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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 >
Lucknow, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajai Rai on Monday condemned a reported death threat made against Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, by BJP spokesperson and former ABVP leader Printu Mahadev, asserting that the incident reflects a growing "hatred mindset" within the ranks of the ruling party. Speaking to IANS, Ajai Rai said, "Their hateful mindset is being exposed now. These people are ruling both in several states and at the Centre. This ...Read More >
Leh (Ladakh) [India], September 29 (ANI): Two of the four individuals who lost their lives during the September 24 violence in Leh were reportedly cremated on Sunday under tight security. The final rites of the remaining two are scheduled for Monday, also amid heavy security arrangements. The unrest, which prompted police to open fire during protests on September 26, claimed four lives in all. Authorities have maintained heightened vigilance throughout the region to prevent further incidents. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Homegrown Premier Energies on Monday announced securing multiple solar contract worth USD 19.95 million (around Rs 177 crore) Republic of Benin, West Africa. These projects are part of a national initiative by the Government of Benin to expand access to reliable, sustainable clean energy, Premier Energies said in a statement. Implementation will be carried out by Premier Energies in collaboration with the General Directorate of Energy Planning and Rural Electrification, ...Read More >
Leh (Ladakh) [India], September 29 (ANI): Two of the four individuals who lost their lives during the September 24 violence in Leh were reportedly cremated on Sunday under tight security. The final rites of the remaining two are scheduled for Monday, also amid heavy security arrangements. The unrest, which prompted police to open fire during protests on September 26, claimed four lives in all. Authorities have maintained heightened vigilance throughout the region to prevent further incidents. ...Read More >
Leh (Ladakh) [India], September 29 (ANI): Prohibitions under Section 163 of the BNSS, 2023 continue to be imposed in Leh following the violence on September 24. Assembling five or more persons is prohibited in the district; no procession, rally, or march is to be carried out without prior written approval. Security personnel remain deployed across Leh. Also Read | Karur Tragedy: Death Toll in Devastating Stampede at TVK Leader Vijay's Campaign Rally Reaches 41 After Woman Succumbs to Injuries. ...Read More >
Leh (Ladakh) [India], September 29 (ANI): Prohibitions under Section 163 of the BNSS, 2023 continue to be imposed in Leh following the violence on September 24. Assembling five or more persons is prohibited in the district; no procession, rally, or march is to be carried out without prior written approval. Security personnel remain deployed across Leh. People of Ladakh have been demanding the inclusion of the Union Territory in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. The Sixth Schedule of the ...Read More >
A Kargil war veteran, who served in the Ladakh Scouts as a Havildar between 1996 and 2017, Tharchin had been running a garment shop in Leh after retirement. His distraught family is unable to come to terms with the nature and circumstances of his death. AT THEIR three-bedroom house on a hill in Saboo locality, around 8 km from Leh, the family of Tsewang Tharchin sits around his embalmed dead body, reciting Buddhist prayers. Relatives and friends stream in to pay their last respects to Tharchin, ...Read More >
Leh remains under curfew for the fifth consecutive day following violent protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule demands, with the Lt Governor scheduled to review restrictions. Four people died and scores were injured in Wednesday's clashes, leading to numerous arrests, including climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. Mobile internet services are suspended as authorities maintain a strong security presence. Curfew remained in force in this violence-hit town for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday, ...Read More >
Ladakh is currently under a tense lockdown. Security barricades choked the roads to the cremation grounds and the homes of two men in their early 20s -- Stanzin Namgyal and Jigmet Dorjay -- Sunday, when their last rites took place. As media vehicles stood idle at the barricades, civilians wanting to offer condolences at the funeral ground were stopped by the security forces. A strict protocol remained in place, allowing the presence of "not more than 30-40 people". At home and at the cremation ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Alleging that Ladakh's amazing people, culture, and traditions are "under attack by the BJP and RSS," Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked the Centre to "give them the 6th Schedule." A total of 44 people have been arrested, including activist Sonam Wangchuk, in connection with the September 24 violence in Leh, in which four people were killed. Wangchuk, the main voice behind the demand for the 6th Schedule for Ladakh, was on a hunger strike, which he ended right ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Alleging that Ladakh amazing people, culture, and traditions are under attack by the BJP and RSS, Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked the Centre to give them the 6th Schedule. A total of 44 people have been arrested, including activist Sonam Wangchuk, in connection with the September 24 violence in Leh, in which four people were killed. Wangchuk, the main voice behind the demand for the 6th Schedule for Ladakh, was on a hunger strike ...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 >
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the situation "going out of hand" in Ladakh, and said that arresting won't resolve the issue, but fulfilling promises will. "The only solution is to fulfil the promises made by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister, which is to give statehood to Ladakh as well as J&K. Arresting someone is not the solution. You have been unable to handle Mani ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 27 (UNI) Leh continued under curfew-like restrictions for the fourth consecutive day, with authorities reporting no new untoward incidents in the region since last evening. Officials said security remains on high alert a day after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was detained by Ladakh police under the National Security Act (NSA) and shifted to Jodhpur Jail in Rajasthan. "The situation is slowly returning to normalcy and no untoward incident was reported from anywhere," an officia ...Read More >
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], September 27 (ANI): Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has been lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail following his detention under the provisions, officials said. He was taken to Jodhpur Central Jail last night after his arrest in Ladakh yesterday. Also Read | 'Pakistani Military Pleaded With Us To End the Fighting': India Blasts Pakistan at UNGA, Responds to Shehbaz Sharif's Peace Pitch (Full Video). Wangchuk's arrest comes amid chaos over the recent protests in Leh, wher ...Read More >
