AGARTALA : The Tripura government will bear 100 percent of the increased electricity bill burden faced by ordinary consumers since May, state Minister Ratan Lal Nath announced at a press conference held Friday at the Secretariat here. Addressing reporters, Nath said the state had decided to fully absorb the additional cost that had built up […]
AGARTALA : Chief Minister Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha inaugurated and laid foundation stones for several school buildings at an event held at PM SHRI AD Nagar English Medium School in Agartala. At the same event, the Chief Minister formally launched the NAKSHA project and inaugurated an initiative to introduce virtual classrooms in 240 schools across
AGARTALA: In a major step towards digitising labour welfare services, the Tripura Labour Department on Friday launched a web-based application and mobile app under the Nirman Shramik Kalyan Prakalp, aimed at easing registration and access to welfare benefits for construction workers. The programme was inaugurated by Labour, YAS, Social Welfare & Social Education Minister Tinku
Iran sharply condemned the United States on Thursday, accusing Washington of waging “economic terrorism” and committing “crimes against humanity” after the US announced sweeping new sanctions aimed at intensifying pressure on Tehran. The escalation comes as the Biden administration signals a more aggressive economic strategy, with officials arguing that sustained financial pressure could help prevent
Taiwan and the South China Sea are often discussed as separate geopolitical flashpoints, but analysts increasingly argue they form a single strategic continuum in the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China. Both regions carry enormous weight for global security, trade, and technological stability — making any crisis far more consequential than a regional
A surge in Chinese and Turkish military air traffic into Pakistan over a concentrated 60‑hour window has triggered intense speculation about possible defence equipment transfers to Islamabad. According to reporting reviewed by News18, multiple heavy transport aircraft from both countries made repeated landings at key Pakistani airbases, suggesting movement of sensitive military matériel at a
China has significantly expanded its presence in the disputed Antelope Reef area of the South China Sea, with new satellite imagery revealing the construction of a large artificial island, complete with a deepwater harbour, runway, wharf, and helipad. Analysts say the development marks one of Beijing’s most ambitious projects in the region and could reshape
For years, India’s push to transform its Northeast from a landlocked periphery into a connectivity hub has rested on a fairly optimistic assumption: that neighbouring Bangladesh would remain a stable, cooperative partner in enabling trade and transit routes to Southeast Asia and beyond. Recent developments — from Dhaka’s deepening security engagement with Pakistan’s intelligence establishment
On August 4, Air India flight AI2379 was cruising over Odisha at more than 36,000 feet when it suddenly lost around 300 feet of altitude. Passengers were thrown against seatbelts and overhead bins; by most accounts, somewhere between 17 and 20 passengers and four cabin crew were injured. The co-pilot took control, steadied the aircraft,
For decades, India’s eastern frontier was seen as the quieter flank of its national security landscape — a border defined more by shared rivers, cultural overlap, and economic interdependence with Bangladesh than by the kind of adversarial tension that has long characterised the western border with Pakistan. That comfortable assumption is now being tested. Reports
