Puducherry Chief Minister and founder-leader of the All India N.R. Congress N. Rangasamy is spearheading the campaign of BJP candidate A. Namassivayam for the lone Lok Sabha seat from the Union Territory. Mr. Rangasamy, who shares familial ties with the BJP candidate, tells The Hindu that it was the BJP government in the Centre that first seriously considered giving Statehood …
Union Ministry of Home Affairs has reiterated its stand on maintaining the status of Puducherry as a Union Territory. ‘Will meet PM, HM’ Responding to the stand taken by Centre, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has expressed his government’s resolve to press for Statehood again. In an informal chat with reporters on Sunday, Mr. Rangasamy said, “We will take up a …
PUDUCHERRY: On the occasion of Puducherry's Independence Day, CM N Rangasamy announced an increase in financial assistance to freedom fighters, from the current `10,000 to `12,000 a month, commencing from September. The aid will be provided to 1,348 freedom fighters in Puducherry, the CM said at a function to honour them at Kamban Kalai Arangam. CM Rangasamy said he will …
Steps to get statehood for Puducherry, exemption from wearing helmets by two-wheeler riders and raising the maximum age-limit for applying for government jobs were some of the promises made by AINRC founder-leader N Rangasamy in his party manifesto. Releasing it on Wednesday in view of the April 6 Assembly polls, he said statehood would be the only panacea to tackle …