'No place in India can compare to the strategic importance of Leh'

'The Ladakh Scouts are a fantastic mountain troops suited to this terrain.''Other troops have to first get acclimatised, but these men are tough mountain people.' IMAGE: A Border Security Force......

15 foreign envoys meet civil society in J-K

In the first such trip by foreign diplomats post August 5, envoys of 15 countries including the United States visited the Kashmir valley on Thursday where they interacted with select political......

Pak terrorists planning to target Amarnath Yatra: Army

Pakistan-based terrorists are planning to target the Amarnath Yatra in the Kashmir Valley but security forces are up to the task to foil any such design, the Army said on Friday. IMAGE: An M-24......

6 terrorists, 1 soldier, 1 civilian killed in Shopian encounter

IMAGE: The house in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian where the terrorists were holed-up. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com In another blow to Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Tayiba and Hizbul Mujahideen,......