Asia’s highest contemporary land art exhibition sā Ladakh comes to end here on Wednesday with a closing ceremony that witnessed around 300 people including artists (national and international) and locals witnessing the projection of light in the natural surface by German artist Philipp Frank
Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Sunday expressed grief over the demise of nine army soldiers after their vehicle fell into a deep gorge in the Leh district of Ladakh.
Sources in the defence establishment said that the Major General-level talks at Daulat Beg Oldie and Chushul to resolve the ongoing stand-off in Eastern Ladakh have been on since Friday morning with breaks with an objective to address the pending issues.
After an army truck on Saturday fell into a deep gorge, leaving 9 soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) dead, Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (retd), a defence expert, on Sunday such incidents are avoidable.
Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday expressed grief over the death of 9 soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in a road accident in Leh on Saturday, and offered his condolences to the bereaved families, officials said.
As Congress leader Rahul Gandhi set off for Pangong Lake, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday took a swipe saying that the Wayand MP has taken a trip to the valley to witness and spread the word about post-Article 370 developments in Leh and Ladakh.
Condoling the demise of Indian Army soldiers in an accident near Leh in Ladakh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the bereaved families.