The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh last week dismissed a petition seeking to make Hindi the official language in the two Union Territories, Bar and Bench reported on Friday.
On October 28, a bench comprising Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul observed that it fell within powers of the executive to designate official languages, Live Law reported.
The petitioner, Jagdev Singh, had sought recognition of Hindi as the official language in the Unio...
VoL Desk, Oct. 26: In a recent development on core four issues of Ladakh, the Apex Body Leh and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) announced a future course of action after a meeting between the veteran leaders of the two districts at Green Dragon Hotel, Leh today.
The meeting was attended by Apex Body leader Tsering Dorjay Lakruk, Thupstan Chewang, KDA Co-Chairperson Asgar Ali Karbalai, Qambar Ali Akhone, representatives of IKMT Sheikh Bashir Shakir, ISK representative Sajjad Kargili, LAHD...
VoL Desk, Oct. 25: The General Administrative Department, Union Territory of Ladakh has ordered to conduct Social Audit of Jal Jeevan Mission in all villages of Ladakh.
An Order No.323-LA (GAD) of 2022,, Dated: 25.10.2022, maintained that institutionalizing social audit process under any scheme/programme facilitates participation of community in the programme thereby increasing
transparency as well as ensuring reaching of intended social benefit of the scheme to the eligible persons.
In...
VoL Desk, Oct. 22: For the whole Kargil District which is stretched from Matayin to Zanskar, which is around 300 kilometers and from up to Shakar Chiktan Sub-Division, there is only one Fire and Emergency Station at the District Headquarter in Kargil.
In case of emergency situations in far-flung areas, the officials of the fire and emergency services make unsuccessful or partially successful attempts to reach the situation, during which the fire makes a huge loss of property, said Station...
VoL Desk, Oct. 23: Swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected Executive Body of Zainabiya Women Welfare Society Kargil held today here at Khomeini Tower, Kargil.
Chairman Guardian Council, IKMT Sheikh Mohammad Mohaqiq took the oath from the newly elected members in presence of Chairman IKMT Sheikh Sadiq Rajai, President Baqirya Health Care and Research Centre Dr Ahmad Ali, members of the Election Authority, Guardian Council members, Executive Body IKMT members, and heads of other branches...
Oct. 21: The 20 bedded hospital at Gond Mangal Pore which was inaugurated on this day last year by Lieutenant Governor Ladakh is functional without basic necessities like electricity and water supply said the public representatives of the village.
The hospital which has no signboard reviews 30 to 40 patients on daily basis from the adjacent villages which is the most densely populated area in the whole district.
The electricity supply and solar electricity system both are placed at the...
A young girl from Kargil district of Ladakh attracted the limelight after a video of her brilliantly batting in her school surfaced on social media.
The clip was shared on Twitter on Friday by the Directorate of School Education (DSE) in Ladakh. In the caption, the DSE identified the young girl as a class 6th student Maqsooma.
“My father at home and my teacher at school encourage me to play cricket. I’ll put all my efforts to play like @imVkohli Maqsooma student class 6th #HSKaksar,” ...
