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Army pays tribute to Tashi Namgyal, who sounded Pak intrusion alert in 1999

The Army paid tribute to Tashi Namgyal, the Ladakhi shepherd credited with alerting Indian troops about Pakistan's intrusion in the Kargil sector in 1999. “Fire and Fury Corps extends heartfelt condolences to the family of Tashi Namgyal - The first informant of Kargil intrusion leading to the War. Shree Tashi Namgyal is survived by a wife, two sons and a …

India Army Pakistan Indian Pak Kargil Namgyal

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Unity, Promises, Anger: How an Independent Candidate Won against BJP & INDIA in Ladakh

News 18

Independent candidate Haji Haneefa Jan pulled a stunning upset in the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat this week by securing 65,259 votes, defeating INDIA bloc nominee Tsering Namgyal and BJP candidate Tashi Gyalson. The entire Kargil unit of the National Conference resigned en masse after party president Farooq Abdullah asked them to vote and support INDIA bloc candidate Tsering Namgyal. Why …

India Independent Vote Bjp Muslim Ladakh Candidate

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ladakh refuses mandate to BJP, elects Shia leader Hanifa Jan

Hindustan Times

After two consecutive wins in 2014 and 2019 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party lost Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency to a prominent Shia leader from Kargil district, Hanifa Jan on Tuesday. As anticipated amid a protracted agitation over the Sixth Schedule and statehood demand, Independent candidate and prominent Shia leader from Kargil, Mohammad Hanifa Jan, won the strategic Lok Sabha …

Constitution Lok Sabha Constituency Votes Bjp Lok Ladakh

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ladakh LS trend: BJP set to lose seat to Independent candidate Hanifa Jan

Hindustan Times

As anticipated amid a protracted agitation over the Sixth Schedule and statehood demand, Independent candidate and Shia leader from Kargil, Mohammad Hanifa Jan, is set to win the lone Lok Sabha constituency of Ladakh. Independent candidate and Shia leader from Kargil, Mohammad Hanifa Jan, is set to win the lone Lok Sabha constituency of Ladakh. Ladakh chief electoral officer Yatin …

Constitution Independent Lok Sabha Bjp Ladakh Candidate Shia

7 months, 1 week ago

Ladakh: Close fight expected between a Shia leader from Kargil and the Leh-based BJP candidate

Hindustan Times

The strategic Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, which votes on May 20, is ready for a triangular contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and an independent candidate from the Shia-dominated Kargil district The triangular contest in the constituency, which shares its borders with China and Pakistan, will be between Congress candidate Tsering Namgyal, leader of the opposition in Leh Autonomous …

Congress Contest Bjp Ladakh Candidate Jan Shia

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Revolt in National Conference as Kargil unit resigns en-masse

Hindustan Times

Days ahead of polling for the sole Lok Sabha constituency in Ladakh, the National Conference on Monday suffered a major setback after its Kargil unit resigned en-masse. The development comes after the party high command, including president Farooq Abdullah, asked the party cadre in Kargil to support the INDIA bloc candidate Tsering Namgyal of the Congress. We have submitted a …

India Congress National National Conference Party Ladakh Candidate

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tsering Namgyal chosen as Congress candidate from Ladakh

The Hindu

The Congress on Thursday picked Tsering Namgyal as the candidate for the Ladakh seat for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party was torn between Muslim-majority Kargil district and Buddhist-majority Leh district of the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, with each district pitching for its own candidate ahead of the polls. The Congress unit of Leh had put forth the name …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress nominates Tsering Namgyal for Ladakh seat

India TV News

In a strategic move ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party has announced Tsering Namgyal as its candidate from the Ladakh constituency. Earlier today, Tsering Namgyal of the Congress filed his nomination, while Haji Hanifa Jan emerged as the joint candidate of Congress and National Conference in Kargil district. Candidate background Tsering Namgyal, hailing from Leh and …

Lok Sabha Elections Congress Bjp Tsering Tsering Namgyal Namgyal Haji Hanifa Jan

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Opposition spread fake news that Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal regrets joining BJP

Op India

A day after BJP denied ticket to Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal for the Lok Sabha elections, fake news is being spread claiming that he regrated his decision to join the BJP. Teena Karamveer, Congress communication coordinator of Rajasthan and a spokesperson of the party tweeted the fake quote in Hindi saying, “Joining BJP and supporting Modi was my worst …

