KARGIL, MARCH 11, 2021: On the major transfer exercise of the General Line Teachers that took place after eleven years, the teachers’ organisations and forums welcomed the move while some alleged “injustice”. To dig more into the major exercise that has transferred 1049 General Line Teachers, Voice of Ladakh correspondent spoke to different stakeholders in this move.
At the very outset of the Transfer notice, a teacher announced his willingness to return his award in protest against the “...
Kargil, March 02, 2021: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kargil Anayat Ali Choudhary in an exclusive interview with the Voice of Ladakh correspondent discussed various issues like physical crimes, cybercrimes, drugs addiction, food adulteration, and humanitarian activities by police like counselling for youth.
Embarking on the interview, Choudhary said that district Kargil is a historical place with ancient civilizational roots. “I feel proud and lucky to get the opportunity to serve...
One of the most prominent and influential individuals in the world today is not any president, prime minister, or celebrity but rather a humble 90-year-old man who has dedicated his life to the study of Islam. This man is one of the most powerful people in the world today living in his humble abode in the holy city of Najaf (Iraq). Most of us know him as Ayatollah Syed Ali Sistani and he is perhaps the most major Marjeh in Iraq whose influence knows no boundaries.
Born in Mashhad (Iran) i...
Kargil/ February 25, 2021: Congress Councillor from Phyang Constituency of LAHDC Leh Tundup Nurbu Cheetah expressed deep concern over weakening the Hill Development Council in Leh by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The councilor expressed his concerns in an interview with the Voice of Ladakh correspondent during his recent tour to Kargil. A delegation from LAHDC Leh was in Kargil for a meeting to deliberate on various issues including the late declaration of results in colleges and ...
The existence of people inhabited in the ranges of the Himalayas widely depends upon the glaciers for water. In fact, all living things from microorganisms to plants are dependent on Himalayan glaciers for their existence. Such a case is of Kanoor village where human beings, flora, and fauna are dependent on the receding Sapi lake, locally known as Sapi Tso.
These glaciers are formed by means of snow accumulation when the residue of monsoon traveled from the sea towards north India. It is...
On the 13th of the month of January, a piece of news passed through my eyes, that said the mechanical department has for the first time reopened the road that joins the Zanskar subdivision to the rest of the Ladakh region. The Turkey-made furious TV series Erturul Ghazi, which I was watching for the last two weeks instilled the courage to dare something extraordinary. The amalgam of the two things energised my head to nod for yes to the offer from the office to visit Zanskar to report the fi...
The New National Policy on Education 2020 is a comprehensive and historic policy that comes after the long gap of thirty-four years after the National Policy on Education 1986 and its Programme of Action 1992. It was the long-cherished dream of India to make an inclusive policy on education, which cater to the need of the diversity of our country. However, the BJP government’s announcement to establish a Central University in Leh district of Ladakh is contradicting the commitment of the newl...
ملک نے گذشتہ 26جنوری کو پھر اپنی جمہوریت کا72واں سالگرہ منایا جو پورے ملک کے ساتھ ساتھ یوٹی لداخ میں بھی روایتی جوش و خروش سے منایاگیا۔ہرسال کی طرح ملک کی راجدھانی دہلی میں قومی سطح کے سب سے بڑی تقریب ہوئی جہاں صدر جمہوریہ نے ترنگا لہرایا اورعالیشان پریڈ پر سلامی لی۔
پریڈ کے دوران ملکی دفاعی قوت اور ہمہ گیر ترقی کے علاوہ مختلف جھانکیاں حسب روایت یہاں کے گوناگوں تمدن و ثقافت اور پیش رفت کی عکاسی کرتے ہوئے راج پتھ پر نکالے گئے ۔
اس سال ریاستوں اور مرکزی انتظام والے علاقوں کے 17جھانکیاں م...
Leh/ Jan 29: Two artists from Ladakh won accolades during the virtual valedictory function – cum – prize distribution ceremony of National Kala Utsav-2020 held online on January 28.
The function was held in the presence of Minister of Education, Government of India (GoI), Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’; Secretary and Joint Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, GoI; Director and Secretary of National Council of Educational Research and Training (N...
Kargil/ Jan. 26/ News Desk: Zanskar’s Manjhi man, Tsultrim Chonjor, became the first person from district Kargil to receive the Padma Shri award.
75-year-old Tsultrim Chonjor, fondly known as ‘Meme Chonjor, who comes from the remote village of Stongde in the Zanskar Valley of Ladakh, has a similar story to that of Manjhi in Bihar.
Aakashwani in a radio report says that Chonjor has assisted in developing road from Zanskar’s Sumdoo to Kirgyaq Lungnaq.
From May 2014 to June 2017, Chonjor singl...
