*Islamabad*: Pakistan on Thursday said the Siachen area, the world's highest battlefield, was a disputed territory and could not be opened for tourism by India. Responding to media reports that India was starting tourism in the Siachen area, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Muhammad Faisal ...

*SRINAGAR: *Four Indian army officers and two porters were killed on Monday in an avalanche on the Siachen Glacier, a defense spokesman said on Monday. The incident, in which eight other people were trapped, occurred at an altitude of 19,000 feet on the glacier, Reuters has reported. “The ...

NEW DELHI - India launches new adventurism on Siachen Glacier, world's highest battlefield. The Siachen Glacier, world's highest battlefield, has now been opened for tourists, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced in Ladakh on Monday. From Siachen Base Camp to Kumar Post, the entire area has ...

NEW DELHI - Indian Army mulls new proposal over Siachen Glacier, World's highest battlefield. Indian Army is considering a proposal to re-open Siachen Glacier, in Ladakh sources said on Tuesday, India TV has reported. Mountaineering expeditions used to be allowed to Siachen till 1984 before the ...

NEW DELHI - Indian Army mulls new proposal over Siachen Glacier, World's highest battlefield. Indian Army is considering a proposal to re-open Siachen Glacier, in Ladakh sources said on Tuesday, India TV has reported. Mountaineering expeditions used to be allowed to Siachen till 1984 before the ...

SRINAGAR - An Army officer was injured in a firing incident in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, a defence spokesman said. "An officer deployed in the Pratap Pur Sector suffered gunshot wound at around 1050 hours today (Friday)," Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia ...

ISLAMABAD - Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan says the nation supports wholeheartedly its valiant troops guarding its mountain frontiers in most challenging conditions. He was addressing officers at the Battalion Headquarters of Gayari sector during a visit to the Siachin Glacier ...

ISLAMABAD: At least five army personnel on Saturday went missing after an avalanche hit an army base in world’s biggest battleground, Siachen. A rescue operation in the area has been started by the Pakistan army with the help of locals. Heavy machinery has also been sent to accelerate ...