Two days of protests in the capital have pushed a technical dispute into the streets. On 6 October, opposition MPs tried to march from Parliament House to the Election Commission’s headquarters. Police stopped them, saying no permission had been given, and some leaders who refused to leave the Akashvani Bhavan premises were detained. On 7
DA Editorial Desk | Sara Debbarma Tripura has a problem that many states would envy: investors want to come. The Destination Tripura Business Conclave drew proposals worth roughly Rs 1.32 lakh crore, and several delegates have since asked the government for land. The difficulty is that the state has very little to give. Chief Minister
DA Editorial Desk | Dhruba Deka Promises made to a people are tested not on the day they are signed but on the day they are due. In March 2024, the Centre, the Tripura government and the Tipra Motha Party put their names to the Tiprasa Accord. It was presented as a path to a
JHARKHAND: A widowed mother from Ramgarh has drawn attention after completing the 1,600-metre run barefoot and in a saree during a Home Guard recruitment physical test. The woman, identified as Kavita, took part in the physical test despite limited resources. She reportedly secured top marks in it, according to a video report shared by India
NEW DELHI: A multi-storey residential building collapsed in the Seemapuri area of northeast Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, with several people feared trapped under the debris. The Delhi Fire Service received a call around 3:30 pm, after which fire tenders and Delhi Police teams rushed to the spot and began search and rescue operations. Eight people
UNITED NATIONS: India has rebuked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the UN General Assembly over its remarks on New Delhi’s action against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at the General Assembly’s Sixth Committee, BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb said the OIC was unable to “distinguish between the victim
AGARTALA: The Tripura government is planning to use unutilised tea cultivation land for industrial and tourism-related projects, Chief Minister Manik Saha said at an event in West Tripura district. Of the 12,832 hectares allotted for tea cultivation in the state, only around 6,000 hectares are currently being used for the purpose, officials said. Saha said
AGARTALA: Tripura was set to hold the Seva Jyoti Kalash Yatra on October 7 under the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, marking 25 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public service, from Gujarat Chief Minister to Prime Minister. To ensure the programme’s success, a review meeting was held at the Secretariat on September 29 under Minister Sushanta
AGARTALA: TIPRA Motha has won a decisive majority in the Village Committee elections of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), taking 3,428 of the 4,594 seats according to declared results. Its ally BJP finished second with 859 seats, while the main opposition CPI(M) won 87. Most of the remaining 220 seats went to
AGARTALA: The Tripura government will provide free suji, maida and sugar to all 9.92 lakh ration card holders in the state during Sharadotsav 2026, the Cabinet decided on Wednesday. Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Cabinet Spokesperson and Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said each ration card holder will receive
