Security forces patrol India's Ladakh during curfew after deadly protests

Security forces patrolled the streets on Thursday in India's Himalayan region of Ladakh, where curfew was clamped in some areas a day after four people were killed in violent protests demanding statehood for the federal territory and job quotas. Television images showed troop patrols amid shops and businesses shuttered amid the curfew and a protest call against the deaths from the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), which represents political, social and trade groups in the region. "I demand a fair, impartial and time-bound investigation into the deaths of our students," Mohmad Haneefa, the member of parliament from Ladakh, said on X. He also called for relief to the bereaved families and for those responsible for the deaths to be held to...