Overview

• At an Oct. 5 security review in Leh, the lieutenant governor said remaining restrictions will be assessed shortly and eased in stages if calm continues.
• Prohibitory orders remain in place in Leh, mobile internet is still suspended, and schools are open only up to Class 8 with higher classes yet to resume.
• The administration has ordered a magisterial probe into the Sept. 24 violence, which reports say left four dead, while daily law-and-order briefings continue.
• Kargil Democratic Alliance and Leh Apex Body plan to skip Oct. 6 talks with the Centre unless a judicial inquiry is announced and detainees, including Sonam Wangchuk, are released.
• Senior civil, police, Army and central armed police officials briefed the LG, who emphasized vigilance and tied normalization to a renewed push on infrastructure, education, healthcare, renewable energy and tourism.