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Leh: The Leh Apex Body said on Monday that talks with the Centre will remain suspended till normalcy is restored in the Ladakh region. The apex body Chairman Thupstan Chhewang has appealed to the Centre and the UT administration to address the "atmosphere of fear, grief and anger" in the Ladakh region. "We have unanimously agreed that the situation as it is prevailing at present, unless peace is restored in Ladakh, no talks can be held," he said. In a related development, the Kargil Democrati ...Read More >
Leh, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leh Apex Body said on Monday that talks with the Centre will remain suspended till normalcy is restored in the Ladakh region. Thupstan Chhewang, chairman of Leh Apex Body, has appealed to the Centre and the administration to address the atmosphere of fear, grief and anger in the Ladakh region. "We have unanimously agreed that the situation as it is prevailing at present, unless peace is restored in Ladakh, no talks can be held," Thupstan Chhewang said. He added th ...Read More >
J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra addressed the media alleging that the situation in Leh was owing to the unfulfilled promises of the central government after Article 370 was revoked in 2019. Karra said that the current agitation in Ladakh is a result of public anger. "This agitation is a reaction to all those false promises which the BJP had even in their manifesto, including the sixth schedule," he said. He said that the issue of separate parliamentary seats for Leh and Kargil was also t ...Read More >
The Leh region - where the violence broke out - is sandwiched between India, China and Pakistan. It is dominated by the Buddhist community, who for decades have demanded a separate region for its people. Meanwhile, the Muslim-majority Kargil district wants to be integrated with Indian-administered Kashmir. Since 2019, both communities have joined together in demanding the restoration of statehood, along with greater autonomy which would give them job quotas. It's not clear what sparked Wednesd ...Read More >
Leh, Sep 27 ( IANS) Curfew continued for the 4th consecutive day on Saturday in Leh town as the sources said climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, detained under the National Security Act (NSA), was shifted to Jodhpur Jail in Rajasthan by the authorities, although there is still no official confirmation of this. Wangchuk was arrested on Friday for inciting violence in Leh town on September 24, which led to the death of four protesters and injuries to 70 others after the security forces opened fire i ...Read More >
RAIPUR: Security forces in Bijapur district arrested two wanted Maoist operatives, including a senior divisional committee member (DVCM) carrying a bounty of ₹8 lakh and a Janatana Sarkar member with a ₹1 lakh reward.On September 25, a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) Bijapur, Basaguda police station, and CoBRA 210 battalion carried out an operation in the forests of Polampalli, leading to the arrest of Mallaesh Kunjam (40), in Bijapur.Kunjam, a DVCM of the Jagargunda Area Committee ...Read More >
Leh, Sep 26 (PTI) Ladakh Member of Parliament (MP) Mohmad Haneefa on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry into the police firing during the September 24 violence in Leh, asserting that the protest-turned-clash was an "outburst" of the long-standing frustration among the region's unemployed youth. The violence in Leh on Wednesday saw clashes and arson, resulting in the deaths of four people and injuries to at least 59 others, including 22 police personnel. Haneefa described the violence, which le ...Read More >
Leh: Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on Friday, two days after violent protests demanding statehood rocked Leh, leaving four people dead and nearly 90 others injured. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directly blamed Wangchuk for instigating the unrest. The arrest also comes a day after the MHA cancelled the registration of Wangchuk's non-profit 'Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh' (SECMOL) to receive contributions from abroad under the Foreign Contribu ...Read More >
Leh, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The curfew continued for the third day on Friday in Leh town, and the District Magistrate of Kargil also imposed restrictions to maintain law and order. Meanwhile, a team of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials met with representatives of the Leh Apex body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA). The MHA cancelled the FCRA registration certificate of the Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), founded by climate activist Sonam Wan ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk said jailing him would create bigger problems for the government than his freedom, dismissing the home ministry's attempt to hold him responsible for the recent violent protests in Ladakh as a mere "scapegoat tactic."Responding to the MHA's statement accusing him of instigating Wednesday's mob violence, Wangchuk said he is ready to face arrest under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA). "I see they are building up a case to bring me under the Public Sa ...Read More >
Srinagar- An uneasy calm prevailed in Leh on Thursday as police and paramilitary forces strictly enforced a curfew, a day after violent clashes between protesters demanding statehood and security personnel left four dead and over 80 injured. At least 50 people have been detained in connection with the unrest that erupted during a shutdown called by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) to press for the extension of the Sixth Schedule and statehood for Ladakh. Officials said protesters indulged in arson and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry cancelled Thursday the licence issued under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 to Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk's NGO, Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh, over alleged violations. Wangchuk had alleged that the govt was building a case to put him behind bars.The cancellation came hours after MHA attributed Wednesday's mob violence and arson in Ladakh to the "provocative" speeches made by Wangchuk with references to Arab Spring-style p ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court has rejected former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's bail plea in the Ankit Sharma murder case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots. The court's decision comes after the prosecution presented evidence of Sharma's brutal murder, alleging he was stabbed multiple times while attempting to quell the violence. The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied bail to former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 ri ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Leh: An uneasy calm prevailed in Ladakh on Thursday as police and paramilitary troops strictly enforced a curfew in Leh town, a day after clashes between security personnel and protesters demanding statehood and constitutional protection left four people dead and more than 80 injured. At least 50 people have been detained so far in connection with the violence that broke out on Wednesday during the shutdown called by Leh Apex Body (LAB) to demand an extension of the Sixth Schedule and statehood ...Read More >
