Ladakh
Capital: Leh
Breaking in Ladakh
Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
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Gajraj touches down at 13,629 feet, about 25 km from the LAC
The Indian Air Force has landed an IL-76MD, which it calls Gajraj, at Nyoma in eastern Ladakh, where the airfield sits at 13,629 feet. The IAF says this is the highest landing by the type anywhere. Nyoma is roughly 23-25 km from the Line of Actual Control.
Cancelled Delhi meeting has broken Ladakh's trust, says Wangchuk
Activist Sonam Wangchuk accused the Centre of keeping Ladakh 'deprived of democracy' after a home ministry meeting was called off without explanation. He said leaders may go to the UN.
L-G to be final authority in proposed Ladakh UT-level body, Centre's draft says
The Centre's draft proposal for an elected body in Ladakh says the Lieutenant Governor will be the final authority and asks whether constituency delimitation should be done by an election authority or a Delimitation Commission. It also weighs reserving one-third to 50% of seats for women.
President's Ladakh regulation clears way for hill council polls in all eight districts
President Droupadi Murmu has promulgated the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Regulation, paving the way for hill council polls in all eight districts, including the newly created Sankoo district. L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena called the decision historic. A draft proposes the L-G as final authority in the UT-level body.
Eight hill councils instead of two: Ladakh gets a new election map, and a question about its timing
President Droupadi Murmu has promulgated the LAHDC (Amendment) Regulation, 2026, clearing the way for hill council elections in all eight districts of Ladakh. The Kargil Democratic Alliance, however, has questioned the timing.