KANPUR (UP) — Following disengagement between India and China, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that India wants to keep a cordial relationship between all its neighbouring countries, adding that patrolling of both India and China has started in Depsang and in Demchok it will start soon. “India wants to keep a cordial […]
NEW DELHI — Troops of India and China exchanged sweets at several border points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the occasion of Diwali on Thursday, Army sources said. The traditional practice was observed a day after both countries completed the disengagement at two friction points at Demchok and Depsang Plains in eastern […]
NEW DELHI — Indian and Chinese troops have completed disengagement at two friction points at Demchok and Depsang Plains in eastern Ladakh and patrolling is set to commence soon at these points, Army sources said on Wednesday. Exchange of sweets between the two sides will take place on Diwali, they said. Chinese Ambassador to India […]
NEW DELHI — Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Monday ended his fast along with others, after the home ministry assured them that the talks on Ladakh’s demands will be resumed in December. Join Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Prashant Lokhande met the activists, who have been sitting on an indefinite fast at Delhi’s Ladakh […]
MUMBAI — The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) observatory, the largest imaging Cherenkov telescope in Asia built by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), has been inaugurated at Hanle in Ladakh, giving a boost to scientific research. Located at an altitude of 4,300 metres, it is also the highest of its kind telescope in the […]
NEW DELHI — President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday visited the Siachen base camp and told soldiers posted at the world’s highest battlefield that all citizens salute their bravery. Addressing the troops, she said in difficult situations like heavy snowfall and minus 50 degrees temperature, they present extraordinary examples of sacrifice and tolerance in protecting the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a significant move, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, announced the creation of five new districts in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Monday. The newly created districts are Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang. India’s Home Minister, Amit Shah, announced the creation of the five districts in […]
LEH — Six people were killed and 22 more injured when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a 200-feet-deep gorge in Ladakh’s Leh district, officials said. The bus, taking staff members of a school to a wedding function, fell into the gorge in the Durbuk area, Leh Deputy Commissioner Santosh Sukhadeve told […]
LEH — Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) on Sunday held a joint meeting here, expressing hope that the Centre will restart the dialogue with them on the four-point agenda which included statehood to Ladakh and its inclusion in the 6th schedule of the Constitution. However, the leaders representing the two districts […]
SRINAGAR — In its first ever raids in the Union Territory of Ladakh, the Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches as part of its money laundering probe linked to a fake cryptocurrency operator, officials said. The agency raided at least six premises in Leh in Ladakh, Jammu in J&K and Sonipat in Haryana in the […]