Kargil, June 4: In a landmark move to strengthen women’s participation in local governance, the President of India has promulgated the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (Amendment) Regulation, 2025, reserving one-third of the total seats in both Hill Development Councils of Ladakh for women.
As per the notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the amendment to Section 4 of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997 introduces sub-sections (1A) and (1...
Leh, June 2, 2025 – The Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Leh Sonam Nurboo (JKAS), today chaired a follow-up meeting at the Conference Hall, DC Office, Leh, to review the Annual Action Plan under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme for the financial year 2025-26.
During the meeting, significant progress was reported on the resolution of pending payments to laborers, with a comprehensive report presented to confirm the successful dissol...
Leh, June 02 2015: The District Hub for Empowerment of Women, in collaboration with the Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI), has started a 40-day training program on tailoring for 35 unemployed women from Leh district. This initiative is part of the skill development program under the Beti Bachao scheme, aiming to empower women through vocational training and entrepreneurship.
The Objectives of the training is to equip women with tailoring skills to enhance their employabilit...
Nubra, June 1, 2025:
The three day Inter-School Tournament for high and higher secondary schools of the Nubra Zone, held at Government Higher Secondary School Diskit, commenced on May 30 and concluded successfully today on June 1.
The event was graced by Deputy Chief Executive Councillor Tsering Angchuk as the Chief Guest. District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Leh, Tsering Tashi was the Guest of Honour and Principals and headmasters from various schools were also present.
In Arche...
Leh, May 31, 2025: The Department of Forest, Ecology, and Environment, in collaboration with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, UT Ladakh, organized a Student Engagement Day as part of Precampaign for World Environment Day on May 31.
During the student engagement day, students and staff from Boys Higher Secondary School, Leh, participated in an environmental awareness rally. The rally began at Boys Higher Secondary School, Leh, proceeded to the petrol pump, and returned to t...
Leh, May 26, 2025: The Administrative Secretary for the Rural Development Department of UT-Ladakh, Shashanka Ala, chaired a review meeting at VC Hall of DC Office Leh to discuss the schemes of Rural and Panchayati Raj of UT, Ladakh.
The meeting started with the formal introduction of all participants, where Syed Sajjad Qadri, Director, Rural Development Leh, gave a detailed PowerPoint presentation informing about the progress of ongoing works block-wise under the state sector and implemen...
Leh, May 31, 2025: A delegation comprising members of All Ladakh Hotel and Guest House Association (ALHGHA), led by its President, Rigzin Wangmo Lachic, called on the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd), at Raj Niwas. Chief Secretary, Dr Pawan Kotwal, IAS, was present in the meeting.
At the outset, the delegates expressed their gratitude to the UT Administration, headed by the HLG, for meeting their long-standing demand for a separate electricity tariff ...
Leh, May 30, 2025: Goa Statehood Day was celebrated with full fervour at the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat initiative, in the presence of staff from the LG Secretariat and Raj Niwas.
Goa’s Foundation Day, also known as Goa Statehood Day, is celebrated annually on May 30th. This day commemorates the day Goa became the 25th state of India in 1987. It celebrates Goa’s rich history, its liberation from Portuguese rule, and its cultural and administrati...
Fire and Fury Corps and the University of Ladakh signed a Memorandum of Understanding for greater coordination in the fields of higher education and joint research on 29 May 2025. Lt Gen Hitesh Bhalla, UYSM, SC**, SM, VSM, GOC Fire and Fury Corps and Prof Saket Kushwaha, Vice Chancellor of Ladakh University exchanged the MoU in a grand ceremony held at Leh. Senior military and UT Administration officers attended the event.
The collaboration between the Indian Army and the University of Ladakh...
Dated: 28- May-25: Crisil Foundation, empaneled by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), NABARD & State Bank of India (SBI) to implement the Moneywise Centre For Financial Literacy Project – CFL in the UT of Ladakh, conducted weeklong awareness camps on financial literacy and inclusion in collaboration with the Ladakh Rural Livelihood Misson – LRLM in Diskit, Panamik and Turtuk blocks of Nubra.
Series of awareness camps were conducted in rural areas to reachout to the communities with least access...
