SRINAGAR — Authorities on Friday once again placed Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest, preventing him from offering congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid Srinagar for the third consecutive week. In a statement on X, Mirwaiz said police informed him in the morning that he would not be allowed to visit Jamia Masjid. “What […]
NEW DELHI — The Union Home Ministry on Thursday cancelled the FCRA licence of Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) founded by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk with “immediate effect”, a government order said. The action of the ministry was based on several alleged discrepancies detected in the accounts of the organisation including a […]
LEH — Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday called the home ministry’s charge that he instigated the recent violent protests in Ladakh a “scapegoat tactic” intended to avoid dealing with the Himalayan region’s core problems. Reacting to the MHA’s statement, which had blamed him for provoking the mob violence, Wangchuk said he is prepared to […]
LEH — A day after four persons were killed and more than 80 others were injured in widespread clashes amid a shutdown in Ladakh, Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory, Kavinder Gupta, on Thursday chaired a security review meeting here and called for heightened vigilance to safeguard peace. The shutdown and protest was called by […]
LEH — At least 50 people were detained as police and paramilitary forces strictly implemented curfew on Thursday in the violence-hit Leh, where four people were killed and over 80 others were injured when widespread clashes broke out a day before. A shutdown called by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) — to advance talks with […]
LEH — The statehood for Ladakh movement descended into violence, arson and street clashes here on Wednesday, leaving *four people dead and at least 80 injured, including 40 police personnel*, officials said. As the sun set on what is arguably the worst day of violence since 1989 in the cold desert region, climate activist Sonam […]
LEH — After the BJP alleged Congress’ involvement behind the Ladakh protests, Activist Sonam Wangchuk said that he doesn’t believe the Congress holds such influence over the Ladakh youth to mobilise them for protests. “Congress doesn’t have such influence here that it can manage to get 5000 youth on the roads,” Wangchuk said in a […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to remove the graves of Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt from Tihar Jail premises here. The two were sentenced to death and executed in Tihar Jail. Sensing the high court’s indication, the petitioners’ counsel urged the court […]
NEW DELHI — A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to remove the graves of Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, who were awarded death penalty and executed in Tihar jail here, from the prison premises. The PIL also sought directions to the authorities concerned to relocate the mortal […]
JAMMU — A resident of Bihar was arrested for allegedly killing a woman and her two children in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police said on Friday. The matter came to light when police received information about three bodies lying under a culvert on the highway at the Rattanbasti area of Banihal on Tuesday. Police […]