False Statements Bjp Ladakh Decision Namgyal Jamyang Tsering My Supporters

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Upset BJP Ladakh MP Tsering Namgyal says will talk to supporters before taking future call

Hindustan Times

A day after Bharatiya Janata Party announced chief executive councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council in Leh as its candidate for the UT’s solitary Lok Sabha seat, sitting MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal expressed his resentment saying he would deliberate on the issue with his supporters before taking a call on his future action. BJP’s sitting Ladakh MP Jamyang …

Party Bjp Ladakh Its Candidate Tashi Gyalson Namgyal Jamyang Tsering

7 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP drops sitting MP Namgyal, nominates Tashi Gyalson for Ladakh seat

The Hindu

The BJP on April 23 dropped incumbent Member of Parliament Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and nominated Tashi Gyalson, an advocate who heads the BJP-led Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Leh, as its candidate for the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat. Mr. Gyalson was also nominated as a member of a joint-sub-committee from Ladakh that is negotiating a settlement with the BJP-led Central government …

Bjp Ladakh Seat Kargil Gyalson Drops Sitting

8 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: BJP announces new candidate for Ladakh

Hindustan Times

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced Tashi Gyalson, a former party general secretary of the Ladakh unit, as its candidate from the union territory, replacing the incumbent lawmaker Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. “There is a section of leaders who see Tashi as a recent inductee in the BJP and feel Namgyal should contest as an independent,” the functionary said. A …

Party Bjp Ladakh Pdp Kargil Namgyal Tashi

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Statehood demand: Centre to rope in legal experts for next meet, say Ladakh leaders

Hindustan Times

The leaders from Ladakh and Union home ministry officials met for another round of talks at New Delhi on Saturday and deliberated upon sixth schedule, statehood and public service commission for the region, said Congress councillor from Leh City and leader of Opposition in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council of Leh Tsering Namgyal. The date for the next meeting has …

Congress Public Service Commission Union Schedule Ladakh Centre Meet

10 months, 2 weeks ago

6th schedule demand: Call for shutdown in Ladakh today

Hindustan Times

Peeved over inordinate delay by the Union government in fulfilling the long-pending demands, including sixth schedule, of the people of Ladakh, the Leh Apex Committee, led by Buddhist leader Thupstan Chhewang, has given a call of Leh Chalo Andolan for Saturday. “The people from Changthang, Nubra, Kargil and other areas of the region would take out a protest rally from …

Ladakh Leh Kargil Namgyal Wangchuk Polo Ground Sixth Schedule

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Video of locals facing off with Chinese soldiers in Ladakh surfaces

Hindustan Times

Weeks after army chief General Manoj Pande described the situation along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh as “stable but sensitive”, a new video has surfaced that shows Indian shepherds having heated arguments with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldiers in the Chushul sector. Shared by the leader of the Opposition in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Leh and sitting …

Army Video Indian Incident Ladakh Pla Lac

1 year, 3 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 …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Ladakh: Rahul Gandhi’s bike odyssey reaches Lamayuru

Live Mint

Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader and Wayanad MP on Tuesday reached Lamayuru, riding a motorcycle from Leh town. According to PTI citing Tsering Namgyal, Congress spokesperson and leader of opposition in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh, Rahul Gandhi returned to Leh from Nubra valley on the motorcycle on Monday and was given a warm welcome by people in the …

Congress Gandhi Ladakh Rahul Gandhi Leh Kargil Namgyal

1 year, 4 months ago

Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to father Rajiv Gandhi at 14270 feet in Ladakh today

Hindustan Times

A day after riding a motorcycle from Leh to Pangong Tso in Ladakh, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary from the banks of the lake on Sunday. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays tribute tribute to his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth …

Congress Kashmir Gandhi Rahul Ladakh Jammu Pti

1 year, 4 months ago

Rahul Gandhi rides motorcycle from Leh to Pangong Lake

Hindustan Times

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday rode a motorcycle for over 100 km from Shey village to Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh during his visit to the region ahead of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil polls. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi embarks on a bike ride to Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh on Saturday. Congress spokesperson for Leh district and …

Congress Rahul Ladakh Rahul Gandhi Party Leader Leh Kargil

1 year, 8 months ago

The lost years of Nana Saheb: Where did he go after fleeing India in 1859?

