Drass

Five new districts have been created in the Union Ministry of Ladakh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ladakh's Dras on July 26 to mark the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas.

Drass, the world's second-coldest inhabited place, is gripped by the election fever and preparations have been made for polling today.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday visited the Kargil War Memorial in Drass and paid rich tributes to the Indian Army personnel who sacrificed their lives during the 1999 war with Pakistan.

A massive fire broke out at a prominent mosque in Ladakh's Kargil district today, damaging most of the structure.

The Army paid rich tributes to the soldiers who lost their lives in the 1999 Kargil War against Pakistan at the Drass war memorial in Ladakh on Monday.

Bad weather on Monday forced the cancellation of President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to Drass in Ladakh to pay homage to martyrs on the 22nd anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, officials said in Srinagar.

Dozens of students from different villages, including Shimsha and Karkit in Drass, have to travel three kilometers daily to a hill along the Srinagar-Leh national highway to ensure their presence in the virtual classrooms due to the closure of schools in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The people of Drass in Ladakh have "endorsed" the agenda of the Peoples' Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said today.

Cold wave conditions persisted across north India on Saturday with many places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh receiving rains, while the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh remained frozen at sub-zero temperatures.

Residents of Jammu and Kashmir faced intense cold conditions on Tuesday with Srinagar experiencing the coldest night of the season so far, the weather office said.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has banned large gatherings in Ladakh's Kargil, Drass and Sankoo towns

Kargil hero Major Devender Pal Singh, who was left with an amputated leg after the conflict, ran the last lap with the Victory Flame in Drass sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday on the occasion of Vijay Diwas.

In a special tribute to heroes of the Kargil War, celebrated chef Sanjeev Kapoor and his teamwill prepare ''Tiranga kheer'' at the ''badakhana'' (grand dinner) to be organised in this battle zone on Thursday for the families of martyrs, serving troops and Army veterans.

President Ram Nath Kovind will visit the war memorial in Drass on Friday to pay tributes to soldiers who were martyred in the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan.

Five new districts have been created in the Union Ministry of Ladakh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ladakh's Dras on July 26 to mark the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas.

Drass, the world's second-coldest inhabited place, is gripped by the election fever and preparations have been made for polling today.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday visited the Kargil War Memorial in Drass and paid rich tributes to the Indian Army personnel who sacrificed their lives during the 1999 war with Pakistan.

A massive fire broke out at a prominent mosque in Ladakh's Kargil district today, damaging most of the structure.

The Army paid rich tributes to the soldiers who lost their lives in the 1999 Kargil War against Pakistan at the Drass war memorial in Ladakh on Monday.

Bad weather on Monday forced the cancellation of President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to Drass in Ladakh to pay homage to martyrs on the 22nd anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, officials said in Srinagar.

Dozens of students from different villages, including Shimsha and Karkit in Drass, have to travel three kilometers daily to a hill along the Srinagar-Leh national highway to ensure their presence in the virtual classrooms due to the closure of schools in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The people of Drass in Ladakh have "endorsed" the agenda of the Peoples' Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said today.

Cold wave conditions persisted across north India on Saturday with many places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh receiving rains, while the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh remained frozen at sub-zero temperatures.

Residents of Jammu and Kashmir faced intense cold conditions on Tuesday with Srinagar experiencing the coldest night of the season so far, the weather office said.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has banned large gatherings in Ladakh's Kargil, Drass and Sankoo towns

Kargil hero Major Devender Pal Singh, who was left with an amputated leg after the conflict, ran the last lap with the Victory Flame in Drass sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday on the occasion of Vijay Diwas.

In a special tribute to heroes of the Kargil War, celebrated chef Sanjeev Kapoor and his teamwill prepare ''Tiranga kheer'' at the ''badakhana'' (grand dinner) to be organised in this battle zone on Thursday for the families of martyrs, serving troops and Army veterans.

President Ram Nath Kovind will visit the war memorial in Drass on Friday to pay tributes to soldiers who were martyred in the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan.