India on Friday called for “urgent, practical and time-limited” assistance for 39 Indian sailors stranded aboard two ships in Chinese waters, considering the “grave” humanitarian situation unfolding on the ships. Foreign Ministry (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the Indian bulk cargo ship MV Jag Anand has been anchored near the …
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China said on Friday there is no “link” between the situation of the Indian crew on two ships stranded in Chinese ports and its strained relations with India and Australia. The Foreign Ministry said in New Delhi on Thursday that two freighters with a total of 39 Indians on board …
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NEW DELHI: India and China have agreed that the next round of military talks should be done early to work towards an “early and complete” disconnection from troops along the Line of Real Control (LAC) in Eastern ladakh in accordance with existing bilateral agreements and protocols, the Foreign Ministry said …
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NEW DELHI: India said on Thursday it looked forward to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit next month, amid reports that travel may not be possible due to the rapidly spreading mutated version of the coronavirus in the UK. “We had invited the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as …
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Anurag Srivastava said the cancellation of the summit was a “mutual agreement” between India and Russia (archive) New Delhi: The annual India-Russia summit was canceled due to the Covid crisis, the government said today, denouncing what it called “false and misleading” reports suggesting otherwise. The statement from the Foreign Ministry …
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Indian troops did not fire any shots as alleged, Anurag Srivastava said (file) New Delhi: India said on Sunday that Pakistan’s allegations that Indian troops deliberately attacked a United Nations vehicle along the Line of Control (LdC) were investigated in detail and found to be in fact “incorrect and false.” …
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NEW DELHI: In a new diplomatic outburst with China, India claimed on Friday that the situation in LAC was the result of BeijingEfforts to unilaterally change the status quo along the border in eastern Ladakh with actions that violated bilateral agreements aimed at ensuring peace and tranquility in the border …
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NEW DELHI: India said on Friday that the military standoff in eastern Ladakh over the past six months has been the result of actions by China seeking to effect a “unilateral change” in status along the Royal Line of Control ( LAC). Comments from ministry of foreign affairs spokesman Anurag …
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New Delhi: With the military standoff in eastern Ladakh running into the eighth month, India reiterated on Thursday that the “core problem” with China remained that troops should not be accumulated in the Royal Line of Action (LAC), nor should they be take unilateral measures to alter the situation in …
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India summoned Pakistan’s charge d’affaires on Friday to protest Islamabad’s decision to hand over Durbar Sahib Gurdwara’s management in Kartarpur to a body without Sikh representatives. Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said Aftab Hassan Khan, Pakistani high commission charge d’affaires, was “summoned and conveyed our strong protest.” “It was also …
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