Chief Minister N Rangasamy has announced a two-day holiday for all the educational institutions in Puducherry and Karaikal region in the wake of heavy rainfall on Friday.
Puducherry [India], July 3 (ANI): National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu on Saturday visited Puducherry to seek support from the legislators of the ruling AINRC-led coalition in the Union Territory.
Puducherry Feb 18 PTI Chief Minister of Puducherry N Rangasamy on Friday expressed happiness over having a Lieutenant Governor who he said was functioning in tandem with the elected government in the Union Territory Felicitating Tamilisai Soundararajan at a function in Raj Nivas her residence-cum-office on her completion of one year in office as Lt Governor he said There has been no proposal forwarded to her for approval getting rejected on the contrary files received her nod without delay and as expeditiously as possible Rangasamy who is heading the AINRC-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition rule here said schemes like gift hampers for Pongal or Deepavali and several other proposals had instant approval at the hands of Tamilisai The Chief Minister said she was holding the post of Lt Governor of Puducherry under additional charge as she is also Governor of Telangana In the morning she is in Puducherry and in the evening in Telangana and the next day she flies to Delhi he said Reacting to the felicitations Tamilisai said I am committed to provide a transparent administration in Puducherry that will meet the requirements of every section of people She said her plan was that Puducherry should make greater progress in health and welfare sectors She said the weekly meetings to review the implementation of schemes to keep Puducherry safe from Covid-19 were helpful The Puducherry administration did not go in for total lockdown but adopted restrictions without hitting the livelihood sources of the people she said Later she released a book A Year of Positivity highlighting her performance during the last one year and the first copy was received by Chief Minister Speaker of the Territorial Assembly R Selvam Ministers legislators and officials from Central and State government departments were among those present Tamilisai Soundararajan succeeded Kiran Bedi in the post of Lt Governor PTI COR NVG NVG
Puducherry [India], January 1 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy on Saturday offered prayers at a church in the union territory to mark the New Year 2022.
Puducherry [India], December 4 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Puducherry, V Narayanasamy has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow booster dose for people jabbed with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Puducherry Nov 29 PTI Chief Minister of Puducherry N Rangasamy on Monday launched the free rice and sugar scheme started by the government of the Union Territory for families covered under the public distribution system PDS The launch took place in a village near here The scheme envisages distribution of 10 kg rice and two kg sugar to each of the 272525 families holding either red colour or yellow colour ration cards This involved an expenditure of Rs 1330 crore a press release said The families are getting the freebies irrespective of their income status Civil Supplies Minister of the Union Territory Sai J Saravana Kumar and secretary to Civil Supplies Udayakumar were also present The scheme was to be launched prior to Deepavali but finalisation of the tenders to procure rice and sugar was delayed The government has now finalised the tenders and launched the scheme The products would be available through Civil Supplies Corporation-run fair price shops or those operated by private licenceesPTI CORNVG NVG
Puducherry Oct 31 PTI Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy led the union territory in paying tributes to Sardar Vallabhai Patel the Iron Man of India on his 146th birth anniversary on Sunday Rangasamy Assembly Speaker R Selvam and Ministers A Namassivayam and Sai Saravana Kumar Government whip A K D Arumugham Chief Secretary Ashwani Kumar and Director General of Police Ranvir Singh Krishnia paid floral tributes at the portrait of Patel at the Gandhi Square here Rangasamy administered the National Unity Pledge to all those present at the venue as the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai is also observed as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas The Chief Minister later took salute at the march past presented by police and other contingents and also flagged off the Run for Unity by students Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan in her message paid tributes and said Patel was a staunch champion of unity of the nationPTI Cor SS SS
Puducherry Aug 31 PTI Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Tuesday said the territorial government would take stringent action against drug peddlers He was speaking during the debate on the Budget for the fiscal 2021-2022 in the Assembly when members cutting across party lines made a strong plea that those trading in drugs and banned tobacco products should be brought to book Strong action would be taken against those selling tobacco products No leniency would be shown against the offenders the chief minister said Some members also expressed concern over availability of ganja cannabis near educational institutions The members also wanted police to be strict against those selling tobacco products The legislators pointed out that several crimes in the union territory were due to addiction to ganja on the part of the offenders and sought strong action and invoking provisions of the Goondas Act to deal with offenders PTI Cor SS SS
Puducherry Aug 30 PTI Thai Consul General Nitirooge Phoneprasert met Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy here on Monday A release from office of the Chief Minister said described the meeting with the Consul General based in Chennai as a courtesy call PTI Cor SS SS
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