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Air Asia to connect Delhi, Kolkata, Guwa | AGARTALA, Sep 19 (TIWN): The Air Asia flight’s launching news has energized Tripura Airway passengers, but the good news lies in the flight launching is the company is going to connect Tripura with Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati and more states.After introducing flights from Guwahati (Assam) and Imphal (Manipur), low-cost carrier Air Asia will start operations from another northeastern state - Agartala (Tripura) - from next month, an AAI official said on Wednesday."The Bengaluru-headquartered Air Asia got the initial approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to operate few flights from Tripura capital Agartala connecting Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati and other cities of India," an Airport Authority of India (AAI) official said, refusing to disclose his identity. He said Air Asia is likely to start operations from the fourth week of October and the preliminary work, including recruitment of supporting and ground staff, has been completed. | 19-Sep-2019 |
SC raps governments for lack of safety g | New Delhi, Sep 18 (TIWN) Observing that caste discrimination continues to exist in society and criticising the deaths of people while involved in cleaning places like manholes and drains, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre and state governments for not providing protective gear to such workers. | 18-Sep-2019 |
Amit Shah hints ‘One Nation, Only | NEW DELHI, Sep 18 (TIWN): Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday spoke about the failure of the multiparty parliamentary democratic system while referring to the years before 2014 and laid stress on the need for 130 crore Indians to move in a coordinated fashion to realise Narendra Modi’s vision. | 18-Sep-2019 |
Several Cong leaders mired in legal batt | New Delhi, Sep 18 (TIWN) The Congress is facing its toughest phase as several of the senior party leaders are mired in legal battles, with at least two of them either in the judicial custody or in the custody of the investigative agencies. | 18-Sep-2019 |
Ex-UP Assembly speaker Mata Prasad Pande | Deoria, Sep 18 (TIWN) After Azam Khan, former Uttar Pradesh Assembly speaker Mata Prasad Pandey is the next Samajwadi Party (SP) leader in trouble. | 18-Sep-2019 |
UP cop under fire for posting Tik-Tok vi | Lucknow, Sep 18 (TIWN) A police constable is under fire for having posted Tik-Tok videos of himself in uniform. | 18-Sep-2019 |
First woman military diplomat in Indian | New Delhi, Sep 17 (TIWN) Wing Commander Anjali Singh has become the first female officer from any of the armed forces of India to be posted as a military diplomat in an Indian mission abroad. | 17-Sep-2019 |
PM Modi in Gujarat to celebrate his 69th | Kevadia (Gujrat) Sep 17 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 69 on Tuesday. He is in his home state for the day as Gujarat has planned a day of fanfare, prayers, and rallies. | 17-Sep-2019 |
Gold crown offered at Varanasi temple on | Varanasi, Sep 17 (TIWN) A staunch supporter of Narendra Modi has offered a gold crown weighing 1.25 kg to the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple here to mark the Prime Minister's 69th birthday. | 17-Sep-2019 |
Buddhist leader greets Modi as Ladakh ce | Leh, Sep 17 (TIWN) Buddhist spiritual leader the Gyalwang Drukpa, who is heading the 17th century Hemis monastery of Drukpa lineage here, the largest in the Himalayas, on Tuesday greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 69th birthday. | 17-Sep-2019 |
Modi asks people to share ideas for 'How | New Delhi, Sep 17 (TIWN) Ahead of his 'Howdy Modi' appearance in Houston, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked people to share their ideas for his address there on September 22. | 16-Sep-2019 |
BJP rules out 'imposing' Hindi in Karnat | Bengaluru, Sep 16 (TIWN) Accusing the Congress of politicising the language issue, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled out imposing Hindi in Karnataka, an official said on Monday. | 16-Sep-2019 |
India: IJU goes to court, fighting inter | NEW DELHI, Sep 16 (TIWN): Since August 5 the Indian government has imposed a shutdown of the internet in Jammu & Kashmir. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have strongly condemned the shutdown as a violation of the right to information. | 16-Sep-2019 |
SC directs Centre to restore normalcy in | New Delhi, Sep 16 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to ensure that normalcy is restored in Jammu and Kashmir and added that the restoration should be on selective basis keeping in mind national interest. | 16-Sep-2019 |
An era of 'super emergency' exists now: | Kolkata, Sep 15 (TIWN) In a barb at the Narendra Modi government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the country was now passing through the era of "super emergency" and urged all to do their bit in protecting the rights and freedoms that the constitution guarantees. | 15-Sep-2019 |
46,000 families affected by heavy rain i | Bhopal, Sep 16 (TIWN) Over 46,000 people from Mandsaur and Neemuch districts were shifted to safer places by late Sunday night as heavy rain continued to lash the western region of Madhya Pradesh, a government spokesperson said. | 15-Sep-2019 |
