Date:12/05/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/12/stories/2006051205330300.htm

Other States - Pondicherry

Bill to rename Pondicherry

Rajesh Nair

PONDICHERRY: A Bill to rename Pondicherry as Puducherri will be soon introduced in the Parliament. It is reliably learnt that Home Ministry has prepared a note regarding renaming, and had sent it for Cabinet approval two months ago. "And the bill would be introduced either in the current session or during the monsoon session," M Ramadass, MP told The Hindu over the phone from New Delhi.