Demand Statehood, Sixth Schedule For Ladakh: Kargil Observes Strike Amid Massive Rally

Demand Statehood, Sixth Schedule For Ladakh: Kargil Observes Strike Amid Massive Rally

Kargil: Shops and business establishments were closed as thousands of people marched on Wednesday in support of their demand for statehood and Ladakh’s inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Separately, the hunger strike by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk in Leh to “remind” the BJP-led Centre of its promise to safeguard the Union Territory’s […]

Ladakh Row- Situation Along LAC ‘Quite Dangerous’: Jaishankar

Ladakh Row- Situation Along LAC ‘Quite Dangerous’: Jaishankar

New Delhi, Mar 18: The situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)in eastern Ladakh remained “very fragile” and is “quite dangerous” in military assessment because of close deployments of troops of both sides in some pockets though substantial progress has been made in the disengagement process in many areas, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar […]

Eastern Ladakh row: India, China Hold Talks Sans Breakthrough

Eastern Ladakh row: India, China Hold Talks Sans Breakthrough

‘Proposal For Disengagement In Remaining Friction Points Discussed’ New Delhi: India and China on Wednesday held diplomatic talks in Beijing and discussed proposals for disengagement in the remaining friction points along the LAC in eastern Ladakh in an “open and constructive manner”, but there was no indication of any breakthrough. During the meeting held under […]

Will intensify protest if demands not met, say Ladakh groups

Will intensify protest if demands not met, say Ladakh groups

New Delhi: A day after they held a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, groups from Ladakh on Thursday reiterated their demands for statehood and sixth schedule status for the Union Territory, threatening to intensify their agitation if the government does not listen to them. At a press conference here, environmental activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk […]

Ladakh Groups Protest In Delhi For Statehood, 6th Schedule

Ladakh Groups Protest In Delhi For Statehood, 6th Schedule

New Delhi: Slogans demanding statehood for Ladakh were raised at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday as a joint protest was held by the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance in the national capital. Representatives of social, cultural and political organisations from Ladakh, as well as hundreds of common Ladakhis gathered at the 18th-century observatory, a […]

Amid Stir For Safeguards, Brigadier BD Mishra Posted Ladakh’s New LG

Amid Stir For Safeguards, Brigadier BD Mishra Posted Ladakh’s New LG

Srinagar: The Government of India shifted Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Radha Krishna Mathur and announced his successor in Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra on Sunday. A former brigadier of the Indian Army and ex-Commander of the Counter Hijack Force of the National Security Guard (NSG), popularly known as the Black Cat Commandos, BD Mishra has been the […]

Night temp continues to plummet

Srinagar: Amid likelihood of rainfall on February 14-15, cold wave intensified across Kashmir Valley and Ladakh division as mercury plummeted several notches below freezing point in most places with Kargil town recording the coldest temperature at minus 21.8 degrees Celsius. Srinagar, the summer capital, witnessed a drop of 2.5 degrees as the minimum temperature fell […]

Dip in night temp, Leh reels at minus 17.4

Srinagar: The mercury continues to be in a free fall in Kashmir and Ladakh divisions as Leh was the coldest recorded place at minus 17.4 degrees Celsius in the state. Last night Leh recorded a plunge of almost 10 degrees from the previous night?s minus 7.9 degrees Celsius, an official of the MET Department said […]