In this Sept. 14, 2017 file photo, Pangong Lake is seen near the India-China border in the Ladakh area of India. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup, file)
The sources said that the Indian soldiers are now face to face with the Chinese, who also have a presence on the same ridge line.
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India has taken control of strategic heights on the north shore of Lake Pangong in eastern Ladakh, sources told CNN-News18 on Wednesday, hours after it emerged that the Indian military has also captured critical heights south of the lake.
The sources said that the Indian soldiers are now face to face with the Chinese, who also have a presence on the same ridge line.
The sources also denied reports of Indian troops occupying heights in Finger 4. “As part of the preventive deployment carried out on August 30, some readjustments of our positions on the north shore of Pangong Lake on our side of LAC had also been made,” a said the source.
The development comes after the Indian military thwarted China’s attempt to change the status quo on the southern shore and captured all critical positions and posts in the Ridge area.
“We have not entered their (Chinese) location, but we dominate our posts. We are in a dominant position (on the south bank) at this point, ”another source told News18 earlier that day.
China has denied initiating the latest outbreak, with a spokeswoman for the embassy in New Delhi accusing Indian troops of crossing the Royal Line of Control (LAC) – the de facto border – and carrying out “flagrant provocations.”
Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a border confrontation for months in the snowy high-altitude deserts of Ladakh, and have held talks to reduce friction. The two have contested the course of the border for more than half a century.
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In June, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in hand-to-hand combat with Chinese troops in the Galwan area of Ladakh, the most serious confrontation between the two countries in 50 years.
Later, both sides agreed to withdraw and the region’s military leaders held five rounds of talks. But the Indian military said this week that Beijing had breached the deal by carrying out “provocative military moves to change the status quo.”
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