Ladakh

Zojila pass connecting Kashmir valley and Ladakh

11:12 pm April 21, 2021

New Delhi: The BRO on Wednesday opened the Zojila pass that provides vital road link between the Kashmir valley and Ladakh, officials said. The pass normally closes by mid-November every year, with the onset of winters when the temperatures dip to subzero degrees and opens only by end April the next year, the BRO officials […]

132 passengers airlifted between Ladakh, J-K

8:14 pm March 18, 2021

Jammu: As many as 132 passengers were airlifted to and from the union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. A total of 114 passengers, including four infants were airlifted in two An-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force, they said. Giving further details, they said 40 passengers were airlifted from […]

IAF ferries 381 stranded passengers from J-K to Ladakh

7:35 pm March 13, 2021

Jammu: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday airlifted 381 stranded people from Jammu and Kashmir to Ladakh, an official said. While 197 passengers were airlifted from Srinagar to Leh in C-17 aircraft, another batch of 184 passengers were ferried from Jammu to Leh, Chief Coordinator, Kargil Courier Service, Aamir Ali, said. The IAF operates […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

China adopted increasingly assertive military posture to expand its influence: US Commander

11:57 pm March 9, 2021

Washington : China has adopted an increasingly assertive military posture to exert pressure and expand its influence across the region and the Chinese expansionary territorial ambitions are also on display along its western border, where its troops have been engaged in a standoff with Indian forces, a top American commander told lawmakers on Tuesday. During a Congressional hearing, Admiral Philips Davidson, Commander of the […]

Rahul attacks Modi over Sino-India standoff; says Chinese know PM is ‘scared’

6:09 pm February 27, 2021

Tuticorin: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Sino-India border standoff, charging him with being ‘scared’ of the eastern neighbour and took a swipe at him for being only ”useful to two people.” Launching his three-day Tamil Nadu tour ahead of the April 6 assembly […]