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The Hindu May 29, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had offered to help New Delhi and Beijing resolve their ongoing  tensions at the Line of Actual Control  (LAC). The offer came as a surprise on a day when the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)  appeared to soften its line  on the stand-off, suggesting the situation was “stable and controllable” now. “We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute. Thank you!,” Mr. Trump tweeted. Mr. Trump did not elaborate on his offer, which came as a surprise for several reasons. While the U.S. has offered to mediate between India and Pakistan on multiple occasions in the past, this is the first time an American official has offered to be the third party between India and China publicly. x His comments also appear to be at variance from the stand taken by Alice Wells, who was then a ...

Hindustan Times May 28, 2020 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday alleged that the Indian government’s “arrogant expansionist policies” is becoming “a threat” to its neighbours as he tried to curry favour with Islamabad’s all-weather ally, China. The Indian government “with its arrogant expansionist policies, akin to Nazi’s Lebensraum (Living Space), is becoming a threat to India’s neighbours. Bangladesh through Citizenship Act, border disputes with Nepal & China, & Pak threatened with false flag operation,” Khan said in a series of tweets. Several areas along the 3,500-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh and North Sikkim have witnessed major military build-up by both the Indian and Chinese armies recently, in a clear signal of escalating tension and hardening of respective positions by the two sides even two weeks after they were engaged in two separate face-offs. The LAC is the de-facto border between India and China. Pakistan and China c...

The Print 25 May, 2020 Written by: Snehesh Alex Philip New Delhi: India is carrying out “proactive localised preventive deployment” at multiple locations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh even as it has carried out “mirror deployment” in areas where it has been challenged by Chinese troops, ThePrint has learnt. Sources in the know told ThePrint that the localised deployment is to ensure the Chinese are not allowed to exploit anything that might just escalate the tension . They underlined that the extra deployment is being done through existing troops in the region and none has been brought in from outside. “In some of the places, the Chinese are challenging the LAC. And hence we have undertaken preventive deployment in multiple places so that there is no advantage for the other side. These are all preventive in nature and have been part of the tactics whenever tensions have risen,” a source explained. ThePrint had earlier reported ...

The Indian Express Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Written by Sushant Singh , Man Aman Singh China Sources told The Indian Express that the Army has also increased its presence along the boundary with China in Uttarakhand — part of the middle sector — following reports that Chinese troops have been deployed in increased numbers in the Guldong sector    As field-level talks to lower tensions along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh remain inconclusive, the Indian Army has increased its presence in Uttarakhand following reports of a Chinese troop build-up in an area on their side of the LAC. And in eastern Ladakh, which is part of the western sector, the Army has inducted additional troops and has enhanced round-the-clock surveillance of the LAC through UAVs. Sources told The Indian Express that the Army has also increased its presence along the boundary with China in Uttarakhand — part of the middle sector — following reports that Chinese troops h...

The Indian Express Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Written by P. Stobdan Overall, the pattern shows the PLA’s desperate design to snatch the lake at Lukung through a three-pronged strategy of attacking from Sirijap in the north, Chuchul in the south and through the lake water from middle. After downplaying the border stand-off for over two weeks, the government has finally dismissed China ’s accusations of the Indian Army crossing the Line of Actual Control. Instead, the PLA has intruded into the Indian side of the LAC, disrupted normal patrolling, and destroyed posts and bridges on the Galwan Nala at Chang-Chenmo. Looking at the issue only from the LAC angle would be a mistake. Remember, in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A, there was a sudden outburst from Beijing over making Ladakh a Union Territory (UT). China described India’s move as “unacceptable”, undermining its “sovereignty” — even raised the issue at the UNSC. India dismissed China’s asser...

Scroll.in February 27, 2020   Special status for Jammu and Kashmir has gone, but outside investors cannot buy land there When the Centre stripped Jammu and Kashmir of special status under Article 370 and split the state into two Union Territories, one of the main rationales given for the decision was this: special status was a “hurdle for the development of Kashmir”. At the same time, it revoked Article 35A, which enabled the government of the former state to define “state subjects” and reserve for them certain rights, including the right to own land in Jammu and Kashmir. As part of its development agenda in Jammu and Kashmir, the government is organising a global investors summit, scheduled to take place in April. An earlier attempt in October had to be aborted because of the security situation. The government’s stated aim: to draw outside investment to the region now that it is free of the restrictions imposed by special status. Starting February 17, 54 bureaucrats...

The Indian Express Sushant Singh The committee, sources said, created an index which measured the backwardness, area, remoteness along with the historical deprivation suffered by Ladakh. Although the committee for division of assets between the newly formed Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh submitted its preliminary assessment two months ago, many contentious issues remain. These pertain to division of immovable assets owned by the erstwhile state in Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh and Mumbai, besides allocation of government officials of various state departments to the two UTs. The three-member committee for division of assets between the two UTs, headed by former Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra, submitted an interim assessment report in October where it recommended certain guidelines for division of assets. The final report of the Committee is expected by the end of the current financial year.The committee, sources said, created an index which measure...