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.
Centre trying to make a tool kit, accusing us of being anti-national and alleging Pakistani conspiracy, says Leh Apex Body leader, blaming Centre for violent clashes that killed 4.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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