August 9, 2017

The SC pulled up the J&K government for reasons put forward by it for not attending meetings convened by the centre to discuss the issue of majority Muslims getting minority benefits in the state."You are making fun of us," the Supreme…

n a stunning -but unsubstantiated-claim, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday that Bhutan has acknowledged that the Doklam area where the Indian and Chinese troops are engaged in a standoff does not belong to it. China's top…

Hanle, in Ladakh, is possibly one of the world's most enchanting, serene and breath-taking places. It is home to a lovely monastery, offering some great aerial views of the entire village, with a population of over 1,000. Hanle also…

Chewang Norphel teaching students at the LNP (Let Nutrition Project) office about the making and uses of artificial glaciers. 

Chewang Norphel with his wife at their home in Leh.

  Javeed Shah  On a bitingly cold winter day in Ladakh, Chewang Norphel was leaving for work, when he spotted a pipe of running water outside his home had flowed into a nearby pit and frozen there. That chance…

Norphel at his Leh house, where the awards he's won for his work on artificial glaciers adorn the walls. Photo: Javeed Shah

A line producer, owner of Saboo Resorts in Leh, Ladakh, a party man who once washed dishes and made halwa at Delhi hotels — meet Odpal Dejor George (Georgy to friends). This is Georgy's story, in his own words: It was 2001, when I was…

POLICE ARREST A STUDENT DURING CLASHES WHICH ERUPTED FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF MOST WANTED LASHKAR-E-TAIBA (LET)