Leh, March 15: Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) has announced that the UDID number/UDID card shall be mandatory for availing benefits/relaxation under the schemes of DEPwD and its associated organizations viz. National Trust, RCI, NHFDC, ALIMCO, All National Institutes and Composite Regional Centres, etc with effect from 01.04.2023. In case, UDID card is not available, UDID enrolment number (Generated from UDID portal only) along with the certificate of disabili...
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AIFF invites Ladakhi footballer for selection trials of U-19 National Team
Secretary Sports interacts with Sangdup 17 & LFA officials
Leh, March 15: Secretary, Youth Services and Sports, Ladakh Ravinder Kumar interacted with 17-year-old footballer Tsewang Sangdup and congratulated him for achieving the milestone of becoming the first Ladakhi footballer to be invited by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for selection trials of Under-19 National Team at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. Sangdup plays as a Midfielder and hails from Changthang. Recently Sangdup also play...
Forest Department to Undertake Plantation Drive in Ladakh
Leh, March 13: The Principal Secretary Forest, Ecology and Environment Department Dr. Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting to discuss the action plan for a special drive for afforestation in Ladakh at the Civil Secretariat, Leh.
The Principal Secretary gave directions to the concerned officials to submit a site-wise plan for tree plantation to be undertaken by April. Further, he proposed convening a meeting of all ‘stakeholders’ to discuss and plan the plantation drive. As part of the initiativ...
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala visits border villages in Ladakh
Leh, March 13: Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Parshottam Rupala visited villages along LAC in Ladakh where he was given a warm welcome by the village representatives.
The Union Minister interacted with the local villagers who put forward various demands including the opening of Galwan valley for domestic tourists, lifting of water from Shayok River for agricultural purposes and a veterinary centre at Shayok.
He assured that soon a veterinary ambulance will be...
Training programme for senior officials of UT Admin Ladakh on Emerging Technologies concludes
Leh, March 13: With the aim to stay in sync with emerging technologies and to explore the scope of using such technologies to aid in governance, ground implementation of projects, widespread awareness of schemes and policies, etc, the Information Technology Department, UT Ladakh in collaboration with the National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG), GoI is conducting a 10-day training and capacity building programme on ‘Emerging Technologies’ for the officials of the UT Administration.
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Ladakh Administration Initiates Recruitment Rules for Gazetted Posts
Leh, March 07: The Ladakh administration is in the process of framing recruitment rules for gazetted posts. In this connection, Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula held a meeting with all Administrative Secretaries at the Civil Secretariat Leh to review the progress of work.
During the meeting, the Administrative Secretaries presented the progress of the recruitment rules for gazetted posts in their respective departments. Advisor Narula reviewed and directed that the draft rules should be place...
Abdominal tumor weighing 3.94 kg removed at SNM Leh
Leh, March 06: A team of doctors successfully removed a 3.94 kg abdominal tumor from a 70-year-old high-risk patient having multiple comorbidities at SNM Hospital, Leh.
The team was headed by Dr Padma Deskit, Consultant Surgeon assisted by Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr Stanzin Dolkar; Senior Consultant, Anesthesia, Dr Morup, and Surgeon, Dr Gyalpo.
The team of doctors said that it’s rare and such a huge tumor has ever been removed at a District level hospital.
Sowa Rigpa Doctors from NISR participates in Conference on Traditional Medicine at Guwahati
Leh, March 06: A team of five Sowa Rigpa Doctors from the National Institute of Sowa Rigpa, Leh participated in the 4-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) B2B Conference and National Arogya Summit on Traditional Medicine held at Guwahati (Assam) from March 2 to March 5.
The event was sponsored by the Ministry of Ayush, Govt. of India.
The B2B conference was organised in line with the theme SECURE SCO where S stands for Security, E for Economy, C for Connectivity, U for Unity,...
CEC Leh met Union MoS External Affairs in New Delhi
New Delhi, Mar 04: Chairman/CEC, Adv. Tashi Gyalson met with the Hon’ble Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in New Delhi yesterday.
H’CEC was accompanied by Lopen Konchok Dorje, member of Drigung Kagyu Samten Ling Vietnam Opening Ceremony Preparatory Committee, and BJP Ladakh’s State Treasurer, Tonyot Tashi.
CEC Gyalson requested MoS Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan to grace as the chief guest at the inauguration of The Great Prayer Wheel “Origung Kagyu Rinchen...
EC Gh. Mehdi reviews sewerage drainage lines, drinking water supply at Skampari
Leh, Mar 03: On the direction of Chairman/CEC, Adv. Tashi Gyalson, Executive Councillor for Minority Affairs, Ghulam Mehdi visited Upper and Lower Skampari mohallas to review issues regarding the functioning of sewerage drainage lines, and drinking water supplies.
After reviewing the issues on the ground, EC Mehdi informed that the project has been sanctioned in the District CAPEX budget and accordingly execution of works would initiate. He further informed the residents that Hill Counci...