Leh, June, 4: Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Gol, Indra Mallo conducted a 3 days tour to Khaltse block. During her 3-day tour, she visited villages such as Kanji and Takmachik.
Joint Secretary, Indra Mallo visited medical sub-centre and Govt. Middle School at Kanji and Takmachik villages. Also, visited the water lifting point at Takmachik and interacted with the public at Panchayat Ghar Takmachik.
She also convened a meeting with all the HODs of various depar...
KARGIL, MAY 23, 2022: The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department (RD&PRD) in collaboration with Shoqpa Foundation is celebrating menstrual hygiene week across Kargil district which started today.
Starting from today, volunteers from Shoqpa Foundation will be visiting 30 panchayats over the next seven days and sensitize women and adolescents about the importance of Menstrual Hygiene Day, menstrual health and hygiene management.
On the first day, the volunteers visited Karkitchoo...
Leh, May 23: The Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department (RD&PRD) in collaboration with Shoqpa Foundation is celebrating menstrual hygiene week across Leh district starting from today.
The goal of the week-long campaign is to educate and create awareness among people about sustainable menstruation and importance for women to take care of their health.
The volunteers from Shoqpa Foundation today visited Nimmo, Saspol, Kharu, Leh, Chuchot and Thiksey blocks.
The volunteers fro...
Kargil, March 16, 2022: Karnataka High Court Verdict on Hijab is unfortunate, says the Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, Kargil in a press release today.
“The Executive Body Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, Kargil termed the Karnataka High Court’s decision in the recent case of Hijab in colleges in the state as unfortunate and expressed their displeasure on it”, read the press release.
“It has termed that hijab is essential requirement in Islam as per its holy book Quran and cannot be compromised.
“Th...
Leh, March 08: Academy of Arts Culture and Languages, Leh celebrated International Women’s Day themed ‘Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow’ in Leh. The International Women’s Day was jointly organized with Women’s Wing of Ladakh Buddhist Association, Anjuman Immamia, Anjuman Moin-Ul Islam, Christian Community and Women Alliance of Leh district under the theme ‘Role of Women in Preserving Ladakhi Culture’.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, IT Cell, PHQ, Nilza Angmo was the chief...
VoL Desk, March 08, 2022: President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented Nari Shakti Puraskar to Padma Yangchan from Ladakh today.
The award has been presented for preserving and reviving the lost cuisine and hand-weaving techniques of Ladakh and promoting it internationally, tweeted the President of India office.
Padma Yangchan is an owner of a designer studio and a café owner, who revived the lost cuisine and clothing of Ladakh. She started her own designer brand called “Nazma’.
Padma’s cafe i...
KARGIL, MARCH 08, 2022: ICDS and Social/Tribal Welfare Department today celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) at Cultural Academy Kargil which was attended by officers, officials besides supervisors and Aganwadi workers.
Executive Councilor Social Welfare Department, Aga Syed Armaan was the chief guest on the occasion. BDC Kargil, Khatija Bano, Project Officer ICDS, Nargiz Bano, District Social Welfare Officer, Aga Syed Jamal, CDPO, Syed Murtaza besides supervisors and Anganwadi work...
Leh, January 21: UT Ladakh Women Ice Hockey team has won the 9th IHAI National Women Ice Hockey Championship, held at Kaza, Himachal Pradesh, from 15.01.2022 to 20.01.2022.
A total of six women ice hockey teams from Delhi, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, I.T.B.P, and Telangana have participated in the National Championship. In this championship, UT Ladakh Women’s team won the Gold Medal. A total of 20 players from UT Ladakh participated and represented the UT in the championship. T...
Leh, July 30: District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO), Dr Tashi Namgyal and his team in collaboration with Women’s Alliance, Khaltsi, organised an awareness camp on TB and Women, in Khaltsi today. The awareness camp was organised as a part of Jan Andolan activity under National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP).
Dr Tashi Namgyal highlighted the TB disease and the importance of its elimination. He also spoke on the importance of regular antenatal screening of pregnant women. He added that the pr...
“The ground gives you back double as much as you give to the ground” is the favorite quote of a girl from Kargil, Hakima Banoo who beats the ground with her hard work and performance in the National Cadet Corps (NCC), Boxing, Judo, and Wushu.
The inspirational story of Hakima was shared by NCC-JK on their Instagram post on this International Womens’ Day. Among her achievements, she got the first position in the “Display your talent” show during the “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Camp” in 201...
