THE UNION TERRITORY

Cabinet approves President's Rule in Puducherry

Announcing the Cabinet decision, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters that the decision was taken as no party claimed to form a ...

Over 6,400 polling stations in Bengal vulnerable, says EC

Over 6,400 polling stations in West Bengal have been identified as ‘vulnerable’ ahead of the assembly elections – the highest number among ...

BJP not willing to form government in Puducherry

“There will be a meeting of all the NDA partners in the coming days. But we are very clear that we are not going to form the government,” N...

3 more Congress MLAs to quit in Puducherry, government sure to lose trust vote: BJP

BJP in-charge of the Union Territory, Nirmal Kumar Surana said the other two Congress MLAs -- Malladi Krishna Rao and A John Kumar -- would...

Mamata Banerjee likely to skip Niti Aayog meeting on Feb 20

The council, the apex body of the government's think tank, includes all chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories (UTs), s...

J&K: Foreign envoys assess ground situation, interact with locals in Budgam

The visiting foreign envoys arrived at Magam block in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on February 17. They were briefed on Panchayati R...

Puducherry CM hails removal of Kiran Bedi as Lieutenant Governor, calls it ‘victory of people’

President of India removed Kiran Bedi as the Puducherry Lieutenant Governor, reacting to it, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said ...

Puducherry government in a crisis as fourth Congress legislator quits

Puducherry chief minister Narayanswamy's close aide A. John Kumar who was elected to Puducherry Assembly from Kamaraj Nagar constituency in...

Rahul Gandhi to launch Congress campaign in poll-bound Puducherry on February 17

V Narayanasamy said the students had through an e-mail requested that Rahul Gandhi address them when he visits Puducherry and this has been...

Shah-led high level committee approves Rs 3,113 crore for 5 states as disaster relief

The committee, under the chairmanship of the home minister, has approved the additional central assistance to the five states and UT, which...

India's active COVID cases tally falls to 1.36 lakh, only 1 state reports over 1,000 cases: Govt

India's tally of active COVID-19 cases has fallen to 1.35 lakh comprising only 1.25 per cent of the total infections, while the distributio...

4G internet returns to J&K after 18 months

The high-speed mobile internet was suspended since August 5, 2019, when special status of J&K was revoked and the erstwhile state was downg...

4G internet restoration: LG, JKAP thank PM; Omar says better late than never

"I thank the Hon'ble PM @narendramodi Ji and HM @AmitShah Ji for acceding to our request and restoring 4G services in the entire J&K UT. Th...

High-speed mobile internet services restored in J&K after 18 months

High-speed mobile internet services had been restored in two districts -- Ganderbal in Kashmir region and Udhampur in Jammu region -- in Au...

As many as 32 States, UTs implementing 'One Nation One Ration Card'

"So far, the facility has been enabled in 32 states/UTs covering nearly 69 crore beneficiaries, almost 86% of NFSA population of the countr...

Union Territory of Ladakh gets its own meteorological centre

The region is unique in terms of weather, climate, culture, topography with extreme temperatures, ranging from minus 40 degrees Celsius in ...

Jammu and Kashmir authorities issue avalanche warning in 12 districts of Union Territory

The officials added that a 'low danger' warning was issued for the higher reaches of Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Anantnag, Kulgam, Baram...