Northern Command gears up to fight Covid pandemic in UT's of J&K and Ladakh

3.6-magnitude earthquake hits Ladakh

<p>An earthquake of 3.6-magnitude hit Ladakh on Saturday morning. According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake struck the Union Territory at 5:11 am. However, there were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property. Earlier, an earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale hit Ladakh on February 18. The […]</p>

PM Modi to chair sixth meeting of NITI Aayog Governing Council today

<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the sixth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog this morning through video conferencing. The agenda of the meeting includes deliberations on agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing, human resource development, service delivery at grassroots level, health and nutrition. The Governing Council presents a platform to discuss inter-sectoral, inter-departmental and federal […]</p>

Talks between India and China to resolve the Ladakh standoff along the LAC lasted for over 15 hours

<p>The ninth round of talks between India and China to resolve the Ladakh standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Sunday lasted for over 15 hours, officials aware of the development said on Monday. The outcome of the meeting, however, is not known yet. The corps commander-level talks between the Indian Army and […]</p>

Ladakh conflict: India, China military commanders to hold talks today

<p>A military delegation from India and China will meet today, more than two-and-a-half months after the last round of talks, to speed up peace along the turbulent LAC (Line of Actual Control), reported sources. According to sources, XIV Corps commander Lt General P.G.K. Menon and South Xinjiang Military Region commander Major General Liu Lin will […]</p>

1st Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports Festival begins today in Ladakh

<p>In Ladakh, first ever Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports Festival will begin today at Padum in Kargil district today. Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kirren Rijiju will inaugurate the event. Sources reports that the Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports and Youth Festival is being introduced as an annual event in Zanskar to showcase its […]</p>

Frost and fog affect normal life in J&K

<p>Fog and frost on Sunday affected the pedestrian and vehicular movement in Jammu and Kashmir as the weather office said there would be an improvement as the day advances. The 40-day long period of harsh winter cold known locally as the ‘Chillai Kalan’ will end on January 31. Srinagar recorded minus 2.6 degrees Celsius as […]</p>

Drass coldest at minus 17.6 degrees in Ladakh, J&K

Rajnath Singh: China not honouring customary alignment of boundary with India

<p>Union defence minister Rajnath Singh spoke in Parliament on Tuesday on the border standoff with China in Ladakh, saying that China is not honouring the customary alignment of the boundary with India. He said that the alignment has not only been defined by treaties, but has been maintained historically. However, China believes that the border […]</p>

India, China agree on 5-point plan for resolving border standoff along LAC

<p>India and China have agreed on a five-point plan for resolving the prolonged border face-off in eastern Ladakh that included abiding by all existing agreements and protocol on management of the frontier, maintaining peace and tranquillity and avoiding any action that could escalate matters. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi […]</p>