Ladakh gets five new districts in governance push, total now sevenLadakh will now have seven districts after the Lieutenant Governor approved the creation of five new ones. This move aims to decentralize a...
27 Apr, 2026, 11.58 PM IST
LG Saxena approves creation of 5 new districts in Ladakh, UT to have 7 districts nowLadakh now has seven districts. The Lieutenant Governor approved five new districts: Nubra, Sham, Changthang, Zanskar, and Drass. This fulf...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
Project Him Sarovar: Centre’s push for year-round water security in LadakhA new initiative, Project Him Sarovar, is set to secure water for Ladakh. The project will build storage ponds to collect melting snow and ...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
PM Modi to visit Drass on July 26 to mark 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay DiwasPrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ladakh's Drass on July 26 to mark the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas. Earlier on Sunday, Lt...
22 Jul, 2024, 09.53 AM IST
Army Chief General Manoj Pande interacts with veterans, 'Veer Naris', gallantry award recipients on eve of Kargil Vijay DiwasOn July 26, 1999, the Indian Army announced the successful culmination of "Operation Vijay", declaring victory after a nearly three-month-l...
25 Jul, 2023, 09.36 PM IST
23rd Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated in Drass"Kargil War is testimony to the unparalleled saga of raw grit, stoic courage and unmatched resolve of the Indian soldier, fighting in adver...
26 Jul, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
Vijay Diwas: President Kovind's visit to Drass cancelled due to bad weatherThe officials said the plan B was put into motion following the cancellation of the plan A (visit to Drass) and the President visited the B...
26 Jul, 2021, 02.16 PM IST
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Indian Army pays tributes to its soldiers at Drass war memorialThe solemn ceremony to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was held at the Kargil War Memorial, Drass, Srinagar-based PRO ...
26 Jul, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Chief of Army General Dalbir Singh to visit Kargil"The Defence minister and the Army Chief are scheduled to arrive in Drass tomorrow to pay homage to martyrs of Kargil War," sources said.
13 Jul, 2018, 03.58 PM IST
Army pays tribute to fallen soldiers on Kargil Vijay DiwasThe Chief of the Army's Northern Command, Lt Gen Devraj Anbu, laid a wreath at the war memorial in Drass sector on the occasion of the Karg...
13 Jul, 2018, 02.32 PM IST
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Army chief General to pay tributes at war memorial in LadakhParrikar and Gen Suhag will visit the war memorial in Drass in Kargil district of J&K on July 26 and pay homage to the martyrs of the war f...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.35 PM IST
Summer in Drass, India’s coldest inhabited placeSnow is melting in Drass, people are walking around after a brutal winter of -30 degree Celsius, but summer also means busily stocking up o...
13 May, 2018, 07.01 AM IST
Manohar Parrikar, Army Chief Dalbir Singh cancel visit to Drass after heavy rainsParrikar and Gen Suhag arrived here early morning but heavy rains and cloud cover forced the cancellation of their visit to Drass in Kargil...
23 Jul, 2015, 02.17 PM IST
Pakistani troops violate ceasefire in Kargil areaPakistani troops violated ceasefire in the higher reaches of Ladakh with its troops opening fire with small and automatic weapons on Indian...
16 Aug, 2013, 05.49 PM IST
- Army commemorates 13th anniversary of Kargil victory
The Drass War Memorial, which has been built in the foothills of the Tololing Hill, is hosting most of the ceremonies scheduled for the day.
26 Jul, 2012, 02.38 PM IST
- Army to hold Kargil war victory celebrations tomorrow
The Indian Army will mark the 13th anniversary of its victory in the 1999 Kargil war with a series of events, spread over the next two days.
24 Jul, 2012, 09.13 PM IST
- Kargil battlefield turns into polo ground
From being a war zone 12 years ago, the sparsely populated town of Drass in Kargil district has recovered from the battle scars.
12 Jul, 2011, 07.35 AM IST