Union Territory

In detaining Sonam Wangchuk, government has forgotten the lessons of history

September 26, 2025 7:35 pm

Leaders who follow the path of non-violence acquire a moral heft – they are seen as above usual political tussles. Government must not make mistake that Congress regimes made with Jayaprakash Narayan and Anna Hazare

17 IPS, 96 J&K Police Service officers transferred in major shake-up

April 18, 2025 2:26 pm

Move affects everything from field level postings to special security and the forensic divisions. First reshuffle since Nalin Prabhat took over as J&K Police DGP last October.

Maharashtra: Aaditya Thackeray seeks to pass resolution for UT status to Belgaum-Karwar

December 09, 2024 11:33 pm

The demand comes as the convention of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) in Belgaum was not allowed by the Karnataka government and the MES leaders and workers were detained on Monday.

Muralitharan to Emaar, big players queue for land to set up shop in Jammu and Kashmir

July 07, 2024 10:12 pm

As on July 3, as many as 6,909 applications had been received on the single-window system established by the J&K government to process such proposals.

How the idea of Indian Union Territories was conceived and executed

December 23, 2023 1:41 pm

Although the original list of Union Territories mostly contained areas which were considered ‘backward’ or tribal, it went on to be altered significantly to include places like Chandigarh as well as the French and Portuguese colonies.More recently, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were added to the list. Adrija Roychowdhury and Srijana Siri find out how the idea of Union Territories was conceived in India and how they evolved.

UT not processing 370 tonnes of daily waste, green court says fix the shortfall

May 19, 2023 7:41 am

Facing widespread criticism, J&K hits pause on anti-encroachment drive

February 11, 2023 1:01 am

While senior revenue officials claimed the drive was continuing, officials in districts in the Jammu division and the Kashmir Valley said they had no plans to conduct the drive in the next two days.

UT Admin releases detailed rules, mutations allowed till January 10

February 10, 2023 2:39 am

On Thursday, the administration published detailed orders regarding residential buildings with reference to the Supreme Court order to clarify the doubts of citizens.

Health in focus: PGI gets Rs 1,923 crore, Rs 73 crore more than last year

February 01, 2023 11:52 pm

In the previous year, Rs 270 crore was provided under this head. The grant-in-aid for salaries and the budget estimate under the grant-in-aid (general), remains the same as the previous year — Rs 1300 crore and Rs 270 crore, respectively.

Union Budget 2023-24: UT gets Rs 6,087 crore, lion’s share for education

February 01, 2023 11:38 pm

Though Chandigarh had sought Rs 7,000 crore, it was happy with the allocation it received as it was comparatively better than last year. Of the total budget allocation, Chandigarh received Rs 5,365.07 crore under revenue head while it received Rs 722.03 crore under the Capital Head.