Kashmir Union Territories

Justifying the revival of Village Defence Groups or VDGs in the union territory, the Home Ministry told lawmakers that it has brought back more than 4,000 of these groups and not formed any new ones.

Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh's top environmentalist and a well-known innovator, says Ladakh cannot remain under permanent Governor's rule. He also said that he feels unsafe and unshielded in the Union Territory status of Ladakh.

On the occasion of the 74th Republic Day, the tableau of Jammu and Kashmir with its theme 'Naya Jammu & Kashmir', showcased the pilgrim and recreational tourism potential of the union territory on Kartavya Path.

Colourful tableaux from Assam, Maharshatra, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gujarat, West Bengal and several other states and Union Territories will roll down the revamped Kartavya Path during the Republic Day.

Before his Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the nation, especially the people of the Union territory, for the "sins committed by his family and party" in the region

Jammu and Kashmir Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar Nath resigned from the party, citing its decision to "allow" former minister Lal Singh to join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra which will enter the Union territory later this week.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over six states and Union Territories (UTs), including Jammu and Kashmir, not yet giving their comments to the Centre on the issue of identification of minorities at the state level.

Ladakhi leaders, having opted out of the Centre's high powered committee, say they were better off in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir than under the Union Territory administration.

Jammu and Kashmir, which used to be a "terrorist hotspot", has become a "tourist hotspot" as 22 lakh tourists visited the Union Territory in 2022, nearly four time more than the previous highest, the Union Home Ministry said today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated two infrastructure projects to improve road connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union territories, officials said.

After August 5, 2019, when the Centre announced its decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two Union Territories, the government began addressing the issue of unemployment in the Himalayan region.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration's plan to create a 'unique family ID' for residents of the Union Territory was emblematic of the widening "trust deficit" after the 2019 abrogation of Article 370.

As the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach Jammu and Kashmir next month, a senior police officer on Sunday reviewed the overall security situation in Kathua the gateway district to the Union Territory bordering Punjab.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration is planning to create an authentic database of all families in the Union territory with each of them having a unique alpha-numeric code.

Former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig today said the situation in the union territory has improved in the past two to three years and good work has been done on the development front as well.

Justifying the revival of Village Defence Groups or VDGs in the union territory, the Home Ministry told lawmakers that it has brought back more than 4,000 of these groups and not formed any new ones.

Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh's top environmentalist and a well-known innovator, says Ladakh cannot remain under permanent Governor's rule. He also said that he feels unsafe and unshielded in the Union Territory status of Ladakh.

On the occasion of the 74th Republic Day, the tableau of Jammu and Kashmir with its theme 'Naya Jammu & Kashmir', showcased the pilgrim and recreational tourism potential of the union territory on Kartavya Path.

Colourful tableaux from Assam, Maharshatra, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gujarat, West Bengal and several other states and Union Territories will roll down the revamped Kartavya Path during the Republic Day.

Before his Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the nation, especially the people of the Union territory, for the "sins committed by his family and party" in the region

Jammu and Kashmir Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar Nath resigned from the party, citing its decision to "allow" former minister Lal Singh to join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra which will enter the Union territory later this week.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over six states and Union Territories (UTs), including Jammu and Kashmir, not yet giving their comments to the Centre on the issue of identification of minorities at the state level.

Ladakhi leaders, having opted out of the Centre's high powered committee, say they were better off in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir than under the Union Territory administration.

Jammu and Kashmir, which used to be a "terrorist hotspot", has become a "tourist hotspot" as 22 lakh tourists visited the Union Territory in 2022, nearly four time more than the previous highest, the Union Home Ministry said today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated two infrastructure projects to improve road connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union territories, officials said.

After August 5, 2019, when the Centre announced its decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two Union Territories, the government began addressing the issue of unemployment in the Himalayan region.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration's plan to create a 'unique family ID' for residents of the Union Territory was emblematic of the widening "trust deficit" after the 2019 abrogation of Article 370.

As the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach Jammu and Kashmir next month, a senior police officer on Sunday reviewed the overall security situation in Kathua the gateway district to the Union Territory bordering Punjab.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration is planning to create an authentic database of all families in the Union territory with each of them having a unique alpha-numeric code.

Former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig today said the situation in the union territory has improved in the past two to three years and good work has been done on the development front as well.