The byelection was a `prestige fight` between the Congress and AINRC in general and between the Chief Minister and founder of the AINRC N Rangasamy who is also opposition leader in particular.
The Centre has rejected a proposal to grant statehood to Puducherry, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The police chiefs of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Puducherry and the chief secretary of Arunachal Pradesh were transferred as the Union Home Ministry effected a reshuffle among top IPS and IAS officers in the Union Territory cadre.
Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and the main opposition DMK on Monday condemned Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi allegedly terming the state's people as "selfish and cowards".
A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant said that the issue requires to be heard at length and therefore it is listing the plea before a regular bench.
He had returned from Ernakulam recently with complaints of fever and was treated at a government hospital in Cuddalore from where he was referred to Jipmer for further examination on Monday.
The former Puducherry CM and DMK leader breathed his last at 3:00 am in a private hospital where he was undergoing treatment for age-related ailments.
BJP bagged all seven seats in Delhi and as well as the only seat from Chandigarh. Here is the full list of all the winning candidates from all the Union Territories.
Chief electoral officer V Candavelou, in a communication through whatsapp, said the election commission has declared as void the polling on April 18 and ordered a repoll on May 12 between 7 am and 6 pm.
Subramanian works in the Public Works Department and possessed a pass certificate, which testifies to his being a Standard VII candidate, when he joined duty on compassionate grounds a few years ago.
Light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over Tamil Nadu between Tuesday and Friday.
The Lok Sabha elections in Puducherry will be held in a single phase as announced by the Election Commission of India on Sunday.
Narayanasamy also said the dharna outside the assembly was also called off immediately after the meeting.
Gaja will be the second cyclone to hit the coastal area in a month after Cyclone Titli wreaked havoc in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on October 11, killing a total of 70 people.
The last date for filing GST return has been extended in Kerala, Mahe (Puducherry) and Kodagu (Karnataka).
The three BJP members were nominated by Kiran Bedi last year. The Madras High Court on March 22 upheld the appointment, declaring the nominations to be valid.
The apex court said that it will not go into "correctness of the scheme" and rather confine itself to whether the scheme was in consonance with its February 16 judgment.
Giving a backgrounder to her direction, Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi cited poor sanitation condition in rural Puducherry during her visits and to make a turnaround, she directed linking rice distribution to good sanitation in villages.
Targeting the Congress government in Puducherry, he said the union territory had poor infrastructure and was a victim of "Congress culture".
Modi would first visit the Aurobindo Ashram here and pay homage to its founder spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo. He will also visit the room where Aurobindo carried out his spiritual experiments.
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