Tag: Kargil

Addressing jawans in Kargil on the occasion of Diwali, he said that such corrupt forces for many years blocked progress, but now all those gaps are being filled.

Prime Minister's Office (PMO) through its Twitter handle, informed about his arrival in Kargil on Monday morning.

Srinagar: Kargil town was the coldest in the Kashmir Valley at minus 9 degrees Celsius on Sunday while the minimum temperatures across the region around the freezing point, the weather office said. According to a Met Department official, the minimum temperatures in Leh, Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Srinagar were minus 5.1 degrees, minus 4.5, minus 1.1 […]

Srinagar: Night temperatures throughout Jammu and Kashmir improved on Wednesday as the Met forecast light rain and snow in the higher reaches on Thursday and Friday. Minimum temperatures improved due to nightlong cloud cover in the state, a Met official said. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 0.7 (rising above the freezing point) against Tuesday’s […]

The mother and widow of a soldier who had laid down his life in the Kargil war are entangled in an intriguing legal battle for the past 17 years over sharing the monetary compensation

New Delhi: Pakistan will not dare to attempt to infiltrate India like it did Kargil in 1999 because it has “seen the consequences”, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday and asserted that the armed forces are keeping a tight watch in border areas. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an […]

New Delhi: To mark ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’, border guarding forces like the ITBP and the BSF Saturday launched a special series of programmes that will showcase the tales of bravery of soldiers as well as police and paramilitary personnel. The Union Home Ministry, which controls these forces including the SSB and the Assam Rifles, has […]

Mumbai: Actor Rahul Roy, best known for starring in the 1990 musical blockbuster “Aashiqui”, has suffered a brain stroke and is recuperating at a hospital here, a family source said. The 52-year-old actor, who was recently shooting in Kargil, was admitted to the intensive care unit of Nanavati Hospital two days ago, according to the […]

New Delhi: The road from Leh to Kargil would be given a makeover as a tourist highway. This plan has been prepared by the Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism. All facilities for tourists would be developed at regular intervals on 230 kms of the highway between Leh and Kargil. With this the journey from […]