Puducherry Education Minister P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram facing charges of impersonation in the SSLC public exam was on Saturday sacked from the cabinet by the Union Territory Chief Minister N. Rangasam

As a Puducherry minister faced a charge that he used a proxy to write his SSLC exam in Tamil Nadu recently, the Opposition Congress on Monday petitioned lieutenant-governor Iqbal Singh seeking a CBI probe into the issue.

Former Puducherry chief minister N. Rangasamy, who took revenge on the Congress for unseating him in 2008 by sweeping to an overwhelming majority in the recently-concluded Assembly polls with his rece

As the results for the Assembly elections in the Union Territory were announced on Friday, it became clear that the All-India N.R. Congress (AINRC) was heading for a huge victory.

Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh was questioned by Enforcement Directorate officials for the second day today over his recommendation for expeditious issue of passport to Hasan Ali Khan, who is fac

Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh on Monday grilled for nearly five hours by a team of Enforcement Directorate over his recommendation for issuing passport expeditiously to Hasan Ali Khan, facing mon

The Union Territory of Puducherry on Wednesday registered an estimated 85 per cent polling in elections for its 30-member asssembly.
District election officer Ragesh Chandra said that polling went off peacefully. He said Yanam “as usual topped the list with highest percentage of polling among all the four regions of the Union Territory.”

More than 78 per cent of voters exercised their franchise by 4 00 p.m. on Wednesday in the Puducherry Assembly polls, officials here said. “At 4 00 p.M. 78.86 per cent votes were cast with Yanam region touching a figure of 92 per cent,” an election official told IANS.

A high-voltage campaign in this Union Territory for the April 13 polls came to an end on Monday with the Congress-led combine and rival AIADMK-AINRC front making last minute efforts to woo the electorate.

Taking a cue from political parties in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the ruling Congress has come out with a manifesto promising free mobile phones for BPL families, free water purifier or refrigerator or electric stove for all sections of people. Families whose annual income does not exceed Rs 75,000 will be eligible for the free mobile phone.