Agartala: A felicitation ceremony was held for Commonwealth Games gold medallist Asmita Dey at Rabindra Bhawan here today, organised by the State Sports Department. Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, Sports Minister Tinku Roy, and Agartala Municipal Corporation Mayor Deepak Majumder attended the event, along with other dignitaries and officials. The ceremony was organised to honour […]
Agartala: A one-day workshop organised under the Tripura Bio-Technology initiative was held today at Pragya Bhawan, marking the addition of 50 new DNA Clubs across the state. With this expansion, the total number of DNA Clubs in Tripura has risen from 222 to 272, officials informed at the event. The workshop was attended by Minister
Agartala: The Tripura government has announced a major recruitment drive spanning multiple departments, along with a housing initiative for residents of Agartala city. The Public Works Department (PWD) will see the largest intake, with 185 posts of Junior Pump Operator to be filled through the Joint Recruitment Board Tripura (JRBT). In a separate exercise, the
Agartala: Former Power Minister Manik Dey on Wednesday raised serious concerns over the government’s smart meter programme, alleging it could effectively transfer control of the state’s power system to private companies without clear accountability. Addressing a press conference, Dey said complaints over power services, billing, and smart meters have mounted since 2018, with consumers reporting
Typhoon Dolphin, the strongest storm to hit China this year, has weakened after making landfall but continues to cause widespread disruption across the country, with torrential rain flooding roads, disrupting transport and forcing more than a million people to evacuate their homes. Beijing was among the areas hit by heavy rain on Wednesday as the
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said it does not maintain consolidated data on the number of passports issued to non-citizens of India, in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application seeking those figures. The application had asked how many passports have been issued under Section 20 of the Passports Act, 1967, which
N Chandrasekaran has stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons, the principal holding company of the Tata Group, in a decision announced on August 12 — six months ahead of when his current term was due to expire in February 2027. He will continue in the role until his tenure formally ends. The resignation follows
In April, Russia and North Korea quietly locked in something more permanent than a wartime favour: a defence ministry agreement placing their military cooperation on what both sides called a “stable, long-term footing,” running to 2031. That single date matters more than most of the individual battlefield headlines out of Ukraine this year, because it
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through western Colombia’s coffee-growing heartland on Monday, the country’s strongest tremor in decades. By Tuesday, the death toll had climbed past 250, with nearly 5,000 homes damaged and hundreds more destroyed outright, 61 buildings collapsed, and six airports shut down. In Chocó, near the epicenter, electricity, water and phone service remain
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,
