On 7th to 11th Sep/ VOL News Desk/ Her Majesty Queen Mother Ashi Tseyring Pem Wangchuck and Her Royal Highness Princess Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck landed in Leh airport for a historic tour to Ladakh. This marks the first-ever official visit of the Royal Family of Bhutan to Ladakh, a significant milestone in the cultural and historical ties shared between the two Himalayan regions.
The relationship between Ladakh and Bhutan dates back centuries, with shared cultural, religious, and strat...
Leh, Sept 6/ VOL News Desk/ The Senior Girls Football Team of Ladakh was officially flagged off today to represent the Union Territory of Ladakh in the 30th Senior National Women’s Football Championship (Rajmata Jijabai Trophy) 2025–26, scheduled to be held in Amritsar, Punjab.
The ceremony was graced by Ms. Bhanu Prabha, IAS, Secretary, Youth Services & Sports, UT Ladakh; Ms. Sumera Shafi, JKAS, Under Secretary, Sports; and Ms. Tsering Angmo, General Secretary, Ladakh Football Associatio...
Leh, August 25: Climate change poses a grave threat to high-altitude regions like Ladakh, and timely interventions through remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) would be crucial in addressing the challenges of temperature variations, shifting agricultural patterns, and disaster preparedness.
This was stated by the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, while virtually addressing the gathering on the occasion of the release of the LAMA (Ladakh Specifi...
LEH, August 18,2025: The Department of Social Work at EJM College, Leh, successfully held the inaugural session of its 6th National Social Work Week today, August 18, 2025. The event featured an insightful panel of three speakers: Clinical Psychologist Dr. Kunzes Dolma, Assistant Professor Dr. Ali Shah from the Department of Psychology, and Assistant Professor Dr. Tanushree Malakar from the Department of Social Work, all of whom shared their expertise with the attendees.
Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, said that Ladakh had been subjected to neglect and discrimination for decades, but the long-pending aspiration of its people was fulfilled when the Central Government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, granted Union Territory status to Ladakh.
The Lt Governor was speaking during a felicitation programme organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad in Jammu today.
The Lieutenant Governor said that Ladakh is “far ...
The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, emphasised providing potable drinking water to rural households through functional household tap connections (FHTCs), ensuring their saturation and functioning along with availability of drinking water round the year, making the community accountable and notifying user charges for proper operation and maintenance for the success of the JJM projects along with penalising the defaulters who do not pay the user fee on time.
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Kargil, August 6, 2025: As part of the ongoing efforts under the Enterprising Ladakh initiative to nurture and promote entrepreneurship across the Union Territory, Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, along with Dr. Amit Kumar Dwivedi, Director Department of Government Project, EDII Ahmedabad, visited the University of Ladakh – Kargil Campus on August 6, 2025.
The visit was marked by a meaningful interaction with Dr. ...
Leh, 26 July 2025: An Intensified TB Screening Camp was conducted at BRO Camp Sakti by the Health Department, UT Ladakh, in collaboration with Border Roads Organisation (Project Himank), organized by 846 AMIR and 51 RCC. The camp focused on early detection of TB among migrant workers and BRO personnel.
Brigadier N.S. Ajai Chandra, VSM, DDG (Medical), emphasized that TB is curable and stressed the importance of early screening. Senior BRO officials including Lt. Colonel Prince Arvind DADMS...
Leh, 24 July, 2025: The Shakti Yatra ‘Wheels of Valour’ Bike Rider Team, comprising 30 passionate riders- 22 women and 8 men, riding from Jammu to Rezangla in Eastern Ladakh, met the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, at Raj Niwas, Leh.
It was informed during the interaction that their journey commenced on 18 July from Jammu, and the riders are on a spirited mission to commemorate Kargil Vijay Diwas on 26 July. This year, their yatra is driven by the theme, ‘A Rid...
Leh, July 24, 2025: Brigadier Vishal Srivastava, Chief Engineer of Project Himank, called on the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, at Raj Niwas, Leh. During the meeting, Brigadier Srivastava presented a comprehensive briefing on the strategic initiatives undertaken by Project Himank in eastern Ladakh.
The briefing encompassed the scope of Project Himank’s area of responsibility, with a particular focus on the progress of major road construction projects vital to ...
