Puducherry

Flood alert to residents on banks of Sankarabarani river

11:48 pm December 1, 2019

Puducherry: A flood alert to villagers on the banks of the Sankarabarani river in Puducherry was sounded by the revenue and disaster management on Sunday as water was to be released from Veedur dam, 50 km from here. The alert comes in the wake of the decision of the Tamil Nadu government to release water […]

Narayanasamy says PM levelled "unfounded charges'

Betrayal of people’s mandate in Maharashtra, says Pondy CM

7:14 pm November 23, 2019

Puducherry: With Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar (NCP) as the former’s deputy, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday said, “It was a clear case of betrayal of the people of that state.” Speaking to reporters here, Narayanasamy said the Centre has once again demonstrated its usual machinations […]

Treat Puducherry as ‘transgender’ iffirm stand can’t be adopted while granting funds: Pondy CM

8:34 pm November 21, 2019

Puducherry: Accusing the Centre of adopting different stances while sanctioning grants to Puducherry, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Thursday said it could as well treat the union territory as a “transgender”. The present “whimsical approach”in treating Puducherry as a ‘State’ for some schemes and as ‘Union Territory’ for others was “helpless,” he said. Inaugurating a […]

Puducherry to get branch of CBI soon

8:54 pm November 15, 2019

Puducherry: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), New Delhi, has said it will soon set up a branch here to facilitate the public easily lodge corruption- related complaints instead of approaching the CBI branch in Chennai. Territorial Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi announced this to mediapersons through her whatsapp on Friday. All along the CBI’s anti-corruption wing […]

Rahul extends wishes on statehood day

2:15 pm November 1, 2019

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday wished people of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry on their statehood day. He said the support and progress of every state has helped form India and asked all to take a pledge to make states prosperous. The Congress leader also said that the […]