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US Ambassador Eric Garcetti on Tuesday hailed the swift action taken by the Indian Navy against pirates to rescue sailors of merchant ships operations ensuring the safety of shipping in the Indian Ocean.

The judge asked the ED counsel the details of the charges against Shahjahan. When the ED counsel sought some time for submitting the details on this count, the judge adjourned the hearing in the matter till February 3.

The number of US visas issued to Indian students and businessmen has shot up by 60% in recent months compared to the previous year and efforts are on to remove the backlog further, US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said on Tuesday.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been sentenced to 10 years in jail in the cipher case, local media reported.

The official said that the navy rescued the vessels through swift, persistent and relentless efforts by the Mission Deployed Indian Navy warship in the Southern Arabian Sea approx 850 nm West of Kochi.

A Kerala court which had earlier found 15 members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) guilty in the 2021 murder of BJP leader Renjith Sreenivasan, sentenced all of them to death on Tuesday.

Days after former Assam youth Congress president Angkita Dutta and former Congress MLA Bismita Gogoi joined the BJP, state minister Pijush Hazarika claimed that more leaders from the grand old party have lined up to join the saffron camp in the next month.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has in a statement on Monday night said that it had raided the office of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in southern Gaza's Khan Younis area.

The lethal drone attack on Sunday in Jordan was the third hit in six months on the base known as Tower 22, highlighting a gap in US defences that the Pentagon is scrambling now to fill.

Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu on Monday joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s student’s interaction programme – Pariksha Pe Charcha and watched live broadcast of the event.

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Department Tinku Roy announced today that the Khelo India Inter University Yoga Competition is set to take place in Tripura from February 17 to 19.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Monday said that the guidance and motivation provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during "Pariksha Pe Charcha" will undoubtedly boost the confidence levels of students.

President of Tipra Motha, Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl said that to mark this significant occasion, the party has decided to hold events at every district and block unit and also organise a main event at the Malancha Niwas, Agartala, starting at 10:30 AM on 5th February.

In a dramatic turn of events, MNREGA workers in North Gandacherra, Tripura, staged a protest by blocking the Ambassa-Gandachara road, causing significant traffic disruptions. The workers were expressing their discontent over the non-payment of wages for several months.

Chailengta Bazar witnessed heightened tensions as retail traders staged a protest, blocking the crucial Manu-Chawmanu road. The demonstration arose from a dispute with the sub-divisional administration over restricted access to the recently transformed weekly haat market ground.

Emphasizing the primary goal of securing victory in both Lok Sabha seats in Tripura, Bhattacharya highlighted the party's commitment to bolstering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's position in the 2024 elections.

A Lucknow man, who allegedly pumped at least four bullets into his girlfriend from his hometown, was arrested near Thane and will be produced before the Pune Court here on Monday.

A 48-year-old government college teacher died after he was allegedly locked in a room and set on fire in the Panki area of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

To ensure better crowd management and reduce long queues of devotees in the Ram temple complex, the Ayodhya administration and Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust decided to develop a holding area in the pilgrim facilitation centre.

The northeastern region's first 100-bedded Yoga and Naturopathy Hospital will come up in Assam's Dibrugarh for which Rs 100 crore will be invested to develop the state-of-the-art facility on a land parcel of 15 acres, an official said on Sunday.

The Railway Police personnel in Agartala railway station have busted interstate drugs peddling racket, involving peddlers of Bihar, West Bengal and Tripura, and arrested six persons six persons in this connection, an official said on Sunday.

Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar on Sunday was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time -- hours after he dissolved his Cabinet by walking out of the 'Mahagathbandhan' to once again join hands with the BJP.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha donated an ambulance to the Trinayani Social Organization in 8-Town Bardowali from his MLA Area Development Fund on Sunday.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha criticized the previous governments on Sunday for large-scale scams in the state as well as in the country.

Having failed to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games to be held later this year, the Indian women's hockey team will try to salvage some pride during the first cluster of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24 starting at the Kalinga Stadium here on February 3.