Located high up amidst the western Himalayas in India's northernmost region of Ladakh lies the town of Kargil. Flanked by the ...

During winter, the river bed turns into a venue for ice hockey. Kargil is a very conservative Muslim town so wearing revealing and tight clothes is best avoided. The name Kargil is said to be ...

The booms of the Bofors and the rat-tat-tat of automatic firing have finally stopped. 'Withdrawal Completed' scream the media headlines. All is silent in the Kargil sector -- only the serene ...

Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code to each district/village/town/city to ensure quick ... You can find out the pin code of Kargil district in Jammu & Kashmir ...

Located about 240 km away from Kargil town via the link road, Padum is the only town in and the administrative center of the Zanskar sub-district Padum is named after Padmasambhava (also known ...

Kargil has so far remained out of railway connectivity. The government has been making efforts to lay railway tracks to Kargil, which would provide India a strategic advantage in the topmost region.

An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude struck Kargil in Ladakh on early Friday, according to the National Center for Seismology. Tremors were also felt in Jammu and Kashmir. “EQ of M: 5.2, On ...

In a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha regarding the government’s plans for connecting Ganderbal in Kashmir with Kargil, Vaishnaw stated that a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the ...