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INTERVIEW Ladakh L-G: ‘If police had not opened fire, entire Ladakh would have been burnt down… But none of this will impede development’

September 30, 2025 3:47 am

“People are concerned about jobs, but only when investments come from outside will jobs be created. Our industrial policy is sustainable and ecologically sensitive,” says Kavinder Gupta

How decades of agitation gave Ladakh UT status, before statehood demand surfaced

September 29, 2025 6:52 am

After the Partition, the region’s political trajectory was largely defined by the Ladakh Buddhist Association. Its precursor was the Young Men’s Buddhist Association, one of whose founding members was Pandit Sridhar Kaul, a Kashmiri Hindu from Srinagar.

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

Omar meets Modi and Rajnath, seeks support for J&K statehood

Omar Abdullah meets Modi and Rajnath Singh, seeks support for J-K statehood

October 25, 2024 7:22 am

Omar is learnt to have sought the Centre’s cooperation in smooth functioning of the UT administration and has apprised Modi about the newly-elected legislature passing a resolution for grant of full statehood to J&K.

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‘NC-Congress alliance will ensure statehood for J&K’: Farooq Abdullah, day after Shah’s remarks

September 08, 2024 1:00 pm

In a reply to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, President National Congress Farooq Abdullah called out BJP for divisive politics in the country.

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Minnesota unfurls new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday

May 11, 2024 11:41 pm

The new flag and accompanying state seal were adopted to replace an old design that Native Americans said reminded them of painful memories of conquest and displacement.

Telangana statehood day: A history of the state’s formation, in three parts

June 02, 2023 6:34 pm

What is today Telangana was earlier a part of the erstwhile Hyderabad State, then merged with Andhra to form Andhra Pradesh before finally getting statehood in 2014.

PM Modi, Amit Shah, Prez Kovind wish Tripura, Meghalaya & Manipur on 50th Statehood Day

January 21, 2022 9:16 pm

All the three states were formed five decades back on this day in 1972, after Meghalaya and Manipur as per the North East Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971.

J-K parties get into huddle after being invited to PM's meet; Cong raises pitch for statehood restoration

June 20, 2021 10:00 pm

Bukhari said a meeting of the PAGD will take place on Tuesday where the member parties will discuss the issue and then a final decision will be taken on whether to participate or not in the meeting called by the prime minister.

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No consensus on full statehood to Delhi, says Venkaiah Naidu

May 30, 2016 4:01 pm

"Simply AAP has come to power, that's why it is saying. Congress was in power for last 10 years. They did not," he told reporters in Hyderabad.

STATEHOOD VIDEOS

L-G versus Aam Aadmi Party: What the Supreme Court said

June 22, 2020 6:24 pm

5 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s verdict on the AAP versus L-G power tussle.

Cooch Behar: GCPA continues their 'Rail Roko' agitation

February 22, 2016 10:23 am

Cooch Behar, Feb 22 (ANI): The ‘Rail Roko’ movement by the Greater Cooch Behar People’s Association (GCPA) demanding ‘C’ category statehood or Union Territory status for Cooch Behar continued on Monday. One of the protestors said that no assurance has been given to them from the government. The GCPA members are agitating at the New Cooch Behar railway station, with many protestors squatting on the rail tracks.