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  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates 125 border infrastructure projects in Ladakh

  India | December 07, 2025 12:36 IST

  The projects include 28 roads, 93 bridges, and 4 major infrastructure facilities spread across seven states and two Union Territories, including Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Mizoram.

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  November 1: The day that shaped India's map and when 8 states and 5 Union Territories were born

  India | November 03, 2025 11:44 IST

  Following India’s independence in 1947, a strong movement emerged nationwide demanding the creation of states based on linguistic identities. The administrative map left behind by the British failed to represent the linguistic and cultural diversity of the new republic.

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  NITI Aayog meet: PM Modi calls for collective efforts towards ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’

  India | July 27, 2024 21:51 IST

  PM Modi chaired the 9th NITI Aayog governing council meeting, outlining a strategy for making India a developed nation by 2047. Held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, the meeting included leaders from 20 states and six Union Territories.

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  Lok Sabha polls: Congress names Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, Bhupesh Baghel among 39 candidates

  India | March 08, 2024 20:14 IST

  Speculation is rife that Rahul Gandhi may also contest from Amethi, with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra possibly entering the fray from Rae Bareli. These constituencies hold significance as traditional strongholds for the Gandhi family.

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  India TV-CNX Poll: BJD leads in Odisha, UDF ahead in Kerala and BJP to sweep Uttarakhand

  India | July 31, 2023 13:43 IST

  India TV has conducted an opinion poll to analyse which party will have an edge if Lok Sabha elections are held today.

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  NEET PG admission: Supreme Court asks states, UTs to conclude second round of counselling by Nov 16

  India | November 11, 2022 19:59 IST

  NEET PG admission counselling: The order was passed while disposing of a contempt petition alleging non-adherence of the time-line for NEET-PG admissions.

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  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to release assessment report of states, Union Territories

  Business | June 30, 2022 10:12 IST

  According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the BRAP report includes 301 reform points that cover 15 business regulatory areas such as access to Information, single window system, labour, environment, sectoral reforms and other reforms spanning across the lifecycle of a typical business.

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  Mansukh Mandaviya meets States/UTs health ministers on 'Har Ghar Dastak' COVID vaccination campaign

  India | November 11, 2021 12:38 IST

  The health ministry today informed that 110.23 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

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  Central teams sent to 9 states, UTs reporting high number of dengue cases

  India | November 03, 2021 11:38 IST

  These 9 states and union territories are Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, TN, UP, Uttarakhand, Delhi and J&K.

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  Over 111 crore Covid vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre

  India | October 30, 2021 11:40 IST

  More than 12.73 cr (12,73,62,006) balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs, it said.

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  Over 104.5 crore COVID vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre

  India | October 22, 2021 13:25 IST

  A total of 1,04,58,46,415 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far through govt of India and through direct state procurement category, the health ministry said.

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  Abrogation of Article 370 brought unprecedented progress, peace in J&K: PM

  India | August 05, 2021 12:20 IST

  On 2nd anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, which gave J&K its special status, and bifurcation of erstwhile state into 2 Union territories, PM Modi said two years ago on this day the first big step towards a new Jammu and Kashmir was taken.

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  Over 2.60 crore unutilised Covid vaccine doses available with states, private hospitals: Govt

  India | July 19, 2021 11:30 IST

  More than 2,60,12,352 balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs and private hospitals to be administered.

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  Karnataka Dy CM UT status to Mumbai, after Maha CM seeks similar status to border areas

  India | January 28, 2021 11:42 IST

  Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday said Mumbai should be made part of the state and urged the Centre to declare it a Union Territory until then, as he hit back at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for raking up the border issue with a similar demand.

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  Bill to merge 2 UTs - Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli introduced in Lok Sabha

  India | November 26, 2019 14:59 IST

  On August 5, the central government had announced the abrogation of the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and its division into two Union Territories.

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  Protect our land, Kashmiri migrants urge government

  India | November 04, 2019 19:30 IST

  Satish Mahaldar of the Reconciliation, Return & Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Migrants, has demanded that the lands of Kashmiri Pandits be protected. They have demanded a ban on selling, mortgaging, gifting of land and that power of attorney be made invalid

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  Civil Secretariat, other offices reopen in Jammu amid tight security

  India | November 04, 2019 15:23 IST

  The bi-annual shift is the first after the state's bifurcation into two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh which came into existence on October 31. Girish Chandra Murmu, who assumed office as the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on October 31 at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar

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  Jammu: Security reviewed ahead of first 'Darbar Move' as UT

  India | November 03, 2019 19:40 IST

  Under the bi-annual 'Darbar Move', the government of Jammu and Kashmir functions for six months each in Srinagar and Jammu. This is the first 'Darbar Move' after the state's bifurcation into UTs -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh -- which came into existence on October 31

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  India remapped: Here's the revised list of States and UTs

  Education | November 01, 2019 13:48 IST

  With other seven other Union Territory India on Thursday got two more UTs -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, which made a slight change on the map. The Indian map was last changed after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh on June 2, 2014.

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  J&K, Ladakh, 2 new UTs mapped: Here's what changes on ground

  Fyi | October 31, 2019 13:31 IST

  India will now have a total of 28 states, while the number of Union Territories in the country will rise to 9.