CRPF in Puducherry to ’strengthen law and order’

August 1st, 2009 SRINAGAR - One CRPF soldier was killed and another critically injured when the militants attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) post on Saturday. According to police the incident took place at around 11:25 AM at Regal Chowk, situated in the heart of the city.

July 27th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Iqbal Singh was sworn-in as the new Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Puducherry today. Madras High Court Chief Justice H.L.

July 1st, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to withdraw the Central Reserve Police Force from law and order duties in Baramullah. In a late night development, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asked the Jammu and Kashmir Reserve Police to replace the CRPF.

May 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - The counting of votes cast for the 15th Lok Sabha polls began at 8 a.m. Saturday in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

May 13th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Woman voters in a Puducherry district enthusiastically participated in the Lok Sabha elections outshining their male counterparts Wednesday. Till 11 a.m.

May 13th, 2009 CHENNAI/PUDUCHERRY - Thirty-six percent voters exercised their franchise in 39 Tamil Nadu constituencies until 1 p.m. Wednesday while in neighbouring union territory of Puducherry the turnout crossed the half way mark by 2 p.m.

May 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - Men in Puducherry at the last moment piped women in terms of percentage of votes polled for the 15th Lok Sabha elections Wednesday. Interestingly, out of the 762,028 voters in this union territory, the 395,240 women voters outnumber men voters by 28,452.

May 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - Chief electoral officers across the country can learn from their counterpart in Puducherry in using information technology (IT) for disseminating data more or less on a real time basis. Politicians and others who are interested in tracking the elections in Puducherry can log on to www.pon.nic.in to know the polling trend nearly on real time basis.

May 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi's public meetings that were scheduled to be held in Chennai and Puducherry Wednesday have been postponed due to the ill health of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, a party leader said.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress President Sonia Gandhi's election rallies that were scheduled to be held in Chennai and Puducherry on Wednesday have been postponed as pro-Sri Lankan Tamil outfits had threatened to stage demonstrations over UPA's alleged failure to ensure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka. Gandhi was scheduled to address a rally in Puducherry this afternoon and in Chennai in the evening.

March 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will arrive here on a one-day visit today. During his visit, Rahul will address members and activists of the Puducherry Youth Congress Committee.

March 25th, 2009 RAIPUR - Maoist guerrillas attacked a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy late Wednesday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said. No one was injured.

March 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A.S. Gill, a 1972-batch of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Rajasthan cadre, Saturday took over as the director general of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) following the retirement of his predecessor V.K.

March 1st, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Puducherry Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam Saturday released the 'Vision 2025', a document with several proposals to transform the union territory into a 'model state'.

February 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - City-based tyre manufacturer MRF has declared a lockout at its Puducherry plant following labour unrest. For more than a year, MRF has been facing labour unrest, which began at its Thiruvottiyur plant here and later erupted at the Arakonam facility.