The incident took place when the plane was flying 15 miles from the runway of Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, an official of Airports Authority of India said.
According to reports, when Home Minister's convoy had left from state guest house to reach the oath taking venue, a white car had entered in the convoy. The police tried to chase the car but it over took the convoy. However, the driver of the car was later held.
Operation Eastern Gateway: On the basis of intelligence inputs, 8 persons of the syndicate were identified and in a simultaneous and well-coordinated operation at three locations all were apprehended red-handed.
Jan Vishwas Yatra: The Yatra will last for eight days and cover 60 constituencies of the state. The main purpose of the Yatra is to showcase the developmental works the BJP government has done since 2018.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the mob, which clashed after the results of the by-elections for four assembly seats were declared. BJP won three seats and Congress one.
Although dates are yet to be finalized, preliminary works to turn the maiden visit of Nadda after being appointed as the national president a success are underway, sources added.
In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the people of Tripura have given a clear message that they prefer politics of good governance.
CPI (M) state secy Jiten Chaudhary also alleged that the ruling party was indulging in voter intimidation in south Tripura district and obstructing party workers from functioning freely.
A total of 5, 94,772 voters are eligible to cast their votes in the civic poll and the number of women voters outnumber male voters in urban areas.
India will come up with at least four new airports, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Thursday. These will be constructed in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar and Jewar, Uttarakhand's Dehradun, Tripura's Agartala.
Locals in Agartala celebrated Garia Puja on April 21. Garia is one of the biggest festivals of Tripura and is celebrated with full devotion and fervour. But due to fear of surging coronavirus cases, very less number of devotees turned out for the celebration unlike previous years. Garia, is considered the creator of this universe and all the life forms of this world. From the afternoon tribal people stood in a queue with eggs, a symbol of life, and sacrifice fouls to the Garia deity, which is made out of bamboo, and prayed for a better year and good yield. The opening day of the 10-day festival is an official holiday in Tripura.
Assam Health and Family Welfare Minister said on Saturday that lower primary schools would be closed in districts where 100 active COVID cases are found in 10 days.
Tripura Police have busted a gang of drug peddlers in Agartala and seized contraband drugs from their possession.
Section 144 of CrPC prohibits the gathering of four or more people in an area.
Congress in Tripura has called for 12 hours state-bandh after attack on state party chief Pijush Biswas's vehicle on Jan 18. They alleged BJP's involvement in the incident.
Tripura government is putting all efforts to make state a tourist hub. A five-day long 'Agartala Adventure Tourism Festival' is underway at Swami Vivekananda Stadium in the state capital.
Sanskar Bharti, an organisation that works for the promotion of India art and culture, organised a 10-day wall painting workshop in bordering Lankamura village on the outskirts of Agartala.
A massive protest along with a torch rally was held in Tripura's Agartala on Sep 24. The youth Congress protestors are agitating against the new agriculture reforms bills.
The business of idol makers has been affected ahead even as people celebrate Vishwakarma Puja due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Olympian gymnast Dipa Karmakar resumed her training session after over 5 months amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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