Virendra Kataria

• Lieutenant Governor is Higher Authority in a Union Territory: BJP Legislator

  Puducherry BJP MLA M.Visweswaran today said in a Union Territory the Lt Governor, who is the Administrator, is the higher authority and the elected government can aid and advise him.

• Removed as Puducherry's Lieutenant Governor as I 'Exposed' Graft: Virendra Kataria

  Days after he was sacked by the Narendra Modi government as Puducherry's Lieutenant Governor, Virendra Kataria today claimed he was removed because he exposed corruption in the Union Territory.

• Ousted Lieutenant Governor Virendra Kataria Leaves Puducherry

  Ousted Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Virendra Kataria today left Puducherry for Chennai en route to Delhi.

• President Replaces Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Virendra Kataria

  After forcing some governors to quit, the Narendra Modi government on Friday sacked Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Virendra Kataria, in the first such action against political appointees of the UPA regime.

• Rallies, Public Meetings Mark May Day Celebration in Puducherry

  Trade Unions affiliated to different political parties today celebrated the May Day with zeal and enthusiasm in the union territory.

• Puducherry Lt Governor Virendra Kataria undergoes bypass surgery

  Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Virendra Kataria, who was hospitalised in Chennai following chest pain, today underwent a successful coronary bypass surgery.

• Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr across South India

  Eid-ul-Fitr was today celebrated across Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala with members of the Muslim community flocking mosques, shrines and prayer grounds to offer special prayers.

• Virendra Kataria sworn in Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

  Former Rajya Sabha member Virendra Kataria was today sworn-in as the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Puducherry.

• Virendra Kataria to be the new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

  Former Rajya Sabha member Virendra Kataria will be sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Puducherry on July 10.