New Delhi, April 23 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday named senior leader Tashi Gyalson as its candidate for the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat. BJP has dropped sitting MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. The BJP’s decision to drop Namgyal comes amid resentment towards the ruling party among a section of Buddhists in Leh over the…
Srinagar, April 13 (UNI) National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that the INDIA alliance would win all six seats in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Abdullah also hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who termed the National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party and the Congress parties as dynastic parties who do not wish…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) connected the strategically important all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road in Ladakh on Tuesday. According to an official statement, this 298-km road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on the Kargil-Leh Highway. The road is now the third axis apart from Manali-Leh and Srinagar-Leh, which connect Ladakh…
Jammu, Mar 6 (UNI) Administrative Secretary of the Transport Department, UT Ladakh Amit Sharma on Wednesday chaired a significant meeting towards the realisation of a zero-emission hydrogen mobility project in Leh and deliberations on the proposal for the operationalisation of five Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses to run with water conversion into fuel technology. The meeting…
Jammu, Feb 18 (UNI) Nearly 700 companies of security forces are to be deployed in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the smooth conduct of Lok Sabha polls scheduled for April–May this year in the country. Official sources said that after West Bengal (920 companies), the highest number of companies of…
Jammu, Dec 7 (UNI) The Administrative Secretary of Information Technology, UT Ladakh Amit Sharma on Thursday highlighted the pivotal role of digital governance in development and reiterated the commitment to ensuring that E-Services are not only efficient but also accessible to all segments of the population. He was chairing a meeting on E-Pramaan Authentication, and…
Srinagar, Nov 1 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said there are endless possibilities for the development of spiritual tourism, adventure tourism and eco-tourism in Ladakh. She was speaking at a civic reception hosted in her honour at Sindhu Ghat, Leh. The President said she was happy to be at the Sindhu Ghat and added…
Srinagar, Oct 31 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that Ladakh is making rapid multidimensional development and appreciated the people of the union territory for moving forward on the path of progress. President Murmu was speaking at the Foundation Day celebrations of UT Ladakh at Leh today. She arrived on her first visit to…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that everybody knows that the land of Ladakh has been taken away by China from India and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not speaking the truth about the issue. Gandhi was addressing a public rally in Kargil district of Ladakh in the Union…
Srinagar, Aug 20 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Sunday that China has taken away grazing land in Ladakh. Talking to the media in Ladakh, he said the people of Ladakh say that China has entered Indian land and captured the grazing area. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached Ladakh on Saturday on a two-day…
