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Leh Apex Body calls off 7 April border march in Ladakh, ‘concerned about national security’

The LAB had announced 'border (Pashmina) march' to Changthang, near the China border, to highlight the condition of grazers.

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

Why changing Ladakh L-G may not be enough to cool agitation — ‘feeding uncertainty’

Brig. B. D. Mishra (retd.), who took over from L-G R. K. Mathur, has a tough task in hand. Agitators are up against bureaucracy rule & bent on four core demands including statehood.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold back-to-back high-level meetings on Leh-Ladakh, J&K

The meetings, to be held in the North Block office of the Ministry of Home Affairs, will be attended by the lieutenant governors of both union territories of Ladakh, J&K.

2 dead, 10 injured after BRO tipper truck overturns in Ladakh, Rajnath Singh expresses grief

The incident took place in the Sasoma-Saser La area of Ladakh on Wednesday while road construction was underway, said officials. Singh condoled 'the loss of precious lives' in a tweet.

Building a road to Pangong: Labourers from Nepal, Jharkhand brave precarious terrain, biting cold

The BRO is overseeing the construction of this 250 km-long road that runs from Leh to the border with China via Chang La Pass.

Air Vice Marshal Arvind Dalaya, who set up IAF’s first permanent chopper unit in Leh, dies at 91

Dalaya also served as the first director of operations of the Helicopter Corporation of India, which later became Pawan Hans.  

Kargil, Leh districts join hands to push for statehood, constitutional safeguards in Ladakh

The Leh-based Apex Body of People's Movement for 6th Schedule and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) leaders will also seek one more Lok Sabha seat and two Rajya Sabha seats for Ladakh.

4,000 soldiers posted in Leh to get Covid vaccine starting Saturday

As more doses of the vaccine are produced, plan is to eventually cover every soldier in Ladakh, including those facing off with Chinese troops at LAC.

BJP wins 15 seats in Ladakh Hill Council polls, Congress improves tally to 9

BJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who campaigned for the polls, calls it a big win, says the people of Leh stamped the decision of Modi govt to revoke Article 370.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.