Puducherry elections 2026: Robot ‘Nila’ welcomes voters as polling begins in the Union TerritoryVoting for the 2026 Puducherry assembly elections commenced today. A robot named Nila greeted voters at a polling station. Early turnout st...
09 Apr, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Congress appoints Shktisinh Gohil as new Gujarat PCC chief; Babariya new Haryana, Delhi in-chargeGohil has replaced Jagdish Thakor, who had resigned after the party's poor performance in the last assembly elections in Gujarat when the p...
09 Jun, 2023, 08.04 PM IST
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, AIADMK MLA in spat at government functionTalking to reporters, the MLA claimed he had been insulted and slammed Bedi, asking "is the Lt Governor a Princess in Puducherry?"
02 Oct, 2018, 07.22 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
Steps to be taken to remove Sasikala from AIADMK: VaithilingamVaithilingam, a leader of the Palaniswami camp, addressing the merger meet at the party headquarters here, said measures will be initiated ...
21 Aug, 2017, 05.37 PM IST
K Palaniswami faction forms panel to hold talks with O Panneerselvam campThe decision was arrived at a meeting chaired by the chief minister at the AIADMK headquarters here which was attended by senior ministers ...
21 Apr, 2017, 03.18 PM IST
No room for aspiration to contest RS poll: V VaithilingamV Vaithilingam today said his party Congress which is numerically small in the 30 member Assembly, it would be unwise to entertain any aspi...
10 Sep, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
Government to felicitate Puducherry legislators completing 25 yearsBoth Valsaraj and Nazeem were present when the Chief Minister accepted Vaithilingam's suggestion.
28 Apr, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
Mahatma Gandhi rememberedSpeaker V Sabapathy, Ministers, legislators, officials and freedom fighters were among those who paid floral tributes at the statue.
30 Jan, 2015, 01.58 PM IST
N Rangasamy leads Union Territory to pay homage to BR AmbedkarPuducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy paid homage to Dr BR Ambedkar on the occasion of his 57th death anniversary.
06 Dec, 2013, 02.17 PM IST
- Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi remembered
Chief Minister N.Rangasamy led the Union Territory of Puducherry in paying homage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the occasion of...
31 Oct, 2013, 08.56 PM IST
- Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary: Puducherry CM N.Rangasamy pays tribute
Puducherry Chief Minister N.Rangasamy today led the Union Territory in paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 64th death anniversary.
30 Jan, 2012, 01.53 PM IST
- No necessity for Iqbal Singh to resign: Puducherry CM
Puducherry Chief Minister V Vaithilingam said "there is no necessity" for Lt Governor Iqbal Singh to step down from his post for his allege...
25 Apr, 2011, 04.12 PM IST
- Puducherry faces Rs 1,000 cr shortfall, says CM
Puducherry Chief Minister V Vaithilingam along with his five ministerial colleagues would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this week to s...
15 Sep, 2008, 04.13 PM IST
- Vaithilingam sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister
V Vaithilingam was today sworn in as Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry.
04 Sep, 2008, 01.46 PM IST
- Govt engineering college branch at Nettapakkam
The territorial administration is considering a proposal to set up a branch of the government engineering college at Nettapakkam.
02 Nov, 2007, 01.00 PM IST
- Pondy signs pact with NTPC for power purchase
The Puducherry government today signed an agreement with the National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd for purchase of power from the Simhadri...
16 Oct, 2007, 05.00 PM IST