The Latest Breaking News from Ladakh

People usually prefer to travel to hill stations and snowy places during winters. In India there are many such beautiful places where tourists go to admire the beauty of the snow covered mountains and white landscape. However, there are some places which get extremely cold during winters, making it very…

The cost of groceries per person per day in Mizoram was Rs 77.5 in November 2025, about Rs 20 more than the all-India average (Rs 57), as per Food Price Watch, IndiaSpend’s realtime dashboard, which aggregates food prices from various groups across the country to estimate how much an individual or…

Unemployment is brewing frustration among Ladakh’s youth, and the scale of the job crisis is clear even in official data. 

My first visit to Leh in Ladakh was not a vacation. At 11,500 feet, the cold desert air felt thin. But I was more anxious about finding the reality behind a story that sections of the mainstream media seemed determined to misunderstand.

“It is a mistake to think that everything began on September 24. Ladakhis have been protesting for the past five-and-a-half years,” said 65-year-old Buddhist monk Ravi to Newslaundry. 

At a press conference in Delhi on Monday, leaders from Ladakh and several other hill regions demanded accountability for recent police firing in Leh, the release of detained activist Sonam Wangchuk, and constitutional safeguards for the Himalayan region.

Ladakh is in turmoil. But primetime newsrooms have rewritten the story – tailored to your TV screens.

While cancelling the FCRA licence of an organisation founded by Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on September 25 said that the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (Secmol) received foreign funds to study the national sovereignty against the “national interest” and in violation…

Sonam Wangchuk, who has been agitating against the government, was on his way to speak at a press briefing