79 Healthcare Workers Get Covid-19 Vaccine in Leh

Leh/ Jan. 16: In the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, 79 health care workers were given the first shots of the vaccine in Leh district today.

Skalzang Chosdon, a safaiwala by profession, was the recipient of the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Leh district. A total of ten healthcare workers, including Skalzang, were given a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine at Ladakh Heart Foundation.

Earlier, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of UT Ladakh, RK Mathur, inaugurated the COVID vaccina...

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ECs, ADC Review Preparations For Mamani

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...

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Sherpas Scale K2 Summit in Winter for First Time

VoL/ Monitoring Desk:  History was created in the realm of mountaineering last week when a Nepalese Sherpa  team of 10 climbers have done the unthinkable. They successfully climbed K2, the second highest mountain in the world during winters.

As per updates coming from Baltistan, the team reached the summit late at 5pm local time on 15th Jan 2021. The world mountaineering fraternity was much excited as the Sherpas, who are often called mountain tigers, accomplished one of the last unfinish...

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Sea Buckthorn at Centre Stage of Promotion in Ladakh

Leh Jan 15: Secretary Industries & Commerce Department Ladakh, Saugat Biswas chaired the first meeting of the UT Level Apex Committee for development & promotion of Sea buckthorn in Ladakh.

The meeting was attended by Secretary Cooperatives Department Ladkah, Ravinder Kumar; Chief Conservator of Forest, Preet Pal Singh , Director DIHAR, Dr. O P Chaurasia, Moses Kunzang Director Industries & Commerce, Convener, UTLBC, Tsering Morup; Horticulture Development Officer, Leh, ARC Cooperative Le...

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کرگل ڈیموکریٹک الائنس کا تجدید عہد

کرگل / 09 جنوری / کرگل ڈیموکریٹک الانس نے ایک بار پھراپنی موقف کی وضاحت کرتے ہوئے حکومت سے مطالبہ کیا کہ ہم پانچ اگست 2019سے قبل والی ریاست جموں وکشمیر کی بحالی یا لداخ کو مکمل ریاست کا درجہ چاہتے ہیں۔

کرگل ڈیموکریٹک الائنس کے اہتمام سے ایک پریس کانفرنس سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے سابقہ ایم ایل اے کرگل و کوچیئر مین کے ڈی اے الحاج اصغرعلی کربلائی نے زرائع ابلاغ کے نمایندوں سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ کرگل ڈیموکریٹک الائنس کا اغراض ومقاصد پانچ اگست 2019سے پہلے والی ریاست جموں وکشمیر کی بحالی یا لداخ کو ...

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Feroz Khan Calls on LG Manoj Sinha

Kargil/ Jan. 15: Chairman and Chief Executive Councilor LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmed Khan called on the Lieutenant Governor J&K UT Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan J&K here today.

During the course of the meeting, Feroz Khan discussed with the LG certain issues being faced by the Ladakhi students’ community in J&K UT including the continuation of reservation in admission in institutions of higher learning in UT Ladakh.

“Due to the lack of appropriate institutions of higher learning in Ladakh, st...

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Srinagar Protest ‘Exorbitant’ Increase in Electricity Tariff

Kulgam/ Dec 26: Men, women and children on Thursday blocked road in Nishat here in Srinagar outskirts and staged a massive protest against ‘exorbitant’ increase in electricity bills.

Protesting consumers staged a sit-in on the road during which the road connecting with Srinagar and other areas remain blocked for the vehicular movement as hundreds of the vehicles were stranded on the road.

Holding electricity bills in their hands, the locals chanted slogans against the PDD. One of the l...

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No Job, Safeguards for Ladakh

This would be the right time to question the union government and the elected representative of Ladakh, MR Jamyang Tsering Namgyal for their promises which were made with the people of Ladakh on 5th August 2019 when the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two union territories called UTJK and UT Ladakh.

Home minister on the floor of house had said the bifurcation and revocation of article 370 will bring development prosperity and employment in aforesaid union territor...

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Amid India-China Stand Off, Pangong Lake Reopens for Tourists

Leh/ Jan 12: Amid the India-China standoff, Tourism department in Ladakh union territory has reopened Pangong Lake for tourists from January 10 in this month after nearly a year of closure.   

Officials said that the prime tourist attraction in Ladakh UT, Pangong Lake has been reopened for tourists. 

Notably, the Pangong Lake in Ladakh was closed for tourists post border tensions with the neighboring country, China. Meanwhile, in a tweet, the Ladakh tourism department informed; “The Ma...

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Advisor Narula reviews progress on Jal Jeevan Mission

Leh/ Jan 14: Advisor, UT Ladakh, Umang Narula chaired a meeting to review the progress and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), at the Secretariat.

Commissioner/ Secretary, Public Health Engineering (PHE), UT Ladakh, A.K.Sahu; Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Sachin Kumar Vaishya; Superintending Engineer of both Leh and Kargil districts, and other officials from the concerned department from Leh and Kargil, attended the meeting. 

Advisor Umang Narula highlighted the importance of the J...

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