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Amara Raja Infra on Monday said it has completed construction of India's first green hydrogen fuelling station in Leh, Ladakh, for NTPC Ltd. Union Minister for Power and Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal inaugurated the facility on Saturday, the company said. The fuelling station project with a capacity of producing GH2 of 80kg per day was completed in two years, at extreme conditions at a height of 3,400 meters above sea level with temperatures varying between -25°Celsius to 30°Celsius, the company said. The landmark project will enable emission-free transport in and around Leh — making India among the few countries to take the lead in the green mobility space, Amara Raja Infra said in a statement, adding with the completion of the project, NTPC will now operationalise five hydrogen fuel cell buses in the region, it said.

IndiGo flight heading to Leh accidentally deployed the emergency slide before takeoff at Delhi airport on Wednesday.

Buddha, tears pouring down his cheeks. He takes out his phone and captures the massive sculpture, the Bodhisattvas flanking it and the small cells carved into the cave where his religious forbears must have lived. This is sanctum and sanctuary for him. About 100 km away, a group of Japanese tourists are gingerly making their way through a narrow, semi-circular path that is cut into the middle of a rocky cliff in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. They gaze—in the light of a torch and the night settings of their phone—at the eloquent arch of Bodhisattva Padmapani’s torso and his halfclosed eyes painted on Cave No. 1 of Ajanta. People who follow the Buddha’s Middle Path, or those who are enamoured of this apostle of compassion, or are simply enchanted by the historical spots, some of them dating back to before the Common Era, travel to the places that dot what is called the Buddhist circuit. It stretches from Bodh Gaya in Bihar to Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh.

Army's northern command Monday organised wreath-laying ceremonies at various places in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh to celebrate Vijay Diwas, which marks India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war that led to the birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation. The Udhampur-based Northern Command commemorated the occasion with a wreath-laying ceremony led by its General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lt Gen M V Suchindra Kumar at the Dhruva War Memorial, the Army said. «He (Lt Gen Kumar) interacted with veterans who continue to inspire us through their legacy of courage and dedication,» the Northern Command said in a post on X. The Jammu-based Tiger Division also celebrated the day at the 'Balidan Stambh', a war memorial, here.

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Ladakh, as per a TOI report. The tunnel is expected to facilitate smooth movement of travellers and military personnel between Leh and Pangong Lake. TOI says that the home ministry held meetings on the issue this week. The project is likely to cost around Rs 6,000 crore, sources said. «It's a tough and high-cost project. A call is likely to be taken soon. It's a strategic road and will reduce the travel time from Leh to Pangong substantially. The project is at a very nascent stage,» a source said. Sources said options are being explored whether Border Road Organisation or the National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation under the road transport ministry would build the strategic tunnel to provide all-weather connectivity.

ISRO on Friday said that its analogue space mission has taken off at Leh in Ladakh. This mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station beyond Earth, the space agency said in a post on 'X'.

democracy, it becomes one only when the voice of the people is heard, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been sitting on a fast in Delhi for the last 14 days, said. Wangchuk, who led a padayatra from Leh to Delhi, was detained last month with several of his supporters and later released. Since then, he has been sitting on an indefinite fast at Ladakh Bhawan here with about two dozen of his supporters, demanding a meeting with the country's top leadership. There has been no communication from the government so far regarding any meeting.

RBL Bank 'Xtra Credit Card' customers will be saving 8.5% on fuel purchases, the highest in the segment as compared to other co-branded fuel credit cards in the industry, said senior officials of Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL). RBL Bank, after its partnership with IOCL, is expecting its credit card portfolio to moderately grow by 12-15% during the current fiscal year, compared to the industry growth of 20-25%. The bank has a current market share of 5.04% of the total outstanding credit cards, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India.

Mumbai airport have faced significant disruptions due to ongoing conflicts between two rival unions, affecting baggage handling and causing delays for passengers. The dispute centers around the allocation of wheelchair attendant jobs, a highly coveted task among airport loaders.

IndiGo and SpiceJet have canceled a dozen flights scheduled around noon, marking potentially the first instance of flight cancellations owing to high temperatures.

Kargil Vijay Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed criticisms of the Agnipath scheme, rejecting allegations that it was intended to save pension funds. Speaking at Kargil, Modi stressed that the primary aim of the Agnipath scheme is to modernize and rejuvenate the armed forces.

