Union Territory

Chandigarh administration advises residents, institutions to submit online service requests for pruning, removing weak branches

February 04, 2026 10:07 am

The advisory, issued by the Executive Engineer of the Horticulture Division No. 2, emphasises that falling branches, uprooted trees and structurally weakened trunks can pose serious threats to public safety, government property, students and visitors during storms and heavy rainfall.

Ladakh admin holds talks with civil society groups, political parties over Leh violence

October 09, 2025 9:27 pm

The Ladakh administration held a peace meeting with civil society representatives, including Leh Apex Body leaders.

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.