instruction: Tell me whether these are Indian states or not: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Chennai, Haryana, Delhi
response: The Indian states are: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Haryana
  Chennai is an Indian city which belongs to the state Tamil Nadu
  Delhi is Indian union territory
  
  India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. 
  
  states: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
  
  union territories: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh	, Lakshadweep, Puducherry