Agartala: Ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Tripura on June 5, Pradip Chandra Pal, a resident of Amtali, was officially returned to India on Monday through Tripura’s Khowai border after spending more than a year in a Bangladesh prison.The handover took place around 11:30am at the Paharmura Border Gate in the presence…
Guwahati: A man accused of sexually assaulting a minor was injured in police firing during an investigation by a police team in Kamrup district.According to police, the accused is a 40-year-old man who was wanted in connection with a case involving the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl. Following the case’s registration, the police launched…
Image used for representation purpose only GUWAHATI: The Assam government has announced that the supply of subsidised pulses, sugar and salt under the public distribution system (PDS) will be suspended for two months. The announcement was made on Monday as the state continues to function under a vote-on-account budget following the recent assembly elections.The food,…
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Itanagar: The Longding district administration in Arunachal Pradesh has imposed an immediate ban on the transit, purchase, and import of live pigs and pork products following a confirmed outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the neighbouring Tinsukia region of Assam, an official notification said.In an advisory issued on Monday, Longding district animal husbandry and…
Agartala: Union minister for power, housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar flagged financial losses in the power sector during a review meeting in Tripura and directed officials to identify and curb illegal electricity connections, stressing better planning to meet future energy demand.Khattar asked officials to improve the quality and reliability of electricity services across…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. NALBARI: A local leader of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) was killed, while his cousin sustained critical injuries in an attack in Assam‘s Nalbari district, police said on Monday.The incident took place on Sunday evening in Gangapur village near Jagara when the two were returning home from Nalbari…
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets Union defence minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi Guwahati: After more than two weeks of waiting for the expansion of the state cabinet following his swearing-in as chief minister for a second consecutive term, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday morning that his ministry will be expanded on…
Imphal/Agartala: Manipur HC has put on hold the appointment of Prof Ganga Prasad Prasain as vice-chancellor (in-charge) of Manipur University, dealing a setback to the former Tripura University VC, whose tenure there was marked by alleged recruitment irregularities, nepotism, and administrative controversies. The court, through an interim order, reinstated Prof Sumitra Phanjoubam, the senior-most professor…
Shillong: Meghalaya has recorded significant progress in child nutrition, with the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) showing a decline in stunting among children under five years from 46.5% in NFHS-5 to 36.8 % in NFHS-6.The survey also highlights rise in breastfeeding practices, with 76.4% of children breastfed within one hour of birth and 97.1…
