CPI MP Santosh Kunar gives zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha over Statehood demand for Puducherry

CPI MP Santosh Kunar gives zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha over Statehood demand for Puducherry

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: AP Communist Party of India (CPI) MP P. Santosh Kumar on April 5 gave a Zero-Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha demanding that the government provide Statehood to the Union Territory of Puducherry. Meanwhile, BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav also gave a Zero-Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over damage caused … Read more

Three-member team from Union Home Ministry in Nagaland to study Statehood demand

Three-member team from Union Home Ministry in Nagaland to study Statehood demand

GUWAHATI A three-member team from the Ministry of Home Affairs reached Nagaland’s Tuensang on Friday, to study the demand for the bifurcation of the northeastern State. The team is scheduled to meet the representatives of several tribal, student and social organisations, during their two-day stay. These groups are affiliated to the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation … Read more

PM’s meeting with J-K leaders ‘positive’ step; Centre must restore statehood before assembly polls: Karan Singh

PM’s meeting with J-K leaders ‘positive’ step; Centre must restore statehood before assembly polls: Karan Singh

Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir as a “very positive step”, veteran Congress leader and former J&K governor Karan Singh on Friday said statehood must be restored before holding assembly polls there and asserted that such a move would go a long way in helping to “heal … Read more