rules of engagement to intelligence and surveillance, Delhi needs to reconsider its approach to face an unrelenting Beijing on the LAC

Dealing with Beijing diplomatically

December 24, 2022 7:03 am

Whatever the facts on the ground and regardless of how the tensions will unfold, the government would be well advised to take the Opposition parties into confidence at the earliest. A wide political consensus is what the country needs when confronted with tensions at the borders and it is the government's task and responsibility to build it

Watching China border: CCS clears high resolution cameras for ITBP

December 22, 2022 11:50 am

“As of now, the cameras have a zoom-in feature of 40-50 megapixel. But the force has decided to procure cameras with a zoom-in feature of 100 megapixel. All these cameras will be used in border areas for surveillance,” sources said.

Tawang face-off | Our deployment is up to level ‘we have never had’: Jaishankar

December 20, 2022 9:22 am

“Today we have a deployment of the Indian Army on the China border that we have never had. It is done in order to counter Chinese deployment which was scaled up massively since 2020,” Jaishankar was quoted as saying.

Tawang clash: Sixty years on, why doesn't India have a China-specific strategy?

December 21, 2022 10:58 am

Arun Prakash and Ashok Hukku write: The December 9 clash should serve as a harsh reminder of the close call that today’s Arunachal Pradesh had in 1962

Parliament Winter Session 2022 Highlights: Both houses adjourned for the day; BJP, Opposition spar over Kharge's remarks

December 21, 2022 8:40 am

Winter Session of Parliament 2022 Highlights, December 20: At a rally in Rajasthan on Monday, Kharge claimed that while the Congress stood for the country and helped attain Independence after its leaders gave supreme sacrifices, "not even a dog of the BJP was lost" for the country.

P Chidambaram writes: Playing Chinese Checkers

December 18, 2022 9:03 am

P Chidambaram writes: Since the government is in the dark about the game that is played by China, it is keen to keep Parliament and the people in the dark. That is why we don’t know what Mr Modi told Mr Xi in Bali and there was no debate in Parliament