Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| ATTF Chief attacked inside Court Complex | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Chief of the banned All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) Ranjit Debbarma was thrashed on Friday inside the police court lock up in the Agartala Court Complex. He sustained minor injuries during the assault but no arrest reported. | 30-May-2014 |
| Police employee dies in road mishap | Agartala, May 30 (TIWN): In a tragic road mishap, an employee of Tripura Police was died on the spot around 10.45 am at Salbagan area, this morning. | 30-May-2014 |
| SC welfare minister reviews work of rel | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): A review meeting of schedule caste welfare department was held on Friday at secretariat presided by Ratan Bhowmick, Minister of SC and OBC welfare. Later speaking to reporters the minister said that he took stock of the latest situation on progress of ongoing projects of relocating Harijans colonies to new areas. | 30-May-2014 |
| OTPC Palatana: PGT complete, likely to b | UDAIPUR / AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): The entire state which is under power crunch due to PGT at Palatana will be breathing sigh of relief soon. According to highly placed TIWN sources, performance guarantee test (PGT) of Palatana power plant unit -I is reportedly complete, Unit will be operational from today mid night. | 30-May-2014 |
| Clouded leopards to get safe haven | Agartala, May 30 (TIWN): The caged clouded leopards at Siphahijala Zoo would soon ‘feel comfortable’ as the authority pushed a plan to erect open enclosure for them. | 30-May-2014 |
| Jute Mill employee gets unlawful extensi | Agartala, May 30 (TIWN): A 65-year-old retired employee of Tripura Jute Mill (TJM) received unlawful extension for fourth times in the darkness of night by disobeying related rules and regulations. Secretary of Tripura Jute Mill Karmachari Mancha- Parindra Sukla Baidya informed this information through a press release today. | 30-May-2014 |
| Tea planter faces labourers’ fury | Agartala, May 30 (TIWN): In the face of labourers’ fury, a tea estate owner- Suresh Chowdhury left his office here today. The Gopal Nagar Tea Estate in Sadar subdivision has been doing well at the sufferings of 250 odd labourers and its owner Mr. Chowdhury’s wealth is swallowing with every passing year. | 30-May-2014 |
| Forest department’s review meet h | Agartala, May 30 (TIWN): Assessing various development programmes of Forest department, a review meeting on was held at administrative campus of Khumulwng. | 30-May-2014 |
| ASI likely to maintain of rock cut image | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): Archeological Survey of India (ASI) agreed in principal for maintenance of Chabimura, the archaeological site at Devtamura, dates to the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries, said Asutosh Jindal secretary of tourism department. | 29-May-2014 |
| Four Ultras surrender | Agartala, May 29 (TIWN): Four NLFT militants surrendered to 45 Bn Assam Rifles (under 21 sector Assam Rifles) at Anand Bazar today after persistent pressure by the Assam Rifles. | 29-May-2014 |
| Rapist sentenced to 12 years imprisonmen | UDAIPUR,MAY 29 (TIWN) : Special Judge of District Court Asish Pal(District & Session Judge) Thursday sentenced one Kejari Mog(24) of Rupaichhori S P Colony Para under Sabroom Police Station to 12 years Imprisonment along with a penalty of Rs-10000/- in case of non-payment of the penalty. | 29-May-2014 |
| Tornado hits, 30 houses destroyed | Agartala, May 29 (TIWN): A high intensity Tornado, accompanied by rain and hailstorm hit the Harikubra Para of Takarjala area under Jampuijala block, destroying more than 30 houses, uprooting trees and disrupting communication, last night. No causality was reported yet by the Tornado. The main building of the Takarjala hospital was also damaged partially in the Tornado. | 29-May-2014 |
| FIR lodged against judicial magistrate b | Kailasahar, May 29 (TIWN): An FIR was lodged against a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), posted in Khowai district court by his wife on Wednesday night at local women police station ere for alleged dowry harassment and physical abuse. | 30-May-2014 |
| BGB to boost its foothold in CHT | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): To strengthen its foothold in the Indo-Bangla border, the Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) has decided to establish Border Outpost (BOPs) along ‘unmanned’ Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), high placed sources confirmed here today.Altogether 22 BOPs would be established CHT, considered as militant hotbed within next two/ three years and four such BGB-run security posts would be set up by end of this year. | 30-May-2014 |
