New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened an “all-party meeting” on the issue of India-China face off in Ladakh on Friday evening. Attended by several political parties, the meeting drew sharp focus on the escalation of tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers. 

If the unit was armed, as is being claimed now, the second-in-command should have ordered firing the moment the commanding officer fell to the Chinese treachery, said the Punjab chief minister.

Lobsang Sangay said Beijing’s recent actions on the Line of Actual Control with India can be seen as following the ‘Five Fingers of Tibet strategy’ as was laid down by Mao Zedong.

Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across eight states will be held on Friday with the contest in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan promising to be a close affair between the BJP and the Congress.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has refused to congratulate India on its election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term, beginning January  2021.

The test-firing comes as the United States is seeking an extension of a U.N.-imposed arms embargo against Iran, which is due to expire in October.

The journalist and Scroll.in's 'editor-in-chief' have been booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and sections of the IPC.

Voting for three Madhya Pradesh seats in Rajya Sabha takes place Friday. The BSP and SP said MLAs supporting the BJP were going against the party line.

Pakistan committed 15 ceasefire violations in J&K in May alone, starting around the same time as the the India-China standoff along the LAC began in Ladakh.

BJP is a minor partner in the Meghalaya government led by National People’s Party, which withdrew support to the former in Manipur.