The Congress, heading the Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA), has been earmarked 15 constituencies out of the total 30 segments in the Union Territory.
Congress party in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao also confirmed that Narayanasamy will not be contesting this time and instead will supervise the party’s election campaign.
Union home minister Amit Shah alleged that former Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy had siphoned off the Centre’s funds to pay the ‘Gandhi family’
Puducherry Floor Test: The floor test in Puducherry comes after two Congress MLAs A John Kumar and Lakshmi Narayanan and DMK MLA K Venkatesan resigned from their Assembly membership.
The ruling Congress-DMK alliance’s strength dropped to 11, while the Opposition has 14 MLAs in the 33-member Assembly
Soundararajan's direction to Chief Minister V Narayansamy came after the opposition 'reiterated' its stand that the government has to prove its majority on the floor of the House
The incident occurred on Wednesday when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was interacting with the fisher community at Nellithope, Puducherry
In her over-enthusiasm, the maverick retired IPS officer would often cross the line, embarrassing the Centre.
Narayanasamy had condemned the police action against Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadras as a clear 'exposure of the Jungle Raj and Hitler Raj in UP.'
Narayanasamy has accused Bedi of not approving his government's 39 proposals for welfare schemes, including one for a free-rice scheme, and on administrative matters.
The Puducherry Chief Minister and his ministerial colleagues along with legislators of Congress and its allies have been staging a dharna outside the Lt Governor's office since February 13.
Bedi, who assumed office in May 2016, has been asserting that being the administrator of the UT, she had the powers over administrative matters
He hoped Bedi would now change her ways.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.