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Thursday, May 8, 2025
TopicPuducherry Assembly Elections

Topic: Puducherry Assembly Elections

AINRC leader N Rangasamy takes oath as Puducherry CM for the fourth time

Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Rangasamy, who heads the NDA government which comprises of AINRC and the BJP.

AINRC-led NDA leads in 9 seats, SDA leads in 3 after first round of counting in Puducherry

According to trends available till 10:30 am, AINRC chief N Rangasamy was leading in his constituency.

Would turn down offer to be Puducherry CM, will work to strengthen Congress: Narayanasamy

The former Puducherry chief minister's remarks come days after his name did not figure in the list of 14 candidates announced by the Congress for the Assembly polls.

Puducherry Congress manifesto promises free Covid vaccination, scrapping of NEET & NEP

Released by Congress leader Veerappa Moily Sunday, the party's manifesto also promises Rs 1,000 as monthly assistance for homemakers, re-opening mills & enhanced pension for martyrs' kin.

On Camera

This India-Pakistan escalation ladder is new and slippery

Unlike Balakot strike, recent strikes have come with undeniable evidence of mission success that Pakistan could not obfuscate. A key off-ramp from 2019 is missing this time around.

India-UK FTA: Tariffs on cars, alcohol, high-tech sectors cut by Delhi for more market access & mobility

FTA, India’s first bilateral trade deal with a Western nation, will see tariffs on whisky-gin from UK halved to 75 percent. Automobile tariffs will be cut to 10 percent with a quota.

Pakistan targets Jammu with loitering munitions, airport and vital installations targeted

Jammu airport was also targeted and at least six blasts were reported from across the city, it is learnt. It is not clear at this time if these were actual hits by Pakistan or interception by Indian air defence systems.

Caste census is a bad idea whose time has come. Much worse lies ahead

One of the reasons we call the caste census a bad idea is that so far, nobody has figured what to do with the data, except Rahul Gandhi.