Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ladakh

Two soldiers killed in accident in Ladakh

The two identified as Subedar Santosh Kumar and Naib Subedar Sunil Kumar died due to the bursting of a water tank at a camp on Sunday in the Nyoma area, 150 km from Leh in southern Ladakh. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Modi inaugurates strategic road tunnel for all-weather access to Himalayan region

Modi opens tunnel named Z-Morh (turn) – a 65.5km road in Sonmarg

The Independent UK

India's Modi marks the opening of a strategic tunnel in disputed Kashmir

India’s prime minister marked the opening of a tunnel in the northeast of disputed Kashmir that will grant all-year accessibility to a town that is isolated by heavy snow each winter

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

A large number of tourists throng Nal Sarovar for migratory birds

Among the birds in this sanctuary, both native and migratory species, such as the migratory, pink-headed pelican, Ladakh cormorant, crane, swan, duck, and many others are found. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

J&K: Snowfall triggers cold wave in valley; Causes roads disruptions too

The accumulation of snow has also shut the strategic Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri road connecting Ladakh , Gurez-Bandipora and Sinthan roads temporarily. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

India plans to turn some of its most remote battlefields into tourist destinations

Experts raise concerns about safety and security implications of encouraging visits to places like the Siachen Glacier, Kargil and the Galwan Valley

The Independent UK

Indian troops resume patrolling in Demchok after LAC pact with China

Following disengagement between India and China, Indian troops started patrolling the Demchok sector in eastern Ladakh on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

India's first analog space mission kicks off in Leh by ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday announced the launch of India's first analog space mission, which commenced in Leh, Ladakh. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

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

The Independent UK

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:

Dynamite News

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:

Dynamite News

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:

Dynamite News

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

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Dynamite News

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:

Al Jazeera

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.

The Times of India

Melting ice, rising temperature a daunting challenge for Ladakh's athletes

LEH: The Ladakh ice hockey team's preparation for winning laurels for India at the next Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in Italy in 2026, has hit an unexpected roadblock. The team could have perhaps contended with and found a solution if it had been something like lack of form…

Newslaundry

‘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…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

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…

Radio France Internationale

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.

Newslaundry

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.

Newslaundry

‘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.

Newslaundry

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.

Newslaundry

‘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…

Newslaundry

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).

1 2 3 4 5

People

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Hamas

24,900 stories

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party

the Indian Space Research Organisation

80 stories

National Conference

73 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.