India will deploy boats with enhanced capabilities, including anti-ramming features, at Pangong Lake at eastern Ladakh, one of the border locations witnessing a dispute with China.
Almost all major and minor water bodies of the Valley freeze and the perennial water reservoirs of Kashmir get replenished due to heavy snowfall during this period.
Social media giant Twitter has apologised in writing to a key parliamentary panel for wrongly showing Ladakh in China and has promised to correct the error by the month-end, the committee's chairperson Meenakshi Lekhi said on Wednesday. Twitter's deposition has come in form of an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, Chief Privacy Officer of Twitter Inc, for wrong geo-tagging of India's map, Lekhi told PTI.
The Indian Army has completed establishment of habitat facilities for all troops deployed in eastern Ladakh to ensure operational efficiency in the harsh winter months, it said on Wednesday.
The Indian Army established habitat facilities for troops deployed in Ladakh sector.
A 5-years-old student of LKG saluted Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans near a border village in Ladakh.
Fresh snowfall lashed higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday, which led to the closure of Srinagar-Leh road for traffic, while the plains were lashed by rains, officials said.
The whole world knows Ladakh has become union territory and people of Ladakh have accepted it, said Ladakh BJP president Jamyang Tsering Namgyal on November 14 after Twitter showed Leh as a part of Jammu and Kashmir instead of Ladakh.
The Union Ministry of Electronics & IT issued notice to Twitter on November 9 for showing Leh as part of J&K instead of Union Territory of Ladakh. The notice was directed Twitter to explain in 5 days as to why legal action shouldn't be taken against them for disrespecting India's territorial integrity.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claims over Chinese transgression in Ladakh as "baseless".
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that India has dealt with the 'worst crisis' in decades along its border with China with firmness and maturity despite facing the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic.
After Saudi Arabia released new 20 Riyal banknote, India has now asked the country to take corrective steps on the misrepresentation of its territorial boundaries on the new notes.
BJP President JP Nadda on Monday termed BJP's victory in Leh Autonomous Hill Development Council election as historic after the party won 15 out of 26 seats. The election on 26 seats was held on Thursday. BJP, Congress, AAP and independent candidates had contested the elections.
The BJP has won 15 seats, Congress 9 and independent candidates 2 in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council election which took place on Thursday. BJP, Congress, AAP and 23 Independent candidates contested the polls for 26 seats.
BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit chief Swatantra Dev Singh has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has 'decided' the date of war with China and Pakistan.
Top commanders of the Army will carry out a comprehensive assessment of India's combat readiness in eastern Ladakh as well as other sensitive areas along the Line of Actual Control with China at a four-day conference beginning today, government sources said.
India is observing the Police Commemoration Day today, remembering all the police personnel martyred in the line of duty. The day is reminiscent of the sacrifices of ten CRPF bravehearts who scripted a saga of valour and sacrifices in the snow-laden, inaccessible and inhospitable terrain of Hot Springs in Ladakh back in 1959.
A Chinese soldier was apprehended by security forces in the Chumar-Demchok area in Ladakh on Monday. Sources revealed that the soldier of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) might have entered into the Indian territory "inadvertently".
Further, sources in the Indian Army suggested that the soldier was in safe custody. His verification has been done and he will be handed over to the Chinese side as per the established protocol following due procedure.
A Chinese soldier was apprehended by security forces in Chumar-Demchok area in Ladakh on Monday. Sources revealed that the soldier of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) might have entered into the Indian territory "inadvertently".
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 hit Ladakh today at around 4:44 am, the National Centre for Seismology said.
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