In the wake of the recent killing by Indian security forces of four unarmed protestors and the wounding of 150 other persons in the strategically critical Ladakh region, India’s Hindu-supremacist ...

Shortly after a protest to demand statehood for Ladakh turned violent in Leh, activist Sonam Wangchuk called off his fast and said his "message of peaceful path failed". "On the 15th day of our strike ...

When India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died on March 27, 1964, the nation mourned. Among those grieving deeply was his trusted friend and confidant, the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche-a ...

Dozens were injured in the remote Indian region of Ladakh on Wednesday as hundreds of people demanding federal statehood from the Indian government clashed with law enforcement, officials and ...

Indian police have arrested prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, days after authorities accused him of fuelling violent demonstrations that left four people dead and dozens injured. Officials ...

Sonam Wangchuk’s arrest and broken promises fuel anger in India’s northern frontier Sonam Wangchuk, who is currently detained under the National Security Act, is a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, climate ...