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  • Ladakh registers highest single-day spike with 245 new COVID-19 cases

    Apr 17, 2021

    Leh, Apr 17: Ladakh recorded 245 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike this year, pushing the virus case count in the Union Territory to 11,709, an official bulletin said on Saturday. The detection of the new cases 236 in Leh and nine in Kargil during the past 24 hours, raised the number of active cases to 1,363, the bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh said.

  • Snow-clearance operation along Srinagar-Leh highway in full swing

    Apr 15, 2021

    Kargil, Apr 14: The snow-clearance operation at the Zojila pass along the Srinagar-Leh national highway is in full swing and likely to be completed before next week, officials said on Wednesday. This year, the 434-km strategic highway linking Ladakh with Jammu and Kashmir was opened on February 28, much ahead of the schedule, after remaining closed for 58 days due to snowfall.

  • 132 passengers airlifted between Ladakh, JK

    Mar 18, 2021

    Jammu, Mar 18: As many as 132 passengers were airlifted to and from the union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. A total of 114 passengers, including four infants were airlifted in two An-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force, they said.

  • IAF ferries 381 stranded passengers from to Ladakh

    Mar 13, 2021

    Jammu, Mar 13: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday airlifted 381 stranded people from Jammu and Kashmir to Ladakh, an official said. While 197 passengers were airlifted from Srinagar to Leh in C-17 aircraft, another batch of 184 passengers were ferried from Jammu to Leh, Chief Coordinator, Kargil Courier Service, Aamir Ali, said.

  • China appoints ex-PLA General who headed troops on India front to top parliamentary committee

    Mar 01, 2021

    Beijing, Mar 1: China has appointed General Zhao Zongqi, a former top People's Liberation Army officer who oversaw the border with India, as the deputy chairman of the influential Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's Parliament. Gen Zhao, 65, headed the Western Command during the Doklam faceoff in 2017 and Ladakh standoff in 2020.

  • Srinagar-Leh highway reopens for traffic after two months

    Mar 01, 2021

    Srinagar, Feb 28: The strategic Srinagar-Leh highway was reopened for traffic on Sunday after remaining closed for nearly two months due to heavy snowfall, officials said. This is the earliest reopening of the high mountain Zojila pass and also the minimum period of the closure of the road. The highway was thrown open for traffic after remaining closed for 58 days due to snowfall, a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) spokesman said.

  • Srinagar-Leh national highway to be reopened for regulated traffic from Feb 28

    Feb 25, 2021

    Jammu, Feb 24: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday announced that the Srinagar-Leh national highway will be reopened for vehicular traffic on February 28, officials said. Kashmir Divisional Commissioner P K Pole convened a meeting to review the status of Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri (SSG) road scheduled to be thrown open for civilian traffic from February 28, they said.

  • LG Mathur announces job reservation for national-level sportspersons from Ladakh

    Feb 20, 2021

    Leh, Feb 20: Ladakh Lt Governor R K Mathur on Friday announced a job reservation for national-level sportspersons, and assured of speedy progress in the development of international-standard sports infrastructure in the union territory. He also expressed hope to see young players from Ladakh participating in the Olympics and other international-level tournaments in the near future.

  • Disengagement process going on in Pangong Tso areas as per plan: Sources

    Feb 16, 2021

    New Delhi, Feb 15: The Chinese and Indian armies continued with the disengagement process in the North and South banks of Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh as per plan and the entire pullback exercise is expected to take another six-seven days, sources in the defence and security establishment said on Monday.

  • Tanks, combat vehicles start moving back from Pangong lake area in first phase disengagement

    Feb 11, 2021

    New Delhi, Feb 11: Tanks and infantry combat vehicles of India and China started disengaging from both the banks of Pangong Lake as part of the disengagement process between the two countries along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Sources said under the first phase of disengagement, the tanks of India are being moved back towards Nyoma and adjoining areas while the Chinese are taking them back beyond Sirijap and Moldo garrison.

  • Disengagement pact mandates China to move troops to Finger 8 from Finger 4 in Pangong area

    Feb 11, 2021

    New Delhi, Feb 11: Under the India-China agreement on the disengagement process in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese army will pull back its troops to east of Finger 8 areas in the northern bank of Pangong lake, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Parliament on Thursday, in what is seen as a significant step to dial down tensions in the key face-off site.

  • Chinese, Indian border troops start disengagement in eastern Ladakh: Chinese Defence Ministry

    Feb 10, 2021

    Beijing, Feb 10: The Chinese and Indian frontline troops at the south and north banks of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh started synchronised and organised disengagement from Wednesday, the Chinese Defence ministry spokesman announced here. There was no comment from the Indian side on the statement made by the Chinese defence ministry spokesperson Colonel Wu Qian, and carried by China's official media.

