All government run and privately managed schools remained closed in Puducherry for the second successive in view of heavy rains.
A court in Puducherry has adjourned to September 24 the hearing in the Sankararaman murder case in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi is the prime accused.
A six-member Congress government assumed office in Puducherry ending a nearly year-long factional feud in the ruling party which led to the exit of two-time Chief Minister N Rangasamy.
Govind Singh Gurjar, a six-time legislator and former minister of Rajasthan, has been sworn in as the new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
The Sankararaman murder case hearing, in which Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi are the prime accused, has been adjourned to August 22 by a court.
Puducherry unit of the CPI will continue its support to the Rangasamy-led Congress government in Puducherry for 'the present' despite the Left parties withdrawing support to the UPA government at the Centre.
The search of a vehicle yields 4,000 litres of petrol and an equal quantity of diesel, which were about to be smuggled out of Puducherry.

A microchip has been implanted an elephant of the Manakula Vinayakar Temple in Puducherry by forest department officials as part of the Centre's decision to prevent poaching of pachyderms and to track their movements.
Pondicherry Lt Governor Bhopinder Singh has prorogued the territorial Assembly.
Mahaveer Jayanthi was celebrated in Puducherry on Friday with traditional gaiety and fervour.
The Puducherry Principal District and Sessions Judge adjourns hearing in the murder case in which two Kanchi seers are the main accused.
The French government says that the demands for asylum are examined on a case-by-case basis from individuals from all over the world.
Mukut Mithi sent in his resignation, saying that he wants to contest the Rajya Sabha elections due March 26.
The Puducherry Administration has shuffled as 13 Pondicherry Civil Service Officers (Entry, selection or junior administrative grade officials) with immediate effect.

Was it a mirage? 5,000 people of different races and nationalities assembling on a piece of totally barren land in Villupuram! They had been invited by Unesco to inaugurate a new city in this desert of red laterite.