Jammu and Kashmir Congress president G A Mir on Saturday said his party has not received any invitation from the Centre for participation in a proposed conference of mainstream political parties from the Union Territory in New Delhi next week. However, Mir said such a step, if taken, is welcome as dialogue with stakeholders is … Read more
Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal has accused Praful Khoda Patel, the administrator of the Union Territory, of plotting to snatch the lands of the local people in the name of the proposed draft Lakshadweep Development Authority to help builders and to turn the pristine island into a mega real-estate building venture in the name of tourism … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote to the Prime Minister on Thursday, seeking withdrawal of the recent decisions of the administrator of Lakshadweep, Praful Khoda Patel, which he said sought to penalise dissent and undermine grassroots democracy. Pointing out that Lakshadweep’s pristine natural beauty and its unique confluence of cultures have drawn people for generations and … Read more
With the union territory of Puducherry witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, the territorial government on Saturday imposed a two-week lockdown starting from May 10, in a bid to curb its spread. The Secretary to Government (Relief and Rehabilitation), Ashok Kumar, in an order, said the lockdown would be in addition to the night curfew … Read more
Gujarat recorded 10,340 fresh coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, the highest spike in a day, taking the number of infections beyond 4 lakh to reach 4,04,569, the state health department said on Sunday. The state also saw the highest 110 fatalities during the day, taking the toll to 5,377, it said in … Read more
Filing of nominations for the April 6 Assembly poll in Union Territory ended on Friday and a total of 489 nominations for 30 seats were filed by different political parties and Independent candidates. Scrutiny of papers is scheduled for Saturday and last date for withdrawal of candidature is March 22, a press release from the … Read more
Three more Congress MLAs are set to resign from the Assembly in Puducherry, a key BJP leader claimed on Friday even as he asserted that the beleaguered V Narayanasamy government would lose the trust vote. Two of the four Congress MLAs who quit the House — A Namassivayam and E Theeppainthan — have already joined … Read more
At Rs 5,55,900 crore, the states whose finances have been ravaged by the pandemic, have snapped up as much as 43.5 per cent more debt from the market during the first nine months of the current fiscal with the conclusion of the last auction on Tuesday when 13 of them borrowed Rs 18,900 crore. According … Read more
JAMMU: The first phase of by-elections to vacant seats of panchayat level bodies has recorded 64 percent and 57 percent polling turnout respectively, Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commissioner K K Sharma said on Sunday. The panchayat bypolls were held along with the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections on Saturday. Enthusiasm among the voters … Read more
NEW DELHI: With the Jammu and Kashmir government all set to hold panchayat elections this month, pressure is mounting on the Puducherry administration to hold local body elections which the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been insisting on for the past 10 years. The election process is likely to start soon with Roy P … Read more