Chennai: The latest satellite cloud imageries received by the Met office in Chennai indicate that the cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' lay about 850 km southeast of Chennai in the Bay of Bengal.
"It would move initially northwest-wards during the 36 hours from 7 pm today and recurve thereafter northeast-wards towards Bangaladesh-Myanmar coast," met officials said on Sunday.
The forecast for the 36-hours predicts that rain or thundershowers would occur at a few places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal Andhra Pradesh and south interior Karnataka.
Isolated rain or thundershowers may occur over Kerala, Rayalaseema, coastal Karnataka and Lakshadweep, while dry weather would prevail over Telangana and north interior Karnataka....
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10:59 PM, May 12, 2013
Puducherry: The opposition AIADMK has accused the Rangasamy-led government in Puducherry of adopting a discriminatory policy against the party out of political vendetta. The party's Puducherry unit secretary A Anbalagan, MLA, alleged that the exclusion of the AIADMK from the State Planning Board was a clear case of discrimination; the government was showing against party legislators. He wondered how those who were not members of the Board were invited to...
11:48 AM, May 07, 2013
Hyderabad: At least ten people were killed and four others got injured when a lorry in which they were travelling overturned in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours on Monday, police said. The incident occurred near Singarayakonda at around 1:30 AM when the cement-laden lorry was on its way from Nalgonda towards Puducherry. All the ten victims died on the spot, they said. The victims belonging to...
10:50 AM, May 06, 2013
Karaikal (Puducherry): In the third such attack in as many days, six fishermen, who ventured into the sea from here, got injured when they were attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan naval men off the Kodiakarai coast, fisheries department officials said on Saturday. The fishermen of Kilinjalmedu fishing hamlet were fishing in Indian waters a few knots South East off Kodiakarai on Friday night when the Lankan Navy personnel arrived there...
12:26 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Wednesday thanked his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa and the Centre after the notification of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal's final award. ...
02:36 AM, Feb 21, 2013
A 20-year-old woman's sudden decision on stage not to tie the knot with the groom at a village in neighbouring Tamil Nadu did not deter his parents, who got him married him off at the same venue to a relative. The woman refused to accept the mangalsutra on stage. ...
06:01 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Facing public outcry, Puducherry government has dropped its plan to introduce a dress code making overcoats mandatory for girl students in the Union Territory to prevent sexual crimes. ...
01:36 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The Puducherry government has ordered a Crime Branch-CID probe into the recent alleged abduction and rape of a minor girl by two persons, including a bus conductor known to her. District Collector in-charge S Sundaravadivelou said the case, investigated by local police, would be transferred to the CB-CID. ...
11:54 AM, Jan 05, 2013
In yet another shocking incident of sexual assault of women, a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in Puducherry by two persons, including a bus conductor known to her, police said on Thursday. Police arrested the conductor and his accomplice within hours of the incident coming to their notice on Wednesday. ...
10:56 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Volunteers, legislators and leaders of different wings of Puducherry State Congress Committee celebrated the birthday of the UPA chairperson and AICC leader Sonia Gandhi, who turned 66 on Sunday. ...
11:00 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Union Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy on Sunday alleged that the Rangasamy led AINRC government in Puducherry had "failed to collect taxes due from dealers in petrol and diesel and power consumers" leading to financial crisis in the union territory. ...
04:18 AM, Dec 03, 2012
Ravi Srinivasan, a businessman from Puducherry was arrested and later released, for his tweet on the Finance Minister's son Karti Chidambaram. ...
10:32 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Puducherry: A small scale industrialist in Puducherry was on Wednesday arrested on the charge of posting "offensive" messages on social media targeting Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti but released on bail by a court. Ravi, owning a plastic packaging material factory, was arrested by local Crime Branch wing of CID Police on a recent complaint by Karti that he had posted "offensive" message against him on three occasions...
11:14 AM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: More than 1.35 lakh people committed suicide in the country in 2011 of which the highest number were reported in West Bengal followed by Tamil Nadu. Family Problems and illness, accounting for 24.3 per cent and 19.6 per cent respectively, were the major causes of suicides while poverty was to be blamed in 1.7 per cent of the cases, according to government data. Love affairs (3.4 per cent),...
05:36 PM, Oct 02, 2012
Puducherry: Lashing out at the BJP, Minister in the PMO V Narayanasamy on Sunday said BJP had no right to criticise the hike in fuel price as during the BJP-led NDA rule, prices of diesel and petrol were hiked 27 times. "BJP's criticism of the hike in diesel price is untenable and unacceptable," he told reporters in Puducherry. Slamming the opposition parties for holding a nation-wide bandh on September 20...
07:37 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Chennai: DMK minister S Jagathrakshakan on Friday denied any wrongdoing in coal blocks allocation linked to his family saying he was not an MP or MLA when the MoU was signed. According to sources, in 2007, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting's company JR Power Gen Pvt Limited entered into an MoU with a public sector company Puducherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation (PITDIC) just five days...
01:34 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Puducherry: Expressing concern over the quality of medical education, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said a "credible regulatory" mechanism should be put in place and a "serious look" given at the curriculum. "There is a perception of deteriorating quality. We cannot allow this situation to continue. We must put in place a credible regulatory and institutional mechanism to help develop standards in our medical education", he said in his...
11:44 AM, Jun 30, 2012
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Puducherry: Archana Sasi, with a score of 176 marks, topped the unreserved category in the MBBS entrance examination results of JIPMER which were announced in Puducherry on Thursday evening. Regi Selvanayagam (172 marks) and Anubha Dev (171 marks) finished second and third respectively in the examination conducted on May 27. Ashuvanth S (155 marks), Gowri Shankar B (154), Surya R (151) finished first, second, third respectively in the Puducherry unreserved...
10:40 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Puducherry: Migratory birds and endangered animals protected by the Indian wildlife laws are being sold openly in a market in Puducherry. CNN-IBN has accessed images that expose the thriving lucrative business. At a roadside food stall, in the city of Puducherry the selling of protected birds and animals is a common sight. The images show ibis and purple moorhens, open billed storks being sold openly at roadside stalls. These birds...
06:25 AM, May 31, 2012
Puducherry: Migratory birds and endangered animals protected by the Indian wildlife laws are being sold openly in a market in Puducherry. CNN-IBN has accessed images that expose the thriving lucrative business. The images show ibis and purple moorhens, open billed storks being sold openly at roadside stalls. These birds visit the Oussudu Wildlife Sanctuary in the winters for breeding where they are allegedly hunted. Jungle cats, palm civets, porcupine, monitor...
01:25 PM, May 30, 2012
