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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicStatehood

Topic: statehood

Wider concerns to address before restoring J&K statehood, take pleas with pinch of salt—Centre to SC

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta cited Pahalgam terror attack, sought six weeks from the court to submit Centre's response to the pleas seeking a timeline for statehood.

‘Police fired in self defence’—Leh violence leaves 4 dead, MHA says Wangchuk ‘instigated’ unrest

Protests over demands for statehood & extension of the Sixth Schedule to Ladakh turned violent Wednesday. Protesters torched the local BJP office and a police van.

Stone pelting, tear gas, lathi-charge: Ladakh on edge as protest over statehood turns violent

Activist Sonam Wangchuk on hunger strike for 2 weeks, demanding statehood and inclusion of Ladakh in Sixth Schedule of Constitution. Wednesday's protests saw attacks on BJP's Leh office.

Rajiv Gandhi or Telangana thalli? Congress & BRS spar over whose statue will grace secretariat

Parties are also arguing over Telangana thalli’s look, with Congress saying she should represent working-class woman. BRS’ goddess statue has a gold crown, jewellery & glowing saree.

What happened on 20 June 1947 & why Mamata’s called all-party meet to decide Bengal statehood day

Raj Bhavan observed 20 June as statehood day in line with home ministry circular. Ruling TMC wants it on Bengali new year day as 20 June is 'reminder of 1947 communal holocaust'.

North Karnataka is in fact the south’s (very) poor cousin, shows govt data

The state's latest economic survey lays bare a deep development divide between the state's two regions.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.