Photos of Chinese soldiers armed with stick machetes during their deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh sector have surfaced amid India-China tension at the LAC. The photos show Chinese troops armed with weapons on Monday (September 7) when China once again tried to illegaly cross on to the Indian side.
Personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) are undergoing fitness check-up at an ITBP camp in Leh on September 08 before departing for various forward postings.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale occurred 435-km north-northwest of Kargil, Ladakh at 05:47 am today.
Army Chief General MM Naravane on Thursday began his two-day visit to Ladakh to carry out a comprehensive review of the security situation in the region amid China's fresh attempts to change the status quo along the southern bank of Pangong lake.
India is in a strong position in hill-top areas of Finger 4 and Finger 5 near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with the presence of more soldiers than Chinese troops after Indian Forces foiled multiple attempts by the Chinese army to transgress into the Indian side of the LAC and unilaterally change the status quo.
India-China border tension: In a significant development, Indian security forces once again today (Tuesday, Sep 1) foiled an attempt by the Chinese Army to transgress into the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the general area of Chumar.
Following new developments at the South Pangong Tso amid India-China border tension, a high-level meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Foreign Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval and chiefs of Army, Navy and Airforce took place on Tuesday at South Block in New Delhi.
The government has finalised bids to construct the Zoji La tunnel in the Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh region as part of ramping up infrastructure projects in the Himalayan region. All you need to know about the new himalayan infrastructure project.
The Union Territory of Ladakh, which is normally considered as a dry land not suitable for the growth of crops and flowers, is all set to be drenched in the colours of flowers as the administration will develop a unique floriculture farm for the publ
The development work in Ladakh has taken a pace since the J-K's special status was revoked and the state was bifurcation into two Union Territories.
Muharram, which is likely to fall on Thursday, is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar and is considered sacred by Muslims who observe the month with abstinence and prayers to mourn the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain in the battle of Karbala in the 7th century.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans celebrated Independence Day on the banks of Pangong Tso, Ladakh at 14,000 feet.
The temperature increase of 6.9 degrees Celsius for the Jammu and Kashmir Himalayas is way more than the projected average rise in the global and national temperatures by the end of the century.
Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday announced reservation of 4 percent seats in its engineering, medical colleges for students hailing from Ladakh Union Territory.
The Indian Army has responded to the troop build-up by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), by buffing up its own presence near the Daulat Beg Oldi and Depsang plains area. As per latest reports, on top of ramping up the infantry presence in the area, the Indian Army has deployed tanks and other heavy armour weapons to act as a deterrent against any Chinese misadventure.
Leh is the joint capital and largest town of the Union Territory of Ladakh. The Mahayana Buddhist majority town also has a large Shia Muslim population.
India and China may soon hold more military-level talks seeking for an "early and complete" disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh. The two countries have held a fresh round of diplomatic parleys amid indications the withdrawal of forces by the Chinese army from certain parts in the region has not gained momentum.
Amid border tension with China, the government has changed trade rules imposing restrictions on public procurement from China and other countries with the common border.
The Trump administration has maintained close contact and "tremendous cooperation" with India on the latest Chinese border aggression, America's top envoy in New Delhi has said, asserting that the last six months have been unprecedented in terms of the bilateral relationship.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had harsh words for China who he said "initiated" clashes in eastern Ladakh. Pompeo said the clashes was the latest example of "unacceptable behaviour" of Chinese Communist Party. Pompeo's reprimand for China has come amid reports of Chinese non-cooperation in the disengagement process in Ladakh.
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