12 killed, 30 missing as boat capsizes i | Visakhapatnam, Sep 16 (TIWN) A pleasure trip turned into tragedy for many families as a boat with over 60 tourists capsized in swollen Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district on Sunday, killing 12 persons while at least 30 went missing. | 16-Sep-2019 |
'10,340 ducks have been distributed, 2,0 | Agartala, Sep 15 (TIWN): Chief minister Shri Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday inaugurated 'Boat race competition' on the occasion of 'Neermahal Jal Utsav' 2019 at Rudrasagar, Melaghar, Tripura. | 15-Sep-2019 |
Priyanka hits back at Gangwar over 'job | New Delhi, Sep 15 (TIWN) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday slammed Union Minister of State (Independent Change) for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar for that there were enough jobs in the country, but the employment seekers were not qualified. | 15-Sep-2019 |
North Indian youths incapable of getting | Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 15 (TIWN) Union Minister Santosh Gangwar stirred major controversy on Sunday when he blamed the North Indian youth for failing to secure jobs as he dismissed criticism about the current employment situation in the country. | 15-Sep-2019 |
UP to build $1tn economy with help from | Lucknow, Sep 15 (TIWN) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that with the help of IIM-Lucknow, he planned to achieve the goal of a $1 trillion economy for the state. | 15-Sep-2019 |
Pak steps up infiltration bids, FATF wat | New Delhi, Sep 15 (TIWN) As Pakistan scales up its efforts to push terrorists across the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog on terror activities, is watching. | 15-Sep-2019 |
How Swachh Bharat Mission helped million | New Delhi, Sep 15 (TIWN) Launched five years ago, the Swachh Bharat Mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the verge making India a completely open defecation free (ODF), enabling people to embrace change and live their lives with dignity. | 15-Sep-2019 |
BJP looking to garner maximum mileage fr | Hyderabad, Sep 15 (TIWN) Aiming to emerge as an alternative to the ruling TRS, the BJP is looking to garner maximum political benefit from its two-decade-old demand for the official celebration of Telangana Liberation Day on September 17. | 15-Sep-2019 |
Mamata recalls Singur on 3rd anniversary | Kolkata, Sep 14 (TIWN) Underlining her commitment to the welfare of farmers, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday commemorated the third anniversary of the 'historic day' when the Trinamool Congress government handed over to the farmers the land records forcibly acquired from them by the erstwhile Left Front regime in Singur for the Tata Motors' Nano project. | 14-Sep-2019 |
Goat-thief arrested after 41 years in Tr | Agartala, Sep 14 (TIWN) A 58-year-old man in Tripura, wanted for the last 41 years in a case of theft, has finally been arrested, police said on Saturday. | 14-Sep-2019 |
Yogi calls for mass campaign against sin | Chitrakoot , Sep 14 (TIWN) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday called for a mass campaign against single-use plastic across the state. | 14-Sep-2019 |
Ex-Kolkata top cop yet to appear before | Kolkata, Sep 14 (TIWN) With over four hours elapsing after the CBI-ordained scheduled time for his appearance in connection with the Ponzi scam probe, senior IPS officer Rajeev Kumar was yet to appear before the agency on Saturday with police sources claiming he was at his Park Street residence here consulting lawyers. | 14-Sep-2019 |
Shah kicks-off 'seva saptah', urges peop | New Delhi, Sep 14 (TIWN) Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday kicked-off the party's "seva saptah" (service week) as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday celebrations and appealed to citizens to shun the use of plastic. | 14-Sep-2019 |
Tripura CM to donate his 6 months salary | AGARTALA, 13 Sep 13 (TIWN): Chief minister Shri Biplab Kumar Deb warned not to involve in any kind of corruption after inaugurating the programme of One-Day Seminar/Training On Responsibility, Power and Function of 3 Tier Panchayat at Rabindra Bhawan, Agartala. While addressing the programme Shri Deb said that the primary aim is his responsibility towards the people. He stressed upon being responsible, selflessness and to maintain integrity. Sri Deb said being elected is a easy task but performing a dutiful responsibility is a huge big task and this has to be done by all of us. | 13-Sep-2019 |
Recruitment cancellation row of TPSC : O | AGARTALA, Sep 13 (TIWN): Tripura High Court has dismissed Tripura Govt’s excuse of not recruiting job aspirants even after qualifying exams held under TPSC. | 13-Sep-2019 |
Muslims divided on caste, class & region | Aligarh, Sep 13 (TIWN) Muslims in India have been playing their constitutional role and are focused on basic issues of poverty, employment generation and education, according to a book released at the Faculty of Arts Lounge, Aligarh Muslim University, here on Friday. | 13-Sep-2019 |
‘Atleast 6 persons didn’t g | AGARTALA, Sep 13 (TIWN): Congress leader Subal Bhowmik told media today everyday people are not getting treatment, unable to do tests as Govt snatched free medical service. | 13-Sep-2019 |
SC notice to Centre on plea challenging | New Delhi, Sep 13 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 that criminalises 'triple talaq'. | 13-Sep-2019 |
