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Puducherry govt imposes 20% special excise duty on liquor products

Faced with serious shortfall in excise revenue,the territorial government has imposed a 20 percent special excise duty on maximum retail price uniformly on all brands of liquor products in UT

Twenty children in Puducherry hospitalised after testing positive for Covid

Twenty children hailing from Puducherry were hospitalised on Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19, Director of Health and Family Welfare services S Mohan Kumar said. They were admitted to the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital at Kadirkamam near here. Kumar told PTI that details of their age were being collected.

Tamil Nadu to resume bus services to Puducherry from July 12

Effective July 12, bus services to neighbouring Puducherry would be operational and retail outlets would be permitted to be open till 9 PM

Best of BS Opinion: Thaw on the western front, globalisation, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

BJP wrests initiative in Puducherry

Puducherry is the only new government BJP has been able to snag in recently held Assembly elections

Puducherry coronavirus update: UT reports 326 fresh Covid-19 cases

The union territory of Puducherry reported 326 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours, raising the overall tally to 113,948

Puducherry adds 430 new Covid-19 cases, tally touches 1,13,622

Six more persons succumbed to the infection raising the toll to 1,702.

Puducherry govt cancels Class 12 board exams due to Covid crisis

Puducherry has 8270 active cases presently

Puducherry Covid-19 update: 712 new cases, 18 deaths in last 24 hours

Puducherry reported 712 fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,07,826, a senior Health department official said on Friday

Puducherry coronavirus update: 815 new Covid cases, 12 deaths reported

Puducherry witnessed a further dip in the number of fresh Covid-19 with 815 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours

Puducherry coronavirus update: Daily Covid count below 1,000 for fourth day

Puducherry continued to record less than 1,000 daily cases for a fourth consecutive day, with 979 fresh additions on Tuesday, taking the overall tally to 105,000

K Lakshminarayanan appointed pro tem speaker of Puducherry Assembly

Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday appointed AINRC MLA K Lakshminarayanan as pro tem speaker of the territorial assembly here

Coronavirus: Puducherry records highest single day number of deaths

The Union territory of Puducherry recorded the highest single-day Covid-19 fatality count on Sunday with 26 deaths, while the addition of 1,633 cases pushed the caseload to 71,709

Puducherry: Fourth time lucky, Rangasamy to head his first coalition govt

Seventy-one-year-old AINRC founder N Rangasamy was sworn-in as CM of Puducherry for a record fourth time but will be heading his maiden coalition cabinet

Winning ways

Neglecting Covid for polls has been costly for BJP

Tamil Nadu: Consider complete lockdown for two days from May 1, says HC

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry governments to consider declaring complete lockdown for two days on May 1 and May 2

Pondy clocks 715 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hrs, tally rises to 47,108

Puducherry registered 715 fresh coronavirus cases during the last twenty-four hours ending 10 am on Saturday, raising the overall infection count to 47,108

Puducherry sees 476 new coronavirus infections, reports two deaths

The Union Territory of Puducherry recorded 476 new cases of coronavirus and two deaths in the last 24 hours ending 10 AM on Wednesday.

Puducherry to impose night curfew amid increasing coronavirus cases

Amid increasing coronavirus cases, a night curfew would be enforced from April 10, said Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday

Puducherry Assembly elections: Around 66% polling in UT till 3 pm

An estimated 66 per cent of the 10.04 lakh voters in the Union Territory of Puducherry exercised their franchise till 3 PM on Tuesday