SRINAGAR: A large crowd gathered outside the Leh district jail on Saturday to welcome the Jammu and Kashmir High Court granting bail to former MP Smanla Dorje Nurboo (36) and former J&K MLA Deldan Namgail (47).After violent protests broke out in Leh on September 24 and police opened fire on demonstrators demanding statehood and Sixth … Read more
Srinagar: Ladakh representative says environmentalists and Leh Apex Body (LAB) members Golden Wangchuck should be included in the next round of talks with the Centre.Speaking at a gathering organized by the LAB to welcome Wangchuk in Leh on Sunday, its co-chairman Tsering Dorjay Lakrook said the environmentalist should be included in any future conversations given … Read more
NEW DELHI: Ladakh Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra on Friday clarified onKundra said onHe referred to a Times of India report released on Thursday, which suggested that the Center made it clear during the February 4 talks that Ladakh should not be given Sixth Schedule status or statehood and instead could be offered a “territorial commission … Read more
Jammu: The Center has made it clear that Ladakh will not get Sixth Schedule status or statehood, two key demands of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), the region’s two leading political outfits said after talks in New Delhi last week.The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution allows for special administrative arrangements … Read more