While the violent onset of the 1999 Kargil war between Pakistan and India unfolded around him, Hussain and his family escaped south to the remote Suru Valley. After India claimed victory later ...

Harjinder Singh, a retired soldier who fought in the Kargil War, and his two sons risked their lives to save five labourers from drowning in the Sirhind Canal near Machhiwara on Monday night.

Kargil has been the subject of movies and much written about as it was the scene of Pakistan’s infiltration and subsequent war in 1999. Situated at a height of 2676 meters in the Suru Valley ...