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NEW DELHI: Gitanjali Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking his release.This comes two days after she reached out to President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday to seek her intervention for the release of the climate activist, who has been lodged in Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan since being taken…
NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s wife Gitanjali Angmo on Wednesday wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking an “unconditional release” of her husband who was detained and moved to Jodhpur for allegedly inciting a violent protest in Ladakh.Angmo accused the federal agencies of launching a “full scale witch hunt” against Wangchuk for the…
LEH/NEW DELHI: Jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s wife Gitanjali Angmo has trashed allegations of “Pakistan link” and financial irregularities against him.Terming the charge that Wangchuk incited the violence in Leh as “misplaced”, she claimed that he has been protesting in the “most Gandhian way possible” and the “situation escalated” on September 24 due to the actions…
Dehradun/Nainital: Protests were seen in Uttarakhand after environmentalist, educationist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk was arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) on Friday. On Saturday, activists, residents and civil society groups across the state held demonstrations in support of Wangchuk.In Dehradun’s Gandhi Park, several citizens assembled, demanding Wangchuk’s immediate release while seeking clearance of all…
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry cancelled Thursday the licence issued under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 to Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s NGO, Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh, over alleged violations. Wangchuk had alleged that the govt was building a case to put him behind bars.The cancellation came hours after MHA attributed Wednesday’s…
Sonam Wangchuk (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs cancelled the FCRA- Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act certificate of Sonam Wangchuk-led Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh after the Central Bureau of Investigation had initiated an inquiry, as per PTI.According to official findings, SECMOL received and deposited foreign contributions in contravention of…
