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• 104 peaks in Jammu and Kashmir to be opened for trekkers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 734
  New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Indian government has given a go-ahead to open 104 peaks in Jammu and Kashmir bordering Pakistan and China with the aim of promoting adventure tourism and mountaineering activities in the state.The clearance was given by the defence ministry after the tourism ministry had backed the ...
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• Extreme cold wave continues in Ladakh

  
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  Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) Cold wave conditions continued in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, with district capital Leh recording a minimum temperature of minus 18 degrees Celsius, an official said.“In Leh town, the maximum temperature yesterday (Monday) was minus 0.2 degrees, the minimum temperature fell ...
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• Kargil in deep freeze, Kashmir shivers with cold

  
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  Srinagar, Jan 4 (IANS) The minimum temperature in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar stayed at the freezing point while in the upper reaches in Kargil the mercury plummetted to minus 16.8 degrees Celsius Monday, keeping most people in the town indoors.The temperature in Srinagar Monday hovered between ...
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• Ladakh in 1920s

  
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  Old photographs of Ladakh from Kashmir in Sunlight & Shade: a Description of the Beauties of the Country, the Life, Habits and Humour of its Inhabitants, and an Account of the Gradual but Steady Rebuilding of a Once Down-trodden People by Cecil Earle Tyndale-Biscoe (1922). Mulbe is famous for great Maitreya ...
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• Movie Review : 3 idiots (2009)

  
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  3 idiots: Your 3 hours worth spentRating: 4 out of 5*Starring: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi & Boman IraniDirector: Rajkumar HiraniFarhan (Madhavan) and Raju (Sharman), 10 years after they have finished their engineering from India’s most prestigious engineering college find a clue to ...
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• Did Christ come to India to study Buddhism, Vedas?

  
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  By Madhusree ChatterjeeNew Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The spotlight is back on Jesus Christ and his India connection as the world celebrates Christmas Friday. Some historians believe he spent 17 years of early life - from the age of 13 to 30 - in India learning Buddhism and the Vedas. “There are references that Christ’s ...
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• Devotees felicitate Gaden Tripa in Delhi

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): His holiness Gaden Tripa Rizong Sras-Trul Rinpoche of Ladakh has been appointed as 102nd Gaden Tripa, the supreme head of Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism.His followers in the national capital felicitated him on Thursday under the auspices of Himalayan Buddhist Cultural Association.Buddhist ...
  1 week ago

• Rode to Heaven, Ladakh by Shamim Akhtar

  
  Yogesh Sarkar's Blog — Authority: 120
  I recently received a copy of “Rode to Heaven”, Ladakh, a coffee table book on Ladakh by Shamim Akhtar . “Rode to Heaven”, Ladakh features photographs from Shamim’s solo motorcycle trip to Ladakh in June 2008. Shamim Akhtar is a footloose traveler and has a keen eye for photography. Shamim’s effort to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dalai Lama praises India’s support to exiles

  
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  Dharamsala, Dec 18 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama Friday praised the Indian government for the support it has extended to the exiles, especially in providing modern education.“The Indian government has been of immense help to Tibetans in the past 50 years,” the Nobel laureate told reporters in ...
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• Manpower shortage crippling Border Roads Organisation

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) As the defence ministry plans revamping of road infrastructure along the India-China border, shortage of manpower in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is proving to be a major hindrance.“The total sanctioned posts in BRO is 42,646. However, only 34,966 posts are currently filled,” a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Omar flatly rules out division of Jammu and Kashmir

  
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  Jammu, Dec 14 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday ruled out any division of the state, rebuffing those asking for statehood for Jammu region, and said his government was trying to ensure that “justice is done” to the state’s three regions.“Jammu and Kashmir is already a small state and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Launch of Trekking Guide to Western Himalayas

  
  Yogesh Sarkar's Blog — Authority: 120
  Couple of hours back, I came back from the launch of Trekking Guide to Western Himalayas. Trekking Guide to Western Himalayas is written by Depi Chaudhry and has been published in India by Harper Collins , in association with India Today Group . The book launch was held at IMF (Indian Mountaineering Foundation) ...
  3 weeks ago

• Inspired by Telangana cause, Gorkhaland presses for statehood

  
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  Darjeeling, Dec 11 (ANI): The Central Government’s decision to give its nod for initiating the process for the formation of the Telangana State has stirred up a hornet’s nest, with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) party workers calling in a 96-hour shutdown here demanding a separate State of Gorkhaland.Highly ...
  3 weeks ago

• Indian govt. had no role to play on Ladakh road project, says Krishna

  
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  New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna told the Lok Sabha that the Centre was not consulted on either the start or end of the project and had come to know of it only through media reports. “The government of India had no role to play in starting the road project or halting (it). It was fully a decision, ...
  3 weeks ago

• India asks China to be sensitive to mutual concerns (Second Lead)

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) India Wednesday said it valued China’s friendship but urged Beijing to be “sensitive to each other’s concerns (and) aspirations” and address all outstanding issues through dialogue.“Each side should be sensitive to each other’s concerns, aspirations and sentiments,” Krishna said ...
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• TakThok Monastery, Ladakh: Seeking sacred water in a cave

  
  Kunzum — Authority: 109
  The Takthok (Thagtok) Monastery in Ladakh Why did so many gompas start out as caves? Tak-Thok (also Thag-Thok, literally “rock roof”) gompa has come up around a cave where Padmasambhava, or the Guru Rinpoche, is said to have meditated during his travels to Ladakh in the 8th century. The cave, called Duphug (or ...
  4 weeks ago

• Faces of Ladakh

  
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        We were returning from Nubra Valley when I saw this lady standing outside what looked like a house in Ladakh with two other women who had shovels with them. I took their permission to take their pictures when this lady started smiling and shyly refused to pose, but the others ...
  4 weeks ago

• China figured in talks between Singh, Medvedev: Rao

  
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  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

  
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  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Photo of the Day: Street Vendor in Leh, Ladakh

  
  Kunzum — Authority: 109
  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  ...
  4 weeks ago

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