Heatwave drives early rush to hill stations, bookings surgeIndia's heatwave is causing a surge in demand for hill stations like Dehradun and Munnar. Travel firms report increased bookings for cooler...
30 Apr, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
ISRO launches Mission MITRA for safety of human spaceflight mission crewISRO conducted mission MITRA in Leh from April 2 to 9. This team behavioural study is a first for human spaceflight missions like Gaganyaan...
03 Apr, 2026, 10.57 PM IST
ET Explains: High temp hits flights to Leh. Why?IndiGo recently cancelled flights to and from Leh due to high temperatures affecting runway operations, highlighting the challenges of oper...
31 Jul, 2024, 06.15 PM IST
Going to Leh? Here's why you should worry about your flightLeh airport faced disruptions in flight operations because of high temperatures, leading to thin air conditions. Airlines like IndiGo and S...
30 Jul, 2024, 02.35 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
SpiceJet begins freighter services to LehThe launch of the dedicated freighter services to Leh, the first by any domestic airlines, will boost connectivity to the area, SpiceJet sa...
26 Nov, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
HAL completes hot & high altitude trials of LCH at Leh; first attack helicopter to land at Forward BaseThe trials were carried out on the third prototype of LCH (TD3) at Leh at temperatures ranging from 13 to 27 degree centigrade.
14 Jul, 2018, 04.00 PM IST
Min temp rises in Valley, while Leh shivers at -12.2 deg CLeh experienced the coldest night of the season so far as the mercury settling at minus 12.2 degrees Celsius against the previous night's l...
14 Dec, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
Biting cold wave sweeps north, Delhi shivers under 2.6 degrees CelsiusAs many as 55 flights were delayed due to fog at Delhi airport and three international flights were diverted, while more than 80 trains wer...
28 Dec, 2014, 09.52 PM IST
Valley continues to reel under cold wave, Leh records season's lowestThe minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of the state, appreciated a little to settle at minus 4.7 degrees Celsius.
28 Dec, 2014, 02.23 PM IST
Kashmir freezes; Leh coldest in J&K at minus 14 degrees CelsiusKargil was the second coldest place recording a low of minus 14.4 degrees Celsius, a drop of over one degree from minus 12.8 degrees Celsiu...
18 Dec, 2014, 01.31 PM IST
Over 40 per cent turnout recorded in Ladakh region till 2 PMLadakh, which is the largest Lok Sabha constituency in the country in terms of area, usually witnesses high voter turnout in Jammu and Kash...
25 Nov, 2014, 05.30 PM IST
Leh records season's lowest temperatureLeh recorded the season's lowest night temperature at minus 7.4 degrees Celsius, a Met Department official said.
03 Nov, 2013, 01.40 PM IST
- Ladakh's spectacular natural beauty is an exotic destination for once-in-a-lifetime experience
Being the largest city of Ladakh, Leh enjoys the maximum tourism. It not links one of the sleepy hamlets and valleys of the district.
19 Apr, 2012, 06.04 AM IST
- Jammu and Kashmir reels under severe cold; Leh records -18.8 deg C
There has been a drastic drop in temperature since 'Chillai Kalan', a forty-day period of extreme chilling weather, began on Dec 21.
01 Jan, 2012, 03.35 PM IST
- Leh remains coldest at minus 23 deg C, cold wave intensifies
The cold wave in Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, intensified with Leh recording a minimum temperature of minus 23 degrees Celsiu...
03 Jan, 2011, 01.44 PM IST
- 39 per cent turnout in first phase of J-K polls
Nearly 39 pc of over six lakh voters today exercised their franchise in the first phase of Assembly elections in ten constituencies of Jamm...
17 Nov, 2008, 05.49 PM IST