AGARTALA: The Tripura Industry Owners’ Association organised a special programme at Uddyog Bhawan in the Bodhjungnagar Industrial Complex, where a newly elected 13-member committee was formed to strengthen the organisation’s activities going forward. Committee members discussed various industry-related issues and stressed expanding the body’s work in the coming days. A key highlight of the event […]
The India Meteorological Department has issued flash flood warnings across eight states and two union territories through this week, with Chhattisgarh and Odisha facing the gravest threat. Districts including Gaurela, Pendra, Marwahi, Balrampur, Surguja, Korba, Jashpur and Raipur are forecast to receive extremely heavy rainfall exceeding 204.5 mm, driven by a well-marked low-pressure system over
Buried inside the National Statistics Office’s press note on India’s 7.8 percent Q1 FY27 GDP growth is a detail more revealing than the headline number itself. Of the 7.8 percentage points of real growth, household consumption and fixed investment each contributed almost exactly 3.95 percentage points — equal to the second decimal place. Neither figure
Agartala: Members of the All Forces Ex-Army Welfare Society and the Gorkha Kalyan Samiti came together on Tuesday to hold a candlelight march in the city, paying solemn tribute to the victims of the recent natural disaster in Nepal. Participants, many carrying lit candles, walked through the city in a display of solidarity and grief
Amid the catastrophic Nepal flash floods, where entire neighbourhoods were swept away and the death toll has climbed past 1,000, one story has captured global attention — a turquoise‑green house in Trishuli that somehow remained standing while everything around it collapsed. As torrents of mud, rocks, uprooted trees and debris tore through Nuwakot and surrounding
Thailand has announced a major change to its visa‑free entry rules, reducing the permitted stay for tourists from more than 60 countries — including India, China, the US, and Schengen nations — from 60 days to 30 days starting 15 September. Bangkok says the move is aimed at curbing crime and preventing abuse of the
At least five Palestinians, including two children, were killed on Tuesday after Israeli airstrikes hit a crowded neighbourhood in Gaza City during an operation to detain a senior Hamas militant. The raid, carried out by an Israeli special forces unit, was reportedly detected mid‑operation, prompting Israeli troops to call in air support as they withdrew.
The Russia–Ukraine war has entered a far more dangerous phase, and according to Ukrainian security expert Dr Hanna Shelest, the recent escalation is no accident. In an interview, she explained that Russia’s intensified strikes — including deadly missile attacks on Kyiv and the bombing of a crowded shopping mall — reveal a deliberate strategy aimed
General N.S. Raja Subramani assumed office as India’s third Chief of Defence Staff on May 31, inheriting a mandate built around theatre command reform, tri-services integration, and faster indigenous weapons induction. The Ministry of Defence’s own citation describes him as having “insightful knowledge and a deep understanding of operational dynamics on both the Western and
The India Meteorological Department’s latest bulletin forecasts fairly widespread to widespread rainfall across a broad swathe of northern and northeastern India over the coming days, with warnings extending from Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh through Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, and into eastern Uttar Pradesh, alongside isolated thunderstorm and lightning activity forecast across several of these regions into early
