The remarks by the State Department on Monday came as the armies of India and China began disengagement of troops locked in over eight-month-long standoff in eastern Ladakh

The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway line into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project. It will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Indian and Chinese troops were squaring off in close proximity in at least four locations south of the Pangong Tso lake that both lay claim to

The renewed push to step-up development of the remote and impoverished southwestern region signals Beijing's intent to bolster frontier security amid heightened border tensions with India in recent months

The construction plans include completion of the challenging middle section of a high-elevation Sichuan-Tibet railway link, a railway line between Nepal and Tibet that has remained in the planning stages, and a newly planned dry port in the Tibet Autonomous Region

Chinese Hawala racket accused Luo Sang was arrested by Delhi police in connection to a Hawala scam in 2018, but was eventually let off by the court

India has received foreign direct investment of over $20 billion in the last few months during the coronavirus pandemic, which has had an adverse affect on businesses across the world apart from the over-6-lakh lives the infection has claimed so far

Indians living in New York and New Jersey states along with the officials of the diaspora organisation, Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) - raised slogans of 'Boycott Made in China', 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Stop Chinese Aggression' among others

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The State Department did not say if the recent India-China confrontation along the Line of Actual Control in East Laddakh appeared during the Pompeo-Yang talks in Hawaii.

The Galwan river in eastern Ladakh has been in the news lately. It is one of the sectors where Indian and Chinese armies are at a stand-off. As per recent media reports, while both the armies are on their respective sides of the Line of-Actual Control (LAC), the situation is not yet normal. But India and China have had several conflicts in the past, one them being the 1967 Nathu La conflict. India's highest mountain pass in northeastern Sikkim, which is sandwiched between Bhutan, Chinese-ruled Tibet and Nepal was a bone of contention. But India managed to get the better of the Chinese soldiers. Watch the video for more.Also Read: India-China border clashes: How many Chinese soldiers died? Here's what we know

India and China have been locked in a stand-off situation since May 5 in the area with the Chinese troops reportedly crossing the LAC from their bases in the Galwan River sector

This is for the first time since 1962 that there has been tension in the Galwan area in Eastern Ladakh. And that too when the LAC is clearly defined and acknowledged by both sides

In 1975, four Indian soldiers had died in a Chinese ambush in Arunachal Pradesh

India-China border tension live: Indian Army has confirmed that 17 soldiers involved in the Galwan stand-off succumbed to their injuries, taking the death toll to 20

His remarks came as Nepal's ruling and Opposition political parties on Saturday voted in unison to amend the Constitution to update the national emblem by incorporating the controversial map incorporating Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura in India's Uttarakhand

Both the sides are expected to deliberate on specific proposals to end the month-long bitter standoff in eastern Ladakh during the first extensive talks between the Indian and Chinese military

The statement comes a day after China said that the overall situation at the border with India was \"stable and controllable\", and both the countries have \"unimpeded\" communication channels to resolve the issues through dialogue and consultations

The comments by Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian came in the backdrop of the continuing standoff between the militaries of India and China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC)

Asked whether India can be arm-twisted on the issue by China, he said: 'you cannot even think of it'