Disengagement in Pangong Tso over, fresh talks today
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But the Depsang Plains or Bulge’ area, the table-top plateau at 16,000-feet that provides India access to the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) airstrip and the critical Karakoram Pass in the north, will be a much harder nut to crack.
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Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengage from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh where they had been deployed opposite each other for almost ten months now
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(This story originally appeared in on Feb 19, 2021)India and China have completed troop disengagement on both sides of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, setting the stage for talks on the remaining friction points’ at Hot Springs, Gogra and Demchok as well as the strategically-located Depsang Plains in the next corps commander-level meeting on Saturday.
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NEW DELHI: A Chinese soldier was apprehended by Indian troops in the Chushul sector of eastern Ladakh on Friday, in the second such incident amid the continuing military confrontation in the high-altitude region since May last year.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was detained after he crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near Gurung Hill, one of the six-seven heights proactively occupied by Indian troops on the south bank of Pangong Tso-Chushul area on August 28-30, in the early hours on Friday. The Indian Army is currently questioning the PLA soldier, with the help of interpreters and other experts, to ascertain whether he was on an espionage mission or inadvertently strayed across the LAC in the night. “The PLA soldier is being dealt with as per laid down procedures and the circumstances under which he had crossed the LAC are being investigated,” said a senior officer on Saturday.
As the first Indian Army chief to have visited the strategic Rechen La and Rezang La tops in Ladakh, General Manoj Mukund Naravane gave 12 Chief s Commendation Cards to troops deployed in the icy heights on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The two heights close to the LAC were occupied by the Indian Army troops in a special operation around August 29-30 this year, preempting the Chinese who wanted to move in there. The Army chief gave his commendation cards to 12 troops including officers and jawans for their operational role and devotion to duty during deployment in the area since the middle of the year, Army sources told ANI.
Army chief awards troops deployed at Rezang La, Rechen La heights, LAC sector ANI | Updated: Dec 24, 2020 07:34 IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], December 24 (ANI): As the first Indian Army chief to have visited the strategic Rechen La and Rezang La tops in Ladakh, General Manoj Mukund Naravane gave 12 Chief s Commendation Cards to troops deployed in the icy heights on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
The two heights close to the LAC were occupied by the Indian Army troops in a special operation around August 29-30 this year, preempting the Chinese who wanted to move in there. The Army chief gave his commendation cards to 12 troops including officers and jawans for their operational role and devotion to duty during deployment in the area since the middle of the year, Army sources told ANI.