"India does not take part in such military arrangement. Therefore the question of our participation does not arise," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said during a joint press conference in Harbin, China, at the conclusion of the third standalone trilateral meeting of Foreign Ministers of India, China and Russia.
For Priya, Rajini and Praveena engineering graduates from Karnataka's Manipal University, China has become their "home away from home" ever since they landed in this city eight months back