Tag: Union Territories

After the abrogation of Article 370 a temporary provision in the Constitution, on August 5, 2019 Jammu and Kashmir has been competing with every state and UT in the country.

Jammu and Kashmir has become the first Union Territory to be integrated with the national single window system as Lt Governor Manoj Sinha launched the J&K single-window portal, integrating it with the national single-window system.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh each on nine States and Union Territories (UTs) and Rs 5 lakh on Haryana for not notifying the names of civil society members in their committees to take care of the needs of the urban homeless. A bench of Justice Madan […]

New Delhi: As many as 11 out of a total number of 31 Chief Ministers of various states and union territories (UTs) in India have criminal cases against them while 25 of them are crorepatis, an analysis of their self-sworn affidavits furnished during the assembly elections has revealed. The analysis, by Association for Democratic Reforms […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Modi government’s decision to scrap article 370 conferring special status on Jammu and Kashmir and to split the state into union territories, one with a legislature and another without one, has evoked a flood of contrasting reactions across the country. The J&K itself seems to be in a ferment with the […]

New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar on Sunday asserted that the 100 days of the Modi2.0 government were “full of unprecedented decisions and moves”. Speaking on the occasion of completion of 100 days of the second term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government at the Centre, Javadekar said the biggest decisions taken […]

Srinagar: The Central government on Tuesday announced the formatrion of a three-member advisory committee to supervise the division of assets between the two newly-formed Union Territories (UTs) of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, which will formally come into existence on October 31, 2019. A notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that […]

Bhubaneswar: The 33rd National Sub-Junior Badminton Championships 2019, commenced here simultaneously at East Coast Railway Indoor Stadium and Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall today. Over 500 budding shuttlers from 33 States and Union Territories will be part of the tournament. The Odisha State Badminton Association (OSBA) is hosting the championship for the first time with the […]

New Delhi: As West Bengal and Maharashtra cried foul over rejection of their Republic Day tableau proposals, the Defence Ministry said, here on Thursday, of the 56 proposals, comprising 32 from states and Union Territories and 24 from Ministries and Departments, only 22 were accepted. Of these 22 proposals, 16 were from states and UTs, […]

New Delhi: Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan wrote to the Chief Secretaries of all states/Union Territories on Sunday informing the Centre’s decision to allow states/UTs to demarcate green, orange and red zones while giving a sense of things to keep in mind as they venture to take a serious responsibility to contain the pandemic. Sudan, […]

New Delhi: The Home Ministry wrote to different states and Union Territories on Friday to clarify its order on implementation of night curfew between 9 pm and 5 am and advised against restricting the movement of buses, trucks carrying goods, and other essential services. “I would like to clarify that the purpose of restricting the […]