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Delhi Police Arrest Fraud Accused After 500-km Chase to Tawang

Delhi Police Arrest Fraud Accused After 500-km Chase to Tawang

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At nearly 10,000 feet in Arunachal Pradesh, the road to Tawang winds through thin air. On January 31, as temperatures dipped below freezing, a Delhi Police team drove deeper into the mountains, closing in on a man they had been tracking across several states. Tawang sits close to India’s edge — its police station is among the last in the country, just 16 km from the Line of Actual Control with China. It was here, police said, that they hoped to find a 24-year-old accused in an investment fraud that stretched across borders and digital platforms. The 24-year-old man, Babidul Khan alias Bobby, was accused of duping at least 15 people and operating multiple mule accounts where he allegedly moved the defrauded amount worth Rs 5 crore. The racket was operating from China, said police, and Khan’s arrest — after a 500-km hunt from Guwahati — eventually happened in Tawang. The racket had come on the police radar just weeks before when Diwakar Jha (45), a retired Air Force personnel and a resident of South …

Gorsam Kora festival in Arunachal Pradesh to celebrate Buddhist heritage, India-Bhutan friendship | Latest News India

Gorsam Kora festival in Arunachal Pradesh to celebrate Buddhist heritage, India-Bhutan friendship | Latest News India

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Tawang, The Gorsam Kora festival in Arunachal Pradesh, which celebrates the shared Himalayan Buddhist cultural heritage and the long-standing friendship between India and Bhutan, will be held from March 26 to 29. Gorsam Kora festival in Arunachal Pradesh to celebrate Buddhist heritage, India-Bhutan friendship The festival takes place annually at Zemithang Valley in Tawang district of the state. Situated along the Nyanmjang Chu river, Zemithang holds historical significance as the sanctuary where the 14th Dalai Lama found refuge in 1959 upon his escape from Tibet, a statement from the organisers said. The festival will take place at Gorsam Chorten, a 93-foot tall stupa built during the 12th century AD by local monk Lama Pradhar, the release said. This iconic stupa, older than the Tawang Monastery, is modelled after Nepal’s Boudhanath stupa and has a spiritual companion, the Chorten Kora in Trashiyangtse, Bhutan. Thousands of devotees, including Bhutanese nationals, will gather during Gorsam Kora festival to observe the auspicious occasion on the last day of the Lunar calendar’s first month. The festival, being organised by the …

Museum honouring unsung hero who made Tawang part of India inaugurated in Arunachal | Latest News India

Museum honouring unsung hero who made Tawang part of India inaugurated in Arunachal | Latest News India

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Tawang, In 1951, an assistant political officer of the erstwhile North East Frontier Agency and the present-day Arunachal Pradesh carried out an audacious operation to bring Tawang under the Indian Union. Museum honouring unsung hero who made Tawang part of India inaugurated in Arunachal Seventy-three years later, a museum of valour has been inaugurated in Tawang in memory of the unsung hero, Major Ralengnao Bob Khathing. The museum was inaugurated virtually by Defence Minster Rajnath Singh on Thursday from Tezpur in Assam as he could not fly to Tawang due to bad weather. Khathing, who was a Naga from Manipur, was given the order by the then Assam governor Jairamdas Daulatram to march towards Tawang with 200 soldiers of the Assam Rifles and 400 porters on January 17, 1951, from Chariduwar, near Tezpur. Before World War II, Tawang was under the administrative control of the then independent Tibetan government. Despite several attempts, the British could not annex it. According to the historical accounts of the NEFA, when Khathing and his men arrived in Tawang, he …

Rajnath Singh Heads To Arunachal, 1st Visit Since China Clash Last Month

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday to inaugurate a series of development projects. The visit comes a month after India and China troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control in Tawang sector.  Mr Singh will inaugurate the Siyom Bridge near Boleng in Siang district and also virtually inaugurate 27 projects of Border Roads Organisation (BRO).  The 100-metre long Siyom bridge over river Siyom is a strategically important bridge as it gives the military strategic advantage in deploying troops to the far flung areas of the Line of Actual Control.  The Siyom bridge The Border Roads Organization (BRO) has constructed a total of 3,097 km of roads in Arunachal Pradesh in the last five years, many of them leading to the forward areas. In a statement in Parliament, Rajnath Singh had said Chinese troops tried to “unilaterally” change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Yangtse area of Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector on December 9, but the Indian Army compelled them to retreat with its “firm …

‘Retired Agniveer on wedding cards’: Baghel’s dig at BJP amid China tension | Latest News India

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Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has taken a swipe at the BJP over the ongoing tussle between his party – Congress and the saffron camp – over the Tawang clash. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Baghel mentioned the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme, saying it was brought by the Centre to “weaken the Army”. The Congress leader spoke about Agnipath while claiming that the opposition leaders are “ready to discuss” the latest Chinese transgression but the BJP is not. Also Read | Why is Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh important to China? “House is running and the Opposition is ready to discuss but BJP is not ready to discuss (border issue with China). To weaken the Army, they brought the Agniveer scheme. After four years they will write ‘retired Agniveer’ on their wedding cards,” Baghel was quoted as saying by news agency ANI on Tuesday. House is running and the Opposition is ready to discuss but BJP is not ready to discuss (border issue with China). To weaken the Army, they brought the Agniveer scheme. After 4 years …

