We have never accepted the illegal Chinese occupation of Indian territory in this area, said the Ministry of External Affairs.

China has recently announced establishment of two new counties- Hean and Hekang - in Hotan prefecture, having a significant part of Aksai Chin into it. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that parts of jurisdiction of these "so-called counties" fall in India's Union Territory of Ladakh.

Congress leader Pawan Khera has strongly criticised the government’s response to China’s establishment of two new counties in Hotan prefecture, incorporating Ladakh’s territory and urged the Centre to take the issue seriously.

India has lodged protest with China after Beijing announced two new counties, parts of which, according to New Delhi, fall in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, officials said on Friday.

India has lodged a protest with China over the establishment of new counties in Hotan prefecture, which includes parts of Ladakh. New Delhi also expressed concerns about a new hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet,

India has lodged a protest with China over its creation of two new counties that include parts of Aksai Chin in north-eastern Ladakh. New Delhi has also expressed “concern” over an upcoming mega dam across the Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) in Tibet.

China approved the construction of what will be the world’s biggest hydropower dam on the eastern rim of the ecologically fragile Tibetan plateau

Congress leader Pawan Khera has criticised the government's response to China's establishment of two new counties in Hotan prefecture, incorporating Ladakh's territory. He urges Prime Minister Modi to take decisive action,