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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicUnion territories

Topic: Union territories

Minorities panel to visit Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, start dialogue with people

Representatives from the National Commission for Minorities plan to meet religious leaders and begin confidence building measures.

J&K will be extra special — it will be only UT to get central funds from finance panel

The Modi govt’s J&K Reorganisation Bill provides for the new UT of Jammu and Kashmir to be given more funds and financial security.

There will be one UT less as Modi govt plans to merge Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Proposal with Union cabinet and may come up in meeting today. Centre reckons the two UTs are just 35 km apart and don't require 'duplication of work'.

Former BJP leaders running UTs, once an IAS preserve, exempt from model code

Three Union Territories — Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli — are run by ex-BJP leaders. A recent EC order has effectively exempted the office from the model code of conduct.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.