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The government is planning to set up eight plants across the country with 800 Mw each. We are planning to start the initiative by next year," S Seshadri, member of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), said on the sidelines of...

There exist only a few places in the world that can be properly be labelled as a ' cold desert '. The Gobi desert that forms part of Northern China, and almost all of Mongolia is one, another is Leh-Ladakh...

Reports of snowfall were received from higher reaches, mostly in North-west of Kashmir and parts of frontier Ladakh region. Gulmarg, 55km from here in North Kashmir, witnessed a mild snowfall but its peripherial areas including Aferwath and Sunshine peak received...

Scientists Updated on Sunday, October 11, 2009, 09:51 IST Leh: Anyone visiting Ladakh for the first time can be left gasping for breath due to low oxygen levels in the high altitude region...Most of the Ladakh region is a cold...

Turtukin Nubra valley, situated on the famous Silk Route. "The opening of Turtuk area for foreign tourists would give Nubra a prominent place on the world tourism map. The decision would go a long way in bringing the virgin locales...

QRTs comprising 30 trained personnel headed by a deputy superintendent of police-level officer have been created in all the 12 districts of the hill state to deal with terror activities, additional director general of police (armed police and training) B...

While the contest closes on November 23, here are some interesting responses. And keep them coming, because the best entries win prizes from rediff.com Harold D'Costa , 36, from Pune, wants to go the political route: 1...Find out the wealth...

The real ones have rapidly receded up the Himalayan slopes in his home district of Ladakh in northernmost India. Himalayan communities like Ladakh rely on glacial runoff to grow food, making them – along with tiny island nations – among...

Around every corner in this distant Himalayan district of India, someone is in the movies. Bureaucrats and Buddhist monks write screenplays, taxi drivers and cops play villains and heroines, and the superstar actress gets paid $1,000 a movie. Ladakhi films...