Er. Ahmad Ali from Kanoor who left a job offer as Assistant Professor to become a farmer is changing the lives of farmers in Ladakh. Adopting new techniques in Agriculture like drip irrigation, mulching, and hydroponics, Ahmad Ali is infusing hope among farmers to boost farming activities even in areas with scarcity of irrigation water.
Speaking to the Voice of Ladakh correspondent, Er Ahmad Ali emphasized farmers to form clusters and adopt new techniques and embrace the latest technology...
Apricot, the appealing product of district Kargil made headlines in media many times since formation of the Union Territory of Ladakh. Last year, the product which was banned to export beyond Zojila pass found market in metro cities like Mumbai and international markets like Dubai. However, the current year drought reportedly reduced the quantity of its production and the boom it gained last year also seems to have declined.
The apricot also made news when the Union territory Administrati...
Countries across the globe are concerned about the rapidly changing global warming and climate change. But the people in Ladakh, who are residing in the Trans Himalayan cold desert, are paying the price for a sin that is not done by them but by others residing in a pleasant climate.
This year Ladakh faced the wrath of climate change in the shape of fewer snowfall, fewer rainfall, cloud burst, floods, hot weather, and drought, and even in the month of September the weather is not normal bu...
As per the Rule, 13 and 14 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Rules, 2005, the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir government distributed the MBBS seats among various categories where two percent each of the total seats were reserved for residents of Leh and Kargil.
On the same pattern, after the bifurcation of the State, the J&K Govt in 2020 announced reservation of four percent seats in its engineering and medical colleges for Students hailing from Ladakh as the latter had no separat...
Sheikh Sadiq Rajai from Kargil participated in the Seventh General Assembly of Ahlulbait at Tehran, Iran representing Kargil. He was among the three person from India who were invited in the conference. The other two were Syed Jalal Naqvi and Syed Mohsin Taqvi from Delhi. On his arrival in Kargil people gave him a warm welcome and Syed Kazim Sabri congratulated him during the Friday sermon. Voice of Ladakh conducted an interview with Sheikh which is enumerated as below.
VOL: What is the G...
Kargil, Sep. 09: Nawaz Ali from Trespone village of Kargil has topped the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2022 Ladakh list with a total score of 631 marks.
At least 704 aspirants from Ladakh had registered for the NEET 2022 out of which 639 had appeared for the exam and 331 have qualified the test. In comparison, 906 had registered, 744 had appeared for exam and 367 had qualified the test in 2021.
In an interview to Voice of Ladakh, Nawaz Ali said that he has been schoole...
VoL Desk, September 03: After several rounds of deliberations between the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) and Ladakh Gonpa Association (LGA), the leaders have agreed on a resolution regarding the Buddhist Gonpa issue here at Kargil today, maintained a resolution issued afer the meeting.
After thorough discussion on the issue it was unanimously resolved that the land alloted in favour of Ladakh Buddhist Association in terms of the J&K Govt order of 1969 ...
VoL Desk, September 01: The Kargil Police has registered a case against three persons allegedly involved in smuggling drugs from Srinagar to Kargil, said Additional Superintendent of Police Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhary in a press conference today.
The case has been registered under FIR number 84 under Section 8 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, informed the Press Conference.
According to ASP Iftikhar Ahmad, yesterday evening the Kargil Police got a pitch from a ...
VoL Desk, August 27: Among 46 teachers from across the country, Mohammad Jabir from Pashkum village of Kargil district has been selected for the best teacher National Award 2022, announced the Ministry of Education, Government of India on Thursday.
Mohammad Jabir is serving as a teacher for the last 20 years including eleven years of service as a Government teacher. Currently, he is deputed at the Government Middle School Karit for the last two years.
Earlier Mohd Jabir served at the M...
The granddaughter of Moula Ali (asws), daughter of Moula Hussain (asws), Syeda Fatima (asws) bintul Hussain (asws) also known as Syeda Sakina (asws) who was only 4 years old delivered such an amazing sermon in Kufa that it caused the people to become astonished at Her eloquence and Her knowledge. This sermon had a major effect upon the people and caused them to feel immense shame and regret. It also caused them to realize how great the sin which they had committed was. The following is the s...
