Morning Digest: Eight Israeli soldiers dead as Hezbollah claims to repel incursion; Ladakh climate activist Sonam Wangchuk released, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on October 3, 2024

Ladakh climate activist Sonam Wangchuk released, allowed to visit Rajghat

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was released by the Delhi Police and allowed to visit Rajghat on Wednesday (October 2, 2024). Mr. Wangchuk and about 120 others had been detained on Monday night (October 1, 2024) as they marched to the capital seeking constitutional safeguards for Ladakh. Many of those detained were on a hunger strike. They said a sense of uncertainty prevailed during the day about their release. Finally, four or five buses carrying those who had been detained were allowed to go to Rajghat at different times of the day, in the presence of heavy police deployment.

56 years after IAF plane crash, body of Army soldier to be handed over to extended family

Fifty-six years after his death, the body of soldier Narayan Singh will reach his ancestral village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Thursday, and will be received by his extended family .Narayan was one of the four crew members on board the Indian Air Force AN-12 transport plane that crashed into snow-covered mountains near Rohtang in Himachal Pradesh on February 7, 1968. The plane carried 102 passengers, including the crew.  A joint team of Dogra Scouts of the Indian Army, in collaboration with representatives of Tiranga Mountain Rescue, recovered the remains of four individuals from the crash site, almost 16,000 ft. above seal level near Dhaka glacier, earlier this week.

‘Love Jihad’ being waged by certain community, poses major threat to nation’s unity: U.P. court judge

The objective of “love jihad” is to establish dominance by certain anti-social elements of a particular religion against India through demographic warfare and international conspiracy, a local court here has observed .Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court) Ravi Kumar Diwakar said Hindu girls are being lured into “love” for the sake of illegal conversions and create conditions similar to those in Pakistan and Bangladesh in India. Justice Diwakar said that illegal conversions pose a significant threat to the country’s unity, integrity, and sovereignty as he heard a case involving marriage under false identities, relationships, and abortion on Monday.

Badlapur sexual assault: accused school trustees arrested