Tripura
Capital: Agartala
Breaking in Tripura
Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
Latest
A rifle on video, a mother in custody: 21 arrests in Tripura BSF attack
Twenty-one people, including four women, have now been arrested over the 2 November attack on BSF personnel at Ashabari in Tripura's Sepahijala district. The two men seen on video snatching a rifle and beating a jawan were picked up on Saturday.
Three BSF men injured in Tripura border village attack, eight arrested, says CM Manik Saha
Three BSF personnel were injured after being attacked at Ashabari village in Tripura's Boxanagar, and eight people have been arrested, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Tuesday. Saha said authorities were told to act swiftly and stringently, and that violence against security personnel would not be tolerated.
Border dispute with Mizoram may end soon, says Tripura CM Saha
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has expressed confidence that the long-pending inter-state boundary dispute with Mizoram will be resolved soon, after senior officials of the two states agreed on a mechanism that includes a Joint Technical Team and involvement of the Survey of India.