Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Tuesday said medical experts had assessed that the fast spread of COVID-19 in the union territory in the past few weeks was largely because of the arrival of more people from neighbouring Chennai and also those returning from abroad.
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has decided to promote Secondary School Certificate (SSC 2020) or class 10 students to the next class without any examinations.
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi on Saturday batted for auctioning of retail licenses to sell liquor in the Union Territory.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Puducherry rose to 39 after five more people tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.
Two COVID-19 cases were reported in Puducherry on Monday, taking the number of infections in the union territory to 31.
Directions to the booze-lovers included strict adherence to social distancing. Markings were made on the road close to the shop to ensure that the people observed physical distancing.
Liquor shops will reopen in Puducherry tomorrow onwards, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said today.
Puducherry on Saturday reported one more coronavirus positive patient taking the toll of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 4 in the Union Territory, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services S Mohan Kumar informed.
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy who took the coronavirus test yesterday has tested negative. Some other lawmakers in the state who also took the test with the CM have also tested negative.
The Union Territory of Puducherry reported its first COVID-19 death with a 71-year old man, hailing from Mahe, succumbing to the infection at a hospital in Kannur on Saturday.
Puducherry government has decided to cancel the final exams for all students of class 1-9 in the Union Territory as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-I9.
LPG supplies from the three major Oil Marketing Companies -- IndianOil, BPCL, and HPCL would be normal during the coming days and there was no need for panic booking as restrictions have been imposed by the State government as part of steps to curb the spread of coronavirus, an apex body said.
The Puducherry government is thinking of deploying the CRPF and India Reserve Battalion personnel here to help police ensure strict enforcement of the curfew clamped last night to contain the COVID-19 spread, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said on Tuesday.
Amid the growing coronavirus scare, the Puducherry government on Wednesday decided to shut down all liquor bars, tourist spots, shopping malls and theaters with immediate effect.
The Puducherry police went into a tizzy after a man called the control room on Sunday and said explosives would go off in the next 24 hours in Raj Nivas and the Railway station.
The Congress government in Puducherry is planning to adopt a resolution in the next Assembly session seeking scrapping of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act as the one adopted by Kerala, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said on Thursday.
Allowing the plea, a single judge of the court observed that the elected government functioning through a council of ministers could not be defeated by the acts of an administrator who is also functioning under the provisions of the Constitution.
The onions packed in plastic covers were given to women workers at the Congress party's headquarters in Puducherry.
"The arrangements made during Kumbh and after Ayodhya verdict to maintain law and order by the state police is appreciable. The civil society also helped and media also acted wisely," Bedi told reporters after inaugurating the the two-day event.
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and leaders of various political parties on Saturday extended Deepavali greetings to people of the Union Territory.
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