Union Territory  

From being allowed ownership of inheritance despite marrying someone from outside Kashmir to freeing up women from being subjected to Sharia, the effects of the historic decision to make Jammu and Kashmir into a Union Territory will take more time to be realised

After serving as expenditure secretary at the Centre, Girish Chandra Murmu on Thursday took oath as the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

RK Mathur who was the defence secretary has been sworn-in as the first Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh. Mathur, an IAS officer of 1977 batch from Tripura, later inspected a guard of honour of local police.

G Kishan Reddy, minister of state for home affairs detailed the steps taken by the government to help the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A

While the sand brought from Malaysia, to meet the requirements of the union territory still sits in Karaikal port after 120 days of its arrival, AIADMK's A Anbalagan has demanded a CBI probe into the issue

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik's invite to Rahul Gandhi to visit the union territory has been accepted by the latter. However, the former Congress chief has said that he wouldn’t need an aircraft. JustForLaughs on MyNation depicts a reaction from the brave man who knows a lot about flying in Kashmir, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
 
 

Days after Article 370 was revoked, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, officially making J&K and Ladakh Union Territories on Friday, August 9.
 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on how the revoking of Article 370 and 35A would give birth to not only a new India but also a new Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. He also assured that the Union Territory status would not be permanent.

Rajya Sabha on Monday (August 5) cleared the resolution to scrap Article 370 with two-thirds majority, along with another resolution to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir to two union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

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It’s time to go back to school and brush up our knowledge about the concept of a Union territory. It is apt as Jammu and Kashmir has been bifurcated into two Union territories.

The Jammu and Kashmir government imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC in Srinagar district with effect from Sunday midnight as a precautionary measure, officials said
 

With an increase in excise duty and additional excise duty in Puducherry, alcohol will cost travellers and residents of the Union Territory a lot more

The Centre and the lieutenant governor Kiran Bedi had contended that if the situation prevailing before the high court's verdict was not restored, the Union territory's administration was likely to come to a standstill.

 The Madras high court ordered Kiran Bedi not to interfere in the elected government of the Union territory's day-to-day affairs. The petitioner Lakshminarayanan submitted that there were political differences between the elected Government of Puducherry and the Centre.