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], September 27 (ANI): Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has been lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail following his detention under the provisions, officials said. He was taken to Jodhpur Central Jail last night after his arrest in Ladakh yesterday. Wangchuk's arrest comes amid chaos over the recent protests in Leh, where the protesters have been demanding statehood for Ladakh, among other things. The protests turned violent in Leh on September 24, following which the BJP o ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The Ladakh administration has defended its decision to shift climate activist Sonam Wangchuk -- arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) on Thursday -- to Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan, claiming that he was "indulging in activities prejudicial to security of the State" and that keeping him in Leh was "not advisable in the larger public interest." Two days after violence in Leh over demands for statehood and Sixth Schedule inclusion left four dead and 80 injured, Leh police detained ...Read More >
Leh, Sep 26: The Union Territory Administration of Ladakh on Friday confirmed the detention of prominent activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), citing repeated activities deemed prejudicial to public order and security. In a statement issued by Ladakh govt spokesperson, Today, on 26.09.2025, Shri Sonam Wangchuk, S/o Shri Sonam Wangyal, R/o Uley Tokpo, Leh has been detained under National Security Act, 1980. Time and again it has been observed that Shri Sonam Wangchuk ha ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, Sept 26: Terming the arrest of activist Sonam Wangchuk "unnecessary", senior Congress leader and AICC General Secretary G.A. Mir today accused the Centre of "mishandling" the situation in Ladakh. Click here to watch video Speaking to reporters in Anantnag, Mir said Wangchuk had earlier been granted permission for foreign funding by the NDA Government and the Union Home Ministry. "First, permission was given, and now it has been cancelled, creating the impression that the previous Go ...Read More >
New Delhi: After accusing Sonam Wangchuk of instigating Ladakh violence, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday cancelled the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) licence of Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), an NGO founded by the climate activist. The decision comes two months after CBI initiated a preliminary inquiry into the alleged FCRA violations by Wangchuk and the institution. The order said that the organisation was served a show-cause notice ...Read More >
Admitting that the recent violence in Leh was caused by youngsters who went "out of control", Leh Apex Body co-chairman Chering Dorjay on Friday rejected the involvement of a "foreign hand" in the happenings and demanded a judicial probe into the incident that claimed four lives and left 90 people injured. IMAGE: Security personnel patrol as the curfew imposed after the protest over the statehood demand and the inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule, in Leh, September 26, 2025. Photograph ...Read More >
Leh: Admitting that the recent violence in Leh was caused by youngsters who went "out of control", Leh Apex Body (LAB) co-chairman Chering Dorjay on Friday rejected the involvement of a "foreign hand" in the happenings and demanded a judicial probe into the incident that claimed four lives and left 90 people injured. He alleged that police and CRPF personnel fired indiscriminately on the protesters on Wednesday, without making any attempt to control the unruly mob through other means like the u ...Read More >
Jaipur, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ladakhi climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was moved from the union territory to Jodhpur Central Jail under tight security arrangements on Friday, after his arrest earlier in the day. According to sources, after his arrest in Leh, Wangchuk was first flown to Delhi. From there, he was transported to Jodhpur under special arrangements. Upon arrival, he was taken directly to the Central Jail from the Jodhpur Air Force Station, accompanied by a heavy security convoy. In ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, India, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Indian police arrested Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday, two days after New Delhi blamed him for violent protests demanding statehood, opens new tab for the Himalayan federal territory in which four people died, and suspended mobile internet services in its main city of Leh. Buildings and police vehicles were torched by angry crowds in Leh on Wednesday, as protesters moved away from a site where Wangchuk had been on hunger strike for 14 days. They cl ...Read More >
LEH: Indian police have detained prominent activist Sonam Wangchuk following violent protests in the Himalayan territory of Ladakh that resulted in at least five deaths. Demonstrations demanding greater political autonomy for the sparsely populated region bordering China and Pakistan turned deadly on Wednesday when security forces opened fire. New Delhi attributed the unrest to what it described as provocative speeches by Wangchuk, who had been on a hunger strike. Wangchuk's demands included ...Read More >
LEH, India: Indian police on Friday (Sep 26) detained prominent activist Sonam Wangchuk over violent protests in the Himalayan territory of Ladakh that left at least five people dead, a lawyer said. Demonstrations demanding greater political autonomy for the sparsely populated, high-altitude region bordering China and Pakistan turned deadly on Wednesday when security forces opened fire. New Delhi blamed the unrests on "provocative speeches" by Wangchuk, who had been on a hunger strike demandin ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): The Congress on Friday demanded a judicial enquiry into the killing of four youth during violent protests in Ladakh. "My colleague Nawang Rigzin Jora has written to the Lt Governor of Ladakh UT demanding a judicial enquiry into the killings of four young men in the protests on September 24th," Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X. In a letter addressed to Lt Governor Kavinder Gupta, he said, "I am approaching you with a hea ...Read More >
Leh (Ladakh) [India], September 26 (ANI): The Apex Body Leh, which is leading the agitation for statehood for Ladakh, stated on Friday that their protest is peaceful and that the violence on September 24 was triggered when a section of the youth got out of control. Addressing a press conference here, the Apex Body denied activist Sonam Wangchuk's role in the violence in Leh during his ongoing hunger strike. In the statement, a member of the Apex Body Leh said, "Our movement will be peaceful an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday condemned the accusations against Sonam Wangchuk, and took a jibe at the Central government stating that it was using its entire machinery for harassing the person who was thinking about the country progress. https://x.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/1971429312621588491 In a post on social media X, Kejriwal wrote, Read about Sonam Wangchuk. The person who thinks about the country, thinks about ed ...Read More >
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