VoL Desk, March 20: Lt. Governor of Ladakh, Brig (Dr) BD Mishra, has instructed the police department of Ladakh to ensure that the general public is not inconvenienced due to VIP movements.
During a meeting with officials including the police department on March 18, the Lt. Governor said that traffic should not be stopped or regulated even for his own motorcade.
He emphasized that the use of sirens and blue lights should be as per the protocols established by the Supreme Court, and th...
Leh, March 19: First assessment test of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy of New India Literacy Programme (NILP) under ‘Education for All’ was successfully conducted on March 19 at all the learning centres of Leh and Khaltse zones.
Three months of regular classes were conducted for all non-literates of 15 years and above age group.
Adult learners were taught how to read and write in Bhoti and Urdu, foundational numeracy, use of ATMs, bank withdrawal and deposits, and mobile handling a...
Kargil, March 20, 2023: Nehru Yuva Kendra, Kargil, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India on Sunday organized the closing ceremony of the three-month skill-based entrepreneurship program at Singrong-Barsoo.
The program started on 20-12-2022 with the objective to enhance the basic vocational skills of rural youth and enable them to enhance their self-esteem in society. During the three-month program, participants learned the skill of tailoring and cutting.
District Pa...
Leh, March 20: The Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) camp was organised by Health Department Nyoma on March 19. Free check-up, treatment, and medicine have been provided to patients.
A total of about 396 patients benefitted from the camp.
Mobile Medical Unit provides OPD consultation services to the public of Hanley such as medical OPD, hypertension, Acid peptic disease (APD), osteoarthritis, Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), urinary tract infection, upper respiratory tract infection, Rheumatoid...
BY: GAURVI NARANG
Is it right to call Ladakh, Zanskar and Spiti Valley India’s ‘Little Tibet’ or ‘Greater Tibet’? The heavy cultural and military influence may have coalesced their identities over time. But for American professor-historian Robert Linrothe, the description is “maddeningly imprecise and misleading”.
Presented during a scintillating history lesson at New Delhi’s India International Centre on 11 March, Linrothe’s thesis held an unwavering faith that Ladakh and Tibet are no...
The administration of Union Territory Ladakh has proposed to notify 5.69 lakh Kanals of land in Drass area of Kargil district as a field firing range.
In a notification, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the UT administration has invited objections, if any, from general public over the proposal of firing range.
“Objections in this regard, if any, may be communicated to Deputy Commissioner, Kargil within a period of two months from the date of ...
Leh, March 16: The Administrative Secretary, Horticulture and Agriculture Department, Ravinder Kumar chaired a meeting to discuss the export of apples and apricots from Ladakh at the Civil Secretariat, Leh today.
In the meeting, Secretary Ravinder Kumar noted that the export of Ladakh’s apples and apricots is a milestone for the region’s economy, as it provides a new source of income for local farmers and entrepreneurs.
Secretary Kumar stated that the administration has invested in inf...
VoL, Mar 15: Patients in District Hospital Kargil are facing significant difficulties due to a non-functional CT scan machine for the last twenty days.
According to the hospital’s Superintendent, Dr Liyaqat Ali Khan, the breakdown occurred on February 21 and has caused problems for patients for the last twenty days.
The hospital authorities contacted the empaneled consultant for all machinery, Medi City, in Jammu to fix the problem, but the complaint was not registered due to the ME nu...
Kargil, March 15, 2023: Indira Gandhi National Open University Regional Centre Srinagar today organized an online session on “Pre-Admission Counselling” in collaboration with Government Degree College Drass and Government Degree College Kargil.
Dr Amjad Ali Abassi, Principal GDC Drass presented welcome speech and gave brief introduction about the college. He also spoke about various problems of students in acquiring Higher Education in different disciplines due to geographical and harsh...
Kargil, March 15, 2023: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan in presence of Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve today convened meeting to review the expenditure of Capex and LAHDC Subsidy Budget and directed concerned officers to complete all formalities within two days.
The meeting was attended by Superintending Engineer PHE Maqbool Hussain, Superintending Engineer R&B Abdul Mutalib, Project Officer Wages (ACD) Ghulam Muhammad, Chief Planning Officer (CPO) ...
