LG Mishra attends Opening Ceremony of 5th Khelo India Winter Games

Leh, 23, January 2025: The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) and First Lady Smt. Neelam Mishra attended the opening ceremony of the 5th Khelo India Winter Games held at the NDS Ice Hockey Rink in Leh. Regional Executive Director, Sports Authority of India presented a memento to the HLG on the occasion.

The HLG addressed the gathering, emphasizing the significance of the event for Ladakh and the Khelo India initiative, given the immense enthusiasm for ice hockey ...

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DGP Ladakh facilitates Nasrin Fatima for winning Gold in Taekwondo

Leh, January 23, 2024: The Director General of Police UT Ladakh, Dr. SD Singh Jamwal-IPS facilitated Nasrin Fatima for winning Gold at the 5th National Kyorugi and Poemsae Taekwondo Championship 2024 held at West Bengal. Nasrin who is the daughter of of HC Ghulam Hussain of Traffic Police Ladakh was awarded with a cash prize of Rs.5000, Memento and an Appreciation Certificate by the Ladakh Police Chief.

Appreciating, Nasrin for this tremendous achievement, Dr. SD Singh congratulated her f...

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WWF India Officials Meet CEC Tashi Gyalson to Discuss Conservation & environmental education in Changthang

Leh, January 23: A delegation of WWF India team, including Rigzin Dawa (Senior Programme Officer), Padma Dolker (Project Officer), and Phuntsog Angmo (Senior Education Officer) called on Hon’ble Chairman, LAHDC Leh, Adv. Tashi Gyalson in the presence of Hon’ble Executive Councillor Tashi Namgyal Yakzee to discuss conservation initiatives and environmental education in Ladakh.

Sh. Rigzin Dawa and Ms. Padma Dolker updated the officials on WWF-India’s visioning work (A Coomunity-Led Vision f...

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AAP Ladakh Criticizes Elected Representatives for Lack of Seriousness on Ladakh Issues

By Mussa Tumaily

Leh, January 22, 2025 – The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Ladakh has sharply criticized the elected representatives of the region, including local councillors and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ladakh, accusing them of not giving enough attention or seriousness to the pressing issues of Ladakh. The remarks were made by Skarma Tokdan, District Coordinator of AAP Ladakh, during a press conference held today.

While the party expressed its discontent with the inaction of the e...

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Celebrating 10 Years of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Campaign in Ladakh

Leh, January 22, 2025: A special event was held today to mark the 10th anniversary of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign, a flagship initiative aimed at improving the status of the girl child and promoting women’s education across India.

The event, which took place at the cultural academy, brought together key stakeholders,to reflect on the progress made and outline future goals for women’s empowerment in the region.

Hon’ble Chairman/CEC Adv. Tashi Gyalson was the chief guest, acco...

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Sports minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya to open Khelo India Winter Games 2025 in Ladakh

Army, Maharashtra set to defend ice-hockey, speed skating crowns as 19 teams featuring 428 athletes will take part in two ice events – hockey and skating!

Leh, Jan. 22: The Khelo India season starts with the Khelo India Winter Games 2025 in Ladakh from Thursday. Nineteen teams, comprising of states, Union Territories and institutional outfits, will compete over five days in two events – ice-hockey and ice-skating. This will be the first part of KIWG 2025. The second part, featuring snow g...

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LG visits Chader Trek Registration Centre and Tourist Information Center Leh

Leh, 16 January, 2025: The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Brigadier (Dr) B.D. Mishra (Retd), visited the Chader Trek Registration Centre in Leh today to review the ongoing Chader Trek and assess the facilities at the Tourist Information Centre.

Secretary Tourism, Sh. Vikram Singh Malik, IAS; Additional Deputy Commissioner Leh, Sh. Ghulam Mohd, JKAS; Assistant Director Tourism Leh, Ms. Padma Angmo, JKAS, and other tourism stakeholders and officials were present during the visit.

During hi...

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Ministry of Finance restores the Capex of LAHDCs of Ladakh

Leh, Jan 13, 2025: The Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Dr Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting to review the expenditure under SDP/State Capex and to strategize the utilization of the additional 400 crore budget released by the Ministry of Finance for the UT of Ladakh held at the Conference Hall, UT Secretariat.

Director of Finance Dr Safdar Ali gave a comprehensive presentation on budget estimates and revised budget estimates for the FY 2024-25. It was informed that the capital bu...

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Employees affected by SRO-202, Handloom Engineering students call on LG Mishra

Leh, 10 January 2025: A delegation of employees affected by SRO-202 called on the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Brigadier (Dr) B D Mishra (Retd), at the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat. The delegation sought the HLG’s intervention in releasing arrears of the affected employees.

The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, IAS; Secretary GAD, Shri Michael D’Souza, IAS and Director Finance, Dr. Safdar Ali, IRS.

The delegates informed the HLG that despite being appointe...

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Delegation from Domkhar Village call on LG BD Mishra

Leh, 10 January, 2025: A delegation led by ex-Sarpanch of Domkhar, Subedar Major Tsering Namgyal (Retd), called on the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor Brigadier (Dr) B. D. Mishra (Retd) at the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat. Advisor to the HLG, Dr Pawan Kotwal, IAS; Secretary, PHE,  Michael D’Souza, IAS and Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Leh, Shabir Hussain, JKAS were present during the meeting.

The delegates apprised the HLG of issues concerning the telecommunication connectivity in Domk...

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