Leh: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, the 34 year-old BJP MP from Ladakh who won many admirers for his powerful speech in Parliament supporting revocation of special status for Jammu and Kashmir and creation of separate Union Territory of Ladakh, on Thursday hoisted the Tricolour at the BJP office here and termed[Read More…]
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Leh avalanche: 10 trapped under snow
Srinagar, Ten people were trapped under snow after an avalanche hit Leh district of Ladakh on Friday, police sources said. Those trapped were travelling in a truck in Khardung La Pass. “Rescue teams of police, Border Roads Organisation and Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Force have reached the spot,” the[Read More…]
Trekker dies of heart failure in Ladakh
Srinagar, A trekker from Mumbai was found dead on Thursday by the Indian Air Force rescue team in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. “Daval Suresh Shah suffered cardiac arrest near Tibb Cave on Chadar Trek in Leh district,” officials here said. The body was airlifted to Leh[Read More…]
Severe cold wave in Kashmir Valley, Ladakh
Srinagar, A severe cold wave tightened its grip over the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Monday as temperatures dropped several notches below the freezing point. At minus 24.8 degrees Celsius, Drass town was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir where even the maximum temperature remained below the freezing[Read More…]
Cold wave returns to Kashmir Valley, Ladakh
Srinagar, After a day’s respite, severe cold wave again gripped the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region on Monday, the Met Office said. An official of the Met department said the minimum temperature was minus 6.6 degree Celsius in Srinagar, while it was minus 5.5 degree Celsius in Pahalgam, and minus[Read More…]
Severe cold wave grips Kashmir Valley, Ladakh
Srinagar, A severe cold wave triggered by the bone chilling night temperature continued unabated in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region on Saturday, the Met Office said. There was no relief from the intense cold in the valley and the Ladakh region as the temperature dropped several notches below the[Read More…]
Severe cold wave in Kashmir, Ladakh
Srinagar, A severe cold wave lashed Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Saturday as Leh recorded minus 15.8 degrees Celius and the Met forecast no change in conditions for at least the next five days till Thursday. “For the next five days we are not expecting any change in[Read More…]
Unabated cold wave in Kashmir, Ladakh in deep freeze
Srinagar, An unabated cold wave continues in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, with Ladakh plunging into a deep freeze and Kargil recording minus 14.9 degrees Celsius. The Met forecast the cold wave would continue for another week with night skies remaining clear. Leh recorded minus 6 degrees Celsius, Srinagar minus[Read More…]
J&K: In a massive setback to BJP, Ladakh MP Thupstan Chhewang resigns
Thupstan Chhewang, a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) member of Parliament from Ladakh constituency of Jammu and Kashmir has announced his resignation from his party as well as from his Lok Sabha seat. Ladakh BJP MP Thuptsan Chhewang resigns from party and Parliament. pic.twitter.com/3SwYd5rVuy — Mufti Islah (@islahmufti) November 15, 2018[Read More…]
Unsung election victory of Congress for Shey-Thiksay seat in the Ladakh
Despite the fact that the sole MP from Ladakh belongs to Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress won the Shey-Thiksay seat in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), which runs the key district of Leh. The election which were held last month, went unnoticed by national media, but it is[Read More…]
Fighting climate change: How a ‘crazy’ engineer solved Ladakh’s water crisis
Leh: Years back, on a harsh winter morning in Ladakh in the northernmost Himalayas in India, a young and curious boy in a remote mountain village of the cold desert observed water coming out of a semi-frozen pipe, collecting in a small crater on the ground and freezing, just like[Read More…]
Dialogue only when stone-pelting stops: Amit Shah
Acknowledging the unrest in Kashmir, BJP president Amit Shah ruled out dialogue on the Kashmir. Asked if the government will speak to the Hurriyat (separatists) too as was done by the previous NDA government, he responded, “Once violence ends and an atmosphere of dialogue is created, we will talk to[Read More…]
China denies reports that its troops crossed LAC
China has refuted has reports that its troops crossed over to the Indian side in Demchok area in Ladakh region to stop the work of a canal undertaken NREGA. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that either side shall not take any action that may unilaterally change the status quo[Read More…]