Ladakh admin sets up facility for online tickets for Kargil air serviceIn a first, the Ladakh administration has set up online booking of tickets for air services run by the Indian Air Force in the Union territ...
19 Jan, 2022, 01.51 PM IST
Srinagar shivers at minus 2.3, Drass in deep freeze at minus 12.8An official of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said, "It was Srinagar's coldest night of this season so far at minus 2.3 on Tuesday whi...
23 Nov, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Srinagar shivers at minus 1.2, Drass in deep freeze at minus 13.4As mercury continued its free fall, Srinagar on Tuesday recorded minus 1.2, the coldest so far this season, while the temperature in Drass ...
16 Nov, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Hot winds from Pakistan, absence of weather system that brings rains behind high temp in Himalayan areasDrass in Ladakh, which is one of the coldest places in the country and where the temperature drops to below minus 20 degrees Celsius, had r...
02 Jul, 2021, 10.12 PM IST
Monsoon arrives in J&K, Ladakh almost 18 days earlier than usualThe Meteorological Department has forecast scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rain and thundershowers in Jammu and Kashmir in...
14 Jun, 2021, 10.09 AM IST
Srinagar-Jammu national highway blocked as heavy rains lead to landslidesLandslides triggered by incessant rain blocked the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Tuesday as the meteorological department forecast mor...
23 Mar, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
Srinagar records minus 8.8 degrees, coldest night in 30 yearsSrinagar recorded the coldest night after 30 years, as the temperature plummeted to minus 8.8 degrees Celsius on Sunday.
31 Jan, 2021, 10.25 AM IST
Air, road links with Kashmir Valley cut off for second day"The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed due to accumulation of snow at many places, especially around Jawahar Tunnel," an official o...
05 Jan, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
Union Territory of Ladakh gets its own meteorological centreThe region is unique in terms of weather, climate, culture, topography with extreme temperatures, ranging from minus 40 degrees Celsius in ...
29 Dec, 2020, 05.57 PM IST
Snow likely in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in next two days26 Dec, 2020, 12.12 PM IST
Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh; rainfall in plainsThey said due to the snowfall, authorities closed the Srinagar-Leh road, which passes through Zojila pass and connects Jammu and Kashmir wi...
14 Nov, 2020, 01.07 PM IST
Army doctors achieve new feat, successfully remove soldier's appendix at 16,000 feetThe surgery was performed by a team of three doctors including a Lt Colonel, a Major and a Captain on a soldier, who could not be evacuated...
01 Nov, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
North India shivers in cold wave as fog affects rail, air traffic in DelhiOfficials at the Delhi airport said 19 flights were cancelled and five diverted as the dense fog reduced visibility to zero at some places ...
20 Dec, 2019, 10.11 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
Linking Ladakh with national grid: PGCIL to implement Rs 2076.56 crore projectThe government has finally decided to start implementing the 220-kv power transmission line that would link the arid Ladakh desert with the...
09 Jan, 2014, 05.44 PM IST
- Eco-friendly toilets gain popularity
The bio-digester, developed mainly for the Indian army as an eco-friendly toilet by the Defence Research and Development Authority (DRDO) h...
07 Oct, 2012, 01.05 AM IST
Ladakh: Land of serene Buddhist legacies and pristine lakesLadakh silently resounds with the valour of our Kargil heroes even as ET explores its serene Buddhist legacies, spectacular lunar vistas an...
27 Aug, 2009, 05.04 AM IST