JIRANIA: Water levels have risen sharply in the Balda Canal and Sri Lanka Basti areas of Jirania sub-division, prompting authorities to open a relief camp for affected residents, officials said. Local MLA Ratan Chakraborty and Jirania Sub-Divisional Magistrate Animesh Dhar visited the affected areas on Sunday to assess the situation on the ground and review […]
Agartala: The Tripura Government Employees Association (TGEA) organized a march through the capital city on [day] to press its 13-point charter of demands. The rally converged at [location] where a public meeting followed. Addressing the gathering, Leader of the Opposition Jitendra Chowdhury spoke in support of the employees’ cause. TGEA leadership then formally handed over
KHAYERPUR : Panic gripped riverside localities on Sunday as the Haora River’s water level rose above the danger mark, flooding several areas of the 5-Khayerpur Assembly constituency. Residents said the water began surging around 4 am, catching many off guard. The Baldakhal area was among the worst affected, with water entering homes and roads and
An Indian national was killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Oman after a vehicle veered off Sultan Said bin Teymur Street on Saturday, according to the Royal Oman Police. The incident involved a group of Indian citizens travelling together when their vehicle suddenly lost control and left the roadway, resulting in
India is accelerating its push to develop space‑based missile‑detection systems, aiming to identify launches within seconds and dramatically expand the country’s interception window. The effort follows lessons from Operation Sindoor, when the Indian Air Force intercepted a Delhi‑bound Pakistani high‑speed missile over Haryana’s Sirsa barely one or two minutes before its expected impact — a
August 23, 2026 The Panama-flagged bulk carrier MV Ocean-Winner left Paradip Port on the night of August 20, carrying roughly 72,100 tonnes of iron ore fines toward Singapore. By the afternoon of August 22, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre had lost contact with it entirely. The ship had gone down some 230 to 240 nautical
August 23, 2026 On August 20, a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, alongside Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, took up petitions challenging CBSE’s decision to make three languages compulsory for Classes 6 to 9 from the 2026-27 academic year, with at least two required to be Indian languages. The Court’s
August 23, 2026 On August 21, hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar under the banner of the Reservation Hatao Andolan, demanding changes to India’s reservation system and opposing new UGC equity regulations. By evening, police had cleared the site and detained more than fifty protesters. Within a day, the movement had fractured in
The proposed India–US trade deal is in its final stretch, with both sides now focused on ironing out the legal and technical language before signing the agreement. US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, speaking at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum, said the deal is “almost done in principle”, noting that negotiators have already settled
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will travel to Beijing on Monday for the 25th round of India–China Special Representatives’ talks, a key diplomatic mechanism aimed at addressing the long‑standing and sensitive boundary dispute between the two countries. Doval is scheduled to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday, according to reports citing PTI. The
