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Sunday, October 12, 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

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.