Will write to embassies to remove Ladakh from travel advisory: Prahalad Patel
5 years, 4 months ago

Will write to embassies to remove Ladakh from travel advisory: Prahalad Patel

India TV News  

Culture and Tourism Minister Prahalad Patel on Thursday said he will write to all embassies to not include newly formed union territory of Ladakh in any advisory against travelling to Jammu and Kashmir. Patel's remarks come two days after tourism bodies in Ladakh asked him to tell the world that the union territory is no longer a part of strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir, to send out a message to the global community that the region is peaceful and safe for them to visit. In a memorandum to the minister on Tuesday, the sector had urged the government to announce the "new geo-political" situation so that travel advisories over Kashmir issue do not affect Ladakh "negatively". The minister also announced the formation of a core group in the tourism ministry which in collaboration with the sector will draw out long term and short term plans for the region.

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India strongly rejects references to Jammu and Kashmir in China-Pakistan joint statement
6 months, 3 weeks ago

India strongly rejects references to Jammu and Kashmir in China-Pakistan joint statement

The Hindu  

India on June 13 stoutly rejected "unwarranted" references to Jammu and Kashmir in the latest joint statement by China and Pakistan and asserted that the Union Territory and Ladakh "have been, are and will always remain" its integral parts. "We have noted unwarranted references to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the joint statement between China and Pakistan …

J-K & Ladakh integral, inalienable parts of India: MEA rejects references to UTs in China-Pak joint statement
6 months, 4 weeks ago

J-K & Ladakh integral, inalienable parts of India: MEA rejects references to UTs in China-Pak joint statement

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday categorically rejected "unwarranted" references to Jammu and Kashmir in a latest joint statement by China and Pakistan and asserted that the Union territory and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain its integral parts. India also criticised mentioning of projects under the so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in the joint statement and said New Delhi …

Ladakh turns restive over unkept promises
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ladakh turns restive over unkept promises

Hindustan Times  

On February 3, Ladakh saw its biggest-ever demonstration and complete shutdown, over four key demands — statehood, inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, job reservation for locals, and a parliamentary seat each for Leh and Kargil. In 2019, as part of its abolition of Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status, New Delhi granted Union Territory status to Ladakh. …

INTERVIEW | ‘Ladakh administration is working in a better way’: BJP leader Tarun Chugh
1 year, 4 months ago

INTERVIEW | ‘Ladakh administration is working in a better way’: BJP leader Tarun Chugh

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 07, 2023 11:00 IST - 3 MINS READ BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, who is party in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana and Ladakh, told Frontline in an interview on September 2 that his party’s target is all-round development of the region, with tourism and trade promotion a high priority. Excerpts: What is BJP’s stand on …

Ladakh’s struggle for identity and survival
1 year, 4 months ago

Ladakh’s struggle for identity and survival

The Hindu  

With the Centre increasingly alienating Ladakhis, is this another storm waiting to burst? WATCH THE PROMO: Kunzang, a staff nurse at the Sonam Nurboo Memorial Hospital, says that much of Ladakh is on tenterhooks, fretting over the influx of “outsiders”, a possibility thrown open by its Union Territory status, which ended the Ladakhis’ exclusivity in land and jobs. “For seven …

Editor’s Note: New Delhi must see Ladakh beyond border security
1 year, 4 months ago

Editor’s Note: New Delhi must see Ladakh beyond border security

The Hindu  

The Centre’s focus on border security is putting the people and the environment of Ladakh at risk. Ladakh’s people would complain bitterly about Kashmiri domination and demand Union Territory status. The government’s ostrich stance that admitting to any incursion is in itself anti-national would be amusing if it were not so dangerous and self-defeating—it gives the newly aggressive China that …

Why India’s Ladakh region is now fighting for full statehood
1 year, 10 months ago

Why India’s Ladakh region is now fighting for full statehood

Al Jazeera  

Three years after Ladakh was separated from Indian-administered Kashmir, residents say they want more safeguards for land and livelihoods. We wanted separation of Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir but we didn’t want it this way,” Ladakhi politician Chering Dorjay told Al Jazeera. ‘Ladakh could become another Tibet’ Sonam Wangchuk was one of the prominent Ladakhis who in 2019 endorsed the …

Ladakh Statehood demand | Protest calendar ready, says former BJP MP
1 year, 10 months ago

