Leh Protests

Leh and Kargil towns of the Ladakh Union Territory observed a shutdown on Monday in protest against the "controversial video" of the Dalai Lama, which went viral of the social media, drawing criticism against the spiritual leader on social media.

Slogans demanding statehood for Ladakh were raised at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday as a joint protest was held by the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance in the national capital.

Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance, an amalgam of trade unions, social, political and religious groups from Ladakh, are set to hold a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Wednesday to raise demand of statehood for the Union Territory.

On Saturday, Lieutenant Governor Radha Krishna Mathur quietly left his office in Leh after saying goodbye to his staff on Saturday.

Ladakh's top environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk today alleged that he has been detained by the Union Territory's administration after his protest fast demanding special status for Leh.

Hundreds of people marched in Leh, shouting slogans demanding statehood, constitutional safeguards and separate parliament seats for Leh and Kargil districts

Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir, which always belonged to India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today at an event in Leh, Ladakh. "I want to ask Pakistan, when did Kashmir ever belong to Pakistan that you keep crying about it," he said in a sharp takedown amid Islamabad's attempts to raise protests over the government's Kashmir decisio...

Fresh protests erupted in Kargil district on Thursday, a day after the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) called for a mass civil disobedience movement in the region. Thousands marched through its streets in sub-zero temperatures to seek a review of the centre's decision to grant Ladakh a separate administrative divison with its hea...

Following mass protests and closure of government offices against the creation of a separate division for Ladakh with its headquarters at Leh, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil has called for mass disobedience and directed all government offices not to entertain government orders unless the Governor reviews the decision.

At minus 17 degree Celsius, thousands spent the night on roads in Kargil protesting against the creation of a separate administrative division for Ladkah with its headquarters at Leh. Protests erupted yesterday evening when the divisional commissioner of newly-created division tried to visit Kargil but thousands marched on roads and blocked his ent...

Creating a separate administrative division for Ladakh with its headquarters at Leh is backfiring on the centre. Two days after the government issued the controversial order, thousands of Kargil residents marched in the bone-chilling cold to demand that the decision be reviewed immediately. They have refused to be part of the newly created division...

Leh and Kargil towns of the Ladakh Union Territory observed a shutdown on Monday in protest against the "controversial video" of the Dalai Lama, which went viral of the social media, drawing criticism against the spiritual leader on social media.

Slogans demanding statehood for Ladakh were raised at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday as a joint protest was held by the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance in the national capital.

Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance, an amalgam of trade unions, social, political and religious groups from Ladakh, are set to hold a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Wednesday to raise demand of statehood for the Union Territory.

On Saturday, Lieutenant Governor Radha Krishna Mathur quietly left his office in Leh after saying goodbye to his staff on Saturday.

Ladakh's top environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk today alleged that he has been detained by the Union Territory's administration after his protest fast demanding special status for Leh.

Hundreds of people marched in Leh, shouting slogans demanding statehood, constitutional safeguards and separate parliament seats for Leh and Kargil districts

Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir, which always belonged to India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today at an event in Leh, Ladakh. "I want to ask Pakistan, when did Kashmir ever belong to Pakistan that you keep crying about it," he said in a sharp takedown amid Islamabad's attempts to raise protests over the government's Kashmir decisio...

Fresh protests erupted in Kargil district on Thursday, a day after the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) called for a mass civil disobedience movement in the region. Thousands marched through its streets in sub-zero temperatures to seek a review of the centre's decision to grant Ladakh a separate administrative divison with its hea...

Following mass protests and closure of government offices against the creation of a separate division for Ladakh with its headquarters at Leh, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil has called for mass disobedience and directed all government offices not to entertain government orders unless the Governor reviews the decision.

At minus 17 degree Celsius, thousands spent the night on roads in Kargil protesting against the creation of a separate administrative division for Ladkah with its headquarters at Leh. Protests erupted yesterday evening when the divisional commissioner of newly-created division tried to visit Kargil but thousands marched on roads and blocked his ent...

Creating a separate administrative division for Ladakh with its headquarters at Leh is backfiring on the centre. Two days after the government issued the controversial order, thousands of Kargil residents marched in the bone-chilling cold to demand that the decision be reviewed immediately. They have refused to be part of the newly created division...