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CHENNAI: Local BJP cadre and right wing ideologues have been silent on the controversy that erupted after Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan called it the “Indian Union Territory of Puducherry” while administering the oath of office to elected representatives last Sunday.
The same BJP loyalists were quick to slam the DMK for using the term “Ondriya Arasu” to address the Union Government instead of Mathiya Arasu, which means Central government. While the term was used to underscore the spirit of democratic federalism, right wing supporters including founder president of Puthiya Thamilagan Dr Krishnaswami thought it was a politically loaded statement.
Dubai: An Indian zookeeper, who reared big cats and other wild animals at Dubai Zoo for 32 years till 2017, has been remembered for his immense contributions after his death this week.
R. Devadoss, who hailed from the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry, succumbed to COVID-19 complications in his hometown, his family said. “My father passed away on Tuesday night,” his only son Madhan told Gulf News over the phone from Karaikal in Puducherry. “We hoped to save him. But, unfortunately, he couldn’t make it as his lungs were badly affected and his body was not responding to medicines.”
The 23 year-old game designing student said he and his mother Senthamarai had also contracted COVID-19 and quarantined themselves.