States » East16 May 2026 | 12:00 PMAgartala, May 16 (UNI) The union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has allocated Rs 273.46 Cr for the enhancement and development of infrastructure at Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC), said Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 11:34 AMAgartala, May 16 (UNI) Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha flagged off 24 Mobile Medical Units during the state-level ASHA Convention in an initiative to strengthen the healthcare delivery mechanism in remote and hilly parts of Tripura.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 11:24 AMAgartala, May 16 (UNI) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved the raising of one more India Reserve Battalion for the state in Tripura State Rifles (TSR) to enhance the state's law and order management and security preparedness.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 1:13 AMBhubaneswar, May 15 (UNI) Odisha's Forest Department arrested four persons and seized elephant tusks and pangolin scales during an anti-wildlife trafficking operation in the Sadar forest division of Keonjhar district on Friday, officials said.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 1:00 AMBhubaneswar, May 15 (UNI) The Odisha government on Friday enhanced the dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees by two percentage points, raising it from 58 per cent to 60 per cent.
The announcement was made by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, according to a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office.
The revised DA will be effective retrospectively from January 1, 2026.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 12:58 AMBhubaneswar, May 15 (UNI) Police in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Friday arrested three members of a family, including two women, on charges of murdering a 42-year-old homeopathic doctor following a dispute over landed property.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 12:56 AMBhubaneswar, May 15 (UNI) Amid the prevailing fuel crisis in Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal on Friday alleged that a patient died after the ambulance carrying him reportedly ran out of fuel midway while shifting him from SCB Medical College and Hospital to a private hospital. .
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 12:46 AMBhubaneswar, May 15 (UNI) Odisha will launch a door-to-door voter verification drive from May 30 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls scheduled by the Election Commission of India, state Chief Electoral Officer R S Gopalan said on Friday.
Addressing a press conference here, Gopalan said Booth Level Officers (BLOs) would visit households across the state between May 30 and June 28 for distribution and collection of enumeration forms.
The revision exercise will be conducted with July 1, 2026 as the qualifying date.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 12:41 AMDimapur, May 15 (UNI) Disturbed over the recent killings and abduction of some Naga civilians in some districts of Manipur, the Naga Students' Federation (NSF) Friday said, “No act of hostility can intimidate the Nagas.”
Condemning what it called “outrageous” and “inhuman ambush” on the church leaders of the Thadou Baptist Association between Kotzin and Kotler in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on May 13, it said three church leaders were killed and five others grievously injured in the ambush while they were returning from Churachandpur.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 12:26 AMBhubaneswar, May 15 (UNI) Amid reports of fuel shortages and chaotic scenes of panicked buyers queuing up at the filling stations invariably in all parts of Odisha, the State Government on Friday reviewed the overall petroleum supply situation and assured that adequate stocks of petrol and diesel are available across the state.
see more.. 16 May 2026 | 12:24 AMAsansol, May 15 (UNI) In a major operation against illegal coal smuggling and extortion rackets, police conducted coordinated raids across four police station jurisdictions under Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) and arrested 14 accused.
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