Secretary Ravindar Kumar visits Zanskar

KARGIL, OCTOBER 10:

Secretary Power Development Department, Agricultural, Animal, Sheep and Youth Services and Sports UT Ladakh, Ravindar Kumar on Sunday visited Zanskar.

He was accompanied by OSD to Secretary Dr Stanzin Thekchos and Dr Tara Chand. A warm reception was presented to the visitors by officers of the sub-division at village Abran.

Enroute to Padum, public delegations met the Secretary at village Abran, Skyagam and Phay and submitted their application regarding the griev...

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CEC Feroz Khan inaugurates 7th edition of Ladakh Zanskar Festival

KARGIL, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan in presence of Executive Councilor Tourism, Er Phunsok Tashi, Secretary Tourism and Culture, UT Ladakh, Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan today inaugurated the 7th edition of Ladakh Zanskar Festival 2022 here at Padum.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Kargil, SDM Zanskar, Councilors, Block Development Council Chairpersons, Deputy Secretary Ladakh Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (LAACL) ...

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CEC Feroz Khan inaugurates community hall, mini lake at Zanskar

KARGIL, SEPTEMBER 28, 2022: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil, Feroz Ahmad Khan today inaugurated Community Hall at Shamuling village of Karsha Block and Mini Lake at Sani village during his visit to Zanskar to attend Ladakh Zanskar Festival scheduled on September 29 and 30.

EC Tourism and Zanskar Affairs, Er. Punchok Tashi, EC Social Welfare and Handloom, Syed Mehdi Fazily, Councilor Karsha Constituency Stanzin Jigmat, Councilor Thasgam Abdul Rahim, District Treasury Officer Iftikar Ahmad, SDM...

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Music, painting competition, literary festival held at GMDC Zanskar as a part of Zanskar Festival

KARGI, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022: On spot music, painting competition and a literary festival was organized today at Govt. Model Degree College Zanskar as a part of Zanskar Festival 2022.

The event was organized by Ladakh Academy of Arts and Culture, Kargil in association with GMD Zanskar and Department of Education Ladakh.

The event started with welcoming guests with traditional khataks by Abass Assistant Cultural Officer while as Nasir Shabani Principal GMDC Zanskar presented welcome speech...

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Exposure tour for Zanskar farmers to Himachal Pradesh begins

Kargil, September 14, 2022:

One the directions of Chief Agriculture Officer Kargil, Sub Divisional Agriculture Officer Zanskar Tsering Nurboo today lead a team of farmers of Zanskar on an exposure tour to Himachal Pradesh for seven days.

The team comprised 30 farmers, officials and staff of Agriculture Department Zanskar.

The exposure tour was flagged off by Block Development Officer Zanskar, Tsewang Rigzin today morning from Agriculture Office Complex Zanskar. The team will visit v...

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GMDC Zanskar hosts talk on excavation findings

KARGIL, SEPTEMBER 12, 2022:

Government Model Degree College (GMDC) Zanskar today hosted a talk on excavation findings by Dr Quentin Dever, accompanied by Dr Veena Mushrif Tripathy of Deccan College, Pune and her Ph.D. student Sonam Dolma. The title of the talk was excavation around ‘Cave of the Old Lady Spider- a unique funerary site from Ladakh’.

The cave is located in Yokma Kharbu in Chiktan valley of Ladakh region wherein many skeletal remains have been found, despite contamination ...

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GMDC Zanskar organizes a talk titled “Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning: Educating Heart and Mind”

KARGIL, AUGST 14, 2022: Govt. Model Degree College Zanskar in collaboration with Zanskar Buddhist Association on Saturday organized a talk by His Holiness Dalai Lama, titled “Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning: Educating Heart and Mind” at Duzin Photang, Padum, Zanskar.

The talk was attended by all the students studying in various educational institutes of Zanskar subdivision beside by the general public in huge numbers.

In his talk, His Holiness Dalai Lama stressed on religious ha...

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EC Tashi inaugurates modern community hall at Zanskar

KARGIL, AUGUST 09, 2022:

Executive Councilor Tourism, RD and Zanskar Affairs, Er Punchok Tashi today inaugurated and dedicated the first-ever modern multipurpose community hall having facilities of kitchen, store and guest room for the people of village Ufti Zanskar.

The multipurpose hall was constructed under the District Capex budget at a cost of Rs 50 lakhs. The villagers of Ufti headed by Sarpanch Lobzang Dolma thanked the EC and District Administration for making the hall function...

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CEC Feroz Khan reviews arrangements ahead of His Holiness Dalai Lama’s visit to Zanskar

KARGIL, JULY 28, 2022: Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmed Khan today chaired a meeting to review necessary arrangements ahead of the visit of His Holiness Dalai Lama for three days to Zanskar.

The meeting was attended by Executive Councillor Tourism and Zanskar Affairs Er Phunsok Tashi, Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve, SDM Zanskar Sonam Dorjey, SE PWD, SE PHE & INFC, Exen PDD, AD Tourism, CMO Kargil, besides other concerne...

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Ladakh gets world’s highest ‘Bungee jumping’

Leh, May, 22: The UT of Ladakh got world’s highest ‘Bungee jumping’ on Zanskar River which was inaugurated by Member Parliament Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal at Tsogsti village, here today.

Located at a distance of five kilometres from the Sangham, the confluence of Indus and Zanskar River, the world’s highest Bungee jumping sport, is expected to attract more tourists in Tsongsti village, said Member Parliament after the inauguration.

Owner Sonam Wangyal said that it’s a world famous...

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