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.
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.
India TV has conducted an opinion poll to analyse which party will have an edge if Lok Sabha elections are held today.
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.
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.
The health ministry today informed that 110.23 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
These 9 states and union territories are Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, TN, UP, Uttarakhand, Delhi and J&K.
More than 12.73 cr (12,73,62,006) balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs, it said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
India will now have a total of 28 states, while the number of Union Territories in the country will rise to 9.
The notification said there are persons or authorities who have "taken oath under the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir or any other law", and their actions and proceedings are required to be validated till the appointed day of the principal Act".
History will be created on Thursday when Jammu and Kashmir, which has been part of the Union of India since 1947, will cease to be a state and will be bifurcated into two Union Territories.
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