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BJP candidate S Selvaganapathy (C) files nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Puducherry. (Photo: PTI)

BJP gets its first Rajya Sabha seat from Puducherry, Modi...

PM Modi also congratulated Sarbananda Sonowal and L Murugan on being elected to the Rajya Sabha from Assam and Madhya...

28 Sep 2021 5:47 AM GMT

BJP MLA Embalam R Selvam is all set to be elected unopposed as Speaker of the Puducherry Assembly. (Photo: Twitter/ @embalamrselvam)

BJP's Selvam elected Speaker of Puducherry Assembly

Selvam was elected to the House from Manavely constituency

16 Jun 2021 6:08 AM GMT

Health Secretary T Arun said that the government would also soon deploy health staff to inoculate differently-abled people at their homes. (Representative Image: PTI

Puducherry Health Department to conduct 4-day vaccination festival...

The administration is making all efforts to prevent the spread of the virus with the cooperation of the people

15 Jun 2021 2:39 PM GMT

BJP MLA Embalam R Selvam is all set to be elected unopposed as Speaker of the Puducherry Assembly. (Photo: Twitter/ @embalamrselvam)

BJP's 'Embalam' Selvam set to be elected Speaker of Puducherry...

AINRC and BJP are constituents of the NDA which formed the coalition government here with the AINRC having 10 members

15 Jun 2021 8:57 AM GMT

Complaints can be sent to email address mccgpelections21@gmail.com on violation of election code and other matters. PTI file photo

BJP allies win 13 seats, to form govt in Puducherry

AINRC president and former CM N. Rangasamy emerged victorious in Thattanchavady constituency

2 May 2021 8:17 PM GMT

A rikshaw puller rests near a deserted road during a day-long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Siliguri. PTI Photo

Complete lockdown in Puducherry till April 26

The lockdown will kick in on the night of April 23 at 10 pm and will remain in effect till the morning of April 26 at 5...

21 April 2021 7:22 AM GMT

The move was being effected since the colleges have remained closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were conducting online classes. (Representational Image: AFP)

Colleges in Puducherry to hold classes online from today

However, the practical classes for final semester students shall be conducted through offline mode following the safety...

26 March 2021 6:43 AM GMT

Traditionally a Congress bastion, the former French colony has suddenly become the cynosure of the BJPs eyes since the party in power at the Centre is piqued over its inability to make inroads into South India. (Photo: Twitter @CMPuducherry)

Is the BJP eyeing Pondy?

Besides poaching the Congress MLAs, the BJP has also used NR Congress and AIADMK, in its mission to storm the Congress...

17 Feb 2021 10:39 PM GMT

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a press conference at AICC headquarters. (PTI)

Trouble brews in Congress as one more MLA resigns ahead of Rahul...

Kumar's resignation comes close on the heels of senior party legislator Malladi Krishna Rao, who had earlier quit as...

16 Feb 2021 7:41 AM GMT

A doctor conducts a swab test. (AP)

Coronavirus test for Puducherry CM, MLAs and ministers

Following ICMR's direction, the government had stayed the use of Rapid Kits received last night from the Centre for...

22 April 2020 9:25 AM GMT

Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy. (P

Puducherry seeks 200cr interim relief from Centre to combat Covid19

All legislators of Puducherry to contribute 30 per cent of their MLA Local Area Development Fund to the COVID-19 fund

25 March 2020 1:00 PM GMT

Include Pondy history in school curriculum

She felt that school children should possess full knowledge and history of the Union Territory.

23 Feb 2019 1:34 AM GMT