Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk (left) on his 21-day fast to highlight the need to protect the fragile ecosystem of Ladakh and its people, Leh, India, March 26, 2024. Credit: X/Sajjad Kargili A group ...

There’s more to Indian travel than just opulent palaces, living history, and culture-driven tourism. This is where Ladakh ...

Discover Lonely Planet’s 10 best trekking routes in the world, from Everest Base Camp and Ladakh to Patagonia, Kilimanjaro ...

If you dream of Ladakh's vast silence but not its tourist rush, these six offbeat experiences will help you find the region's ...

Ladakh, a high-altitude cold desert region in the Himalayas that has been at the heart of recent India-China tensions, was rocked on Wednesday by violent Gen Z-led protests as youth torched the ...

A historic S4-severe solar radiation storm triggered rare auroral displays over the high-altitude desert of Ladakh. This ...

NEW DELHI (RNS) — On Jan. 26, when 56-year-old Buddhist engineer-innovator Sonam Wangchuk started his hunger strike in the remote Himalayan desert of Ladakh, Muslims and Buddhists — communities ...

In a historic first at the Republic Day Parade, two majestic double-humped Bactrian camels, Galwan and Nubra, walked down ...

Ladakh continued to reel under intense cold conditions on Saturday, emerging as the coldest region across Jammu and Kashmir, ...

The air is thin in the Himalayan region of Ladakh. For those unaccustomed to life above 11,000 feet it is hard to breathe, let alone run, or play a sport. Vegetation is sparse, winters are frigid, and ...

When two double-humped Bactrian camels named Galwan and Nubra walked down Kartavya Path this Republic Day, they marked a ...

More than a century of being ruled by the Dogra dynasty left a psychological and emotional wound that Ladakh society has ...