Drass,Aug 27/ VOL News Desk/ Hon’ble Shri Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani Judge, High Court of J&K and Ladakh (Administrative Judge for District Kargil) to District Kargil on 26th of August 2025 visited the new court complex at Drass where Hon’ble Justice was received by Ms. Spalzes Angmo, Principal District & Sessions Judge Kargil; Shri Chemit Yurgyal, Secretary (DLSA), Kargil; Shri Sadiq Ali Wazir Munsiff Drass and engineers from the PWD.
On the inspection of the new court complex Hon’ble...
Kargil, August 24, 2025: Administrative Secretary, Tourism & Culture, Housing & Urban Development and Information & Public Relations, UT Ladakh, Sanjit Rodrigues, virtually attended from Kargil the press briefing given by Chief Secretary, UT Ladakh during his visit to Kargil. The press briefing was also attended by media persons of Kargil. Subsequently, the Administrative Secretary held an interaction with the media persons of Kargil and discussed various issues like tourism promotion and de...
Kargil, Aug 23/ VOL News Desk/ The Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC Kargil, Dr. Mohd. Jaffer Akhoon had an inspection of ongoing construction work of the new conference hall building at council secretariat, today.
During the visit, the Assistant Executive Engineer from the R&B Department briefed the CEC that the new conference hall building will consist of two floors, including a conference hall at the first floor and an assembly hall at the second floor. He further i...
Kargil, August 21, 2025: Lt. Dr. Mohmad Hussain, Vice Principal and Associate NCC Officer (ANO) of Government M.L. Boys’ Higher Secondary School, Kargil, has been awarded the prestigious Director General NCC’s Commendation Card. The honour was conferred by Lt. General Gurbir Pal Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Director General of the National Cadet Corps.
Dr. Hussain is the first ANO from Ladakh (Senior Division) to receive this recognition, making the achievement a significant milestone not only...
Kargil, August 21, 2025: A UT-level mock disaster management exercise focussing on earthquake, glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), and cloudburst scenarios was successfully conducted in Kargil on Thursday. This was the fourth consecutive year that the Union Territory of Ladakh, in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Union Ministry of Home Affairs, organized the drill.
The Table Top Exercise (TTEx) was led by NDMA Consultant (ME&IRS), Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Sud...
Kargil,August 19, 2025: Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC Kargil, Rakesh Kumar chaired a review meeting of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to assess the relief and other works related to flashfloods in Shakar Chiktan and Suru Valley.
The meeting was attended by ADC Kargil Imteeaz Kacho and members of the DDMA Committee.
During the meeting threadbare deliberation were held related to declare the recent flashfloods in the different areas of Kargil as a national disaster.
...Kargil, August 19, 2025: Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC Kargil, Rakesh Kumar (IAS) today chaired a preparatory meeting in his office chamber to review the arrangements for the upcoming LG Horse Polo Cup 5th Edition 2025, scheduled to be held from 24th to 28th in Kargil.
The meeting was attended by the Joint Director Planning, District Sheep Husbandry Officer, DYSP Kargil, Chief Medical Officer, Executive Officer Municipal Committee Kargil, District Youth Services & Sports Officer (DYSSO) ...
The NHIDCL Executing Agency for widening and development of NH-301 Kargil – Zanskar Road have to take a demolition drive today on 19.08.2025 in village Minjee to dismantle the structures falling within the alignment of NH-301 in the presence of Tehsildar Kargil (Executive Magistrate), stated a press release received from official sources.
The drive has been taken against such structures where the owners of the structures have received the compensation of the complete structure on the basis of...
Kargil, August 17, 2025: Hon’ble Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC Kargil, Dr. Mohd Jaffer Akhoon, visited several landslide-affected areas including Khawos, Namsuru, and nearby villages to assess the damage caused by recent cloudbursts and to oversee relief and restoration efforts.
During the visit, Dr. Akhoon was accompanied by the Executive Engineer (Irrigation), Tehsildars Tai Suru, BDO Tai Suru, and officials from the Irrigation, PHE, and R&B Departments, along with other conce...
Kargil, August 18, 2025: The Badminton Association Kargil, in collaboration with the Department of Youth Services & Sports, Kargil, held the inaugural of the 1st Badminton Championship 2025 under the banner of Fit India – Say No to Drugs, Yes to Life.
The championship witnessed enthusiastic participation from players across the district and was graced by Chief Guest, Imteeaz Kacho Additional Deputy Commissioner Kargil, along with Guest of Honour Abdul Hadi, LAHDC Councillor Taisuru; and...
