Centre can extend special category status to States

The JD(U) has ridiculed the BJPs manifesto, saying it is devoid of any reference to special category for the state. All parties, including the BJP, had adopted a joint resolution in the Bihar Assembly supporting the demand for special category status to ...

Bhubaneswar, April 3: The BJP state unit today joined the BJD chorus for the special category status for Odisha. If we come to power, we will exert pressure on the Centre to fulfil the legitimate demand of the state, said BJP manifesto committee chairman ...

 BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday promised special category state status for Bihar besides a special package and special attention.

Moving swiftly, the Centre on Sunday decided to grant special-category status to the Seemandhra region for a period of five years—a decision that would help the residuary state put its finances on firmer footing. The Union Cabinet decision would help ...

New Delhi: Creation of Telangana as India’s 29th state was approved by Parliament tonight with Rajya Sabha clearing the contentious bill to split Andhra Pradesh after Congress and BJP came together amid unprecedented bedlam.In a bid to address concerns ...

Criticising the ruling AINRC's demand for mere statehood for Puducherry, Union Minister and Congress candidate in the lone Lok Sabha seat in the Union territory V Narayanasamy today said statehood with special category status alone would be beneficial to the ...

Train services were disrupted across the state owing to the BJP-sponsored rail chakka jaam demanding special category status and financial package for Bihar. Around 200 trains were affected as thousands of workers and supporters agitated from 5am to 12 noon.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today attacked the Congress-led UPA government for denying special category status to the state under 'political pressure' and appealed people to provide 'strength' in the ensuing general elections and make Delhi hear them.

The ruling BJD on Monday staged a dharna near Raj Bhavan to protest against the Centre's denial of special category status to Odisha while according the same to the newly created Seemandhra after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. The activists of the BJD's youth ...