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Election Commission appoints four special observers for Puducherry

The EC has appointed four special observers for Puducherry in connection with the April 6 Assembly polls

Puducherry assembly elections: Congress releases list of 14 candidates

The Congress party on Tuesday released a list of 14 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Puducherry.

Former Puducherry CM N Rangaswamy to contest from 2 constituencies

Former Chief Minister of Puducherry and All India NR Congress (AINRC) President N. Rangaswamy will contest the Assembly elections in the Union Territory from two constituencies

P Kannan joins BJP ahead of Puducherry assembly polls

Ahead of assembly polls in Puducherry, former Puducherry minister P Kannan on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the national capital

Puducherry: Ruckus at Congress meeting after party leader raised DMK flag

Additional security forces were deployed outside the Congress office in Puducherry after ruckus took place during the Congress's Election Committee meeting on Sunday

Puducherry: Rs 2 cr worth gold ornaments seized by election dept officials

Gold ornaments worth Rs 2 crore have been seized from a vehicle by election department officials at the border village of Gorimedu here

Puducherry: 2 former DMK ministers, 6 new faces in list released by party

Two former DMK ministers and six new faces, including two lawyers, have been named in the list of nominees for 12 of the 13 constituencies announced

DMK announces 12 out of 13 candidates for Puducherry Assembly elections

The candidate for the Bagur constituency will be announced later

Puducherry elections: Congress-DMK seat sharing likely to be finalised

The seat sharing arrangement between the Congress and DMK in Puducherry is likely to be finalised here on Tuesday

Puducherry polls: AINR Congress, BJP-AIADMK combine ink seat-sharing pact

AINR Congress has entered into a seat-sharing agreement with the BJP and the AIADMK combine for the April 6 Assembly elections in the Union Territory

Ahead of polls, Puducherry LG takes a ride on public bus with locals

Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Tuesday travelled in a passenger bus along with locals to check the public transport facilities in the union territory

Pattali Makkal Katchi to go it alone in Puducherry Assembly elections

The PMK on Tuesday announced its decision to go it alone in the Assembly polls in Puducherry scheduled to be held on April 6

BJP to conduct extensive in-depth survey in Puduchery ahead of elections

The BJP is planning to conduct extensive and in-depth surveys in poll-bound Puducherry and has commissioned a national level agency for the same

AINRC seals alliance with BJP and AIADMK in Puducherry; to contest 16 seats

Ending days of suspense, the opposition AINRC in Puducherry on Tuesday firmed up alliance with the BJP and AIADMK

NDA to finalise CM candidate, constituency distribution in Puducherry: BJP

The NDA will hold a meeting to finalize the Chief Minister and constituency distribution in the forthcoming elections in Pondicherry, in two days, said BJP president V Saminathan on Thursday

Cong forms screening panels for TN, WB, Kerala and Puducherry polls

Senior leader Digvijaya Singh was named the panel head for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

Kerala CM flays Rahul silence over Cong govt falling in party-ruled states

Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday persisted with his attack on Rahul Gandhi and questioned the Congress leader's silence over his party-led government losing power in various states

Litmus test awaits Congress in Puducherry Assembly polls

The Congress which lost its government here at the fag end of its term will be keen to prove a point by winning the assembly elections scheduled for April 6

President's rule imposed in Puducherry after Congress govt loses trust vote

President's Rule was imposed in Puducherry following a recommendation by the Union Cabinet after a Congress-led government lost power in the Union Territory in a vote of confidence. The notification, signed by President Ram Nath Kovind, said the decision was taken after the president received a report from the administrator of the Union Territory of Puducherry on February 22. It said after considering the report and other information received by him, the president was satisfied that a situation had arisen in which the administration of the Union Territory of Puducherry could not carry on in accordance with the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963). "Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 51 of the Act and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I (a) suspend, until the constitution of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Puducherry, in relation to the said Union Territory of Puducherry...," the notification said. The ..

PM launches various projects in Puducherry; assures support for development

Modi on Thursday inaugurated a slew of completed projects here and laid the foundation stone for others