The Hindu

Did the Peshwa land up in Nepal, or was he living in Bhutan in the court of Druk Desi Jigme Namgyal? Good friends In Bhutan, oral stories circulate about how Nana Saheb fled Nepal and took refuge in the court of Druk Desi Jigme Namgyal, the father of Bhutan’s first king. Highlights The Bhutanese believe that Nana Saheb spent at …

India Nepal British Maratha Kanpur Bhutan Jung

2 years, 4 months ago

HIGHLIGHTS BFC 4-0 IAFFT, Bengaluru FC vs Indian Air Force, Durand Cup: Sunil Chhetri, Roy Krishna, Faisal and Siva score

The Hindu

Full Time Bengaluru maintains its 100 percent win rate with a second successive win. Blues stay ahead with the score BFC 2-0 IAFFT Goals from Sunil Chhetri and Roy Krishna keeps Bengaluru FC ahead against Indian Air Force football team in the Durand Cup 2022 match. Bengaluru FC: Gurpreet Sandhu, Prabir Das, Sandesh Jhingan, Jovanic, Muirang, Bhutia, Suresh, Rohit, Bruno, …

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2 years, 8 months ago

This is how Chogyal king's rule ended in Sikkim and it became the 22nd state of India

Op India

Settled in the mountains of the Himalayan range, the state of Sikkim has a very interesting history hardly known by anyone. The state of Sikkim formally became a part of India on April 14, 1975, after the Sikkimese people unitedly demanded the end of the monarchy. The then king of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal had an American wife Hope Cooke …

India China Nepal Indian British Gandhi State

2 years, 11 months ago

Urdu no more compulsory language for govt jobs in Ladakh

Op India

The administration of Ladakh on Tuesday removed the mandatory requirement of knowledge of Urdu for recruitment into various government jobs in the Union Territory. The official notification issued by the government made ‘Bachelor’s degree from any recognized university’ the mandatory requirement instead of ‘Knowledge of Urdu along with Bachelor’s degree ’ for the several posts in the revenue department. BJP …

Language Urdu Namgyal Jamyang Tsering Namgyal Ladakh Revenue

3 years, 5 months ago

After J&K All-Party Meet With PM Modi, Centre Calls Ladakh, Kargil Parties on July 1

News 18

After holding talks with Jammu and Kashmir-based parties, the Centre has now invited parties and civil society members from Kargil and Ladakh for talks on July 1. The meeting was the first between the Centre and mainstream Jammu and Kashmir politicians after the abrogation of Article 370 and the division of the erstwhile state into two union territories in August …

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Army pays tribute to Tashi Namgyal, who sounded Pak intrusion alert in 1999

Unity, Promises, Anger: How an Independent Candidate Won against BJP & INDIA in Ladakh

Ladakh refuses mandate to BJP, elects Shia leader Hanifa Jan

Ladakh LS trend: BJP set to lose seat to Independent candidate Hanifa Jan

Ladakh: Close fight expected between a Shia leader from Kargil and the Leh-based BJP candidate

Revolt in National Conference as Kargil unit resigns en-masse

Tsering Namgyal chosen as Congress candidate from Ladakh

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress nominates Tsering Namgyal for Ladakh seat

Opposition spread fake news that Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal regrets joining BJP

Upset BJP Ladakh MP Tsering Namgyal says will talk to supporters before taking future call

BJP drops sitting MP Namgyal, nominates Tashi Gyalson for Ladakh seat

Lok Sabha polls: BJP announces new candidate for Ladakh

Statehood demand: Centre to rope in legal experts for next meet, say Ladakh leaders

6th schedule demand: Call for shutdown in Ladakh today

Video of locals facing off with Chinese soldiers in Ladakh surfaces

Ladakh’s struggle for identity and survival

Ladakh: Rahul Gandhi’s bike odyssey reaches Lamayuru

Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to father Rajiv Gandhi at 14270 feet in Ladakh today

Rahul Gandhi rides motorcycle from Leh to Pangong Lake

The lost years of Nana Saheb: Where did he go after fleeing India in 1859?

HIGHLIGHTS BFC 4-0 IAFFT, Bengaluru FC vs Indian Air Force, Durand Cup: Sunil Chhetri, Roy Krishna, Faisal and Siva score

This is how Chogyal king's rule ended in Sikkim and it became the 22nd state of India

Urdu no more compulsory language for govt jobs in Ladakh

After J&K All-Party Meet With PM Modi, Centre Calls Ladakh, Kargil Parties on July 1