Kargil/ Jan. 17: Executive Councilor (EC) for Tourism Er Phunsog Tashi along with the Executive Councilor for Health Muhammad Ali Chandan and Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Kargil Tsering Motup today visited Shargole to take stock of the arrangements being put in place for the upcoming Traditional Food Festival Mamani to be held at Shargole on 20th January, 2021.
The traditional food festival is scheduled to be held at Government Higher Secondary School Shargole where the Lieutenan...
Leh/ Jan. 07: A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner /Secretary Tourism, UT Ladakh Rigzin Samphel to review the preparedness of 2nd ‘Ladakh Winter Conclave-2021’ at the Secretariat today.
The meeting finalised the date for Ladakh Winter Conclave-2021 for three days from Feb 21 to 23, 2021. The event will showcase the potential for winter tourism in Ladakh, with winter sports, cultural and culinary experiences being curated for this conclave.
Ladakh Winter Conclave wo...
Kargil/ Jan. 07: Chairman and Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan, Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Baseer ul Haq Choudhary and the Executive Councillors have extended their heartfelt greetings to the people of Aryan Valley on the auspicious occasion of Aryan New Year Nausar.
In his message of felicitations and greetings, CEC Khan said that Nausar festival renews the age-old traditions of tolerance, communal harmony, love and brotherhood, which the people ...
Kargil/ Jan. 05: Acting Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC, Kargil Mubarak Shah Nagvi inaugurated Two Days Kargil Ladakh Losar. The event is a traditional new year cultural and literary festival organized by Ladakh Academy of Culture and Languages (LAACL) at Language Center New Academy Complex, Kargil here today.
Executive Councillor for Tourism Er Phunsog Tashi was the guest of honor on the occasion. Other guests included Balti poet Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat, State awar...
Recently we saw a village in Drass area of Kargil district, second coldest inhabited place on the earth, protesting over scarcity of water. Two days later, a video of another village from Kargil had gone viral on social media where people were seen lapsed into violence reportedly on a dispute over water. Insufficient supply of water has remained an essential issue especially in town area and also in villages.
Few miles away from the above incidents, few folk women in Minjee village, while...
Losar, the much-celebrated festivity of Ladakh that mark the new year as per Ladakhi Lo-Rtsis (calendar) has come through many transformations. The terminologies and essence have remained the same while rituals, traditions, and activities have seen significant changes with the passage of time and due to influence of religious heads. To get some insight into these traditions and transformations, Voice of Ladakh’s staff conducted an interview with the well-known researcher Mr Skarma Junglay. J...
Kargil/ Dec. 26: Ladakh Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (LAACL), Kargil organized a Day Long District Level Shina Dardi Cultural and Literary Meet cum Book Release Function at Language Center New Academy Complex Kargil here on Saturday.
Executive Councillor for Works and Information Mubarak Shah Nagvi who is also the Councillor of Upper Drass Constituency was the chief guest on the occasion while the writers and poets who sat in the presidium included State Awardee poet and writer G...
