Kargil War

Thaindian News

• Special IAF flights for people stranded in Kargil (19 hours, 13 minutes ago) - ) aircraft Tuesday for people stranded in Kargil town of Ladakh region
• Srinagar's night temperature rises above freezing point (4 days, 3 hours ago) - .8 in Pahalgam and minus 5.6 in Gulmarg. Leh at minus 13.2 and Kargil at minus 15
• Snowfall forecast in Kashmir in early February (1 week ago) - . Moderate snowfall is likely to occur in Drass, Kargil and Zanskar," it said
• IAF airlifts stranded Kashmiris (1 week ago) - . The operation was carried out in Gurez in the Valley and Kargil town
• Kargil freezes at minus 25, lowest of the season (1 week, 1 day ago) - Srinagar, Jan 30 (IANS) At minus 25 degrees Celsius, Kargil town
• Kashmir Valley continues to be in deep freeze (1 week, 3 days ago) - .2 in Leh and minus 19 in Kargil. But day temperatures rose as the sun shone in a clear sky
• Kashmir and Ladakh in deep freeze, Leh coldest at minus 22 (2 weeks, 1 day ago) - witnessed the lowest this season Monday. Kargil, also in Ladakh recorded minus 20
• Intense cold grips Kashmir Valley (2 weeks, 2 days ago) - .0 in Leh and minus 17.6 in Kargil. Due to highly slippery roads and fresh
• Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir and Ladakh (2 weeks, 3 days ago) - .8 degrees while Kargil town recorded minus 21
• Srinagar sees coldest night in 16 years, more snow expected (Lead) (3 weeks, 2 days ago) - . Kargil town in Ladakh region recorded minus 17
• Srinagar has coldest night in 16 years (3 weeks, 3 days ago) - . "Kargil town in Ladakh region recorded minus 17
• Srinagar freezes for 6th day, record broken (3 weeks, 4 days ago) - .2 in Pahalgam, minus 16.5 in Gulmarg, minus 18.2 in Leh town of Ladakh region and minus 19.6 degrees in Kargil
• Chinar Corps celebrates 96th raising day (3 weeks, 4 days ago) - First and Second World Wars, and the 1965, 1971 wars with Pakistan and the 1999 Kargil conflict
• Major snowfall in Srinagar in coming days (3 weeks, 4 days ago) - . Kargil was the coldest in the state at minus 18 degrees Celsius.
• Dal Lake freezes in sub-zero Kashmir (3 weeks, 5 days ago) - .4. Kargil was the coldest in the state at minus 18 degrees
• Taps freeze in chilly Kashmir (3 weeks, 6 days ago) - ) was the coldest at minus 18.4 while the minimum temperature in Kargil town was minus 17
• Snowfall, rain likely in Kashmir (1 month ago) - . "Kargil town was the coldest in the state at minus 13
• Kashmir in deep freeze, Leh records minus 18 (1 month, 1 week ago) - .4 degrees, the lowest so far this season, while the Kargil town had minus 15
• Kashmir freezing, Leh at minus 16.6 (1 month, 1 week ago) - . Kargil recorded minus 15.2 degrees, he added. The temperature in Srinagar was minus 2
• Mercury rises but Kashmir still freezing (1 month, 1 week ago) - . Kargil town in Ladakh region witnessed a low of minus 14.8 degrees Celsius.

Wikipedia

Kargil War
Part of the Indo-Pakistani Wars
Date May–July 1999 Location Kargil district, Kashmir, India Result Pakistani military retreat;[1] India regains control of occupied territory[2] Territorial changes Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
India	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Ved Prakash Malik	Pervez Musharraf
Strength
30,000	5,000
Casualties and losses
Indian Official Figures: 527 killed[3][4][5] 1,363 wounded[6] 1 POW 1 fighter jet shot down 1 fighter jet crashed 1 helicopter shot down	Pakistani Estimates: 453[7][8] — 4,000 killed[9][10] 665+ wounded[9] 8 POWs[11]

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India, Pakistan and the Snow Leopard
The News International - 5 days, 10 hours ago
One such is the snow leopard in the border district Kargil. Kargil, a district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in North India is a remote, arid, cold and high altitude area that gained international prominence after the Kargil War of 1999.

LHC invites arguments on maintainability of Kargil petition
Pakistan Daily Times - 2 weeks, 5 days ago
LAHORE: Justice Umar Ata Bandial of the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Wednesday, directed Advocate Rana Ilamuddin to advance arguments on maintainability of his petition requesting for constitution of a commission to probe into the Kargil war.
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Peace Park on LoC
GreaterKashmir.com - 1 week, 2 days ago
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Deccan Chronicle - 1 week, 5 days ago
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Firstpost - 1 day, 3 hours ago
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