The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, has laid out an ambitious roadmap to make Ladakh self-reliant and environmentally sustainable, with a strong focus on expanding polycarbonate greenhouses under the award-winning Ladakh Greenhouse Project. This flagship initiative, which earned the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration (Innovation State category) in April 2022, is aimed at ensuring round-the-year local vegetable production, especially dur...
Cover Story
LG Kavinder’s Directives: Year-Round Potable Water, Quality Education, and ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ for Ladakh’s Youth and Progress.
The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, emphasised providing potable drinking water to rural households through functional household tap connections (FHTCs), ensuring their saturation and functioning along with availability of drinking water round the year, making the community accountable and notifying user charges for proper operation and maintenance for the success of the JJM projects along with penalising the defaulters who do not pay the user fee on time.
Cha...
LG Kavinder Advocates Inclusive Monk Education and Green Energy in Ladakh
The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Shri Kavinder Gupta, emphasised the need to provide inclusive education to monks studying at various monastic institutions in Ladakh, including the teaching of mainstream subjects alongside religious texts to young monks, in order to foster a more inclusive and diverse learning environment.
Interacting with a delegation of the Ladakh Buddhist Association and Ladakh Gonpa Association at the LG Secretariat, the Lt Governor stressed that adequate teachers mus...
Will invoke all possible efforts to boost tourism in Ladakh: LG Kavinder Gupta
Leh, August 5: Shri Kavinder Gupta, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, said that the Administration will invoke all possible efforts to transform Ladakh into a premier global tourism destination.
While interacting with the delegation of All Ladakh Hotel and Guest House Association at the LG Secretariat here today, the Lt Governor emphasised that Ladakh’s breathtaking natural beauty, unique cultural heritage, and adventure tourism potential make it a jewel of India’s tourism sector.
...VC, University of Ladakh, Inaugurates 3-Day Youth Entrepreneurship Program
Leh, July 4, 2025: In a bid to foster self-reliance and entrepreneurial spirit among Ladakhi youth, Enterprising Ladakh—the flagship initiative of the Department of Higher Education, UT Ladakh—organized a three-day Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (EAP) at the University of Ladakh, Leh Campus, from July 4 to 6, 2025.
The program is being implemented by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, under the leadership of the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh...
LG Kavinder pledges people-centric Governance for Ladakh’s inclusive growth
Leh, August 4: Ladakh holds immense potential for growth across various sectors, and the UT Ladakh Administration is committed to ensuring inclusive and sustainable development in the Union Territory.
This was stated by the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, while interacting with various delegations at the LG Secretariat in Leh today.
In this regard, the Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Adv Tashi Gyalson, along with all four District Presidents from Leh — Tsering Sand...
CEC Kargil Dr. Mohd Jaffer Akhoon Flags Off Fresh Apricot Shipment to Mumbai
Kargil, August 01, w025 – In a historic milestone for Ladakh’s horticulture sector, the Hon’ble Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of LAHDC Kargil, Dr. Mohd Jafar Akhoon, today flagged off the first major air shipment of fresh apricots to Mumbai.
The shipment, organized by Halman Apricot, comprises over 10 tons of premium-quality fresh apricots, carefully sourced from the picturesque villages of Batalik, Gargardo, Chulichan, Gongma Kargil, Baroo, and Gongma Minji. This initiative marks a si...
Sunni community in Leh demands postponement of LAHDC Leh elections till delimitation
Leh, August 01, 2025: The Sunni community of District Leh organized a human chain protest at the historical Jama Masjid in Leh to advocate for postponement of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh elections till the delimitation and formation of new districts in Lasakh.
Dr Abdul Qayyum, President of Anjuman Mainul Islam, Leh while speaking to media explicitly requested the postponement of the council elections until the delimitation process is completed.
The existing ...
Anjuman-e-Sufia Noorbakhshia Kargil Condemns Remarks against the community
Kargil, August 01, 2025 – The Anjuman-e-Sufia Noorbakhshia Kargil Ladakh has issued a strong statement condemning the recent remarks made by Sheikh Nazir-ul-Mehdi, President of Jamiat-ul-Ulema Isna Asharia, Kargil.
In a press release dated August 1, 2025, the Anjuman expressed its deep disappointment and concern over a statement made during a mourning ceremony (Majlis-e-Aza), in which Sheikh Nazir Mehdi allegedly referred to the Noorbakhshia school of thought as a “new religion of the mod...
لداخ میں فوجی گاڑی پر چٹان گرنے کا حادثہ،لیفٹیننٹ کرنل سمیت 2 فوجی اہلکار جاں بحق، 3 افسر زخمی
عظمیٰ ویب ڈیسک
سرینگر/لیہہ علاقے میں ایک افسوسناک حادثے میں ایک لیفٹیننٹ کرنل اور ایک فوجی جوان جاں بحق جبکہ تین فوجی افسر زخمی ہو گئے، یہ حادثہ اُس وقت پیش جب ایک بڑی چٹان فوجی گاڑی پر آگری۔
سرکاری ذرائع نے بتایا کہ فوجی قافلہ صبح تقریباً 11:30 بجے دربک سے چونگتاش کی طرف جا رہا تھا کہ اس دوران ایک چٹان ایک فوجی گاڑی پر گر گئی۔واقعے میں ایک لیفٹیننٹ کرنل اور ایک جوان موقع پر ہی جاں بحق ہو گئے، جبکہ دو میجر اور ایک کیپٹن زخمی ہو گئے۔
زخمیوں کو فوری طور پر علاج کے لیے لیہہ کے فوجی اسپتال منت...