External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar called on visiting Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam in New Delhi on Wednesday, holding discussions with the foreign dignitary on bilateral cooperation in several areas ahead of his scheduled meetings with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
The CAQM had, on January 12, revoked Stage-3 restrictions after the AQI in Delhi improved due to rainfall. Stage-IV restrictions include a ban on all construction activities, the entry of non-essential polluting trucks into Delhi, and the mandatory shift of school classes, except for classes 10 and 12, to hybrid mode.
The state fishery minister Sudhangshu Das on Wednesday informed the assembly that the government is contemplating to increase local fish production and curb the dependency on imports from outside and neighbouring Bangladesh.
The bill proposes that the chief minister will now receive a monthly salary of Rs 97,000 with Rs 13,000 as sumptuary allowance while ministers and the Leader of the Opposition will get Rs 95,000 with an allowance of Rs 12,000 per month. The MLAs too will now draw Rs 93,000 as salary with Rs 12,000 as allowance.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India is a living land with a vibrant culture and the main foundation of "our spiritual culture is the spirit of service", which is the consciousness of this culture.
India's total exports of merchandise and services have clocked a 6.03 per cent growth to $602.64 billion during April-December of the current financial year from $568.36 billion in the same period of the previous financial year, the Commerce and Industry Ministry announced on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a plea filed by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh challenging the amendment to the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, which restricts public access to election materials, such as CCTV footage unless explicitly listed by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Various studies show that the platelet aggregability and the tendency to form clots in the arteries increase during the winter season. This can also increase the rate of heart attacks during the winter season.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police on Tuesday seized over 1.128 kg of heroin worth Rs nine crore and arrested two drug peddlers from Manipur, officials said.
The Border Security Force (BSF) Tripura has been placed on high alert ahead of the “Poush Sankranti Mela,” popularly known as the Tirthmukh Mela, scheduled to take place on January 13-14 at Tirthmukh in the Gomati district of Tripura.
Amid the Opposition criticism for not filling up thousands of vacant posts in the Home Department, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday announced in the state Assembly that initiatives have been taken to fill up over 8,000 posts in various positions.
Expressing concern, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said that drugs smuggled from Myanmar to his state through neighbouring Assam and cultivation of ganja (marijuana) are creating a parallel economy in the northeastern state.
Amid the controversy over the new emblem of the Tripura government, Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said that it was only after taking the opinion of all concerned and the approval of the state Cabinet that the design of the emblem was recommended to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which approved it last week.
In a move to boost the communication system in the state, Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today announced that the state government would soon send Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of two national highways to the Central government, which have been approved in principle.
Tripura Police have arrested a man and seized narcotics and live ammunition valued at over Rs 2 lakh in Mohinipur Gram Panchayat, Sidhar, under West District.
The state tourism minister on Monday claimed that Tripura tourism is set to achieve its unique identity in the coming days with further enhancement of the tourism infrastructure.
He emphasized a multi-pronged approach, integrating enforcement, awareness, and rehabilitation and said that the government is committed to providing modern psychiatric and de-addiction facilities to every affected individual.
A total of 2,815 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Tripura during the past three years for their illegal entry into India and 1,746 of them deported to their country so far, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha told the Assembly on Monday.
The women troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday opened fire and successfully foiled a major attempt of smuggling of contrabands along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, officials said.
Tripura BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Rajib Bhattacharya on Sunday took a dig at the former Left Front government, accusing it of fostering socialism and capitalism among the youth while suppressing the people during its prolonged rule.
In a major drug bust, Tripura Police seized 1.24 lakh methamphetamine tablets (also known as Yaba tablets) valued at around Rs one crore and arrested two persons in the capital city on Sunday, officials said.
The drug peddlers, whom the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is now investigating and has raided in Tripura, maintained an interstate network facilitating drug trafficking across various other states, including Assam, Bihar, and other parts of India, officials said on Saturday.
The former Chief Minister and presently the MP for West Tripura constituency Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday chaired the airport advisory committee meeting here at Agartala MBB Airport and said that there is a plan to increase direct flight operation from Delhi to Agartala.
An Amendment Bill has been moved in the Tripura Assembly on Friday proposing the increase of salaries, allowances of Ministers, MLAs and former legislators by 45 to 50 per cent.
In his speech in the sixth session of the 13th Tripura Legislative Assembly, the Governor said, “The state of Tripura is witnessing development in almost every sector including infrastructure, health care, education, agriculture and others under the guidance of the Centre and state leadership.”
