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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended heartfelt birthday wishes to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, acknowledging his significant contributions to the state's development.

Rescue teams intensified their efforts on Saturday as they successfully pulled out 14 more workers trapped under heavy snow after a massive avalanche struck a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp near Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Friday morning.

Heavy rain lashed several parts of the national capital on Saturday, bringing relief to the Delhiites from  the warm temperatures witnessed in the month of February. Parts of Haryana were also lashed by heavy rain.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the disaster control room on Friday evening to assess the situation and directed officials to speed up the rescue operation in the state following the avalanche that trapped 52 Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers.

US President Donald Trump has suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "not a man that wanted to make peace," while claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin does want to end the war.

A Bangladeshi smuggler died and a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured during a clash along India-Bangladesh border with Tripura on Friday late evening, officials said.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Friday chaired the 18th general meeting of Tripura AIDS Control Society here at the secretariat and emphasized on the need of setting up of call centres at Tripura AIDS Control Society for periodic monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients.

The Chief Minister, while addressing the ‘Swabalambi Naari, Swabalambi Tripura’(empowered women, reliant Tripura), said that 80 Deputy Collectors rank officials have been appointed as District Dowry Prohibition Officers, and all Sub-divisional Magistrates have been appointed as Dowry Prohibition Officers to curb the dowry-related cases.

Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Friday, informed that a fresh disbursal of Rs 2.29 crore as refund to 3,652 deposits in the Ponzi scheme of West Bengal-based chit fund entity Rose Valley Group has been completed in the last and fifth phase by the asset disposal committee headed by the Justice Dilip Kumar Seth (retired) and comprising officials of ED.

The Brahmaputra Board under Union Jal Shakti Ministry has identified 70 rivers under its jurisdiction and for which master plans are either prepared or to be prepared for better management of these rivers including controlling erosion and removal of siltation, top officials said here on Friday.

The state science and technology minister Animesh Debbarma on Friday inaugurated the observance of National Science Day programme here at Agartala Sukanta Academy and emphasized on encouraging the youths in science and technology to build Viksit Bharat.

A thorough search of the area led to the recovery and seizure of 20 packets containing 20,000 Yaba tablets, valued at ₹2 crore. Additionally, BSF troops seized other contraband items worth ₹16,80,910 from different locations along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura.

Leader of Opposition in Tripura, Jitendra Chaudhury, on Friday, strongly criticized the BJP-led state government for the demolition of illegally occupied shops in Agartala’s Lake Chowmuhani Market, calling the move “inhumane” and “cruel.”

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today said that it is better not to engage in politics over developmental work, which is meant for the welfare of the common people.

Security agencies apprehended 13 Bangladeshi nationals along with three Indian touts in Chandipur under the Kailashahar Sub-division of Unakoti District.

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma quoting the Railway Minister, said that the electrification of railway networks in the northeast is set to be completed by March 2026.

In a major haul of drugs, the Assam Rifles, along with other law enforcing agencies, have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 24 crore in Tripura in two separate incidents in the last 24 hours and arrested one person, officials said on Thursday.

Demolition of the Agartala’s oldest market – Lake Chowmuhni Bazar by the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Thursday sparked row with the opposition CPI(M) slamming the government.

Three Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (Sub-Health Centres) in North Tripura district have been awarded the prestigious National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification by the Union Health Ministry.

Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today said that One Nation, One Election will significantly help in strengthening democracy, boosting voter turnout and engagement and also provide economic benefits.

In a joint operation conducted by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Border Security Force (BSF), and Agartala Government Railway Police station, a Bangladeshi woman was arrested at Agartala Railway station on Tuesday afternoon.

With the operation to rescue eight persons trapped in the partially-collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana's Nagarkurnool district intensified, state Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said a breakthrough in reaching the trapped men could happen "very soon".

Following the recent life sentence handed to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, victims' families are still grappling with the pain of a justice system they feel has failed them.

A police statement said that Srinagar cops have arrested a gang of robbers, who were posing as police commandos to rob trucks on the highway during night.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday reiterated that self-respect is a defining characteristic of Tamils and emphasised that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is not against Hindi unless it is imposed on the people of the state.