Overview

• Chief Secretary Pawan Kotwal chaired the first post-violence meeting with DGP S. D. Singh Jamwal, LAB leaders, and representatives of religious and political groups in Leh.
• Authorities restored mobile internet two weeks after the September 24 unrest, with schools, markets, and public transport now functioning as curfew measures relax.
• An order under Section 163 of the BNSS remains in force, restricting assemblies and instructing users and group admins not to share unverified social media content for two months from October 9.
• About 40 detainees have received interim bail, while climate activist Sonam Wangchuk remains jailed under the National Security Act in Jodhpur.
• Key demands—including an independent judicial inquiry, compensation for the deceased, and long-standing calls for statehood and Sixth Schedule status—continue to drive negotiations following the violence that left four dead and many injured.