Mr. V. Viswanathan is an industrialist into manufacturing herbal shikakai powder in the brand name of Meera for Cavin Kare for the last 20 years in partnership with his brother V.Kanna. When spoke to him about ht projects in the … Continue reading
Puducherry textile workers urge CM to secure aid for mills
Textile workers in Puducherry have asked Chief Minister N Rangasamy to secure a Central Government package to strengthen three local textile mills operating under the Government of Puducherry. The Puducherry-based Textile Labour Union said the three textile mills – … Continue reading
HC declines to quash case against former Puducherry minister
Chennai: The Madras High Court today declined to quash a case against former Puducherry Minister PML Kalyanasundaram over the alleged incident of attempted copying during a supplementary SSL examination in September last year. Taking note that Kalyanasundaram, who was Transport … Continue reading
Congress leader urges govt to scrap VAT
Pondicherry, Jul 9: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Kannan has demanded that Chief Minister N Rangasamy scrap 10 per cent VAT on various consumer articles and also on food sold at hotels as it has hit business … Continue reading
Don’t whip up Tamil sentiments: Narayanasamy
Pondicherry: Amid strident opposition to training of Sri Lankan airmen by India, Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy on Sunday stressed the need for cordial ties with the neighbour in the larger interest of Tamils in the island and … Continue reading
French National Day to be celebrated on July 14
Pondicherry : The 223nd French National Day (La Fete Nationale), which commemorates the storming of the Bastille Prison marking the beginning of French revolution, would celebrated in the union territory, a former French colony on July 14. Puducherry has a … Continue reading
Pondicherry Hotels and Restaurants seeks tax concessions
Pondicherry: South India Hotels and Restaurants Association today appealed to Puducherry Government to review the ten per cent VAT imposed on cooked food in the union territory, saying it has affected the hospitality industry. The introduction of a ten per … Continue reading
Russell’s viper, 17 hatchlings found in Pondy
A Russell’s viper, locally known as Kankadi viriyan, and 17 hatchlings were rescued on Sunday from the drainage pipe of a house in Lawspet. Locals also killed another snake and several hatchlings before forest department officials arrived. Forest department sources … Continue reading
Puducherry govt to roll out tourism master plan in 3 months
P Rajavelu, Welfare and Tourism Minister, Puducherry informed that the state government has started preparing a master plan for promotion of tourism for the next ten years. The plan would be rolled out in the 90 days, he said while … Continue reading
Choco la Pondicherry Celebrates World Chocolate day
Choco la – Ebony foods – Pondicherry CHOCO-LA celebrated world chocolate day yesterday (7th July 2012) and in line to the big day thet had created a Chocolate made Matrimandir which weighs almost 12Kgs and it had taken the team for about a … Continue reading