| Opposition yet to gear up for Panchayat | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): After registering convincing win in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, the ruling CPM looks set to rout opposition Congress and others in the upcoming three-tier panchayat election too.Even as preparation of electoral rolls for the three-tier panchayat is in full swing at the block level, the opposition parties- Congress, Trinamool Congress and BJP are in deep sleep.Reports from various Blocks reveal many bogus voters find place in the draft electoral rolls and there is no move to rectify the enormous errors in the rolls. | 30-May-2014 |
| Ban on sand mining affects construction | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned mining or removal of sand from river beds across the country, shortage of sand affecting construction activity in Tripura. The state government has now decided to approach the tribunal to present its side. | 30-May-2014 |
| Board’s results by June 7 | Agartala, May 29 (TIWN): Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) is all set to announce the results of Madhyamik and Higher Secondary (+2 stages) including Madrasa Fazil (Arts and Theology) examinations by June 07, next. | 29-May-2014 |
| Knee transplant surgery made easier | Agartala May 29 (TIWN): Knee and joint specialist from Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata- Dr Ranjan Kamaliya is in the city to offer consolation to patients suffering from knee and joint disorders. In a press conference, Dr Kamaliya informed it at Agartala Press Club, here today. | 29-May-2014 |
| FIR lodged against judicial magistrate b | Kailasahar, May 29 (TIWN): An FIR was lodged against a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), posted in Khowai district court by his wife on Wednesday night at local women police station ere for alleged dowry harassment and physical abuse. | 30-May-2014 |
| UNIPAY2U chit fund agents untraced, Inve | Agartala, May 29 (TIWN): After crashed out of UNIPAY2U, a Malaysian corporate company since 2010, the agents appointed under the chit fund company though assured of returning back the investors’ money, 4 years on, they could not be traced and the customers are yet to get back the money. | 29-May-2014 |
| Supply of water by tankers gone done sig | AGARTALA, May29 (TIWN): Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWS) significantly Ratan Bhowmik said requirements of regular supply by tankers have gone down significantly in the past few weeks. | 30-May-2014 |
| XIII Finance Commission: CM asks officia | AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN): With barely ten months left for expiry of XIII Finance Commission’s tenure, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today asked the top officials of state administration to expedite pending projects to get released of next installment at the earliest.In the meeting, it was revealed substantial amount of FC sanctioned outlay has not been released to the state resulting in tardy pace of implementation of various projects. | 29-May-2014 |
| CM instructs to stop misusing public mon | AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN):Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar, reportedly issued instruction to bureaucrats stop misuse of public money while speaking in the review meeting of implementation of funds received from 13 finance commission held at secretariat conference hall on Wednesday.According to highly informed TIWN sources the chief minister expressed displeasure on officials flying to Delhi occasionally funded from state government exchequer, he instructed concerned officials to stop all kind of unnecessary travelling. | 29-May-2014 |
| New Raj Bhavan by 2015 | Agartala, May 28: Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today visited the site of new Raj Bhavan, which is under construction at Capital Complex. After the visit, CM directed to the officials to complete the construction of new Raj Bhavan by January 26, next year. | 28-May-2014 |
| Fire Service adds more teeth | AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN): To increase fire fighting capabilities, the Fire Service looks set to induct 23 more well-equipped fire tenders within short period of time. Altogether 22 most-modern fire tenders have already arrived here and one well-equipped fire tender having capacity of carrying 12,000 liters water would be arrived shortly. | 28-May-2014 |
| Agri Department undertakes modern techni | Agartala, May 28 (TIWN): With the development of the state day by day, the department of agriculture is also taking modern techniques of cultivation. | 28-May-2014 |
