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A stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh, which started after dawn on Wednesday, has been resolved after high-level talks, reports said on Thursday. The rival armies were engaged in a conflict at the northern bank of Pangong lake, two-thirds of which is controlled by China. It took delegation-level talks to resolve the matter, Army sources told NDTV. Here's more on what happened.

India got a new political map on Saturday, demarcating the boundaries of the now bifurcated state of Jammu and Kashmir. The map details the 28 Indian states and 9 Union Territories, including the UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The Centre announced the bifurcation J&K into two UTs on August 5.

145 days after the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was put under lockdown, mobile internet services were restored in Kargil district of Ladakh on Friday. Officials said the services made a comeback as normalcy returned to the area. Notably, broadband services were already functioning in Kargil.

Nearly three months after the special status was withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir, the newly-formed Union Territory got its new chief on Thursday. A short while ago, Girish Chandra Murmu was sworn-in as the Lieutenant-Governor, hours after his Ladakh counterpart Radha Krisha Mathur took the oath.