LEH — A 55-year-old woman was allegedly raped and murdered by a man in Leh district of Ladakh and the accused was arrested within three hours of the gruesome crime, a senior police officer said on Thursday. The victim, a native of Achinathang, was found murdered at her residence in Sheynam in the early hours […]
LEH — Ladakh lived up to its reputation as one of the safest place in India with the Union Territory recording only 23 cases of violent crimes in 2021, though the number is almost four times higher than the previous year, according to latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. Ladakh did not register any […]
SRINAGAR — The army on Wednesday said that it rescued an Israeli national from high altitude in Ladakh after receiving a distress call. In a statement, Srinagar based spokesperson said that today 114 Helicopter Unit received a call for Casevac from Nimaling Camp near Markha Valley. The statement reads that Atar Kahana, an Israeli national, […]
SRINAGAR — Indian Air Force on Saturday rescued an Israeli national from a high altitude area in Ladakh as he was suffering from acute mountain sickness and having difficulty in breathing. In a statement, a Srinagar based spokesperson said that n today 114 Helicopter Unit received a call for Casevac (Casualty Evacuation) from Nimaling Camp […]
KARGIL — Three people were rescued from flash floods by the administration and the Army in Kargil district of the Union territory of Ladakh, officials said on Tuesday. The administration was informed on Monday evening that three people were trapped in Taisuru’s Youljuk village due to a sudden rise in the water level in a […]
LEH — Seven soldiers were killed and several others injured when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and fell into the Shyok River in Ladakh on Friday, Army officials said. The accident took place in the Tuktuk sector at around 9 am at a place which is around 25 kilometers from Thoise in […]
LEH — Twelve passengers, including five children, trapped inside an overturned mini-bus following an accident were rescued by the Army and provided necessary medical assistance here, a defence spokesperson said on Tuesday. Two passenger mini-buses collided with each other on the Shyok-Durbuk road on Monday, following which one of the vehicles turned turtle, he said. […]
NEW DELHI — China has begun constructing a second bridge across the Pangong Lake that will be capable of accommodating heavy armoured vehicles, months after completing another bridge in the same region that is claimed by India, reported Hindustan Times. According to the HT report, second bridge is being constructed parallel to the first bridge, […]
SRINAGAR — An earthquake of mild intensity shook Ladakh region on Wednesday evening, an official said. The earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred at 1705 hours (7:05 p.m.), local meteorological department official here told GNS while quoting National Centre for Seismology. He that the earthquake had a depth of 110 km, a longitude of 75.18 east […]
LEH — The Ladakh administration organised the first ‘Siachen ice climbing festival’ at the Nubra valley here, officials said on Wednesday. The festival, organised with an aim to promote the glacier as an adventure spot, was inaugurated by Sarpanch Khemi Halqa in presence of officials from the Ladakh Police and residents of Tongsted village on […]