"Anguished to learn about the loss of lives of brave soldiers of the Indian Army in a road accident in Sikkim. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured," Tweeted President Murmu.
The Indian Army issued an advisory on Friday asking its personnel to take protective measures like using face masks, especially in closed and overcrowded spaces, and practising social distancing.
The Sela Pass tunnel which will provide all-weather connectivity to the Indian Army towards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near Tawang near the China border is being constructed atop 13,000 feet in Arunachal Pradesh.
The local villagers of Zemithang are not worried about such type of incidents as the Tawang skirmish and they have full confidence in the Union government and the Indian army that, the government and Indian army will protect them.
The demand for the Ahir Regiment in the Indian Army has again come to the fore as many ex-servicemen raised the demand for the government to form a full-fledged Infantry Regiment for the community as soon as possible.
India appears to have left behind the baggage of 1962. In all the subsequent confrontations, be it in Nathu La and Cho La in Sikkim in 1967, in Sumdorong Chu in Arunachal Pradesh in 1986, or in Galwan in Ladakh in 2020, the Indian army had the upper hand over the Chinese. Beijing's days of b
Union Minister Ajay Bhatt on Saturday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remark flagging 'clear threats' from alleged Chinese incursions into Indian territory and said that his statement could "lower the morale" of the Indian Army.
Chinese troops of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) clashed with the Indian Army in the eastern area of the two countries' disputed border on December 9.
People residing at Tawang have shown confidence in the Indian Army and expressed their support, following the December 9 border clash where the Indian soldiers thwarted the Chinese attempt to change the status quo along the LAC in the Yangtse sector in Tawang.