The Catch Up: Ladakh protests turn violent (24 Sept)

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is a catch upon three things by the Indian
Express and I am Flora Swine. Today's the twenty fourth
of September and here are the headlines. Protests demanding statehood
and six scheduled status for Ladak escalated today as demonstrators
torched a BJP office and a police vehicle in Lay.

(00:25):
Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd after student
and youth groups called for a shutdown. The unrest followed
two elderly hunger strikers collapsing.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yesterday and being hospitalized.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Activist Sonam Wauchuk, leading the movement, called the violence very
sad and urged the youth to stop warning it damages
their cause. The shutdown saw widespread participation across Lay. In
news from the capitol, the Delhi Police booked Chaitanya Nanda Saraswati,

(00:56):
who's a manager of a southwest Delhi institution linked to
an Asham, after seventeen women accused him of molestation students
studying under the E W.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
S Kota alleged abuse.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
Saraswati, currently of squading, faces five prior cases, including molestation
in twenty sixteen and forgery in two thousand and nine.
The cops have also registered a case against him for
using a Volvo car with a fake United Nations number plate.
The ASHAM announced it had cut ties with him. Raids
are underway to arrest the accused.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
In other national.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
News, the Indian Air Force will bid farewell to the
Make twenty one Bison on Friday with its last sortie
at Chundigard, where the jets.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Journey began over six decades ago, and Chief.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Marshall Eightiesing will fly the final mission of number twenty
three Squadron Panthers with callsign BADEL three. The Mid twenty
one's legacy began with squad in twenty eight first SuperSonics
led by.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
The Barksing in the nineteen sixties.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
A rehearsal today featured aerobatic displays by Surya Kiren Akash
Gangha sky divers, Jaguar raids, and.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
A mid twenty one chase sequence. Moving on to.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
International news, Ukrainian President Voldemir Zelenski told Fox News that
India is mostly supporting Kiev in its war with Russia,
despite ongoing energy trade with Moscow. He stressed the importance
of building stronger ties with New Delhi and said US
President Donald Trump could help align India and Europe with
Ukraine acknowledging challenges within your NOIL purchases. Zelenski expressed confidence

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that New Delhi would eventually shift away from Russian energy.
He emphasized maintaining relations, stating we must do everything not
to with raw Indians.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
And in some global weather alert.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
Super Typhoon Ragasa, the year's strongest cyclone, made landfall in
China's Guangdong province. After nearly two million people were evacuated.
Authorities issued red alerts for storm surges and high tides
as wins of one one hundred and ninety five kilometers
per our battered coastal cities, toppling structures and making it
nearly impossible to stand upright. Streets flooded as a storm

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lashed skyscrapers with torrential rain. Ragassa has already killed seventeen
people in Taiwan and at least ten in the Philippines,
leaving a trail of.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
Destruction across Asia. That's all for today. This was a
cash upon three Things by The Indian Express