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In a proactive effort to enhance earthquake preparedness, a large-scale disaster response drill is scheduled for tomorrow in the old building area of Agartala Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport.

In a peculiar twist to recent theft cases, the otherwise quiet city of Agartala is seeing a spike in an unusual kind of theft, as an alleged thief from Uttar Pradesh was caught red-handed while pilfering from a local pharmacy in the Krishnanagar Kadmatoli area.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sushanta Chowdhury informed today that two oil wagons carrying petrol and diesel have arrived in the state.

Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, 6 lakh 30 thousand 319 houses in the rural areas of the state have been connected with pipeline drinking water supply so far. Under this mission, from November 1 to November 10, 670 houses in rural areas of the state have been connected to drinking water through pipe lines.

Border Security Force deployed in Tripura have along with Tripura Police have destroyed 65000 matured cannabis plants in Gilamura village of Sonamura Sub-division of Sepahijala district.

Tripura BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP Rajib Bhattacharya today condemned the CPI(M) and Congress, accusing them of conspiring to hinder the BJP’s rise to power. Bhattacharya asserted that public support overcame these alleged attempts, allowing the BJP to establish its government.

In a shocking incident, a young man posing as a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TT) was apprehended by the Manu Government Railway Police (GRP) while attempting to carry out ticket checks on an Agartala-bound train from Dharmanagar.

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) engineers and workers are working on a war footing manner to fully repair the damaged railway track in Assam’s Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section, where a loaded goods train wagon derailed on October 31, officials said on Wednesday.     

Bihar leaders expressed their appreciation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday for the establishment of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Darbhanga and the inauguration of numerous development projects across the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for multiple projects in Bihar, including an AIIMs in Darbhanga district on Wednesday. He also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated many other development projects in sectors like road, rail, petroleum and natural gas, at an estimated cost of Rs 12,000 crore.

Voting for bypolls in Madhya Pradesh's Budhni and Vijaypur was underway under heavy security by police personnel and allegations of booth capturing at several places. 

Meanwhile, an independent candidate Naresh Meena slapped the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Deoli Uniara seat. The hooligan act of the contesting candidate was also caught on camera, creating widespread furore.

Although the Chief Minister along with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis partially succeeded in pacifying the rebels, those still in the fray have made the fight more tough for the MahaYuti.

BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra has accused the Congress party of violating the Constitution and election rules, urging the Election Commission to take immediate action.

India, which began its electric vehicle (EV) journey with two-wheelers, is set to become a “major producer" of electric vehicles like China in years to come, ace global investor Mark Mobius has said.

A duty doctor was stabbed by a youth at Kalaignar Centenary Hospital in Chennai on Wednesday. The doctor has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the same hospital and is in a critical condition.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that when a structure is suddenly demolished while other remains, a presumption could be drawn that the motive was not to bring down the illegal structure but to penalise the accused before trial.

Voting for bypolls on the two Assembly seats of Budhni and Vijaypur began amid tight security at 7:30 A.M. and will conclude by 7 P.M. even as several Congress leaders were allegedly detained by the police in Vijaypur.  

There were reports of a shootout during the first two hours of polling at Jagatdal adjacent to Naihati Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district, one of the six Assembly constituencies where bypolls are being conducted.

Driven by tier 2 and 3 cities, India’s e-commerce sector registered a gross merchandise value (GMV) of approximately $14 billion (more than Rs 1.18 lakh crore) in this year’s festive season, marking a 12 per cent growth over last year’s festive period, a report said on Wednesday.

The high-profile Channapatna seat saw a turnout of 10.34 per cent of voters, the Shiggaon segment witnessed 10.08 per cent of voting and the Sandur seat saw a voters’ turnout of 9.99 per cent.

These five Assembly constituencies -- Dholai, Samaguri, Behali, Bongaigaon and Sidli fell vacant following the election of five legislators in the Lower House of Parliament in this year’s Lok Sabha polls.

US President-elect Donald Trump has named John Ratcliffe, a former congressman and Director of National Intelligence, as his Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, contrary to feverish speculation that the job was going to Kash Patel, an Indian-American.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reaffirmed the Centre's commitment to providing better healthcare and improving the living conditions of the countrymen.

With AI-driven transformation, India is projected to increase its workforce from 423.73 million in 2023 to 457.62 million by 2028, a net gain of 33.89 million workers, according to a report on Wednesday.