Shaw reached his 200 in just 142 runs playing for Mumbai against Puducherry
"Puducherry has a lot of potential for industrial and tourism development that will provide a lot of employment opportunities," Modi said
The capital cost to be incurred in this project is about Rs 2,426 crores
Modi's tour comes at a time Tamil Nadu gearing for elections
This days after a Congress-led government in the union territory lost power during a vote of confidence
Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of various development projects for the poll-bound union territory
The PM''s trip comes amid a totally changed political environment in Puducherry as V Narayanasamy who headed the Congress ministry here since 2016 had resigned along with its entire cabinet on Feb 22
PM Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives, including key power projects in Tamil Nadu
Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and his council of Ministers
The Congress lost its second government in a year after the Puducherry regime fell
As the Congress government in Puducherry fell after losing majority, senior BJP ministers and leaders took a dig at Rahul Gandhi saying it was due to his "Midas touch" that the party lost power in the Union Territory soon after his visit. The Congress government in Puducherry fell on Monday after Chief Minister V Narayanasamy resigned ahead of the confidence vote in the Assembly with the coalition ministry reduced to a minority due to a spate of resignations of party MLAs and a DMK legislator recently. Seizing on the development, several BJP leaders, state functionaries and ministers took a dig at the grand old party and Rahul Gandhi's leadership. In a sarcastic tweet, Union minister Piyush Goyal said Rahul Gandhi's Puducherry visit to strengthen his party has "gone well". "Congress loses power in Puducherry, reducing its presence to just 3 states, along with trivial existence in Maharashtra & Jharkhand. Few years from now, Congress will only exist in the books of history," he ...
With the exit of the Congress government here, Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are the only three states in the country ruled by the party on its own
The Lieutenant Governor forwarded the letter by mail to the President, official sources told PTI
The government lost the confidence vote brought due to depleted strength of 11 against opposition's 14 in the House
After staging a walkout from the Assembly before the motion seeking confidence vote was put up for voting in the House
"We formed the government with the support of DMK and independent MLAs. After that, we faced various elections. We have won all the by-elections. It is clear that people of Puducherry trust us"
Moving the motion, the chief minister told the Assembly that his government had the majority
Two more MLAs of the Congress- DMK alliance in Puducherry resigned on Sunday, delivering yet another jolt to Chief Minister V Narayanasamy as the ruling side's strength further depleted to 11
One more Congress MLA in Puducherry resigned from his post, delivering yet another jolt to Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, who is scheduled to face a floor test on February 22 to prove majority.
Two of the four Congress MLAs who quit the House -- A Namassivayam and E Theeppainthan -- have already joined the BJP