| Eight TCS, one IPS officers transferred | AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN): The state government once again effected minor reshuffle in the administration. | 28-May-2014 |
| Lightning kills two children in Tripura | Agartala, May 28 (IANS) Two school students were killed and three other people were injured in lightning strikes in Tripura Wednesday, officials said. | 28-May-2014 |
| Triple murder: Argument procedure contin | Agartala, May 28 (TIWN): The hearing and argument procedure into the triple murder case of Dainik Ganadoot Bhavan again started before the Additional District and Session Court, on Tuesday. | 28-May-2014 |
| 261 new post created in forest departmen | AGARTALA, May28 (TIWN): In total 261 new posts were created in the department of forest, Minister of Forest Naresh Jamatia told reporters at civil secretariat this evening. A cabinet meeting held on Tuesday approved the forest department suggestion. | 28-May-2014 |
| Govt. reviews financial position : blame | AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN): After reallocating the Finance Department from the experienced hand of Badal Chowdhury, Tripura’s Finance Minister of past 17 yrs, to new Minister Bhanulal Saha, today Chief Minister Manik Sarkar reviewed the implementation of 13th Finance Commission grants here at Secretariat. Chief Secretary Dr. S.K. Panda, Director General of Police C Balasubrhaniam and other top officials of the state were also present. | 28-May-2014 |
| Union ministry of RD convenes first perf | AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN): Newly appointed Union Minister for Rural Development Gopinath Munde is likely to inaugurate the national level first performance review committee meeting for this financial year on MGNREGA, NERLM, NSAP and IYA, said sources. Principal secretary N. C. Sinha and additional secretary C. K. Jamatia will attend the meeting which to held on June 5 and 6 at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi. | 29-May-2014 |
| Tripura wants liberal central assistance | Agartala, May 28 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government should be generous to provide economic support to small states, a minister said here Wednesday. | 29-May-2014 |
| BSF, BGB hold meeting | Agartala, May 27 (TIWN): As part of goodwill gesture, Border Security Forces (BSF) and its Bangladeshi counterpart- Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) held meeting at Dak Bungalow at Sabroom today. | 27-May-2014 |
| Kabiguru’s faulty statue removed | Agartala, May 27 (TIWN): In the wake of controversy, the ‘faulty statue’ of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore has been removed from the newly built Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan today. On May 9, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar unveiled the statue of Kabiguru and the newly built Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan in presence of thousands of people. | 27-May-2014 |
| Panchayat poll: Tripura Congress seeks e | AGARTALA, May 28(TIWN): The Tripura Pradesh Congress on Tuesday wrote to the State Election Commissioner seeking extension in the timeframe for filing claims and objections and said that delimitation of ward areas made for the three-tier panchayats was very vague and no specific map was provided to the PCC. | 27-May-2014 |
| Investor attacks chit fund agent, case f | Udaipur, May 27 (TIWN): A couple was injured by the attack of three brothers over a chit-fund transaction dispute at Fulkumari village under Udaipur sub-division around 5 pm, this evening. The two injured persons are Bhajan Dey (37) and his wife Gouri Banik (32). | 27-May-2014 |
| One dies in road mishap | Agartala, May 27 (TIWN): In a tragic road mishap about 9.30 am at Nalchar Market Chowmohani, one pedestrian died, this morning. | 27-May-2014 |
| Termination of 10323 Teachers : Govt off | AGARTALA /UDAIPUR, May 27 (TIWN) : The fate of the 10323 teachers whose jobs have been terminated by the High Court verdict of Chief Justice Dipak Kumar Gupta and Justice S C Das of High Court, is now left in gloomy future as the four members representatives comprising Advocate General Bijan Das, Law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatia Principal Secretary of School Education Department K.Rajeswar Rao and Director Pradip Kr Chakraborty returned to the state empty handed without filing any Special Leave Petition(Special Leave Petition) in the Supreme Court of India challenging the HC's order. | 29-May-2014 |
