The Latest Breaking News from Ladakh

Rain, snow, or sun. Nothing could halt their ‘Delhi Chalo March’ on foot, which began from Leh on September 1 and was to culminate at Rajghat in Delhi on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2.

With prohibitory orders imposed in Delhi until October 6, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was detained along with more than 120 protesters from Ladakh at the Singhu border on Monday night.

In the decade since the last assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the region’s political landscape has undergone a major shift – marked by the abrogation of Article 370, the bifurcation of Ladakh and JK, extensive lockdown, the house arrest of its heavyweight leaders, and the emergence of a new…

In the 2014 assembly elections, when Jammu and Kashmir was still a state, the Bharatiya Janata Party got its highest tally of 25 out of 37 assembly seats. In 2019, the region lost its autonomy and was cleaved into two demoted union territories (Ladakh not having an elected assembly).

Six people lost their lives, and another 22 were injured after a private bus travelling from Leh to Eastern Ladakh fell into a 200-metre-deep gorge. Read further on Dynamite News:

I Wrote The Book On It: Helena Norberg-Hodge, the author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh for a Globalizing World and founder of Local Futures shares big lessons from ancient traditions on the Tibetan Plateau 

The stage has been set ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ladakh's Drass to mark the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas on July 26. Read further on Dynamite News:

High in the icy Indian Himalayas, a long-isolated people recall origin myths of millennia-old migrations from afar -- an identity in disputed lands twisted today by politics.

In a significant bust, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has seized 108 gold bars weighing 108.060 kgs and arrested two persons near the India-China border in Eastern Ladakh. Read further on Dynamite News:

In a major boost to Indian forces deployed opposite China in Ladakh. Read further on Dynamite News:

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the richer scale hit Leh in Ladakh on Wednesday, said the National Center for Seismology. Read further on Dynamite News: