Puducherry

Rice scheme: Bedi okays deposit of cash under DBT system

Bedi rides bullock cart to village; loses iPhone, recovers it

6:46 pm September 14, 2019

Puducherry: An expensive i-phone belonging to Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi went missing during her visit to a lake near here as part of her ‘Green Puducherry and Water-rich Puducherry’ campaign on Saturday. After a search, the former IPS officer, who led a large number of volunteers and officials raising slogans on the need to […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

CM cites J&K case, says chances bright for Puducherry’s inclusion in 15th Finance Commission

8:40 pm August 29, 2019

Puducherry: Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Thursday said the prospects of union territory of Puducherry being included in the 15th Central Finance Commission were ‘bright’ since Jammu and Kashmir, bifurcated into two UTs, would be brought under the purview of the panel. Pressing his demand for including Puducherry in the finance panel, he told the […]

Ramon Magsaysay awardee from Ladakh calls on Bedi

11:25 pm August 28, 2019

Puducherry: Ramon Magsaysay awardee Sonam Wangchuk from Ladakh called on Lt Governor Kiran Bedi at her office here on Wednesday. A release from the Lt Governor said Wangchuk, founder of the Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), which is working on educational reform in the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, has been instrumental in […]

‘Hunar Haat’ to be held in Jaipur from Aug 24

1:58 pm August 23, 2019

New Delhi: The next ‘Hunar Haat’, where handmade indigenous products of master artisans and craftsmen are made available to the people, will be organised from August 24 in Jaipur, the Minority Affairs Ministry said Friday. This will be the first ‘Hunar Haat’ organized under the Modi government’s second term. Lakhs of artisans and craftsmen have […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Iridium scamsters who duped many in TN, Kerala arrested

10:40 pm June 19, 2019

Kanyakumari (TN): A gang of three men has been arrested for allegedly duping several people by offering to sell pots claiming they contained iridium, a rare metal, police said Wednesday. An ordinary metal pot that was falsely claimed by the gang to contain iridium and Rs 14.25 lakh worth jewellery were seized from them. Several […]