Ladakh

Kashmir Valley receives season’s first snowfall

2:45 pm November 23, 2020

Srinagar: Most of the plain areas in Kashmir experienced the season’s first snowfall on Monday, even as the higher reaches witnessed heavy precipitation, leading to the closure of Srinagar-Leh road which connects the valley with Ladakh, officials said here. The MeT office has issued an ‘Orange Colour’ weather warning for the higher reaches of J-K […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Ladakh reports two more COVID-19 deaths, 79 new cases

2:37 pm November 22, 2020

Leh: Ladakh has recorded two more coronavirus Ladakh reports two more COVID-19 deaths, 79 new cases-related deaths and 79 fresh cases, taking the fatality figure to 98 and the virus tally to 7,866, officials said on Sunday. Both the deaths and new cases were reported from Leh district, which has witnessed a surge in the […]

Ladakh to make debut in Republic Day Parade on Rajpath

Ladakh hikes education budget to Rs 871 cr

6:55 pm November 21, 2020

Leh: The Ladakh administration has increased multi-fold its education budget to Rs 871 crore, an official said on Saturday. This was revealed during the integrated multidisciplinary professional advancement for teacher (IMPACT) training programme for teachers of Ladakh chaired by Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur. “A Rs 871 crore budget has been allocated to the education sector of Ladakh during the current […]

India will give ‘prchand jawab’ if it is tested: PM Modi at Longewala Post

3:55 pm November 14, 2020

Longewala: Keeping with his practice of spending time with soldiers on Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed troops at Longewala Post in which he asserted that India will give “prachand jawab” (fierce reply) if it is provoked. In a clear swipe at China, Modi said without naming it that entire world feels troubled […]

Military talks with China have no link with “any extraneous issue”: India

11:53 pm October 29, 2020

New Delhi : India on Thursday said its military talks with China on the border row have no connection with “any extraneous issue”, comments that came in the backdrop of recently concluded Indo-US 2+2 dialogue during which the two countries discussed Beijing’s military belligerence in eastern Ladakh and Indo-Pacific region, and inked a strategic defence […]