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The Latest Breaking News from Ladakh

India says frontier disengagement with China along their disputed border is 'almost complete'

India's defense minister says India and China have pulled most of their frontline troops further away from their disputed border in the remote Himalayan Ladakh region

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Ladakh: Indian, Chinese soldiers exchange sweets on Diwali at border

Indian and Chinese Army on Thursday exchanged sweets and greetings at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point in Eastern Ladakh on the occasion of Diwali. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Disengagement between India, China continues in Demchok

Disengagement between the Indian and Chinese Army is continuing in Depsang and Demchok in the Eastern Ladakh sector and is expected to be completed soon. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India's Modi and Chinese President Xi meet days after a border accord between the countries

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia, in their first bilateral meeting in five years

The Independent UK

China confirms agreement to end military standoff in eastern Ladakh

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian talking to reporters said: "Over a recent period, both the counries have been in close communication through diplomatic and military channels on issues related to the China-India border." Read Further on Dynamite News:

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India says it has reached a deal with China to ease four-year crisis at disputed border

Ties between hostile neighbours hit a new low four years ago after 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed in a deadly clash in the Himalayas

The Independent UK

India, China reach agreement on patrolling along LAC ahead of BRICS Summit

In a significant development, India and China have reached an agreement on the patrolling arrangements along LAC in eastern Ladakh. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Caught in India-China clashes, Ladakh’s nomadic herders fear for future

Constant military patrols near the Indo-China border have shrunk pastures and are extinguishing tradition.

Al Jazeera

‘Integrity at stake’: Sonam Wangchuk on Ladakh’s fight for Sixth Schedule status

In 2019, the BJP promised to grant the Sixth Schedule status to Ladakh if voted to power in the Lok Sabha polls. The party doubled down on its promise in the local council elections next year. The unfulfilled promise is now one of the core demands of the locals of…

Newslaundry

From Gaza to Dhaka: Missing Indian lens in global reportage

October 7 marks one year since the attack on Israel by Hamas and the ongoing war on Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians, including children, have been killed in this past year, and much of Gaza has been reduced to a pile of rubble. Meanwhile, many of the Israeli hostages taken by…

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Indian police detain climate activist after 950km protest march

Police in India detained the environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk as he led supporters to Delhi after a month-long protest march from Kashmir. The 58-year-old was released the same night. However, he was re-arrested when he and his supporters insisted on marching into the capital.

Radio France Internationale

Disquiet among Ladakh students over padyatra halt, Wangchuk detention

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, along with around 150 protesters from Ladakh, were detained by the Delhi police on Monday as they tried to enter the national capital as part of their yatra which was set to culminate at Rajghat on October 2.

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‘We’re here to protect you’: Cops kept tab on Ladakh protesters from Haryana border

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.

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Sonam Wangchuk detained at Singhu: Did newspapers report or bury the story?

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.

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‘Things have deteriorated’: Kashmiri youth on political stability, jobs, Article 370

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…

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Intrigue and independents: All the possibilities that might unfold in Jammu and Kashmir

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).

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Leh: 6 dead, several injured after bus falls into gorge

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:

Evening Standard

Lessons from Ladakh: the Himalayan birthplace of the localisation movement

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 

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PM Modi set to commemorate 25 years of Kargil War victory with visit to Drass in Ladakh

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:

International Business Times

Divided Land, Disputed Origins: India's Brokpa People

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.

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ITBP seizes 108 kg gold bars, arrests 2 near India-China border in Ladakh

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:

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India reveal light tank 'Zorawar', DRDO Chief reviews advanced trials

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

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Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hits Leh in Ladakh

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:

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Ladakh: Army Tank swept into river near LAC, five personnel drowned

The T-72 tank which the Army personnel were operating met with an accident during a river crossing exercise. Read further on Dynamite News:

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5 Army personnel dead in accident near Line of Actual Control in Ladakh

Five Indian Army soldiers including one Junior Commissioned Officer and four jawans lost their lives when an Army Tank met with an accident in the Daulat Beg Oldie area in Ladakh on Friday evening. Read further on Dynamite News:

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