Union Territories
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates 125 border infrastructure projects in Ladakh
India | Dec 07, 2025, 12:36 PM ISTThe 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 | Nov 03, 2025, 11:44 AM ISTFollowing 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 | Jul 27, 2024, 09:51 PM ISTPM 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 | Mar 08, 2024, 08:14 PM ISTSpeculation 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 | Jul 31, 2023, 01:43 PM ISTIndia 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 | Nov 11, 2022, 07:59 PM ISTNEET 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 | Jun 30, 2022, 10:12 AM ISTAccording 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 | Nov 11, 2021, 12:38 PM ISTThe 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 | Nov 03, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTThese 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 | Oct 30, 2021, 11:40 AM ISTMore 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 | Oct 22, 2021, 01:25 PM ISTA 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 | Aug 05, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTOn 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 | Jul 19, 2021, 11:30 AM ISTMore 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 | Jan 28, 2021, 11:42 AM ISTKarnataka 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 | Nov 26, 2019, 02:59 PM ISTOn 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 | Nov 04, 2019, 07:30 PM ISTSatish 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 | Nov 04, 2019, 03:23 PM ISTThe 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 | Nov 03, 2019, 07:40 PM ISTUnder 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 | Nov 01, 2019, 01:48 PM ISTWith 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 | Oct 31, 2019, 01:31 PM ISTIndia will now have a total of 28 states, while the number of Union Territories in the country will rise to 9.