Scroll linked Ladakh’s new districts to future delimitation fears, but the restructuring only created administrative units. Ladakh’s difficult terrain, sparse population and long pending local demands were central to the decision.
The Nubra, Sham, and Changthang districts were carved out of the existing Leh district, while Zanskar and Drass were formed out of the existing Kargil district.
The Union Home Ministry has invited representatives of Ladakhi bodies on 22nd October to resume talks that had hit a roadblock following violence on...
The Leh DM stated that when Sonam Wangchuk was detained on 26th September 2025, the activist was “categorically informed both of the factum of his detention under the National Security Act, 1980, as well as the factum of his transfer to Central Jail, Jodhpur, Rajasthan”.
The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council has initiated a magisterial inquiry into the violent clashes that occurred in Leh on September 24, 2025, which...
The Central government accused Sonam Wangchuk of delivering provocative speeches in an alleged attempt to pull off “Arab Spring-style protests" and “Gen Z protests in Nepal”.
Two days after the viral photos and videos, Congress councillor Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag has issued a statement, shared by Alt News' Md Zubair, saying that the person in the viral photos and images is not him.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has revoked the FCRA licence of Sonam Wangchuk’s non-profit, the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL), citing repeated violations of India’s foreign funding laws for NGOs.
Perhaps the most alarming video of Sonam Wangchuk is the one where the 'climate activist' seekign inspiration from the Arab Spring, a series of violent uprisings that toppled governments in the Middle East,