May 2, 2024 – Bhartiyanews24x7

New Delhi: China is building a road in Shaksgam Valley, a part of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) ceded to Beijing in 1963, that can connect Muzaffarabad through the Mustagh Pass to Yarkahnd in Xinjiang.India on Thursday said that it had registered a protest with China over this road construction. “Shaksgam Valley is a part of the territory of India. We have never accepted the so-called China Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963 through which Pakistan unlawfully attempted to cede the area to China, and have consistently conveyed our rejection of the same,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told the media. Show Full Article “We have registered our protest with the Chinese side against illegal attempts to ...

New Delhi: In its first direct attack on Israeli soil since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war last October, Iran launched Operation ‘True Promise’ on the intervening night of 13 and 14 April, firing hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles at Israel. This was days after Tehran vowed retaliation for what it called an Israeli strike on its consulate in Damascus on 1 April that killed seven officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including two senior commanders. The salvo deployed by Iran in retaliation, according to Israel’s chief military spokesman, comprised around more than 30 cruise missiles, at least 120 ballistic missiles and 170 drones. The attack, it is suspected, was aimed at overwhelming Israel’s air defences and causing damage to its Nev...

Day: May 2, 2024

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

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