Bad weather prevents Kovind's visit to War Memorial in Ladakh
Jul 30, 2021, at 03:36 am
Drass/IBNS: Bad weather on Monday led to the cancellation of President Ram Nath Kovind’s scheduled visit to Drass in Ladakh to pay homage on the 22nd anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, officials said here.
President of India Kovind to visit Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh from July 25 to 28
Jul 24, 2021, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, will visit Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh from July 25 to 28, 2021.
Twitter removes wrong Indian map showing J&K outside country after facing backlash
Jun 29, 2021, at 05:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitter on Monday removed a wrong map of India from its website that showed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as a separate country following a backlash from its users.
Jammu and Kashmir: Ladakh LG reserves Govt jobs for locals
Jun 09, 2021, at 10:24 pm
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh on Tuesday announced recruitment rules for the newlyestablished Union Territory, reserving the jobs exclusively for the locals.
Jammu and Kashmir: Ladakh gets Centre's nod fortransmission lines at cost of Rs 1,310cr
May 30, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Srinagar: The central government has approved intra-state transmission works at a revised cost ofRs 1,309.71 crore to link far-flung villages of Ladakh to the grid and phase out DG setstowards achieving carbon neutrality in the Union Territory, a top official said onSaturday.
Defence ministry gives nod to BRO for construction of all-weather tunnel connecting Manali to Leh
May 19, 2021, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Defence Ministry has green lighted the construction of a 4.25 km tunnel under 5,091m high Shinkun LA pass and given the go-ahead to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for building the all-weather axis which will link Manali to Leh, ensuring connectivity for Indian Army formations in Ladakh sector, said a Hindustan Times report.
11th India-China military level talks on LAC likely on April 9
Apr 07, 2021, at 04:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The 11th round of India-China military-level talks will take place on April 9 in which issues like friction at Gogra-Hot Springs, restoring the pre-April 2020 status quo ante, long-standing patrolling issues at Depsang Bulge due to friction in the area during the 2013 stand-off with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are likely to be discussed, a Hindustan Times report said referring sources.
Apr 03, 2021, at 05:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Friday called on China to withdraw troops from all friction points in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and asserted that the disengagement alone will ease tension in the border areas.
Galwan: ITBP jawans celebrate Holi at 17,000 ft altitude
Mar 30, 2021, at 01:25 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Jawans of Indo-Tibetan Border Police on Monday celebrated the festival of colours, Holi, at an altitude of 17,000 feet near Galwan at the India-China border.
Mar 06, 2021, at 11:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Ambassador Vikram Misri met Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui in Beijing on Friday and stressed the importance of complete disengagement in eastern Ladakh, noting this would help restore peace and tranquility and create conditions for progress in bilateral relations.
China admits casualties in Galwan clash with India
Feb 19, 2021, at 05:04 pm
Beijing/IBNS: Eight months after the deadly fight in the border, China on Friday admitted that its five officers and one soldier were killed during the clash with the Indian personnel at the Galwan valley in Ladakh, media reports said.
Why has PM Modi given up Indian territory to China? Rahul Gandhi questions govt
Feb 12, 2021, at 05:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a bid to corner the central government over the India-China border faceoff, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be accountable to why he had allegedly given up the country's territory to hostile neighbour China in Ladakh.
Assets, liabilities, posts apportioned between UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
Jan 15, 2021, at 10:49 pm
Srinagar: The Finance Department has apportioned assets, rights, liabilities and posts of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir between the Union Territory of J&K and Union Territory of Ladakh.
India hands back apprehended Chinese soldier in eastern Ladakh
Jan 11, 2021, at 07:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Army on Monday handed back the apprehended Chinese soldier at Chushul-Moldo in eastern Ladakh.
