Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- After New Delhi recently gave land and job protection assurance to the annoyed political leadership of Leh, a sense of calm has returned to the roof of the world, but in the Muslim-majority region of Kargil, discontent is simmering. Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led central government is making desperate attempts to pacify the restive population in Kargilbut without any success so far.

AS troops and tanks stare at a long winter haul in the strategically-significant hinterland of Ladakh, the heartland recently erupted with an "identity" protest.

Throwing their weight behind the 6thSchedule that guarantees land and job protection to natives, the Leh leaders decided to boycott the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Counc...