Ladakh

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks tomorrow

Chinese soldier who strayed across LAC in Ladakh’s Demchok sector released

4:44 pm October 21, 2020

New Delhi/Beijing: The Chinese soldier, who was apprehended by the Indian Army in the Demchok sector of Eastern Ladakh on Monday, has been handed over to China, official sources said on Wednesday. Corporal Wang Ya Long was handed over to the Chinese military on Tuesday night at Chushul-Moldo border point in eastern Ladakh, sources said […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

China calls on India to honor pledge, return missing soldier

10:51 am October 20, 2020

Beijing: China’s military says it hopes India will make good on its pledge to swiftly return a Chinese soldier found lost along their mountainous border where the sides have been locked in a tense standoff. The defense ministry issued a statement late Monday saying the soldier had been helping herders round up yaks when he […]

Australia to be part of Malabar exercise

8:21 pm October 19, 2020

New Delhi: India on Monday announced that Australia will join the upcoming Malabar exercise which effectively means that all the four member countries of the ‘Quad’ or Quadrilateral coalition will be participating in the mega drill. The US and Japan are the other countries that participate in the annual exercise, which is likely to take […]

74 new COVID-19 cases reported in Ladakh

9:33 pm October 1, 2020

Leh: Seventy-four people have tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the number of the virus caseload in the union territory to 4,269, while 40 more patients were discharged after successful treatment, officials said on Thursday. There was no report of any COVID-related death in the region, the officials added. The number of active COVID-19 […]

Security scenario in eastern Ladakh at “uneasy no war no peace” status: IAF chief

8:04 pm September 29, 2020

New Delhi: The present security scenario along India’s northern frontier is at an “uneasy no war no peace” status, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Tuesday, referring to the festering border row with China in eastern Ladakh. Addressing a conference, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria also said the Indian Air Force has responded to the situation with rapidity and […]