Puducherry Mar 23 PTI Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan has said the observance of Shaheed Diwas was to make the younger generation know about the sacrifices of freedom fighters On the occasion of Shaheed Diwas Martyrs Day she said the sacrifices of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev should be understood by the younger generation She called upon teachers to ensure students learned history Chief Minister N Rangasamy said the students should develop reading habits and books on leaders of yore should be read by the youth PTI COR NVG NVG
Puducherry Jan 27 PTI Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday justified hoisting the national flag in Telangana and Puducherry on Republic Day that falls on January 26 She is full- time Governor of Telangana and the Lieutenant Governor in Puducherry She told reporters on the sidelines of a function that she was treating both Telangana and Puducherry as if they were two children I am holding the scales even and treating both the places with due respect she said while rebutting criticism in this regard PTI COR NVG NVG
Puducherry Nov 29 PTI Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan has said she was confident of the Centre providing sufficient funds to the flood-affected people in Puducherry and Karaikal regions The Lt Governor visited a shelter at Lawspet near here on Monday where the affected people have been accommodated She partook of the lunch provided to the inmates during the visit She told reporters later that the territorial government was persuading the Central team that visited Puducherry recently to see for itself the extent of havoc to provide sufficient funds to Puducherry to tackle the situation She said she was also in touch with the Home Minister Amit Shah as part of her initiatives to ensure sufficient funds I am confident that the Centre will provide sufficient funds to tackle the situation she said The infrastructure damaged in the torrential rains would also be repaired she added The territorial government has sought an interim relief of Rs 300 crore from the Centre PTI COR NVG NVG
Puducherry Sept 24 PTI Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday asked the Centrally administered JIPMER Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research to keep in abeyance its recent decision to provide free treatment and service in OPD only to those coming under below povertyline BPL category and holding red-colour ration cards The institute in its circular copies of which were made available to the media said only those with a monthly income not exceeding Rs 2499 the income-limit adopted by Puducherry government and holding ration cards issued by State governments identifying them as below povertyline would be given free treatment from October 1 JIPMER here gets patients not only from Puducherry but also from various States PTI COR NVG NVG