A 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit Ladakh’s Kargil district on Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology said. There were no reports of casualties or damage to property.
The epicentre of the tremor, recorded at 10.05 am, was 191 kilometers north of Kargil, the NCS said.
The quake in the earthquake prone Himalayan region was at a latitude of 36.27 degrees north and longitude of 76.26 degrees east at a depth of 10 km, it said.
While Sara Batool who represents the Balti tribe will work on the “revival and preservation of ethnic Balti cuisine in Ladakh”, Rashida Kousar will research on “Study of Traditional kitchen (Thab-tshang/Byan-sa) and ethnic foods in Ladakh”.
Two girls from the Union Territory of Ladakh are among eight tribals who have been conferred Samvaad Fellowship 22 by the Jamshedpur-based Tata Steel Foundation’s Samvaad.
Sarah Batool and Rashida Kousar, received the prestigious Samvaad Fellowship....
Leh, Nov 22 (DIPR Leh): A delegation headed by Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Adv. Tashi Gyalson and MP Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal met with LG Ladakh, R.K Mathur at Raj Niwas today.
The delegation comprised of Executive Councillor for Agriculture, Stanzin Chosphel; Executive Councillor for RDD, Tashi Namgyal Yakzee; Executive Councillor for Minority Affairs, Ghulam Mehdi; Councillor Tiger, Rigzin Lundup, and Councillor Khaltse, Lobzang Sherab.
CEC Gyalson and MP Jamyang apprised LG Ma...
VoL Desk, Nov. 17: After the unfortunate fire incident that took place at Qadeem Hanfiya Jamai Masjid, at Drass the Ladakh Union Territory Administration is augmenting all Police Stations and Police Posts in Ladakh for firefighting by providing all basic Fire Fighting equipment and training, announced the Ladakh Police Headquarters, at Leh in a press release on November 17.
“An unfortunate fire incident took place to Qadeem Hanfiya Jamai Masjid Drass yesterday at Drass. Local Police of Po...
Leh, Nov 22: Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Shrikant Suse, today convened a meeting of District level Aadhaar Monitoring Committee to review the status of Aadhar enrolment and updating in the district with all the concerned departments.
Assistant Manager, UIDAI, Leh, Stanzin Dhonsal presented a detailed report on the ongoing Aadhar enrolment camps and the status of overall live Aadhar enrolment in the district under various categories.
DC Leh stressed that progress of Aadhar enrolment of ch...
Leh, Nov 22: On November 21, 2022, vide notification No. 617 dated: 21.11.2022 issued by the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Justice Tashi Rabstan, Judge of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority.
Justice Tashi Rabstan was born in an agricultural family of Varsudopa on April 10, 1963, in Skurbuchan village, District Leh, UT Ladakh. He did his Graduation and LLB from the Unive...
Kargil, Nov 19, 2022: Department of Fisheries today celebrated the World Fisheries Day 2022 at conference Hall Drass.
The BDC’s of Rambirpura and Bhimbhet, Sarpanches, Panches, fish farmers of the district also attended the event.
While interacting with a large gathering of farmers and PRI members, Murtaza Ali Assistant Director Fisheries Kargil highlighted the importance of World Fisheries Day.
He reiterated that this year the department distributed 55000 trout seeds and 70 quintal...
Kargil, Nov 21, 2022: Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Kargil today organized an awareness program on Special Summary Revision (SSR) of Photo Electoral Rolls at Kargil Campus, University of Ladakh (UoL).
Deputy District Election Officer, Nargis Banoo, Tehsildar and AERO Sankoo Sajjad Hussain, Incharge Rector Kargil Campus Dr Jaffar Khan, District Nodal Officer SVEEP Kargil Ghulam Rasool, core members of SVEEP besides PRI members, BLOs and students were prese...
VoL Desk, Drass, Nov. 18: Villagers of Doks, Chokiyal alleged compromise of work quality by the contractor in an irrigation kul being constructed at the village. The villager expressed the concern in a mass interaction with the weekly Voice of Ladakh correspondent.
The villagers further alleged that the work is started from the end of the channels of the irrigation kul locally called “hRka-yur” instead of the main water source locally called “hRkong/maa-yur”.
In the video the public sh...
Jammu, Nov 19 (PTI): The National Conference never sided with Pakistan and always stood rock-solid with India, its president Farooq Abdullah asserted on Saturday, as he targeted separatist-turned-mainstream politicians for trying to weaken the party.
The former chief minister advocated for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and said the time is not far when Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh will be a single entity once again.
In 2019, the Centre had abrogated Article 370, which gran...
