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The corporators of Agartala Municipal Corporation have sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing gratitude for the inauguration of the Ram Mandir.

As many as 10 persons sustained severe injuries, while another person died on the spot after a passenger auto collided with a pick-up truck at Sonatola village under the Khowai district on Thursday.

According to sources in the know of things, Majumdar, who was earlier arrested, was later released on bail. He was brought to the ferry-jetty at Dhamakhali, one of the waterway entry points to Sandeshkhali.

The Department of Consumer Affairs in collaboration with the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) conducted a stakeholder consultation to collectively address the malaise of surrogate advertisements that promote products in restricted categories, such as alcohol.

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza has risen to 29,410, with 69,465 others wounded since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, authorities said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation of multiple initiatives to strengthen the country's Cooperative Sector on February 24 at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital which will be a major step in empowering small farmers, the PMO said on Thursday.

Sakshi, 21, who is originally from Himachal Pradesh and joined Chandigarh University last year to pursue an MA in English, has been instrumental in building a young team this year by leading from the front.

The Lucknow police have arrested the mother of an eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped by a cleric and his brother in the Malihabad area, on the outskirts of Lucknow.

Fresh tension erupted in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal on Thursday afternoon as angry villagers burnt down a property owned by Sheikh Sirajuddin, the younger brother of the absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan.

The government’s strategy to reach the $300 billion level in production of electronics from the current level of about $75 billion is built on broadening and deepening electronics manufacturing in the country.

PM Modi’s approval ratings, as per Morning Consult survey, stands at a whopping 78%, which roughly means that he commands approval and support of the same percentage of population. Notably, PM Modi has consistently topped the Morning Consult charts in both NDA 1.0 and NDA 2.0.

During the talks between the Centre and the farm unions from Punjab on February 18, the Narendra Modi government proposed a unique solution where it was willing to enter into an agreement with the farmers of Punjab on five crops -- cotton, maize, tur, urad, masur.

The protesting women have also said that peace will not be restored in Sandeshkhali unless President’s Rule is imposed. “Sincerely we feel that we will be safe only if the President’s rule is imposed,” many of the local women were heard saying in the video.

Out of the total project outlay of Rs 1179.72 crore, Rs 885.49 crore will be provided by MHA from its own budget while the remaining Rs 294.23 crore will be funded from Nirbhaya Fund.

Apart from the official report of a BSF jawan being injured in the onslaught, locals claimed that five elderly persons, including four women, died due to heart attacks since February 14.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the amendment in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy for the space sector to allow up to 100 per cent FDI in the space sector.

Although, the primary responsibility of flood management rests with the state governments, the Union government has decided that it is desirable to supplement the efforts of the states.

Political observers feel that the nature of the ongoing crisis at Sandeshkhali is so varied that it has opened the avenues for multiple central commissions to intervene in the matter.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday inaugurated the 42nd Agartala Book Fair, an official said. February 21 also marks the Inernational Mother Language Day.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday inaugurated the state level observance of International Mother Language Day here in a function at Agartala and said that the government is working to promote amultilingual education system, moving in line with the central government.

A protesting farmer died of a head injury and several injured as Haryana Police dropped tear gas shells at the Shambhu and Khanauri border in Punjab on Wednesday afternoon.

NCST has also communicated to the state secretariat that a field-inspection team of the commission will visit Sandeshkhali on Thursday.

While the KAPS-3 has been synchronised with the grid, KAPS-4 will also be connected to the grid soon, an official told IANS on condition of anonymity.

India and China have agreed to maintain "peace" and "tranquility" on the ground in eastern Ladakh during 21st round of Corps Commander level meeting on Chushul-Moldo border.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation, lay the foundation stone and initiate work commencement of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 48,000 crore in Gujarat on Thursday, according to a PMO statement on Wednesday.