Leh Tourists

A cab taking a group of tourists from Leh to Srinagar fell from a mountain highway on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring three, officials said.

A cab taking a group of tourists from Leh to Srinagar fell from a mountain highway on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring three, officials said.

Yet again tourists have been caught ruining picturesque Ladakh by driving their SUV in areas where they are restricted. The Leh Police posted two photos on Facebook, showing a Toyota Fortuner SUV being driven on sand dunes in Hunder in Nubra Valley.

Six seriously ill tourists who were suffering from the effects of frostbite and High Altitude Pulmonary Odema (HAPO) were evacuated on Tuesday by the helicopters to the Indian Army medical facility in Leh.

The 'Rancho Wall' that featured in the Aamir Khan-starrer blockbuster 3 Idiots will be relocated around 300 mts away from the school building, its principal said.

The Druk Padma Karpo School in Leh, which shot to fame after it featured in the Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots, has decided to upgrade the 'Rancho Wall' and the campus buildings to make them stronger against seismic threats.

Jammu and Kashmir government today relaxed the requirements for obtaining a Protected Area Permit (PAP) - required by foreigners to visit Leh - with the aim of encouraging tourism in the state. Under the new regime, foreigners tourists will be allowed to visit areas of Leh that were till now closed to them.

As part of its efforts to attract tourists, Jammu and Kashmir Tourism department plans to organise an eight-day festival later this month at Leh to showcase the rich heritage of Ladakh region.

More than 150 tourists were stranded on the Leh-Manali road in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir last night due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall.

Far away from the remote corner of Ladakh, where a Chinese platoon has set up camp 10 km inside Indian territory, it is life as usual in Leh. Hoteliers are preparing for the tourist season with summer vacations round the corner and are worried that media attention on the border tension might impact business.

Ours is the last flight to Leh from Delhi for the day but surprisingly it is not full. Perhaps the tourist season hasn't begun. But my camera person colleague Arif Radhu, a local from Ladakh points out that perhaps many people have already taken the early morning flights.

Over 400 tourists and locals trapped at the Changla pass in Kashmir's Leh district after a massive landslide have been rescued by the security forces, an official said.

Scores of tourists in around 200 vehicles were on Saturday stranded in Ladakh when a landslide struck an area at Durbuk, about 200 km from Leh, officials said on Saturday night.

Sheehan Dsouza came to Leh from Mumbai along with her brother and parents last week. She was in a hotel when the flood fury hit the town.Terrified, Sheehan is desperate to go home but she has not been able to get into a flight yet."The planes just come and go and I don't know what is happening. I just want to get out of here," she says.Canadian tou...

Frantic rescue efforts are underway in Leh and parts of Ladakh after Friday's devastating cloudburst that flattened villages and snapped power and communication links. According to the latest estimates over 150 people are now dead. (Watch: This labourer lost nine relatives) Although many families reported missing after water swept through their vil...

A cab taking a group of tourists from Leh to Srinagar fell from a mountain highway on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring three, officials said.

A cab taking a group of tourists from Leh to Srinagar fell from a mountain highway on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring three, officials said.

Yet again tourists have been caught ruining picturesque Ladakh by driving their SUV in areas where they are restricted. The Leh Police posted two photos on Facebook, showing a Toyota Fortuner SUV being driven on sand dunes in Hunder in Nubra Valley.

Six seriously ill tourists who were suffering from the effects of frostbite and High Altitude Pulmonary Odema (HAPO) were evacuated on Tuesday by the helicopters to the Indian Army medical facility in Leh.

The 'Rancho Wall' that featured in the Aamir Khan-starrer blockbuster 3 Idiots will be relocated around 300 mts away from the school building, its principal said.

The Druk Padma Karpo School in Leh, which shot to fame after it featured in the Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots, has decided to upgrade the 'Rancho Wall' and the campus buildings to make them stronger against seismic threats.

Jammu and Kashmir government today relaxed the requirements for obtaining a Protected Area Permit (PAP) - required by foreigners to visit Leh - with the aim of encouraging tourism in the state. Under the new regime, foreigners tourists will be allowed to visit areas of Leh that were till now closed to them.

As part of its efforts to attract tourists, Jammu and Kashmir Tourism department plans to organise an eight-day festival later this month at Leh to showcase the rich heritage of Ladakh region.

More than 150 tourists were stranded on the Leh-Manali road in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir last night due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall.

Far away from the remote corner of Ladakh, where a Chinese platoon has set up camp 10 km inside Indian territory, it is life as usual in Leh. Hoteliers are preparing for the tourist season with summer vacations round the corner and are worried that media attention on the border tension might impact business.

Ours is the last flight to Leh from Delhi for the day but surprisingly it is not full. Perhaps the tourist season hasn't begun. But my camera person colleague Arif Radhu, a local from Ladakh points out that perhaps many people have already taken the early morning flights.

Over 400 tourists and locals trapped at the Changla pass in Kashmir's Leh district after a massive landslide have been rescued by the security forces, an official said.

Scores of tourists in around 200 vehicles were on Saturday stranded in Ladakh when a landslide struck an area at Durbuk, about 200 km from Leh, officials said on Saturday night.

Sheehan Dsouza came to Leh from Mumbai along with her brother and parents last week. She was in a hotel when the flood fury hit the town.Terrified, Sheehan is desperate to go home but she has not been able to get into a flight yet."The planes just come and go and I don't know what is happening. I just want to get out of here," she says.Canadian tou...

Frantic rescue efforts are underway in Leh and parts of Ladakh after Friday's devastating cloudburst that flattened villages and snapped power and communication links. According to the latest estimates over 150 people are now dead. (Watch: This labourer lost nine relatives) Although many families reported missing after water swept through their vil...