Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the 25th meeting of the Central Zonal Council on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday.
LoP Sunil Sharma responds to the National Conference's meeting on transfers, stating that the Lieutenant Governor holds the authority as per the 2019 Reorganisation Act.
Andhra Pradesh was given a special focus in the Union Budget, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing special financial support to address the state's need for capital.
"Our government has made concerted efforts to fulfill the commitments in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. Recognizing the state's need for capital, we will facilitate special financial support to multilateral development agencies. In the current FY, Rs 15000 crore will be arranged,
Reacting to the Centre's decision to amend the rules of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir said on Tuesday that it's a "positive news for them".
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has hit out at the BJP-led government over its notification expanding powers of Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor by inserting new sections in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, saying that the Centre's move means that full-fledged statehood for J-K do
Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said that the Centre's move would render the new Chief Minister "powerless" and indicates that the polls would be held soon in Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier today, the Ministry of Home Affairs amended the rules of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 enhancing some powers of the Lieutenant Governor of the erstwhile state.
Former BRS MP B Vinod Kumar on Friday said that Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Revanth Reddy and N. Chandrababu Naidu respectively will hold a meeting on Saturday and sort out issues regarding the bifurcation under Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Through the passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 in Parliament, Article 370, which gave special constitutional privileges to the erstwhile state, ceased to exist. Jammu and Kashmir was split and reorganised into two UTs--Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh--in August 2019.
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the validity of the Union government's 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution which conferred the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, while pointing out that Article 370 is a "temporary provision".