Tag: Leh
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Kargil distancing itself from Leh’s demand for 6th Schedule for Ladakh
Anayat Ali said that our foremost demand is removal of discrimination with Kargil.
September 29, 2020 -
Income Tax Department carries out searches in Jammu & Kashmir
Various incriminating documents and materials evidencing unexplained investments in immovable properties, construction of hotels and residences aggregating to Rs 25 crore in the last six financial years have been seized during the search, though he has not paid any tax since AY 2014-15.
September 17, 2020 -
PM Modi to inaugurate Atal tunnel this month, preparations at its peak
The project was to be completed by February 2015 but tunnel faced geological problems due to which it got delayed.
September 15, 2020 -
Candlelight march in Leh in memory of braveheart Nyima Tenzin
Nyima Tenzin, the Tibetan-origin officer of the Special Frontier force (SFF) was killed in action on the night of August 30 when his unit was on a mission to dominate the heights of the southern side of the Pangong Lake.
September 8, 2020 -
LAC standoff: Army chief in Leh to review situation
Army sources said Gen Naravane would be briefed by senior field commanders on the ground situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) where Indian troops foiled attempts by Chinese forces to alter the status quo at the south bank of Pangong Tso Lake recently and occupied some key heights.
September 4, 2020 -
India, China hold fresh talks on Ladakh stand-off
The main agenda of the talks is to address the situation at Depsang plains that has seen a big mobilisation by both sides. At today's meeting too, the Indian side insisted that Chinese troops must complete the disengagement process and restore the status quo ante which existed in eastern Ladakh in early May.
August 9, 2020 -
PM Modi meets President Kovind, briefs him on ‘issues of national, international importance’
PM's visit comes two days after his surprise visit at Leh to meet the soldiers.
July 5, 2020 -
Defence Ministry gives clarification on allegation of PM Modi’s visit to Leh Hospital as ‘orchestrated’
'The injured braves have been kept there since their arrival from Galwan to ensure quarantine from COVID areas,' the Defence Ministry said.
July 4, 2020 -
PM Modi meets soldiers who were injured in Galwan Valley clash
'The braves who left us, they didn’t depart without reason, all of you gave a befitting reply,' PM said.
July 3, 2020 -
China trying to tinker with high altitude glacial lakes, rivers
The Galwan River flows to Ladakh from the Aksai Chin, a part of J&K under the illegal control of China. It originates from Samzungling on the eastern side of the Karakoram range and flows West to join the Shyok.
June 23, 2020 -
Galwan Valley martyr Halwaldar Bipual Roy’s wife, daughter on way to his native village for last rites
She came to know about the shocking news of the martyrdom of her husband Hawaladar Bipul Roy when some media persons thronged her house in the Kundankunj Colony of Kankerkhera locality of the city.
June 17, 2020 -
PM Modi’s participation for International Yoga Day ‘not decided yet’ due to COVID-19: Centre
In March, AYUSH Ministry officials had said that Leh in Ladakh will be the venue for the main event on International Yoga Day on June 21 and Prime Minister Modi will attend it.
June 6, 2020 -
Indian Army soldiers briefly held up by China in Ladakh last week: Report
The Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane had on Friday visited Leh, the headquarters of 14 Corps in Ladakh to review the operational situation, a day after the Government on Thursday denied China’s claims that India is carrying out any activity in violation of the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh and Sikkim.
May 24, 2020 -
Chinese built dam to submerge engraved heritage rocks of Buddhism in Gilgit Baltistan
A resident of the area, Araib Ali Baig, wrote, “The art of rock carving is present in all regions of Gilgit Baltistan, mainly in the districts of Diamir, Hunza and Nagar and Baltistan”. “Speaking specifically of Baltistan, these engravings can be seen on former settlements and popular old routes along the Indus and Shyok”.
May 18, 2020 -
Fear grips Ladakh as number of COVID-19 positive cases jumps to 13
Most of the infected persons have the history of travel to Iran, which has become a hotspot of coronavirus, for pilgrimage or were their relatives and friends.
March 21, 2020 -
First Coronavirus case in Indian Army as soldier in Leh tests positive
The soldier belonging to the infantry regiment known as the Ladakh Scouts is a resident of Chuhot village in Leh and the virus is passed on to him by his father, who had already contracted the infection.
March 18, 2020 -
Coronavirus Scare: Village in Ladakh sealed as symptoms detected in more people
Two persons from the village, including the new patient’s father Mohammad Hadi, were already receiving treatment in the isolation ward of the Sonam Norbu Memorial Hospital (SNMH) in Leh.
March 12, 2020