Rajesh B Nair

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Revenue officials on night duty have been instructed to check and ensure resto bars and pubs close on time

Puducherry revenue officials directed to ensure timely closure of resto bars and pubs

The facade of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Kadhirgamam will soon get a facelift.

Sports facilities, infrastructure in government school at Kadhirkamam getting the much-awaited upgrade

A long queue is seen in front of the Puducherry Employment Exchange in this file photograph. The proposal for a separate board for Group B and C non-gazetted posts has been pending for a long time

Puducherry moots separate board for recruitment of government staff

Construction work had begun on the encroached land which belongs to Kamatchiamman temple at Rainbow Nagar in Puducherry.

CB-CID intensifies probe into encroachment of 64,000 sq. ft. of temple land

The piped drinking water supplied through public taps to residents of localities near Iyyanar Koil at Thengaithittu is yellow in colour besides smelling foul.

Potable water, civic amenities remain a distant reality for residents living near Iyyanar Koil in Thengaithittu

The stretch connecting Airport road to residential areas near TAC ground has become a difficult terrain for motorists to navigate in Puducherry.

Motorists navigating the stretch in Lawspet left with a backbreaking ride

Change of plan: Though in the initial stages, the PWD was planning to have two grade separators, one at Indira Gandhi Square and the other at Rajiv Gandhi Square, Ministry officials decided to have
a single grade separator after a site inspection.

Ministry of Road Transport meet next week to finalise grade separator alignment

A vacant plot of land filled with water during the recent rains on Ninth Cross, Rainbow Nagar in Puducherry

Recent flooding in Rainbow Nagar exposes Union Territory’s poor flood management

Officials believe the piped gas network will bring the cost of availing of cooking gas down by 15 to 20%

Puducherry to soon have piped gas connection facilities

Parking of two-wheelers inside the bus stand is increasingly becoming difficult due to paucity of space.

Commuters in a quandry owing to paucity of space to park two-wheelers inside bus stand

People playing cricket at the poorly-maintained TAC Ground.

Puducherry’s TAC Ground in desperate need of upkeep, say residents

Residents complain of stench and noise pollution from sewage treatment plant near Kanakan lake in Puducherry.

Residents complain of stench and noise from STP near Kanakan lake

Since the port commenced its operations in 2009, the territorial administration had received ₹133.45 crore as concession fee agreement, lease charge and other taxes to the different wings of the government from Marg.

Puducherry government considering reworking the 2006 concession agreement for Karaikal port

Some of the apartment blocks in government quarters at Lawspet in Puducherry are in a dilapidated condition.

More than 200 government quarters in Lawspet remain unoccupied due to poor condition