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Tripura BJP holds protests at Bangladesh border against vandalism in Tagore house

14 Jun 2025 | 5:06 PM

Agartala, June 14 (UNI) Tripura Pradesh BJP on Saturday staged state-wide protests near the Bangladesh border, condemning the recent attack and vandalism of the ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in the neighbouring country.

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Central Team to visit Diarrhoea-hit Jajpur District in Odisha on Sunday

14 Jun 2025 | 5:01 PM

Bhubaneswar, June 14 (UNI) A 14-member central team is arriving here on Saturday to assess the diarrhoea outbreak in Odisha’s Jajpur district.

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Bihar to set up Modern District Disaster Response Facility-cum-Training Centres

14 Jun 2025 | 4:07 PM

Patna, June 14 (UNI) The Bihar Building Construction Department is setting up modern District Disaster Response Facility-cum-Training Centres in flood-prone districts to ensure quick relief during disaster.

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Nitish expresses displeasure over slow construction of Zeromile-Masaurhi (SH-1) road

Nitish expresses displeasure over slow construction of Zeromile-Masaurhi (SH-1) road

14 Jun 2025 | 3:52 PM

Patna, June 14 (UNI) Expressing displeasure over the slow progress of the construction work of Zeromile-Masaurhi (SH-1) road, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar instructed to accelerate the pace of the construction, given the importance of the road.

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Ravi Shankar slams Rahul for remark on ceasefire

Ravi Shankar slams Rahul for remark on ceasefire

14 Jun 2025 | 3:49 PM

Patna, June 14 (UNI) Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remark on ceasefire of operation Sindoor, saying he has no understanding of foreign policy.

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Police arrest 38 in Dhubri post Chief minister's visit

14 Jun 2025 | 3:16 PM

Guwahati, June 14 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that 38 people have been arrested overnight in connection with the Dhubri beef incident.

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Odisha: CBI nabs EPFO official for accepting bribe of Rs 10,000

14 Jun 2025 | 2:41 PM

Bhubaneswar, June 14 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended a Senior Social Security Assistant of the EPFO Regional Office, Berhampur, for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.

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Flood hit JNIMS to start functioning from Monday

14 Jun 2025 | 2:31 PM

Imphal, June 14 (UNI)- The Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal, will commence operations from June 16.

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CRDO urges constitutional safeguards for Arunachal's Chakma-Hajongs

14 Jun 2025 | 2:12 PM

Itanagar, June 14 (UNI) The Chakma Rights and Development Organisation (CRDO) has expressed deep concern over what it terms an “escalating misinformation campaign and targeted protests” against Chakma and Hajong communities in Arunachal Pradesh following a recent directive from the Home Ministry to identify and deport illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar within 30 days.

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328 arms recovered in big operations in five districts of Manipur

14 Jun 2025 | 1:59 PM

Imphal, June 14 (UNI) Manipur Police and security forces have recovered 328 arms in a major operation launched in five districts of Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching, police said on Saturday, adding the operations were mostly carried out on Thursday and Friday.

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Odisha: CRPF Jawan killed in IED blast planted by Maoists in Sundargarh Forest

Odisha: CRPF Jawan killed in IED blast planted by Maoists in Sundargarh Forest

14 Jun 2025 | 1:43 PM

Bhubaneswar, June 14 (UNI) In a tragic incident, a CRPF jawan of the 134th Battalion was killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a combing operation near a stone quarry under K. Balang police station in the Maoist-affected Sundargarh district of Odisha on Saturday.

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Two more fraudsters held by Odisha Crime Branch in digital arrest scam

14 Jun 2025 | 1:42 PM

Bhubaneswar, June 14 (UNI) The Odisha Crime Branch has made significant progress in the Rs 1.08 crore "Digital Arrest" fraud case with the arrest of two more fraudsters from Gujarat, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to six.

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Tripura ranks second in NE for farmer outreach in VKSA, propagates 3 new breeds of paddy

14 Jun 2025 | 1:33 PM

Agartala, June 14 (UNI) Tripura has developed three varieties of climate-resilient paddies, which have flood-resilient characteristics, and even if the paddy plants remain underwater for a fortnight, the health of the crop will not get adversely impacted, said Agriculture Minister Ratan Lal Nath here on Saturday.

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Arunachal Cabinet approves key measures for hydropower development; declares 2025–35 as ‘Decade of Hydro Power’

Arunachal Cabinet approves key measures for hydropower development; declares 2025–35 as ‘Decade of Hydro Power’

14 Jun 2025 | 12:28 PM

Itanagar, June 14 (UNI) In a landmark move to fast-track hydropower development and ensure sustainable economic growth, the Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet, in a special meeting held on Friday, took several significant decisions, with a strong focus on the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) and the creation of future-ready townships in the state’s hydropower-rich regions.

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57 kg drugs seized in Manipur

57 kg drugs seized in Manipur

14 Jun 2025 | 9:52 AM

Imphal, June 14 (UNI) Manipur Police seized a huge consignment of 57.285 kg, worth about Rs 22 crores in the international market, police said on Saturday.

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