While both India and China have carried out disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, the process of de-escalation is still under discussion & has not been agreed upon.
Top court has listed hearing on plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife for Wednesday. Climate activist was taken into preventive detention under NSA on 26 September.
Wangchuk was detained under NSA on 26 Sept after protests demanding statehood & Sixth Schedule protection for Ladakh turned violent. He was accused of instigating the violence.
Amit Shah should have been better informed about public sentiment in Ladakh, given that the party lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election to an Independent after winning in 2014 and 2019.
As Ladakh recovers from tragedy of 24 September violence, demands for statehood & Sixth Schedule protections persist. People fear loss of cultural identity, land rights & ecological balance.
For years, SECMOL & HIAL, founded by Sonam Wangchuk and wife, among others, offered students a unique approach to learning. Both are now on govt’s radar over alleged FCRA violations.
Gitanjali Angmo says she plans to meet senior lawyers in Delhi for her husband’s case. Sonam Wangchuk was detained under NSA and moved to Jodhpur jail last week.
King Singay Namgyal Chowk, which leads to the funeral ground, was covered with barbed wire barricades and security personnel, some of them in riot gear, lining the road.
The Telangana government, which has still not even fully absorbed the TGSRTC, is now going to take over the Hyderabad metro rail. Expectations are not high.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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