Assembly elections: Counting of votes begins in PuducherryA total of 344 candidates, including 96 independents, are in the fray in the polls held on May 16.Three-tier security has been put in place...
19 May, 2016, 08.41 AM IST
Destiny of 344 candidates in Puducherry to be decided tomorrowThe poll is witnessing a multi-cornered contest as never before with the presence of AINRC, AIADMK, BJP and PMK, who are going it alone.
15 May, 2016, 06.24 PM IST
AIADMK nominee Gokulakrishnan elected to Rajya Sabha from PuducherryThe announcement was made by returning Officer S Mohandoss at the end of deadline 3 PM for withdrawal of nominations.
21 Sep, 2015, 06.09 PM IST
Puducherry: G Nehru resigns from post of Government WhipCiting 'inordinate delay' in announcing of the AINRC candidate for the Sept 28 biennial poll to the lone RS post, Nehru tendered his resign...
15 Sep, 2015, 04.45 PM IST
Lt Guv is higher authority in a Union Territory: BJPVisweswaran told reporters that there should be at the same time no room for any confrontation between the Lt Governor and the Ministry.
05 Jun, 2015, 02.20 PM IST
Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee urges Rahul Gandhi to take charge as AICC working presidentHe said he had held talks in Delhi recently with Mukul Wasnik,in charge of party affairs here and acquainted him with strategies to revamp ...
07 Mar, 2015, 02.26 PM IST
AIADMK welcomes Congress MP's moral support to JayalalithaaAIADMK's Puducherry unit today welcomed senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Kannan's extension of 'moral support to Jayalalithaa.
30 Sep, 2014, 04.07 PM IST
Book on reptiles of Nilgiris releasedIn a first of its kind, a book on snakes and other reptiles of Nilgiris, authored by P Kannan, assistant professor of Ooty Government Arts ...
18 Jul, 2014, 02.38 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: V Narayanasamy changes stand, wants Puducherry to remain UTIn poll-eve u-turn on his stand over persistent demand for statehood to Puducherry, V Narayanasamy today favoured former French colony to r...
17 Apr, 2014, 04.47 PM IST
DMK flays Congress MPs from Puducherry and AINRC governmentDMK Puducherry unit convener claimed in a release that sitting MP in Lok Sabha and Union Minister of State in PMO had utilised only 38 per ...
31 Mar, 2014, 01.41 PM IST
- Puducherry Planning Board to meet tomorrow
The Lt Governor of Puducherry Iqbal Singh has convened the meeting of the State Planning Board here tomorrow in his capacity as chairman.
05 May, 2013, 03.56 PM IST
Security situation in north eastern states has improved significantly: Sushilkumar ShindeSushilkumar Shinde has said that the security situation in the north eastern states has improved significantly and the Centre has provided ...
08 Mar, 2013, 07.06 PM IST
- Government makes efforts to enlist support in Rajya Sabha
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met leaders of parties like BSP and RJD to persuade them to give up their opposition.
29 Dec, 2011, 08.39 PM IST
- PMC to merge with Congress
PMC, which broke away from Cong, decides to merge with the party.
29 Aug, 2009, 03.47 PM IST
- Cong’s Puducherry govt gets PMC prop
With its splinter group, Puducherry Munnetra Congress (PMC), extending its support to the three-year-old Congress ministry in Puducherry, t...
03 Aug, 2009, 04.50 AM IST
- Rlys asked to widen track to prevent elephant deaths
In the wake of round eight elephants being run over by trains in the last six months, Tamil Nadu forest department has suggested that the R...
01 Aug, 2009, 12.40 PM IST
- Centre clears welfare sops for workers
The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Act of 2000 to expand the definition of ‘workers’ to co...
09 Aug, 2008, 02.01 AM IST