Puducherry to allow New Year festivities even in Omicron scare

Puducherry, Dec 29( BPNS) With the Union Territory reporting two cases of Omicron with an Octogenarian and a 21-year-old woman testing positive on Tuesday, there were apprehensions that the New Year festivities would be curtailed.However, the administration of the Union Territory has permitted the New Year celebrations to be carried out by strictly adhering to […]

Puducherry man ran away from vaccination, climb tree

Puducherry, Dec 29 (BPNS) A person in a village at Vilianur in Puducherry climbed a tree on Tuesday to avoid being administered Covid -19 vaccine. The man who spotted the health authorities coming towards his house ran away and later climbed the tree to prevent him from being vaccinated. Puducherry health authorities said that the […]

TN assembly to have live telecast from January

Chennai, Dec 29(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu legislative assembly which will hold its next session from January 5th will have live telecast of the question hours. The live telecast of assembly proceedings was an electoral promise of the DMK. The assembly session will be held at St. George Fort, for the first time since September 2020 when […]

UT of Puducherry aiming to move ahead with new projects in 2022

Puducherry, Dec 29 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry which elected an NDA government for the first time in its history is now expecting good projects to move ahead with central government support. Chief Minister of Puducherry,N. Rangasami who has the experience of having ruled the territory earlier also is a tough bargainer and the […]

Madras Bridal Fashion show pays tribute to weavers

Chennai, Dec 29 Madras Bridal Fashion show true to its tradition has respected the hands that crafted the beautiful sarees, lehengas, veshtis , shervanis and dresses that were on display in the fifth edition of the show here on Boxing day. The show honoured six traditional weavers. The event was organized by Shand and Dene […]