Parliamentary Standing Committee visits institutes in Leh

Leh, July 05: The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, under the Chairmanship of Dr Vinay P Sahsrabhuddhe, MP, Rajya Sabha, visited the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Choglamsar, where they interacted with staff, teachers and discussed the promotion of research, innovation and documentation in the institute.

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, gave a brief introduction to CIBS, its structure and history, the main ob...

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FMD kills hundreds of livestock at Drass, Umba

DRASS, JULY 06, 2021: Viral Food and Mouth Disease (FMD) among animals at Minamarg near Drass and Labar in Umba caused heavy loss to livestock including cow and cattle, reported local sources from the areas.

The viral disease locally known as Tsetang has killed 35 cows and around 200 cattle at Minamarg in the last three to four days, counted local sources at the area. Sources from Umba also reported to Voice of Ladakh correspondent that a number of livestock have lost lives yesterday due ...

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LG rolls out Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Ladakh

KARGIL JULY 05, 2021: Lieutenant Governor Ladakh Radha Krishna Mathur today virtually rolled out the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in the Universal Immunization Programme for eligible children in UT Ladakh at Tourist Facilitation Center (TFC) Kargil. The 3 dose immunization schedule (6th week, 14th week and 9 months of age) will protect children against pneumococcal diseases.

LG Mathur also virtually inaugurated 3 new 100 LPM oxygen generating plants at CHC Drass, Padum Zanskar and...

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Secretary Mehboob Ali Khan visits Zanskar

KARGIL, JULY 05, 2021: Secretary Tourism, Labour and Employment Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan during his 4 day visit to Zanskar took stock of the status of various development works undertaken in tourism sector in the sub division.

The Secretary Tourism visited different villages of the sub division and interacted with the locals to know about their issues and developmental needs.

Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan also visited different villages of Lungnak block including Shinkun-la top.

The Secretar...

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MoS Agriculture and Farmers Welfare visits Zanskar

KARGIL JULY 04, 2021:  Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Kailash Choudhary along with the Member of Parliament (MP) Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal visited Zanskar Sub-Division here today.

During his visit, the Union Minister Kailash Choudhary visited Sher e Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST) Farm, where the  Senior Scientist and In charge Head Dr Shahnawaz briefed the him about different projects being carried out at the farm, and a...

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LG listens to issues, grievances of people at Drass

KARGIL JULY 04, 2021: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Ladakh Radha Krishna Mathur who is on  3 day visit to Kargil District met with public representatives and PRI members including Councillors, BDC Chairpersons, Sarpanchs, Panchs and representatives of youth bodies at Drass and listened to their issues, grievances, demands and developmental needs.

The people’s delegations projected a number of demands which mainly included the demand for separate district for Drass, establishment of tourism dev...

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Ladakh Admin designates officers as Collectors Land Acquisition

KARGIL JULY 03, 2021: In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (g) of Section 3 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh vide a notification issued on July 1, 2021 has designated officers as the Collectors Land Acquisition to perform the functions of Collector under the said act and rules framed thereunder in their respective jurisdictions in the UT.

As per the no...

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DC Santosh convenes meeting with NHIDCL, public representatives

KARGIL, JULY 02, 2021: Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve chaired a meeting with the concerned officers of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) and public representatives from Andoo to Parkachik to discuss various issues pertaining to the construction of Kargil-Zanskar National Highway NH-301.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Kargil Tsering Motup, General Manager NHIDCL Colonel A K Shiv Kumar, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Abdul Ga...

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Secretary Sports inspects progress of works on sports stadiums in Leh

Leh, July 02: Secretary Sports, UT Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar visited the astroturf stadium, Ice hockey stadium and NDS stadium Leh and inspected the progress of ongoing works at Leh. He was accompanied by Director Youth Services and Sports Officer, Leh, officers of the PDD, PHE and CPWD.

Secretary Ravinder gave directions to the concerned executing agency to complete the ongoing works within the stipulated time frame. He directed the CPWD officers to install chairs at astroturf stadium on pr...

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Secy Horticulture inspects infrastructure for Centre of Excellence at Nimoo

Leh, July 1: Administrative Secretary, Agriculture/Horticulture Department, Ravinder Kumar visited and reviewed the progress and status of infrastructure being developed for Center of Excellence on Seabuckthorn at Nimoo, spread across 125 kanals, with machinery to be installed for Seabuckthorn pulp processing. He was accompanied by officials of PWD, DIHAR and Horticulture Department. 

Secretary asked the executing agency to complete the infrastructure within the stipulated time and direct...

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