Tag: Puducherry
With the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council on Thursday approving the remaining two draft bills -- UTGST (Union Territory GST) and SGST (state GST), all the five enabling draft bills stand approved to enable a likely rollout of the new indirect tax regime by July 1. ....
The Centre will directly handle the functioning of police as well as law and order in the newly-created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir through the Lieutenant Governor in the region while land related issues will be taken care of by the elected government, an official said on Sunday.....
In a dramatic development, Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy and MLAs of the Congress-led government on Monday walked out of the Assembly ahead of the floor test. ....
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the dissolution of the Puducherry Assembly based on the recommendation of the Lieutenant Governor, after the Congress-led government in the Union territory lost power ahead of a vote of confidence. ....
A meeting of West Bengal BJP core committee is underway on Saturday at the party's national president J.P. Nadda's residence to shortlist candidates for the remaining seats for the upcoming Assembly polls. ....
Setting an example for the people, several movie stars, including Rajinikanth and actor-politician Kamaal Haasan, voted early on Tuesday soon after the voting started at 7 a.m. ....
Voting was yet to pick up after the first two hours of polling on Tuesday in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry where Assembly Elections are being held. According to the Election Commission of India, the voter turnout in assembly elections till 9:54am was 15.33% in Kerala, 6.58% in Tamil Nadu, 6.58% in Puducherry, 14.62% in West Bengal and 12.83% in Assam. ....
Around 22 lakh trucks are set to go off the roads after Thursday midnight in southern states. The truckers are protesting increase of insurance premium by 50 per cent. ....
Fuel bunks in seven states and Puducherry will be shut every Sunday starting May 14, it was announced on Tuesday, to protest the public sector oil companies' failure to hike dealer margins.....
The threat by petroleum dealers to shut down pumps on Sundays will be dealt with according to measures necessary to maintain supplies of essential commodities, the Centre said on Wednesday.....