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All India NR Congress (AINRC)-led NDA coalition govt is seeking a second consecutive term while Congress-led INDIA bloc is leaving no stone unturned to wrest power back from the NDA.

Puducherry's 9.5 lakh voters will elect 294 candidates across 30 Assembly seats on April 9. The ruling NDA faces a challenge from the INDIA bloc and actor Vijay's TVK party. Chief Minister N Rangasamy is contesting from two constituencies as all arrangements are in place for the polls.

North Chennai's voters are a tough challenge for politicians. DMK swept all seats in 2021, but faces local anger over issues like water supply and past incidents. Key DMK leaders are expected to perform well. However, cracks in the party and the emergence of new parties like TVK and NTK could lead to unexpected results.

The Puducherry district administration has taken cognisance of a complaint against a local cable television operator who allegedly aired a ‘censor copy’ of ‘Udta Punjab,’ ahead of its release in cinema theatres.

At least 50,000 students have already dropped out of the race for government engineering seats this year.

Was the order placing former Anna University vice-chancellor P Mannar Jawahar's under suspension served on him moments after his retirement, and hence illegal?

Smarting under the impact of the marks scandal, Anna University last week acted against three faculty members. Sources in the university said the inquiry committee believed the three were pawns and that senior people pulled strings to get the work done. Fingers have been pointed at then vice-chancellor P Mannar Jawahar.

Secretary (local administration) p jawahar said the protest by sanitary workers against Lt Governor's directive to work on Sundays does not have any merit.

The forecast is dim for engineering admissions this year. On Friday, the first day of the sale of applications, Anna University sold 85,986 forms at various centres across the state — nearly 2,800 lesser than the 88,770 applications sold on the first day in 2011.

Former Anna University vice-chancellor P Mannar Jawahar, who has been teaching at the Madras Institute of Technology after his tenure ended in 2012, was placed under suspension on Tuesday, two days before he was due to retire from service.