Chinese soldier held on Indian side of the Line of Actual Control
Jan 09, 2021, at 09:38 pm
New Delhi: A Chinese soldier was held by Indian Army personnel on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in Ladakh on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Govt clears 8 power projects on Indus in Ladakh
Jan 08, 2021, at 11:59 pm
Srinagar: The government has cleared eight hydropower projects of 144 MW on the Indus river and its tributaries in Ladakh, the highest so far, sources in the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Thursday.
Justice Pankaj Mithal to take oath as CJ of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh today
Jan 05, 2021, at 04:27 am
Srinagar: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha will administer oath to Justice Pankaj Mithal as Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh here on Monday.
ROC J&K, Ladakh celebrates Constitution Day
Nov 28, 2020, at 06:05 pm
Srinagar: Constitution Day was celebrated at both the offices of Registrar of Companies, J&K and Ladakh located at Jammu and Srinagar.
India, China agree to ensure troops exercise restraint along LAC
Nov 08, 2020, at 03:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India and China have agreed to ensure their frontline troops exercise restrain, avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, where forces of two countries are engaged into border standoff since early May.
Oct 30, 2020, at 03:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India has communicated its "serious concern" to Saudi Arabia over "incorrect depiction of India's external territorial boundaries" in a banknote issued recently by the middle-eastern country, the External Affairs ministry said today.
Twitter's defence on geotagging Leh in China 'inadequate': Parliament panel
Oct 29, 2020, at 01:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The parliamentary Joint Committee examining the Personal Data Protection Bill has said Twitter's explanation on showing Ladakh as a part of China is inadequate, amounting to criminal offence, said media reports.
Indian Army hands over missing soldier to China
Oct 21, 2020, at 04:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Army on Wednesday returned a Chinese soldier who was apprehended in Demchok sector of eastern Ladakh.
Indian Army officials hands back Chinese soldier who strayed across LAC in Ladakh
Oct 21, 2020, at 02:31 pm
New Delhi: The Chinese Army personnel, who was caught by the Indian Army after he strayed across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, was handed back to China on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Chinese soldier held after he strayed across LAC, to be sent back: Indian Army
Oct 19, 2020, at 09:13 pm
New Delhi: A PLA soldier, who was identified as Corporal Wang Ya Long, was apprehended in the Demchok sector of Eastern Ladakh on Monday after he had strayed across the LAC, the Indian Army said.
China has no locus standi to comment on our internal matters: India on Beijing's Ladakh remark
Oct 15, 2020, at 11:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian External Affairs Ministry on Thursday said China had no locus standi on the internal matters of the country referring to Beijing's recent comment on New Delhi's developmental projects in Ladakh, which is already flared up with the bilateral tension for months, media reports said.
Time has come to accept that talks won't persuade Beijing: US on India-China Ladakh standoff
Oct 10, 2020, at 06:50 pm
Washington/IBNS: In a more of a suggestion to New Delhi, the United States has said only talks won't resolve the months-long border standoff between two Asian giants, India and China, in Ladakh, media reports said.
India rejects China's 1959 claim on LAC at Ladakh border meet, awaits Chinese response
Oct 08, 2020, at 07:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India will wait for the Chinese response at the 7th military commanders' meeting slated on October 12 in Ladakh after dismissing Beijing's unilaterally defined 1959 claim on its perception of Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the September 30 diplomatic level talks, said media reports.
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:24 am
Beijing: The Chinese government would do well by giving up its aggressive posture and take the lead in defusing the border row with India given that there is a worldwide negative perception against China in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, reports The Irrawaddy news website of Myanmar.
Sep 25, 2020, at 04:56 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Thursday said the way forward to resolve the conflicts with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border between the two countries, is to avoid misunderstandings and refrain from unilaterally changing the status quo.
Villagers helping Indian Army in their fight against China by providing supply
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:04 am
Ladakh: Indian villagers are daring to travel the difficult path of the Himalayas to reach the top and provide supplies to the Indian Army engaged in a standoff with Chinese troops in a bid to safeguard their village from coming under Chinese control, according to a report by The Guardian.