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The 4.1-km long Shinku La tunnel will reduce the distance between Manali and Leh by 60 km, from 355 to 295 km | Latest News India

If you are after authentic Buddhism, try this epic road trip from Kashmir to Leh in Ladakh

The Sasoma-Saser La-Brangsa-Gapshan-Daulat Beg Oldi Road may be the most ambitious piece of India’s infrastructure push near its disputed border with China.

The new road to Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO), India’s northernmost military base, will permit movement of soldiers, weapons and logistics to reinforce the front lines. | Latest News India

India is building a new road to its northernmost military base near the China border. The road will enhance security and cannot be seen from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

AMID a protracted standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India’s Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has invited bids for the construction of a 4-km-long concrete road near Saser La, a 17,800-foot-high pass in the Karakoram mountains in eastern Ladakh. As reported by The Tribune, this st

In a significant move, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) today issued a tender to start making a 4-km-long concrete road near Saser La, a 17,800-foot-high pass in the Karakoram mountains in eastern Ladakh.

Indian Army troops deployed in high altitude areas are suitably equipped with modern gadgets to include avalanche victim detectors, trackers, and Ricoh reflecto

New Delhi, Dec 10: Indian Army troops deployed in high altitude areas are suitably equipped with modern gadgets to include avalanche victim detectors, trackers, and Ricoh reflectors, informed the Ministry of Defence on Friday. Apart from this, weather conditions in snowbound areas of Jammu and Kashmir are closely monitored by Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) stations at Sasoma and Srinagar, said the ministry. As per the ministry, due cognizance is taken of weather warnings and the s...

Caves unravel how Silk Route traders survived Ladakh cold SECTIONS Share Synopsis ​Ladakh had been the convergence point between central and south Asia when the Silk Route was thriving. The 60-day journey on the Ladakh route linking Amritsar (Northwest India) and Yarkand (Southwest China) on the Silk Route was employed by merchants until the late 18th-- 19th century. Agencies Scattered across these caves, about eight-12 feet high and 10 feet wide, are traces of life — broken pottery, diyas ...