  • 13 new COVID-19 cases, 46 recoveries recorded in a day in Ladakh

    Dec 24, 2020

    Leh, Dec 24: The Union Territory of Ladakh recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases in a day taking the infection tally to 9,309, while 46 patients have been cured during the same period, officials said on Thursday. Out of the 13 fresh cases, 11 were reported in Leh district and two in Kargil, they said. Forty-six patients recovered from the viral disease in a day, bringing down the number of active cases in the region to 237.

  • Ladakh records nine new COVID cases

    Dec 21, 2020

    Leh, Dec 21: Nine fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in Ladakh where 78 patients recovered from the infection during the past 24 hours, bringing down the number of active cases in the union territory to 355, officials said on Monday. Ladakh had recorded a total of 9,279 virus caseload since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, out of which 124 patients, including 81 in Leh and 43 in Kargil, have succumbed to the infection.

  • Leh-Jammu flight operations resume

    Dec 12, 2020

    Jammu: Flight operations between Leh and Jammu, capital cities of union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, have resumed after remaining suspended for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had suspended domestic passenger flights across the country in March this year to restrict travel and check the spread of the virus.

  • COVID-19: 73 new cases reported in Ladakh, one more person dies

    Dec 09, 2020

    Leh, Dec 9: One more person died due to coronavirus in Ladakh, which reported 73 fresh cases pushing the virus caseload to 8969 and fatalities to 122 in the union territory, an official bulletin said on Wednesday. With the fresh death, fatalities in Leh district has gone up to 79. The rest of the 43 deaths due to the infection had taken place in Kargil district, according to the bulletin issued by directorate of health services, Ladakh.

  • China says working with India for further de-escalation of border standoff

    Dec 08, 2020

    Beijing, Dec 8: China and India are working for further de-escalation of the border standoff in eastern Ladakh and both sides will have consultations to determine specific arrangements for the next round of talks, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. The Chinese and Indian armies held the 8th round of Corps Commander-level meeting on November 6 to resolve the border standoff that erupted in early May.

  • Mercury falls to minus 11.8 deg C in Drass of Ladakh UT

    Dec 05, 2020

    Jammu: The Drass belt of the Union territory of Ladakh became the coldest place in the region recording a minimum temperature of minus 11.8 degrees Celsius, Meteorological department officials said here. The weather remained cold in all the three regions of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh, they said. Higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed fresh snowfall while plains received light rains.

  • CSIR team calls on LG Ladakh, discusses initiatives for UT

    Nov 30, 2020

    Leh, Nov 30: A team of scientists from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Sunday called on Lt Governor R K Mathur here and apprised him about the science and technological initiatives to bring Ladakh on a global platform, an official spokesman said.

  • Leh announces fresh COVID restrictions, night curfew from Saturday

    Nov 28, 2020

    Leh: Fresh restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 will come into force from Saturday in Leh district of Ladakh Union Territory, prohibiting assembly of more than four people, allowing only 50 per cent staff to attend government offices and plying of vehicles with half of their seating capacity, officials said.

  • Want LAHDC-Kargil to complete its full term, says BJP MP from Ladakh on support to NC

    Nov 22, 2020

    Kargil: Despite their ideological differences, the BJP will continue to support National Conference in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil for a stable administration to ensure the development of the region, BJP MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said on Saturday. He also asserted that the restoration of pre-August 5, 2019 position, when Ladakh was part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, is impossible.

  • Ladakh LG highlights environmental issues plaguing UT

    Nov 20, 2020

    Leh: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor (LG) R K Mathur said the Union Territory is facing various environmental issues and the need for an impact assessment has come up time and again for serious consideration. The LG said the Union Territory administration has set a target to provide 24x7 running water supply to every household, school, office, Anganwadi centre in Ladakh by 2022.

  • Ladakh civil secretariat launches e-office solution for conducting official work

    Nov 19, 2020

    Leh: Ladakh launched an e-office solution for conducting official work in its civil secretariat, directorates and other offices, according to an order. Commissioner-Secretary General Administration Department (GAD), Ladakh, Ajeet Kumar Sahu issued a circular regarding the implementation of e-office in the secretariat of the Union Territory administration of Ladakh.

  • Twitter has apologised in writing for 'Ladakh in China' error: Lekhi

    Nov 18, 2020

    New Delhi: 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.

  • Ladakh records 97 fresh COVID-19 cases, four more deaths

    Nov 17, 2020

    Leh, Nov 17: Ladakh's COVID-19 tally climbed to 7,493 on Tuesday with 97 fresh cases, while the death toll mounted to 93 as four more people succumbed to the disease, officials said. All deaths and fresh cases were reported from Leh district, they said. Of the total 93 deaths recorded so far in the union territory, 53 are from Leh and 40 from Kargil district, according to the officials.

  • Multidisciplinary team visits Ladakh to speed up implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission

    Nov 05, 2020

    New Delhi: A multidisciplinary team from the National Jal Jeevan Mission comprising officials of the ministry and experts visited Ladakh to help in the implementation of the mission, the Jal Shakti Ministry said. Both the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh plan to provide tap water connections to every rural household by 2022. The JJM aims to provide tap connections to rural households by 2024.

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