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Preliminary preparations for parliamentary election already underway, anno
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki announced preparations for parliamentary elections on March 5, 2026. In her national address, she urged citizens to vote, rejected Gen Z demands for a new executive system, and pledged investigations into past corruption after recent deadly protes
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"In a series of witch-hunting, all blame was put on me": Sonam Wangchuk ov
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday cancelled the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) licence of innovator and education reformist Sonam Wangchuk's Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) over alleged violations of the act.
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MHA cancels FCRA licence of Sonam Wangchuk's SECMOL amid Ladakh protests
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The cancellation means the Leh-based institute will no longer be able to receive or utilise foreign funding.
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CCP's subversion efforts in New Zealand spark regional alarm
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Experts warn Pacific nations to guard against Beijing's influence after two incidents in New Zealand, including pressure on a Taiwan-linked event and airport security protests. Scholar David Yeau-Tarn Lee said New Zealand is aligning with democracies to resist CCP infiltration and defend sov
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Baloch voices silenced: Mand demonstrators targeted by Pakistani security
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The protesters of Mand have alleged that Pakistani security forces and state-backed groups are employing intimidation and arrests to stifle peaceful protests against alleged extrajudicial killings of Baloch youth, as reported by Balochistan Post.
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LG Kavinder Gupta chairs security review meeting to assess situation after
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Kavinder Gupta, chaired a high-level security review meeting on Thursday to assess the situation following protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status that turned violent, resulting in clashes with the police.
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"All our protests were peaceful till now.. we want to continue with that":
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Legal Adviser of Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance, Haji Ghulam Mustafa, on Thursday condemned the violence during Ladakh protests, and said that their protests over the past five years have been peaceful and that the government has been cooperative throughout.
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Leh clashes part of "deep-rooted conspiracy" to derail talks between Centr
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid has alleged that the violent clashes in Leh during activist Sonam Wangchuck's ongoing hunger strike were not accidental but part of a "deep-rooted conspiracy" aimed at derailing talks between Ladakh's leadership and the Centr
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Leh violence: "Situation was engineered deliberately," says govt sources
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Violence erupted during protests in Ladakh "didn't spiral on its own, it was engineered deliberately," government sources said on Wednesday evening.
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"Smells of conspiracy": Ladakh LG Kavinder Gupta on violent protest in Leh
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta said that the protest in Leh "smells of conspiracy" due to "attempts to incite people" and its comparison to protests in Bangladesh and Nepal.
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BJP accuses Congress councilor of "instigating violence" during protests i
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused Congress councillor Stanzin Tsepang, who represents Upper Leh, of "instigating" violence during protests in Ladakh, claiming that numerous photos have surfaced of him.
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"Congress doesn't have such influence here": Sonam Wangchuk on BJP's alleg
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Wangchuk's remark came in response to the allegation levied by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya that Congress Councillor Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag "instigated" the protestors who attacked the BJP office in Leh.
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