Chinese choppers spotted along LAC in Eastern Ladakh: Sources
New Delhi/UNI: Chinese choppers were spotted flying close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China in Eastern Ladakh after around 250 troops of both sides were engaged in a face-off near Pangong Lake in the area last week, official sources said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Truck conductor killed, driver injured in snow avalanche on Ladakh highway
Srinagar/UNI: A truck conductor was killed and a driver was injured in a snow avalanche on Srinagar-Leh national highway, official sources said here on Tuesday.
IAF rescues 107 people from frozen Zanskar river in Ladakh
New Delhi/IBNS: About 50 trekkers including nine foreign nationals and an approximately equal number of local guides and porters, who were a part of the ongoing ‘Chadar Trek’, got stranded when some portions of the frozen Zanskar River, which melted.
SMS service to be restored in Kashmir Valley from midnight
New Delhi/IBNS: Hinting that normalcy is returning to Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian government said mobile short messaging service (SMS) will be restored in the Kashmir Valley from midnight on Tuesday.
Maps of newly formed Union Territories of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh, with the map of India
New Delhi/IBNS: On the recommendation of Parliament, the President effectively dismantled Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and gave assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019.
New Delhi/IBNS: India has issued a strong response to China after it called the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories "unlawful and void".
Bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir: India loses one state, gets two more UTs
Srinagar/IBNS: With the official bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, India lost a state but gained two new Union Territories in the form of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh close to three months after the Centre took the historic step of bifurcation along with abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A.
Two new Union Territories Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh to come into existence Thursday
New Delhi/UNI: As the country is all set to get two new Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh -- on Thursday, the authorities are working overtime to set up an administration in both the territories which will be under the effective watch of the Centre.
Abrogation of Article 370 is an internal administrative matter: Vice President Naidu
New Delhi/IBNS: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said that the abrogation of Article 370 was an internal matter and that the move to bifurcate the state into two union territories was to ensure the overall development of both Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Girish Chandra Murmu appointed as first LG of Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar/IBNS: Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu-Kashmir, officials said on Saturday.
BDC Polls: BJP announces list, to contest on 280 seats in Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh
Jammu, Oct 5 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday decided to contest 280 out of 316 Block Development Council (BDC) seats in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, elections of which are to be held on October 24.
We expect other countries to respect our sovereignty: India on China's reference to Kashmir at UNGA
New Delhi: Reacting to Chinese Foreign Minister's reference to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), India said it expects other countries to respect its "sovereignty and territorial integrity".
Last 70 years of separatism in J&K and Ladakh led to separatism: PM Modi
Kevadiya (Gujarat), Sep 17 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday strongly defended his government's decision to abrogate Article 370 and bifurcate the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and maintained that 'discrimination' faced by people in the northern state had led to violence and separatism.
Islamabad, Aug 7 (IBNS): Just a day after the Indian government took major steps in Kashmir like revoking Article 370 of the Constitution which withdrew the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories, Pakistan on Wednesday expelled Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria.
Forming Ladakh a Union Territory is India's internal matter: Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
Colombo, Aug 6 (IBNS): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday described Indian government's decision to create Ladakh as its 'internal' matter.