China's state-run media, People's Daily Online today rejected as fake a Pakistani news report that claimed over 150 Indian soldiers were killed in Sikkim in a Chinese rocket attack. <br/><br/>The ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece said, a 24-hour Pakistani news channel yesterday claimed that at least 158 Indian soldiers had been killed as China fired rockets across the border on Indian border installations. <br/><br/>The state-run Global Times also published a report today, calling the Pakistani media report groundless and fake. India last night dismissed the report as utterly baseless, malicious and mischievous. Chinese authorities have not yet responded to the report.<br/><br/>China and India have been engaged in a standoff in the Dokalam area in the Sikkim sector, where Indian troops stopped<br/>road construction by Chinese soldiers on June 16.
News On AIR | July 18, 2017 8:13 PM
Pak news report of attack on India 'fake', says Chinese media