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.
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.
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.
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.
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'.
Gandhi, who is in Srinagar to inaugurate the new Congress Bhawan, said that when his party was in power, it tried to unite the country but the BJP believes in divisive ideology.
The Leh-based Apex Body of People's Movement for 6th Schedule and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) leaders will also seek one more Lok Sabha seat and two Rajya Sabha seats for Ladakh.
MoS for Home Nityanand Rai informed the Rajya Sabha while replying to a question on whether govt had a proposal to 'reinstate' statehood of J&K & regarding ban on communication channels.
This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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