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...
This would be the right time to question the union government and the elected representative of Ladakh, MR Jamyang Tsering Namgyal for their promises which were made with the people of Ladakh on 5th August 2019 when the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two union territories called UTJK and UT Ladakh.
Home minister on the floor of house had said the bifurcation and revocation of article 370 will bring development prosperity and employment in aforesaid union territor...
Kargil/ Jan. 11/ News Desk: Nomination of MBBS and BDS seats in various national institutes has rigged a new controversy on social media sites in Ladakh. Some of the nominated candidates allege that the seats are divided among the two districts instead of allotment on merit basis, which they consider violation of norms. This has caused “injustice” with candidates that have scored good in the NTA-NEET entrance exam, alleged students.
A circular from the Office of the Director Health Servic...
Ladakh is often called an “Arid desert” as it falls in “rain shadow zone”. The main sources of irrigation are perennial rivers fed by glaciers and streams fed by seasonal snow and aquifers with catchment confined within spurs. While gravity canals taking off from rivers irrigate moderate to low laying land along river valleys, small water channels known as “khul” in revenue parlance taking off from streams irrigate land on higher contours in valley settlements.
Till recent past, Ladakh us...
Delhi/ Jan. 06: A committee would be constituted under Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy to find an appropriate solution to the issues related to language, culture and conservation of land in the Union Territory of Ladakh, the Home Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
A 10-member delegation of Ladakh, where all members were from Leh district, met Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday.
“In view of the difficult geographical conditions and the strategic importance of Ladakh...
