With the union territory of Puducherry witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, the territorial government on Saturday imposed a two-week lockdown starting from May 10, in a bid to curb its spread. The Secretary to Government (Relief and Rehabilitation), Ashok Kumar, in an order, said the lockdown would be in addition to the night curfew … Read more
The verdict, especially BJP’s inability to win Bengal, will have a national impact. It will retard, if not completely halt, BJP’s objective of ‘one-nation, one-party’. Source link
Spearheading his party’s campaign in the ongoing polls to elect five assemblies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed 23 rallies so far, 10 of them across four states over the last three days, including Saturday. With the BJP pulling out all the stops to oust Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from government in West Bengal and … Read more
When West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee left the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on a wheel chair on March 12, her left leg heavily bandaged, it seemed to give a twist to the party’s Khela Hobe (The Game is On) slogan. A bruising electoral match will now be played in injury … Read more
Outgoing Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy was propped by yesteryears’ Congress establishment in Delhi but done in by Delhi’s new political order of the BJP. The downfall of the Congress regime in the Union Territory also means the party would experience a rare ‘power cut’ across south India. It is no coincidence that ‘Samy’ lost … Read more
New Delhi: The Chennai international airport has been closed till 7 AM on Thursday amid bad weather conditions caused by Cyclone Nivar, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. Gusty winds and rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, leaving several areas inundated. Authorities have housed over one lakh people in shelters as the severe cyclone … Read more
Puducherry: Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy on Sunday alleged that Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi was blocking 10 per cent horizontal reservation for government school students in medical courses. The allegation comes a day after Bedi announced that she had referred to Union Home Ministry the proposal of territorial government to provide the quota. Narayanasamy … Read more
NEW DELHI: With the Jammu and Kashmir government all set to hold panchayat elections this month, pressure is mounting on the Puducherry administration to hold local body elections which the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been insisting on for the past 10 years. The election process is likely to start soon with Roy P … Read more
Puducherry: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday said inspite of hurdles posed by Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, his government was implementing welfare schemes to ameliorate the lot of the poor. Paying homage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary here, the Congress leader said, “the Lt Governor had sent 10 … Read more