Puducherry assembly elections date: Voting on April 6, counting on May 2Of the 30 Assembly seats, five are reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates. The voting hour has been increased by one hour in view of C...
01 Mar, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
President's rule imposed in Puducherry, MHA issues notificationThe Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday issued a notification of imposing President's rule in Puducherry after President Ram Nath Kovind w...
25 Feb, 2021, 08.29 PM IST
President accepts resignations of Puducherry CM, council of ministersNarayanasamy, who led the Congress government, resigned on Monday ahead of the confidence vote after his ministry was reduced to a minority...
23 Feb, 2021, 07.43 PM IST
Narayanasamy quits before vote, Puducherry set for President’s RuleThough Narayanasamy moved the motion seeking the confidence vote minutes after the Assembly met for a special one-day session, he and his r...
22 Feb, 2021, 11.56 PM IST
With Puducherry setback, Congress political footprint diminishes furtherWith the latest setback, the Congress's political footprint in India has shrunk even further with the grand old party now in power on its o...
22 Feb, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
Puducherry: Ahead of floor test, three Congress MLAs quit, government's strength falls to 11K Lakshminarayanan, elected from the Raj Bhavan constituency, tendered his resignation to Assembly Speaker V P Sivakolundhu at the latter's...
21 Feb, 2021, 06.01 PM IST
Puducherry's Narayanasamy government told to face floor test on February 22Earlier, Narayanasamy offered prayers at a Lord Shiva temple in the heart of the town and told reporters that the MLAs would meet at his re...
19 Feb, 2021, 12.33 AM IST
Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan asks CM Narayansamy to prove majority on Feb 22The strength of both the ruling and opposition camps stand at 14 in the 33-member house, including three nominated legislators of the BJP. ...
18 Feb, 2021, 08.46 PM IST
Oppn demands Narayanasamy to prove majority in Pondy assembly, petitions Lt Guv's officeA day after the Congress government lost its majority with the resignation of one more MLA, the delegation of all 14 legislators belonging ...
18 Feb, 2021, 12.11 AM IST
Opposition in Puducherry demands floor test as Congress loses majorityThis move is expected to hurt the Congress-led government in the Union Territory as the Puducherry assembly currently has 28 MLAs, after th...
17 Feb, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
BJP should learn lessons from developments in Karnataka: Puducherry CM V NarayanasamyThe senior Congress leader appealed to the BJP to draw lessons from the Karnataka experiment and "refrain" from causing disturbance to demo...
20 May, 2018, 04.01 PM IST
TTV Dhinakaran vows to end 'rule of betrayal' in a weekThe 'sacked' party deputy chief also ruled out his faction having any direct or indirect pact with M K Stalin-led DMK, saying that party "i...
15 Sep, 2017, 02.42 PM IST
T T V Dhinakaran removes R B Udhayakumar as secretary of party forumDhinakaran, nephew of V K Sasikala, also appointed some of his supporters to various party posts, two days after the merger of the two fact...
23 Aug, 2017, 01.16 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Dhinakaran camp MLAs revolt against CM Palaniswami, DMK demands trust vote"We are going to initiate efforts to bring in a new chief minister with the help of our supporting MLAs, said Dhinakaran's supporter and An...
23 Aug, 2017, 01.08 AM IST
President not in favour of two executive authorities in state: Hamid AnsariAnsari cited Mukherjee's remarks in his speech at the farewell ceremony for Mukherjee in the Central Hall of parliament.
23 Jul, 2017, 09.06 PM IST
'TN Governor appropriate authority to decide on political situation'Narayanasamy said though the matter related to another state, "we are closely watching the situation".
11 Feb, 2017, 04.27 PM IST
L&T Construction bags Rs 1,832 crore contractsThe company's overseas arm L&T Oman bagged a contract for engineering, procurement and construction of a new 400/220 kV grid substation at ...
21 Aug, 2014, 02.57 PM IST