Category: Ladakh

Ladakh

Advani, Dy CM Inaugurate Sindhu Bhavan at Leh

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Former Deputy Prime Minister and Member Parliament, LK Advani along with Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh today inaugurated Sindhu Bhawan at Choglamsar, Leh. The state of the art Bhawan, would provide all the requisite boarding and lodging facilities to the yatris coming for the Sindhu darshan festival. The festival is organized every year drawing a large number of people from different parts of the country. Minister for Ladakh Affairs and Cooperatives- Chhering Dorje, Chief Executive Councilor, Dr. Sonam Dawa, Member of Parliament, Thupstan Chhewang were also present on the…

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Independent councillor withdraws support to Kargil council

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In a significant development, Independent councillor Kacho Ahmad Ali Khan today withdrew support to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, headed by National Conference (NC) councillor and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) Haji Mohammad Haneefa Jan. The LAHDC, Kargil, governs the district politically and withdrawal of support by Kacho Khan, councillor from Yurbaltak constituency who is a former CEC, has led to a political crisis in the council. Official sources told The Tribune that the Independent councillor shot off a letter to Kargil Deputy Commissioner Hassan Khan, the Chief…

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Entire Kargil district under occupation of Army: MLA Kargil

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Village in Turtuk still part of Pakistan in revenue records: Namgyal A Congress lawmaker on Saturday said entire Kargil district was under the occupation of Army. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, MLA Kargil Asgar Ali Karbalie said Army is neither paying compensation nor rent for thousands of Kanals occupied by them in the district. “They have occupied the entire district,” Karbalie alleged. The lawmaker asked the J&K Government to recover rent and cost of the land from Army. “They have purchased land in the district despite being non-state subjects. Government…

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Leh residents unhappy with post office functioning

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Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Nawang Rigzin Jora today apprised Union Minister for Telecommunication and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad about the problems being faced by rural people at the main post office in Leh. The CLP leader said that people of rural areas, who come to the Leh main post office to withdraw their money on maturity of their saving schemes, are made to wait for months by officials, who adopt delaying tactics. Jora told the minister that the officials tell people that postal saving schemes transactions have been brought…

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Showing grit, four girls from Leh scale Mt Everest

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Exhibiting indomitable spirit and grit, four young girls from Ladakh scaled Mount Everest – the highest peak in the world. The four young girls from Leh district in the Ladakh region were part of an NCC cadet girls’ contingent of 10 members that scaled the highest peak on May 22. It is the first time in the history of the state that four young girls from the NCC have scaled the summit. They are Stanzin Laskit of Ney, Rigzin Dolker of Nubra, Tsering Angmo of Spithuk and Tashi Laskit of…

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Govt nod for setting up powerful solar telescope at Ladakh

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NLST will study astrophysics and the sun’s influence on earth The Jammu and Kashmir government has given a green signal to the establishment of indigenous National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) — one of world’s most powerful solar telescopes — at Merak village on shore of Pangong Lake in Ladakh. To address critical problems in astrophysics and sun’s influence on earth, the telescope with an aperture of two metres is a part of Central government-sponsored Rs 300-crore project to be established by Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore. The project came…

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All Weather Leh road ? Keep waiting

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Govt yet to invite bids after Zojila tunnel contract was scrapped on March 3 With the Centre ordering fresh bidding for Rs 10,050 crore Zojila tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir, the eagerly awaited project, that will provide all-weather road connectivity to Ladakh, will take more time. The decision to bid afresh for the prestigious project was taken in March by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari following allegations by Congress leader Digvijay Singh in January. Digvijay had alleged that Gadkari violated the Central Vigilance Commission guidelines while…

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Ladakh to get world’s largest telescope?

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India may be home to the world’s largest telescope project – the $1.47-billion Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) International Observatory. Hanle in Ladakh has been short-listed as a prospective site by the TMT board following major hurdles in Mauna Kea, Hawaii – the first choice for the project. An international team is expected to visit Ladakh in a couple of months. The Hawaii Supreme Court had in December 2015 cancelled the permit issued to TMT for constructing the observatory following claims that the plot in Mauna Kea was sacred. While Hawaiian…

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Avalanche hits Turtuk in Leh, Jawan goes missing

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A soldier is missing and another is in critical condition after an Army patrol party was hit by an avalanche in Leh’s Turtuk on Friday morning. The Army has launched a search operation for the missing soldier. A ‘medium danger’ avalanche warning was issued for the higher areas of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning and people were advised to not venture into these areas. The advisory, issued by the Chandigarh-based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment that comes under the ministry of defence, will remain effective for 24 hours beginning…

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Buddhist eco-village to come up in Ladakh

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Jammu and Kashmir will soon have the first-ever Buddhist “eco-village” in the arid Ladakh region. To be named “Lotus Eco-Village”, it will come up in Saboo at an altitude of 11,627 feet and nearly 7 km from Leh town. The project has been conceived by the Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) — a religious body in Leh which holds sway over Buddhists in the entire region. The project will be executed over 1,000 kanals with an estimated cost of Rs 400 crore. The LBA says the funds will be arranged through…

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