‘Govt is adamant’: Sonia on Tawang clash as oppn demands talks in Parliament | Latest News India

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Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday chaired a meeting with all of her party MPs in Parliament wherein she expressed concerns over the December 9 Tawang clash, and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-headed Centre is “adamant” to not hold a discussion in the matter. “[The] government [is] being adamant and not holding a discussion on it. Public and House [are] unable to know [the] real situation. Why is [the] government not sending out a financial reply to Chinese transgression?” she asked at the Congress parliamentary party meeting, according to news agency ANI. Read all live updates of Parliament Winter session The meet was held at Parliament’s Central Hall with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and other party MPs in attendance. In Congress parliamentary party meet, Sonia Gandhi expressed concerns over Chinese transgression. She said, “Govt being adamant & not holding a discussion on it. Public & House unable to know real situation. Why is Govt not sending out a financial reply to Chinese transgression?” …

Highway To Tawang, Arunachal Tunnel, Rafale Jets Hasimara

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The Sela Pass tunnel will provide all-weather connectivity to Tawang. Guwahati/Kolkata: Days after a clash with China at the border in the Northeast, India’s ability to respond to incursions, particularly in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, is set for a boost. Here are four key points that tell the story: All-weather tunnel: Indian troops will by next month get an all-weather tunnel for Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang region — where the December 9 clash took place — enhancing the capacity to move troops and equipment at short notice. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is constructing the tunnel at Sela Pass as part of the Balipara-Charduar-Tawang (BCT) road connection. It’ll be the world’s longest bi-lane tunnel at an altitude above 13,000 feet. technically, the project means two tunnels 980 metres and 1.55 km, and about 9 km of approach road. Trans-Arunachal Highway: The state government recently pushed the construction on the Trans-Arunachal Highway — a nearly 2,000-km, two-lane highway from Tawang in the north-west to Kanubari in the east. Some of the road is already built and only …

‘Rahul Gandhi speaks language of Pak, China’: Nadda’s jibe on LAC remark| Video | Latest News India

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Rahul Gandhi has been accused of speaking the language of Pakistan and China by BJP chief JP Nadda in a video statement that came a day after the Congress leader’s remark on the fresh clash between Indian and Chinese troops last week along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang. Apart from Nadda, various other BJP leaders – including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma – have also targeted the Congress MP over the comments. “Rahul Gandhi‘s remarks, indeed, break the morale of the soldiers. No matter how much you condemn the comments, it’s less. The Indian Army symbolises courage. Whenever trouble has befallen the country, they have bravely protected and served the nation,” JP Nadda can be heard saying in the clip. The BJP chief yet again brought up the issue of funding of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and its links to China after Amit Shah – earlier this week – had hit out at the Congress over disruptions in Parliament. “We all know about …

Row Over Kiren Rijiju’s Arunachal Pradesh Tawang Tweet With Photo From 2019

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Kiren Rijiju tweeted an old photo of him meeting soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s tweet showing a photo of him meeting soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh to say the area “is fully secured” has come under criticism as a misleading post. Mr Rijiju had posted another photo, taken from a slightly different angle, from the same visit on October 29, 2019. Mr Rijiju tweeted the photo in response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s comment that China is preparing for war while India is ignoring the threat. Indian troops recently stopped Chinese soldiers from unilaterally changing the Line of Actual Control, or LAC, in Arunachal Pradesh. In the tweet, Mr Rijiju said Mr Gandhi has not only insulted the army but also damaged India’s image with his comments. “Rahul Gandhi is not only insulting Indian Army but damaging nation’s image. He is not only a problem for the Congress party but he has also become a huge embarrassment the country. We are proud of our armed forces,” the Law Minister, who is …

Kiren Rijiju reaches Tawang days after Arunachal clash; slams Rahul Gandhi | Latest News India

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A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that China is preparing for a war while the Indian government is asleep, Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the Yangtse area in Arunachal Pradesh‘s Tawang is “fully secured now due to adequate deployment” of the army jawans. Tweeting a picture of him with the Indian Army soldiers in Tawang, where Indian and Chinese troops clashed on December 9, Rijiju tweeted, “Yangtse area in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh is fully secured now due to adequate deployment of the brave jawans of Indian Army.” In an earlier tweet, the Union law minister alleged that Rahul Gandhi is not only insulting the Indian Army but damaging the nation’s image. “Rahul Gandhi is not only insulting Indian Army but damaging nation’s image. He is not only a problem for the Congress Party but he has also become a huge embarrassment (for) the country,” he said. The member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh said people are proud of the Indian armed forces. Rahul Gandhi had also alleged that China has taken …