When JNU hit headlines for all the wrong | New Delhi, Sep 13 (TIWN) The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi is considered one of the most prestigious institutions of the country but it had hit national headlines for wrong reasons in 2016. | 13-Sep-2019 |
Democracy in peril, govt misusing mandat | New Delhi, Sep 12 (TIWN) Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday attacked the BJP government over the economic slowdown and accused it of indulging in vendetta politics as she told party leaders that it was not enough to be aggressive only on social media as "democracy was in peril" and the mandate was being "misused" by the government. | 12-Sep-2019 |
Why BJP govt is so confused over economy | New Delhi, Sep 12 (TIWN) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took a swipe at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for blaming 'Ola and Uber' for the slowdown in the auto sector and asked why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is so confused about the economy? | 12-Sep-2019 |
Political tussle in Goa over new traffic | Panaji, Sep 12 (TIWN) A political tussle has broken out in Goa over the delayed implementation of the amended Motor Vehicle Act (MVA), which recommends hefty fines for traffic violations. | 12-Sep-2019 |
Sonia meets Maharashtra Cong chief, disc | New Delhi, Sep 12 (TIWN) A day after actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar and former Maharashtra Home Minister Kripa Shankar Singh resigned from the party, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi held a meeting with party state unit chief Eknath Gaikwad here. | 12-Sep-2019 |
#SayItLikeNirmalaTai trends as FM blames | New Delhi, Sep 12 (TIWN) After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman blamed the mindset of millennials for adversely affecting the automobile industry, hashtags like #BoycottMillenialls and #SayItLikeNirmalaTai have thrown up thousands of tweets. | 12-Sep-2019 |
Top LeT militant behind attack in Sopore | New Delhi, Sep 11 (TIWN) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday gunned down a top Lashkar-e-Taiba militant who was responsible for attacking a Sopore fruit trader's family last week in which a girl child had also been injured. | 11-Sep-2019 |
9/11 proved India's contention about Pak | New Delhi, Sep 11 (TIWN) On this day in 2001, when aircraft-borne terrorists struck the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, it was a direct assault on the heart of the US, giving credence to what India had always been saying that Pakistan is the exporter of global terrorism. | 11-Sep-2019 |
IAS Kannan faced show cause for 'miscond | New Delhi, Sep 11 (TIWN) Before he quit ostensibly over curbs imposed in Kashmir, IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan was issued a show cause notice in July by the Union Home Ministry for indulging in various acts of "omission and commission" which constitute "misconduct" as well as "dereliction of duty". | 11-Sep-2019 |
No Indian will be left out: Irani on NRC | Kolkata, Sep 10 (TIWN) Asserting that the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre would protect the rights of every genuine citizen of the country, Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani said on Tuesday that while infiltrators would face the law, no genuine Indian citizen would suffer following the publication of the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam on August 31. | 10-Sep-2019 |
Modi, Oli jointly inaugurate petroleum p | New Delhi, Sep 10 (TIWN) To stengthen bilateral relations between India and Nepal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal's Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli on Tuesday inaugurated South Asia's first cross-border petroleum products pipeline which will provide cleaner petroleum products at affordable cost to the people of Nepal. | 10-Sep-2019 |
Sitharaman urges Congress to internally | Chennai, Sep 10 (TIWN) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged the Congress party to have an internal discussion on national security and voice its views. | 10-Sep-2019 |
Anupriya becomes first pilot from Maoist | Bhubaneswar, Sep 10 (TIWN) A feat that is sure to inspire many young girls, 27 year old Anupriya Lakra, a tribal girl from Odisha's Maoist-affected Malkangiri district, has proved that the sky is not the limit as she became the first female pilot from this backward region. | 10-Sep-2019 |
Cong slams govt for mine lease renewal w | New Delhi, Sep 10 (TIWN) The Congress has criticised the Centre for not taking the auction route for renewing leases of 358 mines and failing to answer to the Supreme Court's notice for giving some lease extensions for 50 years. | 09-Sep-2019 |
Trouble for Kamal Nath as MHA to reopen | New Delhi, Sep 9 (TIWN) The Union Home Ministry has cleared a proposal to reopen 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Delhi's Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Monday. | 09-Sep-2019 |
'Reducing Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter's orbit | Chennai, Sep 9 (TIWN) Reducing the orbit of Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter to pick up any weak signals or to take a closer look the moon lander Vikram that had crash-landed on the lunar surface is a dangerous move, contend space scientists. | 09-Sep-2019 |