Sonam Wangchuk was a celebrated Indian Army officer best known for his extraordinary bravery during the Kargil War. Col Sonam ...

In a post on X on Friday, Rajnath Singh paid glowing tribute to Col Wangchuk describing him as a highly decorated officer of ...

Colonel Sonam Wangchuk served across counter-insurgency deployments in the Northeast and India's IPKF mission in Sri Lanka ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to the veteran, calling him a “proud son of Ladakh” whose heroics continue to ...

An armed conflict between India and Pakistan that occurred between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and surrounding areas along the Line of Control (LOC). An armed conflict between ...

Wounded and pinned down, a young scout from 13 JAK RIF charged uphill into enemy fire and turned a stalled assault into a ...

When the Kargil conflict broke into public view in May 1999, the story quickly acquired familiar markers: icy ridgelines, intrusions across the Line of Control, and the strategic urgency of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. July 26 is Kargil Vijay Diwas. The sleepy town has come a long way from being the site of the bloody battle to a popular tourist ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Twenty years later in 2019, Pakistani and Indian forces again clashed on land and air. Tensions remain acute and both states deployed dozens more nuclear weapons than ...

During the 1999 Kargil War, he led Ladakh Scouts troops to secure Chorbat La in Batalik sector and played crucial role in eliminating enemy intruders.

Colonel Sonam Wangchuk (Retd), one of the earliest heroes of the 1999 Kargil War and a Mahavir Chakra awardee, died on Friday ...