Ladakh admin proposes to notify 5.69 lakh kanals for field firing range in Kargil

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 ...

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Patients Suffer Due To Non-Functional CT Scan Machine At District Hospital Kargil

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...

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IGNOU Regional Centre Srinagar organizes virtual session on pre-admission counselling

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...

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CEC chairs review meeting of Capex Budget, directs officers to complete formalities within two days

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) ...

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3-day awareness program for senior citizens begins in Kargil

Kargil, March 15, 2023: A three-day awareness-cum-information program for senior citizens of Kargil organized by Elderline-Ladakh (HelpAge India) in coordination with the Department of Social and Tribal Welfare, Department of Health, NHM, and UIDAI started today at Auditorium Hall, Kargil.

During the program, a number of senior citizens visited the venue and their issues related to the Aadhaar card, old age pension, social welfare schemes, golden card were resolved.

Similarly, senior c...

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CEC Feroz Khan, DC, SP take stock of snow clearance works at Zojila Pass

Kargil, March 14, 2023: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan along with Deputy Commissioner/ CEO, LAHDC, Superintendent of Police, Kargil today visited Zojila Pass to take stock of snow clearance works on the Kargil-Srinagar road.

The CEC was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner/ CEO, LAHDC, Santosh Sukhadeve, Superintendent of Police, Kargil Anayat Choudhary and other concerned officers.

During the visit, the CEC took stock of the snow clearance measures in order to open the roa...

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DC Santosh reviews progress of District Capex, LAHDC Subsidy, SDRF expenditure

Kargil, March 13, 2023: Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Kargil, Santosh Sukhadeve today chaired a meeting of district officers in his office chamber to review the progress of expenditure achieved in different works under the District CAPEX Budget 2022-23.

During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner sought details from the officials of the respective departments regarding expenditure achieved under district CAPEX, CCDA, SDRF and Subsidy Component till March 13, 2023.

Superintending Engi...

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Students welcomed back with warmth after winter break in Kargil schools

VoL Desk, March 13, 2023: After a long winter break, both government and private schools in Kargil have reopened today, and the teachers welcomed the students back warmly.

As directed by the Director of School Education Ladakh, Dr Safdar Ali, the teachers organized a special program on the first day of school to welcome the students.

The children were met with beaming faces and walked into the campus ready for joyful learning. Exciting discussions with friends only added to their ener...

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Ladakh Organic Fair 2023 observed in Kargil

Kargil, March 11, 2023: Ladakh Organic Fair 2023 organized by the Department of Agriculture, LAHDC Kargil was observed here today at Auditorium Hall Kargil.

Chairman and Chief Executive Councilor LAHDC Kargil Feroz Ahmed Khan was the chief guest on the occasion besides  Executive Councilor (EC) for Agriculture, Mohsin Ali, EC Works Mubarak Shah Naqvi, EC Social Welfare, Syed Mehdi Fazily, Chairman Ladakh Haj Committee, Mohammad Ali Majaz, ACD Kargil Ghulam Mohammad, Chief Agriculture Offi...

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CEC Feroz Khan holds meeting with Vice Chancellor, University of Ladakh and Student Council, GDC, Kargil

Kargil, March 11, 2023: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil held a meeting with Vice Chancellor, University of Ladakh and Student Council of Government Degree College, Kargil in his office today.

During the discussions, the Student Council requested for early redressal of issues faced by the students regarding examinations and other academic issues. The Student Council also requested the University authorities to look into the matter of N.A. cases  as it may affect their academic year.

The Stu...

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