India news: Sonam Wangchuk says he is under house arrest in Ladakh

Wangchuk is among activists in Ladakh who have raised concerns about upcoming regional elections, which they say are designed to diminish voter participation as they will be held in the harsh winter period. DW has more.

India and Indonesia have called for a "decisive" global action to combat terrorism , following a seventh meeting of the joint working group on counterterrorism between the two Asian nations. The forum met in New Delhi on Thursday, with Suhel Ajaz Khan, Additional Secretary (Counter Terrorism) at India's Ministry of External Affairs, and Dionnisius Elvan Swasono, Deputy for International Cooperation at Indonesia's National Counter Terrorism Agency, as the co-chairs.

The nations urged "decisive and concerted international efforts to combat terrorism in a comprehensive and sustained manner," India's foreign ministry said in a statement. The two sides reasserted a principle of zero tolerance towards terrorism while "unequivocally and strongly" condemning terrorism in "all its forms and manifestations," it added.