The BJP office in Leh was set on fire during the violent clashes on Wednesday. Violent clashes broke out in Leh on Wednesday between demonstrators and police during a protest organized by the Leh Apex Body (LAB), alleging the Union government's and the administration's failure to acknowledge their demands. According to News18, the LAB youth wing had given a call for a protest and shutdown after two of the 15 people, who were on a 35-day hunger strike since September 10, were shifted to a hospi ...Read More >
Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Friday criticised the state government over the law and order situation in the wake of tensions in Pune's Yavat village following an alleged objectionable social media post. Sapkal alleged that the police are failing to maintain law and order and are instead engaged in other activities, leading to repeated incidents of unrest in the state. "The law and order in Maharashtra is in a really bad condition. There is no Police here. Police are bu ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked BJP leader Rajiv Babbar to consider closing the defamation case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over his statement comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a scorpion. A division bench of justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh verbally remarked "let us close all these things. Why get so touchy about all this? This way, administrators and judges come in the same group and have thick skin". The development took place during the resumed hearing of a ...Read More >
Pune, Aug 1 (PTI) An irate mob vandalised properties and indulged in arson in Yavat in Pune's Daund tehsil on Friday afternoon over an objectionable post allegedly uploaded on social media by a youth from a different community, police officials said. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: / Rediff.com A motorcycle was set ablaze and a bakery was damaged, the officials said, adding teargas shells had to be lobbed to bring the situation ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan An ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 1 (ANI): Tension that erupted in Yavat village in Pune district, following a social media post, was brought under control by police on Friday, said police. Special Inspector General (IG) for Kolhapur, Sunil Phulari, told ANI that the situation had been peacefully stabilised after violence broke out involving stone-pelting, arson, and vandalism of property, including a religious place. Also Read | Bihar Voter List Draft 2025 Released by EC After SIR Exercise: ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 1 (ANI): Tension that erupted in Yavat village in Pune district, following a social media post, was brought under control by police on Friday, said police. Special Inspector General (IG) for Kolhapur, Sunil Phulari, told ANI that the situation had been peacefully stabilised after violence broke out involving stone-pelting, arson, and vandalism of property, including a religious place. The police said that the violence caused damage to two cars, a motorcycle, ...Read More >
Pune, Aug 1 (PTI) An irate mob vandalised properties and indulged in arson in Yavat in Pune's Daund tehsil on Friday afternoon over an objectionable post allegedly uploaded on social media by a youth from a different community, police officials said. A motorcycle was set ablaze and a bakery was damaged, the officials said, adding teargas shells had to be lobbed to bring the situation under control amid large mobs taking to the streets to vent their ire. There is heavy police presence in the vi ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has now got its fifth bench, located in Kolhapur. The HC bench at Kolhapur will start functioning from Aug 18, as stated in a notification issued on Friday."I, Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, with the approval of the Governor of Maharashtra, appoint Kolhapur as a place at which Judges and Division Courts of the High Court may also sit, with effect from August 18, 2025," the notification dated Aug 1 said. The other benches of the HC ...Read More >
Bulandshahr, Aug 1 (UNI) A local court today delivered its verdict in the high-profile 2018 Syana violence case, sentencing five individuals to life imprisonment for the murder of Inspector Subodh Kumar. Additionally, 33 others were sentenced to seven years in prison for their involvement in rioting, arson, and attempted murder. The judgment was pronounced at 5:45 PM by the district court, a day after all 38 accused were convicted. The court had reserved August 1 for the sentencing. Those sent ...Read More >
Bulandshahr, Aug 1 (UNI) The Court of Additional District Judge (12) Gopal Ji today delivered its verdict in the high-profile 2018 Syana violence case, sentencing five individuals, Prashant Nat, David, Joni, Rahul and Lokendra, to life imprisonment for the murder of Inspector Subodh Kumar. The court also imposed a cash fine of Rs 20,000 on each of them. Additionally, 33 others were sentenced to seven years in prison and a cash fine of Rs 2,000, for their involvement in rioting, arson, and attem ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami, who missed out on a place in India's squad for the England tour, has been named in Bengal's expanded list of 50 probables for the upcoming domestic season, according to ESPncricinfo. Shami could potentially be a part of the East Zone in the season-opening Duleep Trophy, which kicks off on August 28, which could mark his return to competitive cricket. The 34-year-old, who has 64 Tests, 108 ODIs and 25 T20Is appearances under his be ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid growing concerns over incidents of vandalism during the ongoing Kanwar Yatra, Congress leader Udit Raj on Saturday called for police verification of Kanwariyas to identify those responsible for damaging public and private property. He also accused the ruling BJP of deliberately creating a communal narrative around the issue. Udit Raj's statement came a day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath strongly defended Kanwar Yatris, lashing out at ...Read More >
Varanasi: CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday hailed tribal communities as the foundation of Indian civilization and warned against rising attempts to incite caste conflict through fake social media accounts, calling for immediate action to stop such divisive agendas.Speaking at a seminar on tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda at Vasant Mahila Mahavidyalaya in Varanasi, Yogi said those who seek to defame the kanwariyas are the same people who tried to separate the tribal community from India.Underscorin ...Read More >
Jaipur: The family of Jaipur resident Prakash Chand Joshi who was taken hostage in a terror attack in Mali has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the matter and ensure his safe return. The family believes that PM Modi has ensured safe return of Indians trapped in hostile situations from several countries in the past and can also ensure the safe return of Joshi and two others trapped in Mali. The family is in constant touch with the Indian embassy in Mali's capital city of ...Read More >
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