Ladakh Statehood demand | Protest calendar ready, says former BJP MP

The Hindu  

Hundreds of Ladakh residents gathered in Delhi on Wednesday to demand Statehood and constitutional safeguards for the Union Territory. Rejecting the high powered committee constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs on January 2, the speakers said that any dialogue would henceforth be held directly with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Former BJP MP from Ladakh, Thupstan Chhewang said that …

Ladakh, a fragile region, needs autonomy
1 year, 10 months ago

Ladakh, a fragile region, needs autonomy

The Hindu  

February 15, 2023 12:15 am | Updated 12:12 pm IST The normally peaceful residents of Ladakh are in agitation mode. They are set to gather in Delhi today to pursue their demand for special constitutional status, which would allow them to decide on a development path that safeguards the region’s fragile ecological and cultural heritage. In 2019, the BJP government …

MHA constitutes high powered committee to ensure protection of land and employment for Ladakh
2 years ago

MHA constitutes high powered committee to ensure protection of land and employment for Ladakh

The Hindu  

More than two years after Ladakh became a Union Territory, the Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a high-powered committee headed by Minister of State Nityanand Rai to “ensure protection of land and employment” for the people of Ladakh. The 17-member committee that includes Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R.K. Mathur will “discuss measures to protect the region’s unique culture and language …

They can't stop China from entering Ladakh, but won't let me in Kargil: Omar Abdullah
2 years, 2 months ago

They can't stop China from entering Ladakh, but won't let me in Kargil: Omar Abdullah

Firstpost  

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has claimed that authorities in Union Territory of Ladakh tried to dissuade him from visiting Kargil. Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has claimed that authorities in Union Territory of Ladakh tried to dissuade him from visiting Kargil. The National Conference leader alleged he was denied the permission to use a public address system and …

A deeply insecure Union Territory
3 years ago

A deeply insecure Union Territory

The Hindu  

Just a day before the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act of 2019 was passed, Ladakh enjoyed a classical three-tier administrative system. The Autonomous Hill Development Councils of Leh and Kargil read along with the framework of J&K’s special status and its bicameral legislative system gave Ladakh autonomy and participatory democracy. The Hill Councils had the powers over land in Ladakh …

Centre issues new land laws for J&K, but not Ladakh: Here is why
4 years, 2 months ago

Centre issues new land laws for J&K, but not Ladakh: Here is why

India Today  

In a significant development, the Centre on Tuesday brought in a major amendment in land laws for Jammu and Kashmir that gives powers to anybody from the country to buy land in the Union Territory, but interestingly the same has not been applied to Ladakh. Subsequently, Ladakh MPs Thiksay Rinpoche and Thupstan Chhewang, former Jammu and Kashmir minister Chhering Dorje …

Ladakh Buddhists who hailed India’s Kashmir move not so sure now
4 years, 2 months ago

Ladakh Buddhists who hailed India’s Kashmir move not so sure now

Al Jazeera  

A year after India scrapped Kashmir’s special status, anger and apprehensions in Ladakh over their future. Dorge said people in Ladakh fear that New Delhi can change or pass new laws without their approval since “most of the people running the show of the union territory administration are not from Ladakh”. Last year, Kargil protested against the Modi government’s decision …

UT status good, but Ladakh needs protection: Ladakhi educationist Sonam Wangchuk
5 years, 2 months ago

UT status good, but Ladakh needs protection: Ladakhi educationist Sonam Wangchuk

India Today  

Internationally renowned Ladakhi educationist and environmentalist, Sonam Wangchuk, has expressed concern that there are "no safeguards for fragile ecology" while the region was granted status of a Union Territory after being split from Jammu and Kashmir. He has asked the Union government to accord Schedule 6 of the Constitution for tribal areas and assure protection of culture and business or …

Former bureaucrat RK Mathur takes oath as Ladakh's first LG after Jammu and Kashmir officially split into two UTs
5 years, 2 months ago

Former bureaucrat RK Mathur takes oath as Ladakh's first LG after Jammu and Kashmir officially split into two UTs

Firstpost  

With a population of nearly three lakh, Ladakh is strategically located as it shares borders with Pakistan as well as China. Leh: Former bureaucrat Radha Krishna Mathur was sworn-in on Thursday as the first Lieutenant Governor of the strategically located Union Territory of Ladakh, which came into existence after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir. Mathur, who will turn 66 …

Podcast; Voices from the lockdown: Ladakh's Buddhists disappointed about lack of legislature under UT status, say Centre's move 'won't help much'
5 years, 2 months ago

