New Delhi: China may resort to territorial grabs, including through a "major military offensive", especially in Arunachal Pradesh or Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, and India should respond with "a strategy of quid pro quo", says a report by an independent group of Indian analysts. "Our frontiers with China have been mostly stable for some years now. However, China could assert its territorial claims (especially in the Arunachal sector or...
01:59 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday expressed surprise over the Chinese objection to his visit to Arunachal Pradesh, saying the state is an integral part of India. "I was surprised to read the Chinese reaction. It is very sad and highly objectionable. Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India. As the Defence Minister of India it is my duty to ensure that all the borders of India...
11:03 AM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: A war of words has sparked between India and China over Union Defence Minister A K Antonys visit to Arunachal Pradesh. While the Chinese foreign ministry issued a statement asking India not to complicate the border issue, India hit back strongly. Antony had visited Arunachal to mark statehood celebrations, and China repeated its claims that all of Arunachal is its own, as part of southern Tibet. A statement...
12:15 AM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: A day after China objected to Defence Minister A K Antony's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, India on Sunday reiterated that the state is its integral part and stressed that any Indian has the right to visit any part of Indian territory. Objecting to the Indian defence minister's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei Saturday had "asked India to work with China to maintain peace...
06:43 PM, Feb 26, 2012
Beijing: China has asked India to cooperate with Beijing in maintaining peace and stability in the border areas, its Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks in response to a query on media reports that said Indian officials have pledged to guarantee "safety" of Arunachal Pradesh. China's stance on China-India border issues, including disputes regarding the eastern section, has been consistent and clear-cut, Xinhua...
08:28 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Dehradun: A student of Class IX of a government school has given birth to a baby girl in the hill town of Mussoorie, prompting the police to launch an investigation in the matter. The 16-year-old girl, who hails from Arunanchal Pradesh, was living in the hostel of the Central government-run school for Tibetans in Mussoorie and she gave birth to the baby at a hospital on Friday, where she was...
09:33 AM, Feb 25, 2012
Payi Gyadi turmed Citizen Journalist to expose how Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Atum Welly's children secured government jobs on fake university degrees. ...
09:53 AM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: Wing Commander Felix Patrick Pinto, an helicopter pilot of the Indian Air Force, who helped search for the fateful Pawan Hans helicopter of then Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu that had crashed in Tawang in April last year, was Wednesday named to receive Shaurya Chakra, the third highest peacetime gallantry medal. Pinto, a Mi-17 pilot, had also showed grit when he successfully steered a malfunctioning helicopters for...
09:30 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Itanagar: Nearly 75,000 devotees, including hundreds of sadhus from across the country, took a holy dip in Parshuram Kund in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday. Most of the pilgrims, from Nepal, Manipur, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and various parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh made a beeline to the holy site since January 13 last, Lohit deputy commissioner R K Sharma...
12:10 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Thursday termed the damaging of a wall by Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh in July this year as 'childish' and said if there is a boundary skirmish, there will be "enough noise and bloodshed" for the whole world to know about it. The Army Chief pointed out that though relations with China are good, the pending border disputes between the two countries...
08:39 PM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: In yet another provocation, China has denied visa to a senior IAF officer hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, who was to travel as part of a military delegation, after which India put the visit on hold. Group Captain M Panging, based in Northeast, was refused visa by the Chinese embassy without being given any reasons, sources said. Reacting strongly, India put on hold the visit that was to start...
09:30 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Itanagar: 2011 was a year of loss for the people of Arunachal Pradesh as they lost their Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu in one of the two major helicopter crashes while political upheavals and the stapled visa issue with China also kept the state in news. The year saw installation of two new chief ministers after over four months of internal strife among the members of the ruling Congress. In one...
10:59 AM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: Even as India and China have yet to decide on the next round of boundary talks, the government on Thursday said it was keeping "a close watch" on China's stepped-up drive to develop infrastructure in the border regions. "The government is aware that China is developing infrastructure in the border regions opposite India in Tibet and Xinjiang Autonomous Region," Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed told...
01:14 AM, Dec 02, 2011
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Chinese military infrastructure build up along its borders, India will on Friday activate an airfield in Vijaynagar in Arunachal Pradesh from where it will be able to operate its latest C-130J Hercules transport aircraft. "The use of this airfield was discontinued in 2009 for carrying put repairs there. The airfield will be reactivated tomorrow by Arunachal Pradesh Governor General (retd) JJ Singh," IAF officials...
07:56 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Wednesday expanded his 15-day old ministry by inducting 11 ministers including four new faces. Governor JJ Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly inducted ministers at a simple ceremony held in the Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan in Itanagar. The four new faces are Deputy Speaker Tapang Taloh, Kamlung Mosang, Rajesh Tacho and Jarkar Gamlin, brother of...
05:17 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: In the wake of a spat between the Chinese envoy to India and a journalist, the BJP on Friday said the Government should take cognisance of such "brazen acts of undiplomatic behaviour" and warn the ambassador officially not to indulge in unfriendly acts in future. BJP insisted that such behaviour was totally unacceptable and insulting to Indian democracy and demanded an "unqualified apology" from the ambassador to the...
07:51 PM, Nov 04, 2011
New Delhi: Chinese Ambassador to India on Thursday told journalists to 'shut up' when questioned about map showing Ladakh and Arunachal as part of China. Chinese Ambassador was attending an event in Delhi where a Chinese company's brochure showed Arunachal and Ladakh as part of China. The Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs who was present at the event had already raised the issue with the Ambassador. The...
03:11 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Army's proposal for a Mountain Strike Corps to add depth to its defence in Arunachal Pradesh is expected to reach the Cabinet Committee on Security soon, sources said on Wednesday. The new Corps will add one lakh men to the existing force structure and cost more than Rs 60,000 crore. Once passed by the committee, its budgetary clearance is likely to be done next April when...
01:25 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin resigned on Monday following the leadership crisis in the state. Gamlin claimed that he has resigned from the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Saturday. Gamlin sent his resignation letter to the AICC on Friday after Gamlin he was told by the high-command to resign to resolve the leadership crisis in the state. Meanwhile, as many as 24 out of 42 Congress MLAs...
05:46 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Itanagar: At least 30 people, including children, were feared killed when a suspension bridge over the Kameng river collapsed late on Saturday in Arunachal Pradesh, a police official said. West Kameng Superintendent of Police K Aya said the 100-metre wooden planks-and-rope bridge at Seppa in West Kameng district collapsed when a group of about 70 people gathered on it. Twenty eight people were rescued, three bodies were recovered from the...
11:36 PM, Oct 29, 2011
