AIADMK workers want Jayalalithaa to contest LS polls

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 14:09

Amid a `Jaya for PM` chorus in the ruling AIADMK, the party said it has received over 1,000 applications from its workers urging that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa contest from their constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

11 held in gang-rape remanded to judicial custody

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 19:54

Ten persons arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a 20-year old woman here were on Friday remanded to 15 days of judicial custody by a court.

Puducherry shocker: Girl first raped then gang-raped on the same night

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 13:19

In a shocking incident, a 21-year-old woman was abducted by three men and raped by one of them here on the Christmas Eve.

Puducherry CM asks media to ensure correct reporting of govt activities

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 14:58

Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy today asked the media to ensure that they presented in a `clear and correct` manner highlights of various schemes the territorial administration was evolving and implementing for betterment of the people at large.

Law and order a major cause of concern in Puducherry in 2013

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 11:50

Law and order became a major issue in Puducherry in 2013 and often triggered a war of words between Chief Minister N Rangasamy and Union minister V Narayanasamy, who represents the Union territory in Lok Sabha.

Sri Lanka detains, releases over 220 Indian fishermen

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 18:35

The Sri Lankan Navy Wednesday detained over 220 Indian fishermen and later released them, unconfirmed reports said.

AIADMK prices election application form at Rs 25,000

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 18:29

Gearing up for the 2014 general elections, the AIADMK party Wednesday announced the sale of its election application forms for candidates priced at Rs 25,000.

AIADMK gears up for Lok Sabha polls

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 13:17

With an eye on all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, AIADMK on Wednesday asked prospective candidates to apply for contesting the polls.

Cyclone Helen: Puducherry CM seeks Rs 9 cr relief

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 15:50

Chief Minister N Rangasamy has sought Rs nine crore central aid to fishermen, agriculturists and those who lost their homes in `Cyclone Helen` in Yanam region.

Aurobindo remembered on 63rd death anniversary

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 10:42

Devotees across the country today paid homage at the `Samadhi` of saint-philosopher Aurobindo here on the occasion of his 63rd death anniversary on the premises of the Ashram that he founded in 1926.

Commission of murder not proved as some witnesses turned hostile: Judge

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 19:50

The Principal District and Sessions Judge C S Murugan, who acquitted 23 persons including the two Kanchi seers in the sensational Sankararaman murder case today, concluded that the commission of murder was not proved as some witnesses turned hostile and some failed to support the prosecution case.