SRINAGAR — Kashmir and Ladakh continued to reel under sub zero temperatures with famous Pahalgam resort remaining the coldest place in the Valley on Thursday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded minus 1.8°C against previous night’s minus 2.5°C which was lowest temperature recorded this season. Qazigund recorded minimum temperature of minus […]
ZANSKAR — Ladakh Buddhist Association has threatened to create a stir in the region in case alleged conversion of a Buddhist girl to Muslim should not be stopped. The Association has written to LG Ladakh Radha Krishna Mathur alleging that a Muslim youth from Padum Zanskar has what they call ‘forcibly’ married to a Buddhist […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley dropped below the freezing point on Saturday while at minus 12.0 degrees Celsius, Drass town of Ladakh remained the coldest. An official of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said, “Due to clear night sky, minimum temperatures throughout the Valley dropped below the freezing point today. “Srinagar had minus […]
SRINAGAR — The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Mohan Lal and Mohd Akram Chowdhary as judges of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. As per an order issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Lal’s and Chowdhary’s appointment had been made by the President under clause (1) of […]
LEH — More than a year after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, the youth of Ladakh continue to protest against the authorities in the region for failing to hold any recruitment process. The unemployed youth and the support gained by them from different organizations blamed the […]
KARGIL — The president of India Ram Nath Kovind Friday concluded his two days visit to J&K and Ladakh during which he paid tributes to the 1999 Kargil war heroes, interacted with forces, and performed Sindhu Darshan at Leh. The president on Thursday commenced his two days visit to the twin Union Territories, including Ladakh […]
NEW DELHI — Mountaineers of the border guarding force ITBP have summited twin peaks located in the eastern Ladakh region, a senior officer said on Saturday. The mountains are located at the heights of 6,250 metres and 6,099 metres and they were conquered on October 6 by a team of 20 mountaineers led by ITBP […]
SRINAGAR: More than two years after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, the administration of Ladakh, one of the two UTs, has issued an order to temporarily define who is a resident of the UT for non-gazetted government jobs. According to Ladakh Resident Certificate Order 2021, only […]
LEH — A historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between the UT Administration and Border Roads Organization (BRO) for upgradation and improvement of the road network of Ladakh, at the UT Secretariat in presence of Principal Secretary Dr Pawan Kotwal and Lt General Rajeev Chaudhary. The MoU was signed by Brigadier Arvinder Singh, […]
SRINAGAR — Nearly two years after reorganization of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the administration of Ladakh has declared snow leopard as state animal and black-necked crane as state bird for the Union Territory. A notification in this regard was issued by the UT’s Forest, Ecology and Environment. “The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of […]