VoL Desk, Feb. 24: The new Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brig, (Dr) B.D. Mishra (Retd), arranged to airlift Ladakhi passengers from Chandigarh who are stranded in Delhi and Chandigarh, tweeted the LG office today.
“This is a request to my dear fellow Ladakhis, who are stranded in Delhi and want to travel back to Ladakh; we have arranged to airlift you all from Chandigarh, IAF MCC (Indian Air Force) base”, read a tweet by the LG office.
“Please contact Ladakh Bhawan in New Delhi for fu...
Leh, Feb 23: Department of Industries and Commerce, UT Ladakh today organised a one-day seminar on the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme in collaboration with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) and the Dalit Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) at Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra, Leh.
Executive Councillor, Industries, LAHDC Leh, Ghulam Mehdi presided over the event.
The seminar aimed to encourage the SC/ST and other minority e...
Leh, Feb 23: Chairman/CEC, Adv. Tashi Gyalson convened a meeting today to review the implementation of Labour welfare schemes in the district.
Dy Chairman, Tsering Angchuk; EC Labour & Employment, Ghulam Mehdi Ashoor; DC/CEO LAHDC Leh, Shrikant Suse; ADDC/ACD Leh, Sonam Norboo, and Assistant Labour Commissioner Leh, Delex Namgyal attended the meeting.
The officials discussed early resumption of Building and Other Construction Worker Welfare Board (BOCWWB) scheme for Leh district, the r...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for the construction of the 4.1-km Shinku La tunnel on the Nimu-Padam-Darcha road link to provide all-weather connectivity to the border areas of Ladakh.
Providing details of the cabinet decision, Union minister Anurag Thakur said the tunnel will be completed by December 2025 at a cost of ₹ 1,681 crore.
The length of the tunnel will be 4.1 km. An approach will also be built by December 2025.
The Shinku La tunnel will provide all...
Leh, Feb 16: LAHDC Leh launched its new scheme ‘Rolyangs-pa Rogs’ under its subsidy component. The inaugural ceremony was held at the Shey Palace in the presence of Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Adv. Tashi Gyalson. ‘Rolyangs-pa Rogs’ is a scheme under LAHDC Leh’s subsidy component in which traditional musical instruments of Daman and Surna are provided to the beneficiaries at a 75% subsidized rates, which is implemented through the Department of Information and Public Relations, Leh.
A week-lo...
Leh, Feb 14: Ladakhi women runners bring laurels to the region with good performances at the 9th edition of the Hiranandani Thane Half Marathon that was held at Thane on February 12.
In this event, three half-marathon runners from the marathon team Ladakh participated. Tashi Ladol secured the 2nd position, Stanzin Chosdol secured the 3rd position and Stanzin Dolkar secured the 5th position.
Similarly, at the Tata Steel Kolkata marathon Tashi Ladol, Stanzin Chondol, and Stanzin Dolkar s...
Leh, Feb 14: The UT Ladakh team showed spectacular performances during the 4th Khelo India Winter Games 2023 and 8th National Ice-stock Sports Championship 2022-23, held from February 10-14 at Gulmarg, and won 14 medals, including four golds for Ladakh in different categories.
In the Ice Hockey tournament, the Men’s team won bronze.
In the Ice-stock championship, Team Game Men won gold; Target Game Women won gold and also won gold in the Individual target category.
Meanwhile, in Sp...
VoL Desk, Feb. 12: Raj Niwas Ladakh bids emotional adieu to outgoing Lieutenant Governor Ladakh, Sh. Radha Krishna Mathur and First Lady, Smt. Poonam Mathur. Sh. R K Mathur has completed three years as the First Lt. Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Meanwhile, the President’s Secretariat in a press communique from New Delhi announced the resignation of RK Mathur and Bhagat Singh Koshyari as LG of Ladakh and Maharashtra respectively.
The President further appointed Brig (Retd) ...
Leh, February 10: The Principal Secretary, Forest Ecology and Environment Department, Dr. Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting to review the progress of the exercise of the settlement of rights in the Hemis High Altitude National Park, Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary, and the High-Altitude Cold Desert Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary.
In the meeting, the Principal Secretary directed the concerned Collectors, Additional DC Leh; SDM Disket, and SDM Nyoma to enquire into settlements and determine the ex...
The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are set to get the Geographical Indications (GI) tag for nine products. “The GI applications of all these products have been filed at the GI Registry in Chennai. The Consultative Group Meeting of all these products has already been successfully held and the products are in the final stage of being granted the tag. The final GI tag is expected soon,” a spokesperson said.
The products in line to obtain the GI tag include the famous Basoh...
