Leh, September 2/ VOL News Desk/ The Department of Agriculture, Union Territory of Ladakh, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, organised a capacity-building training programme for district-level technical staff on AgriStack under the Digital Agriculture Mission on September 2.
The training programme aimed to strengthen the capacity of technical staff for the implementation of the Farmers’ Registry and creation of unique Farmer IDs, which will be uti...
Kargil, September 02, 2026/ VOL News Desk/ The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in association with the Department of Posts, today 2nd September 2026, inaugurated the Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) at the Sub Post Office, Kargil, under the jurisdiction of the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Srinagar. The newly inaugurated POPSK is the fourth such Seva Kendra under RPO Srinagar and 457th POPSK in the country.
The inauguration marks a significant milestone in the expansion of p...
Leh, 1 Sept 2026/ VOL News Desk/ Secretary, Education/ Youth Services & Sports, Bhanu Prabha, today addressed a press conference and highlighted the key features of the LG Yuva Internship Programme, an initiative aimed at providing the youth of Ladakh an opportunity to engage with the UT Administration and contribute meaningfully to the development of the UT.
The LG Yuva Internship Portal, launched on August 22, 2026, has been designed to facilitate the participation of young people in th...
Leh, Aug 19, KNT/ VOL News Desk/ Outstanding sportspersons in Ladakh will now have a 4 per cent horizontal reservation in direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ non-gazetted government posts, following approval of the new reservation framework by Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena.
With the approval, Ladakh becomes the first Union Territory in the country to provide a fixed 4 per cent reservation for sportspersons in government jobs, according to the administration.
The Union Territory Administr...
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VOL News Desk/ Anyone who has travelled the high-altitude highways of Ladakh has seen them, even if only in passing. I have spent years framing the austere beauty of the Himalayas through my camera lens. Again and again, my eye is drawn not to the mountains themselves, but to the figures working quietly in the foreground. Against the immensity of the landscape, they appear almost insignificant, small silhouettes bent over shovels, brooms and pickaxes. Yet it is their labour ...
VOL News Desk/ The Union Territory of Ladakh is undergoing one of the most significant administrative transformations since its formation. The recent announcement of five new districts—Sham, Nubra, Changthang, Zanskar, and Drass—along with the expansion of administrative units through additional tehsils, reflects the government’s commitment to bringing governance closer to the people. Decentralized administration is expected to improve public service delivery, strengthen local governance, an...
Leh, July 31/ VOL News Desk/ In a significant step towards improving ease of access to public services and strengthening grassroots governance, Lieutenant Governor, Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena, has approved the assignment of the charge of Registrar of Societies and Firms to the Deputy Commissioners of all seven districts of Ladakh within their respective jurisdictions. The decision is aimed at decentralising the registration process and making statutory services related to societies and firms mo...
Leh, July 23, 2026/ VOL News Desk/ A two-day International Conference on “Legal Framework of Election Management Body Independence” commenced today at Hotel Diskitsal, Leh, bringing together constitutional experts, election administrators, legal scholars, academicians and international delegates to deliberate on strengthening the institutional independence of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) and advancing global democratic governance.
The conference is being organised by the Office of th...
Kargil, June 30/ VOL News Desk/ A sub-committee constituted under the leadership of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs is set to visit Ladakh this week, where it will hold important discussions with representative organizations of the region. The meeting aims to break the deadlock that emerged after the last round of talks held in New Delhi on May 22 and to make progress on pending issues.
In this regard, Co-Chairman of the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai, stated...
Kargil, June 30/ VOL News Desk/ The Union Territory of Ladakh, particularly Kargil district, has been under the grip of an intense heatwave for the past four days, severely affecting normal life and causing various problems for the public. The unusually high temperatures have impacted daily activities, educational matters, and public movement.
The severe heat is affecting children, elderly people, and those engaged in physical labor the most. The continuous rise in daytime temperatures is bei...
