Kargil, August 11: Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance who are spearheading the struggle for demands of the sixth schedule and statehood for Ladakh today warned of a “long agitation” for four main demands of the region.
Ladakh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) today held a joint meeting in Leh and pitched their four main demands. “LAB and KDA discussed the four main demands today in Leh in a joint meeting and decided to frame a strategy for a long agitation in ...
VoL Desk, August 09: The All Kargil (Ladakh) Students’ Association Delhi (AKSAD) has voiced their resentment against the increase in temporary recruitments in both the districts of Ladakh instead of expediting the process for permanent recruitment against the vacant posts in the Government sector. The students in Delhi voiced their concern in a post on social media platform X.
Expressing concern over the unemployment of youth in Union Territory of Ladakh, the All Kargil (Ladakh) Students’...
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday demanded that elections in Jammu and Kashmir must be held according to the Supreme Court-set deadline, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge alleging that the BJP’s policy on J-K and Ladakh neither respects ‘Kashmiriyat’ nor upholds ‘Jamhuriyat’.
Kharge’s remarks come on the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories of J-K and Ladakh. “BJP’s policy on Jammu & Kashmir a...
The initiative of the Vision 2047 document of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil reflects the high and optimistic vision and brainchild of Dr. Akhone Jaffer Sahib, the esteemed Hon’ble Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of the 5th LAHDC Kargil. This marks a historic moment as it is the first time in LAHDC’s history that a comprehensive vision document is going to draft under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Sahib. The five-year vision document should also be drafted at ...
New Delhi, Aug 01: The government is making all efforts to start civilian flight services to Kargil and only 19-seater aircraft can be operated to the airport there, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Thursday responding to a question of the Member of Parliament from Ladakh, Haji Mohd Hanifa Jan.
The minister told the Lok Sabha that considering the runway at the existing Kargil airport, terrain difficulties as well as landing and take off protocols, only 19-seater aircraft c...
By: Abhijeet Kumar
In a significant move for India’s Mars mission, scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) have identified Ladakh as an ideal site for the inaugural Mars and Moon analogue research station.
An analogue research station is a facility where activities intended for Moon and Mars missions can be simulated, the report stated. For instance, astronaut habitats can be built and tested there due to the geological...
The taciturn response of Ladakhi stakeholders to the arbitrary and autocratic recruitment style is beyond understanding. The state is testing the patience of the already frustrated youth. Since it was designated as a Union Territory, many jobs have been sold to private agencies through outsourcing. Additionally, the trend of temporary recruitment has intensified in recent years.
The over-emphasis and supply of temporary human resources not only hamper the quality of work production but al...
Novel Lavasa is an organic farmer and an environmentalist. Ashok Lavasa recently completed his tenure as Vice President of the Asian Development Bank. Before joining the bank, he served as Election Commissioner of India after his retirement from the government as Union Finance Secretary.
In this book, the authors share their three-decade-long journey through the places in India as well as other parts of the world that are associated with faith. They anthologized all their memories in this...
VoL Desk, July 24: Secretary, Tourism Ladakh has invited comments/suggestions/ objections from the stakeholders/ public on the draft ‘Ladakh Mountaineering Policy 2024’.
The Departm,ent of Tourism, Ladakh has drafted the ‘Ladakh Mountaineering Policy 2024’ to regulate the mountaineering and trekking activities in Ladakh and to make organizers and participants of such activities more responsible and accountable towards the fragile ecosystem of Ladakh.
Comments/suggestions/objections, if...
By: Dr. Ramees Raja Beig
From Mid-2023 there was a surge in terror attacks in Jammu which was considered to be a safe place and declared terror-free by the Jammu and Kashmir Police many times. The geographical landscape of Jammu is harsher than Kashmir because of the vast and thick forests which lies between the LOC.
July 16, 2024: Four Army soldiers were killed in action in Doda, July 8, 2024: Five Army personnel were kille...