| Modi’s portfolio allocations make | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN):In distribution of portfolios, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not make happy the most resourceful and potential Northeast Indian states as well as second largest population of the county, speaks Bengali. Bengalis are unhappy that Modi did not accommodate any Bengali speaking minister in his cabinet. There are at least two BJP MPs elected from Bengali community and one Mr S S Alluwalia who could speak finest Bengali and living in North Bengal but none got any berth in the ministry.“Though Modi takes Arun Jaitely and Smriti Irani in his cabinet with most important portfolios despite being lost the election, yet the largest speaking Bengali is still unrepresented in Modi’s cabinet, which has hurt the community at large,†said a senior minister of Tripura government. | 28-May-2014 |
| TIPS offers reservation for Nagaland | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN):Tripura Institute of Paramedical Sciences (TIPS) a joint venture of government of Tripura Central University; Indian Nurses Council, New Delhi and Indian Association of Physiotherapists, Indore has offered five-seat reservation for Nagaland. | 27-May-2014 |
| Tripura to create 384 new jobs in pancha | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): The Tripura government on Tuesday announced its decision to create 384 new posts in the department of Panchayat. Briefing reporters after a Cabinet meeting at secretariat, Minister of Panchayat and Power Manik Dey said due to bifurcation of districts, blocks and Panchayat there was shortage of staffs, hence the cabinet approved the creation of new posts. | 28-May-2014 |
| Teachers’ Termination case: Tripu | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): Is Govt of Tripura (GoT) feeling hopeless in Supreme Court about legal fight of challenging HC order of terminating 10323 teachers issue? Returning back to the state of official team without further actions raising this big question. An official team headed by law secretary Datamohon Jamatia went to New Delhi on 21st May to file leave petition in Supreme Court (SC). The team comprised Advocate General Bijan Ch Das, Principal Secretary of School Education K Rajeswar Rao and Director of School Education Pradip Chakraborty. Official delegation had to stay in Delhi since last seven days. | 27-May-2014 |
| Lt. Gen. R.K. Rana is new Assam Rifles c | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): Lieutenant General R.K. Rana on Monday took over as 28 th Director General of the Assam Rifles (DGAR), succeeding Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh who has retired, a Assam Rifles spokesperson of 21 sector headquarter told TIWN today. | 28-May-2014 |
| Jiten, Sankar leave for Delhi to take oa | Agartala, May 27 (TIWN): Jitendra Chowdhury who won the East Tripura Lok Sabha constituency with huge margin today left for Delhi to take oath as Member of Parliament, party sources confirmed here today. | 27-May-2014 |
| Brahma Kumaris to launch no tobacco driv | Agartala, May 27 (TIWN): With the initiative of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya, state level awareness campaigns on ‘My India, addiction free India’ would be observed throughout the state from May 28 to June 29. | 27-May-2014 |
| Auto-rickshaw to carry 3 passengers by J | Agartala, May 27 (TIWN): With overloading and fare hike in auto rickshaws on the rise and to prevent overloading that irk passengers, the Transport Department finally decided that the auto-rickshaw would have to take 3 passengers only in the passengers’ seat. | 27-May-2014 |
| Poor services by BSNL over a week; offic | UDAIPUR, May 26(TIWN) : For the last seven days. network of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in many parts of the state remains dumb and causing great problems not only to private consumers but also to the banking sectors ; most of the nationalized and state banking sectors are using the broadband services of BSNL. As a result of it the poor signal causing great difficulties in running the banking services especially the Core Banking Services(CBS) ATM services as well as Internet Banking. | 26-May-2014 |
| Tripura BJP celebrates Narendra Modi's s | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): From erecting LED screens to distributing sweets, BJP workers in the state capital on Monday celebrated Narendra Modi's swearing in-ceremony like Diwali festival. As President Pranab Mukherjee administered oath to Modi, the Tripura BJP unit celebrated his swearing-in ceremony by distributing sweets, illuminating streets and bursting firecrackers across the city | 26-May-2014 |
| Power crisis worsens, people suffering | Agartala, May 26 (TIWN): As the Palatana plant has undergone Project Guarantee Test (PGT) since May 17, the state has witnessed a shortfall of 100 MW throughout the state. Not only Tripura, but also, North Eastern states like Assam and Meghalaya too faced tough times and are facing yet. | 26-May-2014 |