Deep roots of rage as India's Ladakh seeks self-rule | International

LEH, India, Sept 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - India's remote high-altitude desert \region of Ladakh has been in turmoil since four people were killed in violent protests demanding greater political autonomy for the Himalayan territory. Growing resentment with New Delhi's direct rule over the territory, and fears of losing livelihoods boiled over on Wednesday as crowds took to the streets in the main city Leh, torching a police vehicle and the offices of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Initially police said five people had died but later revised the toll to four. The sparsely populated region, home to some 300,000 people, borders both China and Pakistan and is a strategic enclave for India. Around half of Ladakh's...