Podcast; Voices from the lockdown: Ladakh's Buddhists disappointed about lack of legislature under UT status, say Centre's move 'won't help much'

Firstpost  

The demand to be designated as a separate Union Territory has been made by the Buddhist-dominated Ladakh since the 1940s. In addition to abrogating the law which accorded the state with a degree of autonomy, the Narendra Modi-led government also declared that State of Jammu and Kashmir will be bifurcated into two Union Territories, one comprising Jammu and Kashmir, and …

Centre to urge countries to remove Ladakh from travel advisories
5 years, 4 months ago

Centre to urge countries to remove Ladakh from travel advisories

The Quint  

New Delhi, Sep 5 In a bid to improve Ladakh's image, Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Thursday morning assured locals of Ladakh that the ministry will to governments around the world to not include the newly-formed union territory of Ladakh in any advisory against travelling to Jammu and Kashmir. The Minister is currently on a four-day visit to …

Team of tourism ministry officials, led by minister Prahlad Patel, to visit J&K, Ladakh next month to finalise plans to boost tourism
5 years, 4 months ago

Team of tourism ministry officials, led by minister Prahlad Patel, to visit J&K, Ladakh next month to finalise plans to boost tourism

Firstpost  

Patel said in Ladakh, focus would be on tourists from countries practising Buddhism, while in Kashmir, the planning is to revive Sufi tradition New Delhi: A team of officials from the Union tourism ministry, led by minister Prahlad Patel, will be touring Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh next month to finalise the plans to boost tourism in the two newly-formed …

Focus turns to domicile laws, land, jobs in proposed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
5 years, 4 months ago

Focus turns to domicile laws, land, jobs in proposed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

The Hindu  

With the revoking of the special status of Kashmir, Pandits, Dogras and Buddhists have made separate demands for domicile laws in the proposed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Ladakh MP, has filed a memorandum with Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda for tribal status to ensure that the land rights stayed with the local …

Ladakh leaders urge Centre for tribal-area status to protect land, identity
5 years, 4 months ago

Ladakh leaders urge Centre for tribal-area status to protect land, identity

The Hindu  

Prominent leaders of Ladakh have made a fervent appeal to the Centre to declare the region a tribal area under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, saying the biggest concern for its people is to protect their land and identity. In a memorandum to Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda, Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said the region is a predominantly …

Ahead of Jaishankar's Beijing visit, India tells China to avoid commenting on Ladakh
5 years, 5 months ago

Ahead of Jaishankar's Beijing visit, India tells China to avoid commenting on Ladakh

The Hindu  

The formation of the Union Territory of Ladakh under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, is an internal affair of India, and India expects other countries to avoid commenting on its internal developments, an official of the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. The Chinese Foreign Ministry had highlighted the creation of Ladakh as a union territory while …

J&K bifurcation: Ladakh MP hails Union Territory status
5 years, 5 months ago

J&K bifurcation: Ladakh MP hails Union Territory status

The Hindu  

Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal on Monday hailed the Union government’s decision to amend Article 370 and grant his constituency Union Territory status, saying it will usher in development and strengthen border security. Mr. Namgyal said the decision was necessary for Jammu and Kashmir’s overall development and is in national interest as it will strengthen the border security. People of …

'Kashmir has always treated Ladakh as a step-mother’: BJP MP from Ladakh welcomes Centre’s decision to make it UT
5 years, 5 months ago

'Kashmir has always treated Ladakh as a step-mother’: BJP MP from Ladakh welcomes Centre’s decision to make it UT

Firstpost  

BJP MP from Ladakh said that citizens of Ladakh have welcomed Centre’s decision to announce Ladakh as Union Territory without a legislature. New Delhi: Asserting that Kashmir has always treated Ladakh as a step-mother, BJP MP from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said that citizens of Ladakh have welcomed the central government’s decision to announce Ladakh as Union Territory without a …

Tourism is changing Ladakh: It’s a boon, but it also creates new crises
5 years, 5 months ago

Tourism is changing Ladakh: It’s a boon, but it also creates new crises

Deccan Chronicle  

Scholars do not agree on the etymology of the word Ladakh. Soon after Independence, when the Pakistani hordes’ motto was: “Let us liberate our Muslim brothers from the yoke of the Hindus”, Ladakh seemed at first safe. It is then that two young Buddhist officers from Lahaul, Captains Kushal Chand and his cousin Prithvi Chand, offered their services to the …

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