Jaipur, Jan 31 (IANS) Activist and scientist Sonam Wangchuk, currently lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail under the National Security Act (NSA), has fallen ill and was taken to AIIMS Jodhpur for medical examination on Saturday morning, police sources said. Wangchuk was brought to the hospital under tight security at around 6:30 am through the back gate of AIIMS.He was first taken to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) Department and later examined at the Outpatient Department (OPD). He re…
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New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear a plea filed by Gitanjali J. Angmo, wife of jailed Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging his detention under the National Security Act (NSA).On Wednesday, the apex court had adjourned the hearing till Thursday.Angmo’s petition for habeas corpus described Wangchuk’s incarceration as “illegal” and an “arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights”. This case was brought before a panel of Justices Aravind Kuma…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred, to January 8, the hearing on a plea filed by Gitanjali J. Angmo, wife of jailed Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging his detention under the National Security Act (NSA). Angmo’s habeas corpus petition, which termed Wangchuk’s incarceration “illegal” and an “arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights”, was listed before a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale. During the brief hearing, the…
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Friday criticised the BJP and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, saying that their version of Hindutva and patriotism was hypocrisy. Referring to Fadnavis’ statement after the formal announcement of alliance between the Thackeray cousins that the BJP does not wear the saffron shawl merely for votes, the Thackeray camp termed it as “the pinnacle of double standards”. It further claimed that the BJP’s Hindutva is a “sham”…