The Catch Up: Ladakh protests intensify (29 Sept)

The headlines of the week by The Indian Express

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
This is the catch upon three Things by The Indian
Express and I'm Ichasharma. Today is the twenty ninth of
September and here today's headlines, starting with news from Ladakh.
The Apex Body lay or ABL has pulled out of
talks with the Union Home Ministry scheduled for the sixth

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of October, citing the arrest of its member and climate
activists Sonawakchok under the National Security Act, leveling of anti
national attag at the protest for statehood and the killing
of youths in police firing on twenty fourth of September.
In a decision today, the ABL said it won't participate
in the discussions till the action against its members was

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not rescented. And now we shift our focus to Tamil
Nadu where in the aftermath of the Karu stampede that
killed forty one people at actor politician Vija is Rally,
the DNK appears to have chosen cost over confrontation the police.
Afier access by the Union Express names three senior organizers,

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of which is Tamilinga with Ri Kazangam TVK District Secretary,
Matiya Lagan, State General Secretary busianand and Deputy General Secretary
near Malkomar, but not the star himself. Moreover, Chief Minister
MK Stalin said in a video statement today that no
political leader would ever wish for their followers or innocent
civilians to die and urged people to set aside irresponsible

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and malicious news as the one person judicial inquiry under
Justice Aruna Jagdisan proceeds with its pro and now in
news from Maharashtra and agitation against and I Love Muhammad
graffiti painted on the road in a hilia Nagar, Maharashtra
turned violent today with incidents of stone pelting and road

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block it. At least thirty persons have been detained in
connection with road blockad and stone pelting Ahilianagar, Superintendent of
polis um Nadghargate told PTI. Following the incident, Chief Minister
dvind Rafadnavit said authorities will find out if there is
a conspiracy to disturb social peace in the state and
polarized society by putting up different kinds of boats and

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now in some news making global headlines. Taking a cue
from the title of his own radio broadcast, Monkey Bath,
Prime Minister and Arranged Ramodi described the central theme of
the autobiography of his Italian counterpart to Georgia Melanie as
it is her monkey Bath. In his foreword for the
book's Indian edition, which will be launched soon, Modi also

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wrote that it has been a great honor for him
to have written the foreword and that he was doing
so with respect, admiration and friendship for Melanie, whom he
considered a patriot and outstanding contemporary leader. And in the end.
In other global news, heavy rain and strong wins from

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the former typhoon Bulliard flooded roads, knocked off roofs and
costs at least nine deaths in central Vietnam before it
weakened to a storm that moved today into Laos. State
media reported the storm towed through communities, damaging houses, schools
and power poles, sweeping away temporary bridges and flooding roads
and low water crossings across several provinces. Flooding in cities,

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submerged vehicles, and many highland communities were cut off. And
with that this was the catch upon three Things by
the Indian Express