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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Venkatesh stars in MP win; Jonty's ton, Sangwan's five-for help Delhi beat Haryana
Venkatesh Iyer, who is seen as a India prospect to fill in the Hardik Pandya slot across white-ball formats, blazed his way to a 113-ball 151 (8x4, 10x6) to power Madhya Pradesh to a challenging 331/9
Arjun Rajendran's One man: Two executions is an ode to 18th century Pondicherry through inter-linguistic poetry
What Arjun Rajendran's poetry invokes beautifully is almost a haunting maritime imagery – of massive vessels anchoring at Pondicherry’s harbour, and the treasures, thieves, smugglers and pillaging pirates they brought ashore.
Cricket Association of Pondicherry to organise inaugural T20 tournament from 11 to 27 November
There will be no cash awards, player fees, daily allowance, or franchisees in the evnt, a press release said.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Cricket Association of Pondicherry offers dormitory as quarantine facility for patients
The Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) has offered the dormitory in its Tutipet campus as a quarantine facility for coronavirus patients in Puducherry.
Vijay Hazare Trophy: KL Rahul's stroke-filled 90 powers Karnataka to semi-finals; Dhruv Shorey's efforts in vain as Delhi bow out
While Karnataka cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Puducherry in one of the quarter-finals, Delhi lost by six wickets to Gujarat via VJD Method in another last eight clash.
Puducherry CM slams Kiran Bedi for 'creating obstacles', asks Congress cadre to prepare for another round of protests
Attacking Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy on Thursday accused her of concentrating more on creating obstacles for the elected government than on development works.
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: State, constituency, party-wise winning candidates; full winners list
Registering an emphatic win, BJP-led NDA has won the general elections with a thumping majority and the party alone has won 303 seats. Here's the state, constituency and party-wise, full winners list
Kiran Bedi accuses Puducherry chief minister of threatening officials; row over Pongal gift hamper scheme escalates
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi on Wednesday released a copy of a document to support her stand that it was meant only for BPL people and accused Chief Minister V Narayanasamy of threatening officials.
Auroville, 50 years on: Story behind India’s ‘utopia’ ignores the contribution, oppression of Tamil locals
Historian Jessica Namakkal presents a side of the Auroville story that has been systematically erased – that of the contribution of the Tamil locals to building the township.
Opposition MLAs walk out of Puducherry Assembly on first day of Budget Session; protest govt's 'failures' in UT
The entire opposition staged a walk out from the Puducherry Assembly on the opening day of the budget session on Monday to protest the government's 'failure' to address the grievances of government employees and to maintain law and order.
The tides are changing – How organisations are coming together to promote sailing in India
Even though India has always had conducive environment for sailing, the sport never featured in the mainstream imagination. This is the story of how a few organisations are coming together to promote sailing in the country.
Sri Lankan Navy arrests four fishermen from Tamil Nadu, seizes one boat
Four Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters.
Sri Lanka arrests 21 Indian fishermen; K Palaniswami calls for Centre's intervention
As many as 21 fishermen from Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters on Thursday.
JIPMER MBBS 2017 results announced: Check your grades on jipmer.edu.in
The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) declared the results of its 2017 MBBS entrance exam. Aspirants can check results on the official websites — jipmer.edu.in
A Tale of Two Cities: How Puducherry straddles two distinct cultures
The people of Puducherry are clear about one thing — the French culture is here to stay but only as long as it serves as a tourist attraction.
Puducherry: There's more to this sleepy town than Auroville and the Shri Aurobindo Ashram
A journey through Puducherry, one dish at a time.
No move to end reservation; BJP committed to welfare of SCs, STs: Govt tells House
The government supports the current system of reservation and it will continue," Gehlot said.
Chennai's famous Sathyam cinemas expands to Mumbai, Pondicherry, Hyderabad
Globus cinemas in Bandra, Mumbai; Thiruvananthapuram’s iconic single screen Kripa; and multiple cinemas in Pondicherry & Telangana are being converted into Sathyam cinemas' multiplexes over the next few months.
Puducherry: Congress thanks cadres and allies for historic win
In Puducherry, Congress won 15 of the 21 seats it contested and its poll partner DMK was earmarked the remaining nine seats, of which it annexed two
AIADMK slams Narayanasamy for 'double speak' on statehood for Pondicherry
Congress had adopted official resolutions on a majority of occasions when it was in power urging Centre to concede the plea for statehood.