Puducherry
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Congress’ poll performance unfortunate, disappointing: Sonia Gandhi
New May: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday termed her party’s performance in the state assembly elections “unfortunate, disappointing and unexpected”. In the recently concluded assembly elections, results of which were declared on…
- India
Muslim candidates improve tally in Assam, Kerala; number goes down in WB
Hyderabad: The results of five state assembly elections that were announced by the Election Commission on Sunday revealed that Muslim candidates in the contest barely showed any significant rise in tally. Only…
- India
Live Assembly election results: TMC heading for huge victory in West Bengal
New Delhi: The counting of votes for the Assembly elections has begun in the four states- Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Union Territory of Puducherry adhering to COVID-19 protocols. While…
- India
Assembly election results: Counting of votes in 4 states, Puducherry today
New Delhi: The counting of votes will begin on Sunday for the high-stakes assembly polls in four states- Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and the union territory of Puducherry. All necessary…
- India
All set for counting of votes for Puducherry assembly polls
Puducherry: Puducherry is geared up for counting of votes for assembly elections on Sunday with adequate arrangements having been made in accordance with the COVID-19 protocols. The single-phase election for the 30…
- India
Assembly polls: EC prohibits victory procession on counting day
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) prohibited victory procession after the counting of votes of state assembly elections on May 2 in wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases. “No victory procession…
- India
Assembly polls: EC bans victory processions after counting of votes amid COVID surge
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday banned all victory processions after counting of votes in states where assembly polls were held to check the spread of coronavirus. The counting of votes…
- Telangana
COVID-19: Telangana lags behind in RT-PCR tests
Hyderabad: Amid the second wave of COVID-19 being witnessed across the country, the union health ministry and family welfare revealed that Telangana is among states which are not doing enough RT-PCR tests to…
- India
Voting begins in 475 Assembly constituencies in four states, one UT
New Delhi: Polling began at 7 am on Tuesday for one of the busiest days in the ongoing Assembly election in all four states and one Union Territory – West Bengal, Assam,…
- Hyderabad News
Telangana Governor concerned about spurt in Covid cases
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor, Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, on Sunday voiced concern over the spurt in Covid-19 cases in the state and called up Health Minister E. Rajender to enquire about the situation. Phoning the…
- Andhra Pradesh News
Congress questions BJP over ‘special status’ promise to Puducherry
Vijayawada: Hitting out at the BJP for promising a ‘Special Union Territory’ status to poll-bound Puducherry in its election manifesto, the Congress accused the Centre of playing “opportunistic politics”, stating that it…
- Politics
DMK has scant respect for women: Amit Shah
Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that the DMK has scant respect for women and the derogatory speech made by DMK leader A. Raja against the late mother of Chief…
- India
HC orders probe in Puducherry BJP’s collection of Aadhaar data
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to accept the plea of the BJP’s Puducherry unit that the mobile numbers of voters connected to Aadhaar were collected by party workers during the…
- India
Puducherry logs 96 new COVID-19 cases, overall tally rises to 40,836
Puducherry: The union territory of Puducherry logged 96 fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 40,836, a senior official of the Directorate of Health and Family…
- India
Puducherry schools for classes 1-8 to remain closed from March 22-May 31
Puducherry: All schools of State, CBSE, and ICSE boards in Puducherry will remain closed for Class 1 to Class 8 between March 22 and May 31 in view of rising cases of…
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PM Modi in Puducherry
Puducherry: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded by party leaders during a public meeting ahead of the assembly election, in Puducherry, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar) Puducherry: Prime Minister…
- India
Cabinet approves President’s Rule in Puducherry
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to impose President’s Rule in Puducherry, days after a Congress-led government in the union territory lost power during a vote of confidence. Announcing…
- India
Puducherry CM Narayanasamy loses confidence vote
Puducherry: The Congress-led government in Puducherry on Monday lost the confidence vote sought by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, in the face of its depleted strength of 11 against the opposition’s 14 following resignation…
- India
Kiran Bedi pens down heartfelt letter after removal as Puducherry LG
Puducherry: Kiran Bedi wrote a heartfelt letter on Thursday following her removal as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. “To dear media persons: This is to say how I started every morning of…
- Politics
BJP will come to power in Puducherry, Telangana, NDA in TN: Kishan Reddy
Chennai: The BJP will form the next government in Puducherry and Telangana while the NDA will come to power in Tamil Nadu with the mandate of the people who will reject “family parties,”…
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‘Not sir’: Rahul Gandhi asks students to call him ‘Anna’ and social media loves it!
In a now widely shared clip from a public meeting in Puducherry, Rahul Gandhi can be seen asking students to address him as Rahul ‘Anna’ instead of calling him ‘sir’. The clip,…
- India
Telangana Guv Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as Pondy Lt Governor
Puducherry: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, who was given additional charge of Puducherry, was sworn in as Lt Governor of the Union Territory on Thursday. Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee…
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Puducherry Collector served toxic liquid in mineral water bottle by personal staff, FIR registered
Puducherry: A Special Officer of the Puducherry Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, on Thursday, wrote to the Station House Officer, alleging that a poisonous colourless liquid was served during an official…
- India
Universities should offer police cadets: Kiran Bedi
Noida: Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Tuesday said universities should work with the police departments to offer police cadets. The former IPS officer lauded the new National Education Policy but asked students…
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India’s active COVID caseload drops to 3.03 lakh
New Delhi: India’s total COVID-19 active caseload has dropped to 3.03 lakh (3,03,639) on Monday, which is the lowest in 161 days, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has said.…
- India
Haryana’s first woman MP Chandrawati dies at 92
Chandigarh: Haryana’s first woman MP and former Puducherry Lt Governor Chandrawati passed away on Sunday. She was 92. The senior Congress leader was undergoing treatment at the Rohtak’s PGIMS hospital where she had…
- India
Puducherry records 48 fresh COVID cases of infection
Puducherry: Puducherry registered 48 fresh cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday taking the tally of those infected by the virus to 36,299. In a welcome development, no new fatalities due to COVID-19…
- Delhi
Gadkari to inaugurate road-over-bridge on NH 45-A at Puducherry
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday will inaugurate one-kilometre long road-over-bridge across railway level crossing on NH 45-A at Arumparthapuram, Puducherry. The event will be attended by Puducherry Lt. Governor…
- India
Puducherry adds 543 new COVID cases, 11 deaths take toll to 448
Puducherry: Puducherry reported 543 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday taking the overall tally in the union territory to 22,456. Eleven more people succumbed to the infection as the death toll rose to 448,…
- India
Pondy sees 490 new COVID cases, six more deaths
Puducherry: Puducherry on Friday clocked 490 new COVID-19 cases and six more fatalities, pushing the overall tally of those infected by the virus to 21,913 in the union territory. Health Minister Malladi Krishna…