LEH: Expanding its probe into the seizure of 108 kilogrammes of gold bars from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) along the India-China border, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) found that gold bars were smuggled from seven countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Dubai, and were brought to Tibet, from where they were meant to be smuggled into India. A total of five suspects, including a couple who ran two cafes in upmarket Leh, have been arrested and taken to Ludhiana for interrogation by a joint team of the DRI, customs and Intelligence Bureau, officials told ET. They said the couple, identified as Tender Tashi and Tashi Dolma, recruited Tenzin Samphel, a native of Hanley in eastern Ladakh, who in turn hired two couriers, Tenzin Targy and Tsering Chamba, from Hanley. The interrogation of the suspects revealed the name of the alleged kingpin, who is believed to be based in Delhi and is presently on the run, according to the people.

earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the richer scale hit Leh in Ladakh on Wednesday, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS). According to the NCS, the epicentre of the earthquake was located at Latitude 36.10 North, Longitude 74.81 East, at a depth of 150 kilometres. The earthquake hit Leh on Wednesday at 8:12 a.m.

SpiceJet aircraft enroute to Leh suffered a glitch on Sunday morning and returned to the national capital, according to a source. The source told PTI that the plane, carrying around 135 people, landed safely at the Delhi airport. A full emergency was declared at the airport and the aircraft, operating the flight SG 123 that took off at around 1030 hours, landed safely at about 1100 hrs. The plane returned due to engine vibrations, the source said. The Boeing 737-7 aircraft returned to the national capital sometime after takeoff, as per data available on flight tracking website flightradar24.

polling was recorded in Ladakh on Monday in the election to decide the fate of three candidates in the fray for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the Union territory, polling officials said here. They also said that the voter turnout in Kargil was 71.45 per cent and 62.50 per cent in Leh.

Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress on Sunday alleged that over the last 10 years, the union territory has been at the receiving end of the Modi government's «malicious and step-motherly treatment». Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Ladakhis have been protesting in freezing temperatures over the lack of control over their land and water. «The protests have been ongoing for months, including all 8 tribes and over 30,000 people, coming together for hunger strikes and huge marches,» he said. The Modi government's only response has been continued silence and apathy, Ramesh claimed.

security situation along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh on Friday. The COAS was given a detailed briefing about the force's combat readiness at the headquarters of the Fire and Fury Corps in Leh. «General Manoj Pande, #COAS visited the Fire and Fury Corps to review the security situation & preparedness in #Ladakh,» the Army posted on X.

BJP has sidelined incumbent Lok Sabha member from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, and announced Tashi Gyalson as its candidate from the lone Lok Sabha seat in Ladakh. The BJP has won the last two Lok Sabha elections in Ladakh but this time, the ongoing protest campaign led by the Apex Body Leh (ABL)and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), a grouping of political, social, religious and business organisations in Leh and Kargil, has put a formidable challenge before the ruling party. Although Gyalson, who is also the chief executive councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council in Leh, has expressed willingness to engage in a dialogue with ABL and KDA, the two bodies are thinking of fielding their own candidate against the BJP.

BJP on Tuesday named Tashi Gyalson as its candidate from Ladakh Lok Sabha seat, dropping sitting MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. Gyalson is the chairman-cum-chief executive councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council in Leh. Namgyal had hit the headlines in 2019 with his viral speech in Lok Sabha to defend the Narendra Modi government's decision to repeal Article 370 and making Ladakh as a separate Union Territory. The BJP's decision to drop Namgyal comes amid resentment towards the ruling party among a section of Buddhists in Leh.

Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday informed that Pashmina March towards the grazing lands and Line of Actual Control between India and China will start on April 17, on the day of Ram Navami. Wangchuk, who along with scores of other people is on a protest in Leh for over six weeks now–demanding constitutional safeguards under sixth schedule and statehood for Ladakh– celebrated the birth anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar at the protest site. He stated that this was the apt opportunity to demand what is promised and enshrined in the constitution of the country. “We want to remind this government of the promises it made in the last two elections. We hope that they will honour the teachings of Ramji as his true Bhakts and fulfil the promise made to the people of Ladakh,” said Wangchuk.