Five years since the abrogation of Article 370, the move, which revoked the region's special status, has brought about transformative changes in Kashmir with the streets of Srinagar adorned with tricolour lighting, reflecting the region's enthusiasm for India's 78th Independence Day on Au
On August 5, 2019, the Centre revoked Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the region into two Union Territories- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
After being denied special status by the Centre, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government has decided that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will not attend the NITI Aayog meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made major announcements for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, including a boost in infrastructure and special financial support.
BJP MLA from Katihar, Tarkishore Prasad, has countered the INDIA bloc leaders' protests regarding the demand for special status for Bihar, emphasizing the extensive reforms announced in the Union Budget 2024-25 for the state.
Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Monday questioned why RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav did not pursue Special Category Status for Bihar when he was an ally of Congress and both parties were in power.
As the BJP's key ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), JD (U) demanded a special status category for Bihar, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, in a written reply, said that special status cannot granted to Bihar as per the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) report 2012.
In a recent all-party meeting ahead of the upcoming budget session, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh highlighted a significant shift in the political landscape regarding special category status for states.
Communist Party of India's (CPI) Andhra Pradesh Secretary, K. Ramakrishna, visited Guntur to participate in the state-level general body meeting at the CPI office on Thursday. Ramakrishna urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to demand special status for the state.