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 […]
SRINAGAR — Ladakh got its first roving cinema on Sunday with a private company installing an inflatable theatre in the union territory. A spokesman of PictureTime Digiplex said in a statement that in an endeavour to make world-class digital cinema watching experience accessible to every corner of India, the company has installed its travelling, inflatable […]
LEH — A bridge and standing crops were damaged on Sunday in flash floods in several villages in Ladakh, where authorities sounded an alert after an outburst of an artificial lake resulted in blockage of the Zanskar river, officials said. Chief Executive Officer, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Sonam Chosjor said there was an outburst […]
SRINAGAR — Two politicians and a journalist from Ladakh have moved an impleadment application to the Supreme Court in a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to revoke the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Bar and Bench reported on Tuesday. An impleadment application is filed seeking permission to be made […]
NEW DELHI — The dedication of Indian soldiers and veterans towards the country is an “exemplary example”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday soon after arriving in Ladakh on a three-day visit aimed at taking stock of India”s military preparedness in the region in the face of a prolonged border row with China. In […]
KARGIL — Barely three days after the leaders of different political parties of J&K held talks with the Prime Minister of India, the leadership of the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) has received an invitation from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to hold talks with Minister of State (MOS) home GK Reddy on 01 July […]
KARGIL — In Ladakh, the community class concept by the Education Department has been a great success as keeping in view the well being of the students as per the Covid SOPs. The schools are run in the open by establishing class rooms at meadows, pastures and barren lands in different villages in collaboration with […]
Idea of two officers of ‘Green Corridor’ eased any paced the activity SRINAGAR — World health Organization (WHO) has provided one hundred oxygen concentrators to the union territory (UT) of Ladakh on Tuesday to support the COVID-19 surge response in the mountainous region, which is one of the coldest and the most elevated inhabited places […]