Com Secy Reviews Preparation for Ladakh Winter Conclave

Leh/ Jan 27: With the due date for Ladakh Winter Conclave 21 approaching, Commissioner Secretary, Tourism, Rigzin Samphel took stock of preparedness for the three-day event at the Secretariat today.

The meeting was attended by Director Tourism, Ladakh, AD tourism, Leh/Kargil, Deputy Secy, Culture, Leh/Kargil, Hotel Association, Leh/Kargil; ALTOA, Leh; AKTTA, Kargil and others. 

Ladakh Winter Conclave 2021 would be held in Leh and Kargil districts from February 21 to 23.

Commissioner...

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Councillor Bimbhat Condemn Assault of Drass Ice Hockey Team at Leh

Kargil/ Jan. 27/ News Desk: Councillor Bimbhat constituency Syed Muhammad Shah has condemned the alleged assault of Drass Ice Hockey Team at Leh Ice Hockey Rink.

“I am anguished to witness the shameful and horrific act of beating up of Drass Ice Hockey Team by Chuchot team at Leh during Khelo India event on 26/01/2021”, read a letter Syed Muhammad Shah has written to Lieutenant Governor Ladakh RK Mathur.

“I condemned the unprofessional behaviour of the rival team and failure of Youth S...

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Ethnic Food Festival held at Zanskar

Kargil/ Jan 27, 2021:  As a part of the ongoing Zanskar Winter Sports and Youth Festival 2021, an ethnic food festival was held at Munskit Chumik Zanskar here today.

Member of Parliament (MP) Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal was the chief guest on the occasion.

Nominated Councillor Stanzin Chosgail chaired as special guest while Sarpanch Ufti Pibiting Lobzang Dolma was the guest of honor.

Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Zanskar Sonam Dorjay and other sub divisional officers were also ...

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ZEO Nyoma holds Community Mobilisation, Enrollment Drive

Leh/ Jan 27: A community mobilisation and enrollment drive was conducted by Zonal Education Officer, Nyoma, at Government Middle School, Nyoma today.

Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Nyoma, Dorje Gailtsan was the chief guest for the occasion. Dawa Tashi, sarpanch, Nyoma; Sonam Nilza Angmo, Child Development Project Officer- Integrated Child Development Services (CDPO-ICDS), and members of Village Education Committee (VEC) were present during the event.

More than 100 villagers and paren...

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72nd Republic Day Celebrated in Different Blocks of Leh District

Leh, Jan 26: The 72nd Republic Day was celebrated with full fervor and gaiety in different blocks of Leh district. Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, RK Mathur, unfurled the national flag at the Polo Ground. He also inspected the guard of honour and took the salute during the occasion.

Chairman of LAHDC Leh, Tashi Gyalson; Deputy Chairman, LAHDC Leh, Tsering Angchuk; Executive Councillors of LAHDC Leh; Advisor to LG, Umang Narula; Divisional Commissioner, Ladakh, Saugat Biswas; Admini...

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72nd Republic Day Celebrated in Kargil

Kargil/ Jan. 26: Despite bone chilling cold, the 72nd Republic Day was celebrated at Kargil today with immense patriotic zeal and gaiety. Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmed Khan hoisted the national tricolor at Khree Sultan Chow Sports Stadium and took salute at an im pressive march past by the male and female contingents of Ladakh Police and Police band party.

Executive Councillor for Tourism and Zanskar Affairs Er Phunsog Tashi, Executive Councilor for He...

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Bazm-e-Adab IKMT Conduct Mushaira on Republic Day

Kargil/ Jan. 26/ News Desk: Bazm-e-Adab, literary wing of Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust conducted a program on the celebration of Republic Day as Jashn-e-Jamhuriya at  Language and Cultural Hall, Kargil. 

The program was witnessed by the worthy Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kargil, Shri Tsering Motup as Chief Guest of the program. Tehsildar Kargil Shri Mohammad Saleem Wazir was Guest of Honor, besides General Secretary, IKMT Haji Mohammad Hussain and hundreds of people.

Various poets ...

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Zanskar’s “Manjhi” Get Padma Shri

Kargil/ Jan. 26/ News Desk: Zanskar’s Manjhi man, Tsultrim Chonjor, became the first person from district Kargil to receive the Padma Shri award.

75-year-old Tsultrim Chonjor, fondly known as ‘Meme Chonjor, who comes from the remote village of Stongde in the Zanskar Valley of Ladakh, has a similar story to that of Manjhi in Bihar.
Aakashwani in a radio report says that Chonjor has assisted in developing road from Zanskar’s Sumdoo to Kirgyaq Lungnaq.
From May 2014 to June 2017, Chonjor singl...

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CEC Kargil Was not Informed in Making of Tableaux: PS CEC

Kargil/ Jan. 26/ News Desk: The personal secretary to the CEC Kargil Feroz Khan in a press release has nullified the allegations by the MP Ladakh regarding Tableaux row.
Earlier the MP Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal in an interview to media had accused the CEC Kargil for not representing Kargil in the Tableaux made in Delhi.
“It was ironic to note that just one aspect of the Ladakhi culture has been depicted and that too with a very misleading theme of “Vision for Future”. The remarks of Hon’b...

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DC Leh Reviews Intensified Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme

Leh/ Jan 25: Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Sachin Kumar Vaishya convened a meeting of the district-level task force for intensified pulse polio immunisation (IPPI) programme at the DC Conference Room today. The meeting was attended by the sub-district magistrate (SDM), Kharu, AG Zargar; Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Leh, Dr Motup Dorje; Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Manzoor Ul Haq; Medical Superintendent, SNM Hospital, Dr Nurzin Angmo; District Immunisation Officer, Dr Tashi Namgail, and Distr...

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