Tag: Ladakh

MoS, Jitendra Singh hails Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for giving highest priority to the demands of Ladakh

Held meeting with a delegation led by the Chairman LAHDC Leh DELHI, NOVEMBER 12: A delegation lead by the  Chairman/Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC Leh Shri Tashi Gyalson and the BJP Member of Parliament (MP) Shri Jamyang Tsering Namgyal called on the  Union Minister of State (I/C) Development of […]

High road at Chilling: India builds Himalayan bridges and highways to match China

CHILLING, India – Ligen Eliyas deftly turns the excavator’s hydraulic arm to push a huge boulder into the Zanskar river below in a cloud of dust, clearing another bit of land for a strategic highway that India is hurriedly building near the Chinese border. The construction site near […]

Standoff with China will be long, India warns in pulled statement

GUWAHATI, India – India’s defence ministry has warned, in a statement since removed from its website, that a military standoff with China that began with border fighting in June is likely to be a long one, despite multiple rounds of talks between the nuclear-armed rivals to defuse the […]

PM visits Nimu in Ladakh to interact with Indian troops

The enemies of India have seen the fire and fury of our Forces: PM Due to the exemplary bravery of our Armed Forces in the recent weeks, the world has taken note of India’s strength: PM India’s commitment to peace should not be seen as India’s weakness: PM […]

China suffered 35 casualties during Galwan clash: Sources citing US intelligence reports

New Delhi, Jun 17:  The Chinese Army suffered 35 casualties during the violent clash with the Indian military in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, official sources said on Wednesday quoting US intelligence reports. The figure could be a combination of total number of soldiers killed and seriously wounded, they […]

Tragic yarn: India-China border spat hits global cashmere production

The world is heading for a shortage of the highly prized and super-soft cashmere wool as pashmina goats that live on the “roof of the world” become caught up in the fractious border dispute between nuclear neighbours India and China. Wool from pashmina goats, reared by nomads in […]

Coronavirus: Ladakh imposes lockdown till March 31

Leh, Mar 23 : The Union Territory of Ladakh has been placed on lockdown till March 31 to check the spread of coronavirus even as the reports of 16 fresh samples of suspected cases have tested negative, a senior government official said on Monday. The lockdown came into effect […]

8 candidates file nominations for Ladakh PC

open view news desk LEH : According to Returning Officer, Avny Lavasa a total of 8 nominations have been filed for the Ladakh Parliamentary seat. On the last date of filing nominations today, 5 candidates that included Tsering Namgyal, Asgar Ali Karbalai, Sajjad Hussain, Kacho Mohammad Feroz and […]

Div Com Ladakh reviews functioning of departments

open view news desk KARGIL : Divisional Commissioner, Ladakh Saugat Biswas reviewed the functioning of different departments in the district as well as the pace of progress on the developmental works executed by the departments in a meeting held at Conference Hall Baroo here on Monday. Deputy Commissioner […]

JK admin creates separate division for Ladakh

Jammu : In a major decision, the Jammu and Kashmir administration Friday created a separate division for Ladakh, which was part of the Kashmir division till now. Ladakh will now have a separate divisional commissioner and an inspector general of Police (IG) with a full administrative and revenue division […]

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