Construction of Ladakh Bhawan (Leh Wing) begins in Delhi

LG Ladakh lays foundation stone today

Leh, Jan 07: The foundation stone of Ladakh Bhawan (Leh Wing) was laid today at Dwarka in Delhi by the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, RK Mathur, in the presence of Chairman/CEC, Adv. Tashi Gyalson; His Eminence Thiksey Rinpoche and other distinguished guests.

Ladakh Bhawan (Leh Wing) will be constructed over an area of 1,266 square meters and will have 21 rooms, two suites, one semi-suite, and two dormitories. Ladakh Bhawan (Leh Wing) has the capac...

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Ladakh leadership rejects High Powered Committee; calls for protest on January 15

VoL Desk, Jan. 07: After announcement of formation of High Powered Committee by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Apex Body Leh and Kargil Democratic Alliance convened an emergency meeting of at Jammu today.

The meeting was aimed to discuss the recent announcement by the Home Ministry about the formation of the High-Powered Committee to resolve the outstanding issues of Union Territory of Ladakh and to take a decision about the participation in the subsequent meetings to be held, read a press...

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Chadar Trek 2023 to commence from January 08

Leh, Jan 07: The District Administration, Leh in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Sonam Chosjor, with the concerned stakeholders decided that the famous winter adventure of ‘Chadar Trek 2023’ will commence from January 08.

The decision was finalised after detailed assessment of the preparation needed on the part of various departments, including Tourism, Wildlife, UTDRF, District Disaster Response Force, Health, Police along with the stakeholde...

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Dy Chairman inaugurates 16th CEC Cup Ice Hockey Championship in Leh

Leh, Jan 06: Dy Chairman/EC Sports, Tsering Angchuk inaugurated the 16th CEC Cup Ice Hockey Championship in Leh with a puck drop ceremony to begin the Ice hockey Championship today. He was accompanied by EC RDD Tashi Namgyal Yakzee; and Joint Director Youth Services and Sports, Moses Kunzang.  

While addressing, he appreciated the enthusiasm of the athletes and the efforts of the organising committee for timely organising the Ice Hockey Championship. He further informed that the Hill Coun...

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Admin, BRO Officially Close Zojila for Vehicular Movement

VoL Desk, Jan. 06: Administration and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officially closed Zojila pass in a closing ceremony here at Zero Point today after a record of keeping the pass open for vehicular movement upto January 06. The Zojila is closed considering the cold weather, avalanche and wind storm.

The Zojila pass was closed last year on January 04, 2022, of which a new record has imprinted this year with keeping the pass open till January 06. The officials have assured to reopen the...

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Pipeline Burst interrupts Water Supply at Kaksar

VoL Desk, Jan. 05: Due to a burst of a water supply pipeline in chilling cold weather water supply has been interrupted at the border village of Kaksar that disturbed the normal lifestyle of around a hundred households.

The pipeline was busted on Wednesday as a result the villagers faced a shortage of drinking and daily use water. In the afternoon the Army Jawans provided water with tankers a video of which went viral on social media.

In addition, local volunteers having load career ve...

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DC Kargil chairs meeting on effective implementation of Safe Food and Healthy Diet

KARGIL, JAN 05, 2023: Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve, who is also the chairman of the District Level Authority Committee (DLAC), today chaired a meeting for the effective implementation of “Safe Food and Healthy Diet” in the district.

During the meeting, a detailed discussion and deliberation were held upon the various aspects and effective implementation of “Safe Food and Healthy Diet”.

The meeting discussed registration of Eat Right School, Eat Right Campus ...

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Hydro Tourism to be developed at NHPC Dam, Alchi

Admin Secy, Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan holds discussions with NHPC Officers and Officers from Tourism department/district administration

Leh, January 05: The Tourism Department, Ladakh plans to develop Hydro Tourism in collaboration with NHPC at the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Dam, Alchi on the Indus river. The Administrative Secretary, Tourism Department, Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan chaired a meeting at the Civil Secretariat, Leh.

In the meeting, the Administrative Secreta...

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DC Leh tours Nyoma sub-division; interacts with grazers at Kakjung

Leh, Jan 05: Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Shrikant Suse conducted two-day extensive tour of Nyoma sub-division to review the progress of ongoing development works. Senior Superintendent of Police, Leh, PD Nitya; Councillor Nyoma, Ishey Spalzang; Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Nyoma, Jigmet Angchuk; District Sheep Husbandry Officer, Leh, Dr Tundup Namgail; Sub-Divisional Heads of various departments, including PHE, Medical, Social Welfare, Animal/Sheep Husbandry, Agriculture, etc and other concerned...

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Deploying General Line Teachers against vacant lecturer posts is against norms, says contractual lecturers

VoL Desk, Jan. 05: Contractual lecturers of Kargil district expressed resentment against an order of the Director School Education that has ordered promotion of 78 General Line Teachers against lecturer posts.

Hassan Hundurmani said that lecturer is a gazetted post for which there is no specific rule decided yet, except only one department which is R&B. He said that as per the CBSE and NCERT norms, there is no promotion quota for PGT and TGT posts. They are subject to 100 percent direct r...

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