India Rejects China's Objection to Ladakh Place Names

India on Tuesday rejected China's objection to New Delhi assigning standardised names to 28 places and geographical features in Ladakh, reiterating that the Union Territory is an "integral and inalienable" part of the country. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said no amount of denial by China can change this established fact. The naming exercise, announced on October 2, includes key friction points along the Line of Actual Control such as Gogra and Hot Spring.