Defence assessments a decade ago identified six disputed and four sensitive areas along Arunachal’s border, with forces placed on heightened alert to monitor Chinese activity. GUWAHATI: India’s mapping of a string of disputed and sensitive frontier pockets in Arunachal Pradesh along the McMahon Line on official Survey of India maps has brought into focus multiple…
“Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai” (Indians and Chinese are brothers) was the definitive buzzword in India during the early 1950s. A marked cordiality hung over diplomatic circles, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was keen to extend this geopolitical bonhomie into military relations as well. Not many today are aware that China actually took the initial steps toward establishing…
Guwahati: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu on Wednesday brushed aside Beijing’s repeated assertions over the frontier state, declaring that China’s claims carry little weight for people on the ground.“China claiming Arunachal Pradesh is not a new thing for us and we don’t give a damn to it. We do not take it seriously,” Khandu told…
