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• China figured in talks between Singh, Medvedev: Rao

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Onboard Air India One, Dec.8 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister ManmohanSingh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the rise of China and the complexities surrounding ties with Beijing.While interacting with reporters on the Prime Minister’s Special Aircraft, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao revealed that both ...
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• Tunnel vision 2014 - to Ladakh by road in sleet and snow

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  By Ritu SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Work on the strategic Rohtang Tunnel that will ensure all weather road connectivity to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir will begin early next year and be completed by 2014, more than three decades after it took shape on the drawing board.The nine-kilometre horseshoe shaped tunnel that ...
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• Photo of the Day: Street Vendor in Leh, Ladakh

  
  Kunzum — Authority: 127
  This street vendor is one of many – selling vegetables during season in the main market in Leh, Ladakh. One has to wonder – how many Ladakhi winters has this woman weathered? [This post was contributed by Vijay Ramanathan - a Technology/Gadget enthusiast and Blogger. You can follow his tweets at  ...
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• Restrictions imposed in Kargil after protests

  
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  Srinagar, Dec 7 (IANS) Authorities imposed restrictions in Ladakh region’s Kargil town Monday after protests demanding the opening of the Kargil-Srinagar road. A few people have also been arrested, an official said.Scores of protesters took to the streets in Kargil to demand the re-opening of the Zojila Pass ...
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• Can lamas (Buddhist Monks) really fly?

  
  Kunzum — Authority: 127
  Hemis Monastery, Ladakh: If you walk up this track, will you spot flying lamas? If you walk up the mountains from Hemis monastery, you’ll reach Gotsang cave, about 2 km away. Buddhist monk Gyalwa Gotsangpa meditated there in the 13th century. Monks do so even today. Anyone will tell you this. But Tashi, a local ...
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• Tibet: a Buddhist trilogy

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 438
  This is a 2+ hour film on Buddhism and Tibet. A little something to keep you busy on a cold Sunday morning. Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy takes you on an intimate journey deep into the heart of an ancient Buddhist world. Four years in the making and hailed as a cinematic masterpiece in 1979, writer/director Graham ...
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• No orders to stop construction of Damchok, India had taken up the issue with Beijing

  
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  New Delhi, Dec.5 (ANI): Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday said that the Government has taken up the issue of Chinese objection to the construction of road in Demchok area of Ladakh near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with Beijing. Addressing the media in the national capital, the Foreign Secretary said: “It ...
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• BJP slams Govt for downplaying China’s objection to road construction in Ladakh

  
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  New Delhi, Dec. 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused the Centre of downplaying China’s objection to a road construction project near the Line of Actual Control, in Jammu and Kashmir.“Our primary concern is that why is Indian government downplaying this incident. I want to know why Indian ...
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• Chemrey Monastery, Ladakh: Storm in a Mongol tea cup

  
  Kunzum — Authority: 127
  Chemrey Monastery, Ladakh Many monasteries in Ladakh were plundered by invaders over the centuries. The one at Chemde, or Chemrey stayed safe. How? A tale worth telling. Seems the Mongols laid siege on Chemde in the late 17th century. He was outnumbered but that didn’t stop the head lama from outsmarting the ...
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• Omar Abdullah awaits Centre’s reply on China’s objection to road building

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 1(ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that he was waiting for the response of the Union Government after Chinese Army’s objection to the project of road construction in Ladakh. Addressing the media outside the Parliament House in the national capital, Omar Abdullah ...
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• Read Liberhan report, take party’s viewpoint to appeal: Advani to BJP MPs

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday asked his party MPs to read the Liberhan Commission report and take the party’s viewpoint to people in their constituencies.Addressing the BJP’s parliamentary party meeting here, Advani said that only a few party leaders will get the ...
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• India will find facts in China’s objections to road construction in Ladakh: Raju

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 1 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju today said India would find out the reasons behind China’s objection to the road construction in the Ladakh region of Kashmir.In a confrontational act on Monday, China had objected to road construction in Demchok near the Line of Actual Control in the ...
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• Photo of the Day: Amused Buddhist Nuns at Hemis Monastery, Ladakh

  
  Kunzum — Authority: 127
  Amused Buddhist Nuns at Hemis Monastery, Ladakh This shot of Buddhist nuns was captured during the annual festival of the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh. Click on the image for a larger view. You can view and order more such images at the Kunzum Gallery .
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• New trekking destinations in Ladakh.

  
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  This is superb news — As many as 101 out-of-bounds mountains in the frontier region of Ladakh are about to be opened for trekking. Right now, trekking — even travelling for that matter — in Ladakh is a terrible experience. You have to get a permit — sometimes more than one — for every direction that you ...
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• Chinese Army forces Indian to stop road construction in Ladakh

  
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  Pangong Lake is shared by China and Indian Occupied Ladakh. This is the site of Indo-Chinese tensions NEW DELHI: After Chinese objections to construction of a road in a forward area of south-eastern Ladakh, India today claimed that the incident could be a result of different perception of the Line of Actual Control ...
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• China obstructs road construction in Ladakh

  
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  New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): In a confrontational act, China has objected to road construction in Demchok near the Line of Actual Control in the Ladakh region of Kashmir.The work has been stopped on the road project being built under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).The eight-kilometer stretch of ...
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• Construction of road stopped in Ladakh due to Chinese objection

  
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  Ladakh: To provide employment to local residents and improve road connectivity, a 8 km road was being built in Ladakh. However the construction under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Demchok in south-east Leh in Ladakh is stopped after the Chinese army objected. Chief Minister Omar ...
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• Ladakh – Monasteries – Thiksey Gompa II

  
  India Travel Blog — Authority: 126
  + Series: Travel to Ladakh in July-August 2008 + Previous: Ladakh – Monasteries – Thiksey Gompa I See glossary for meaning of terms marked in bold below. How can a photographer assume rights to treat a human being like an inanimate exhibit? It is hard for me to conceive stepping right into ...
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• Photo of the Day: Masked Dancer with Flag at Hemis Monastery, Ladakh

  
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  Dancer in Yellow Mask with Flag at Hemis Monastery Festival, Ladakh This photograph of the masked dancer was taken at the annual festival of the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh. It has also been selected for a permanent display at the Museum of Cannes, France. Click on the image for a larger view. You can view ...
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• Ladakh – Monasteries – Thiksey Gompa I

  
  India Travel Blog — Authority: 126
  + Series: Travel to Ladakh in July-August 2008 + Previous: Ladakh: Glossary of Terms in Buddhist Iconography I went to Thiksey Village to see the monastery, but was charmed by the barley fields around the village more than the monastery itself. See glossary for meaning of terms marked in bold below. ...
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