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PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry, Yanam and Karaikal regions of Union Territory of Puducherry has been declared as Natural Calamity affected area for the Fasli Year 1434 commencing with 1st July 2024 and ending with 30th June 2025 on account of devastating damages that were caused by the Cyclonic Storm, "Fengal" during the month of November - December 2024, according to an …

Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee’s president V. Vaithilingam has accused the NDA government in the Union Territory of extending its full support to a business group to establish a private gambling club in Yanam. Medical college seats Mr. Vaithilingam also criticised the government on the issue of securing 50 per cent seats in private medical colleges. There was no justification for …

The Union Territory recorded 627 new COVID-19 cases from 7,000 tests with a positivity rate of about 9%, while 18 deaths raised the cumulative toll to 1,536 on Monday. Puducherry region, which has been accounting for a bulk of the cases and deaths, saw the daily tally of new cases drop below the 500 mark for the first time in …

The test positivity rate and the daily mortality numbers have shown a declining trend in the past few days with the Union Territory recording 21 deaths and 1,223 new cases from 9,012 tests on Friday. The test positivity rate, which was in the vicinity of 20% through the beginning of the month, has dropped to a lower range of 12-16%. …

The Union Territory recorded 32 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day toll yet, as the toll mounted to 1,151 on Sunday even as 1,961 new cases were detected from 9,446 tests. Puducherry reported 1,585 of the new cases in the Union Territory, followed by Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe. Vaccination continues Meanwhile, 165 healthcare workers, 228 frontline staff …

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Polling got under way in 30 constituencies of the Union Territory on April 6 with an estimated 10.04 lakh voters registered to exercise their franchise in electing the 15th Legislative Assembly in Puducherry. The 324 candidates in the fray also include nominees of smaller parties such as Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, Naam Tamilar Katchi and Makkal Needhi Maiam apart from …

The election is a keen contest between the Congress-led Secular Democratic alliance and the All India NR Congress led NDA The Puducherry Legislative Assembly elections 2021 in four districts consisting of 30 Assembly constituency will be held in a single phase today. Election to be held amid tight security In the Union Territory of Puducherry 289 male and 35 women …

Hyderabad Yanam, an assembly constituency of the Union Territory of Puducherry, geographically located in Andhra Pradesh, has turned out to be an important constituency this election as the AINRC leader N Rangasamy is contesting from here. With the exit of five-time Congress lawmaker and former health minister Malladi Krishna Rao from the party, the Congress, that has been dominating the …

Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday approved a proposal to declare as 'all pass' this academic year, students of classes 1 to 9 in the Union Territory. The students of class 10 and 11 in Puducherry and Karaikal will be declared 'all pass' as per guidelines of the Tamil Nadu Board. Similarly, students of classes 10 and 11 in …