Two major allies of the ruling UPA government at the centre are raking up the Chinese incursion issue in the run up to the assembly elections in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh even as Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu maintains that Chinese claims over the state are baseless.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and PCC chief Nabam Tuki today denied a media report of rift over CM's post within the ruling Congress.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu is set to be declared elected unopposed from Mukto assembly seat for the third time in a row.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and PCC chief Nabam Tuki on Sunday denied a media report of rift over CM's post within the ruling Congress.
India has moved hundreds of troops to the Chinese border along the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, but an army officer said Sunday that this was a routine winter exercise.

The government in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday urged New Delhi to act tough on Chinese claims over the state and snub Beijing's opposition to Dalai Lama's proposed visit to the region.
See full coverageNCP and Trinamool Congress in Arunachal Pradesh are but shadows of Congress, while BJP is the 'real' non-Congress party, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said today.
Opposition BJP will contest about fifty seats in the ensuing state assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, according to a spokesman of the state unit.
The Defence ministry on Wednesday took over operational control and maintenance of eight Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) for aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh.
The wreckage of the IAF AN-32 transport aircraft, carrying 13 defence personnel, was found today at a village in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, a day after it went missing, police said, reports
Rahul Karmakar.A technical snag in the AN-32 transport ircraft that crashed in Arunachal Pradesh killing all the 13 defence personnel on board was not ruled out today as the search for the vital on-board ' black box' that could give clues to the mishap continued.
To create employment for local youths, the Arunachal Pradesh government has sought the support of NCST to raise Arunachal scouts in the Indian Army on the lines of the ones in Ladakh and Nagaland, official sources said on Saturday.
NCP leader P A Sangma on Friday said he and his family members had benefited immensely by keeping his party a separate entity from the Congress.
To facilitate administrative work in the remote areas of the hilly state, the Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to carve out two additional districts in future.
The ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh has nothing to do with the NCP in the state and will contest the assembly elections, due in October, on its own.