Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| DGP retires, Govt in fix to select next | Agartala, June 30 (TIWN): After an illustrious carrier of 33 years, DGP C. Balasubramanian today retired leaving a vacuum in the state police as the government has failed to pick a right choice for his successor. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| Mizoram governor takes additional charge | AGARTALA, June 30 (IANS) Mizoram Governor Vakkom B. Purushothaman Monday took additional charge as the governor of Tripura. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| 610 compound challans missing in Traffic | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): The Department of Audit is reported to have put serious objection to 610 compound challans ‘missing’ from the Traffic Department authorities in Gomati district between 2009 and 2012, a highly placed source said today.Asked about the amount of money the Traffic officials are authorized to fine using the ‘missing’ compound challans, the source said that Rs. 1.52 lakh could have been fined using the papers if the officials fined barely Rs. 100 per challan. The compound challans can be used for fining Motor Vehicles Act violators way higher than that, even Rs. 19,000 on a single challan. The issue was reportedly informed to the Home Department. A DIG of the state police sought clarification over the issue. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| Election duty voters to cast votes on Ju | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Election duty voters would cast their votes on July 11, four days ahead of polling of the three-tier Panchayat election, State Election Commissioner Yatendra Kumar said. Speaking to reporters here recently, the official informed that all personnel engaged on election duty would be able to cast votes on July 11. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| Two more killed from malaria, Health Min | Agartala, June 30 (TIWN): Two more were killed by malaria on Monday, raising the official death toll to 55. Over a thousand more patients were freshly diagnosed with malaria parasite across the state today, Health Minister Badal Choudhury said. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| THRO team visits malaria affected areas | Kamalpur, June 30: Malaria outbreak continues in Dhalai district. After visiting the malarial affected areas of Dhalai district on Sunday, the members of Tripura Human Rights Organisation (THRO) claimed that still a vast number of malaria afflicted people are suffering without treatment in the hilly areas. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| TMC convenor visits victims’ fami | Agartala, June 30 (TIWN): Trinamool Congress convenor- Ratan Chakraborty today visited the house of slain Sankar Deb, who was allegedly killed in police lock-up at AD Nagar police station in a recent past. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| Chief Minister reviews AMC projects | Agartala, June 30 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today reviewed the ongoing projects under Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) at the conference hall of civil secretariat. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| Udaipur : One more death in malaria; 9 y | UDAIPUR, June 29(TIWN) : Whatever the State Health Ministry claims to be getting its control over the malaria epidemic the increasing number of death toll in malaria clearly suggests that the disease is still creating havocs in many parts of the state. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| Over 1,200 more afflicted with malaria, | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): Over 1,200 more were diagnosed with malaria parasite across the state on Sunday, increasing the afflicted population to 13,209. An official communiqué from the state health department said that out of 4,585 fever patients who underwent blood tests across the state, 1,223 were confirmed to have contacted the disease.At least five more were claimed to have died from malaria at Amarpur and Sabroom sub-division on June 28, raising the latest casualty figures to 58. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| BSF recovers firearms in Congress leader | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): Jawans of 29 Battalion of the Border Security Forces (BSF) raided the residence of one Abdul Sattar at Durgapur village of Sonamura sub-division on Sunday and seized a country-made pistol, .32 mm magazine, five rounds of .22 mm pistol ammo. The raid came following a tip off, a source in the BSF said.Abdul Sattar is reported to be an active member of Congress party in the area.Local sources said that Sattar was detained and taken to Kulubari Border Out Post (BOP) wherefrom he was later handed over to Sonamura police station. Kulubari camp commander PC Saroj supervised the process. All seized arms were handed over to the police today. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| Panchayat poll personnel cautioned on ma | Agartala, June 29 (TIWN): All election personnel engaged in the coming three -tier were asked to make sure they didn’t fall ill from malaria. An order was issued to the District Election Officer (DEO) to instruct strict maintenance of the prescribed preventive medical course for malaria. | 30-Jun-2014 |
| Annual Ratha Yatra Festival begins | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): Devotees from all over Tripura celebrating annual Ratha Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath began on Sunday.The festival marks the annual journey of the three deities - Lord Jagannath, his brother Bhalabhadra and sister Subhadra.Amid tight security arrangements, Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra began at Agartala Jagannath Bari temple, this morning. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| Agartala Fly-Over Project : Tender float | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): If everything falls in right place, the first-ever fly over construction works would start after the durga puja, official sources confirmed here today. The timing for flagging off the works after the puja has been selected keeping in mind of the monsoon which is expected to be remained active till September end.After getting the government approval, the Public Works Department (PWD) has already floated tender. The Rs. 250 crore tender is scheduled to be opened on July 7 next in presence of bidders. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| Monsoon hits Indo-Bangla border fencing | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): The ongoing works of barbed wire fencing in the state’s eastern segment have been virtually stalled due to the monsoon. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| TSCB conducts annual conference | Agartala, June 29 (TIWN): Tripura State Co-operative Bank (TSCB) Limited conducted its 31st annual general seminar at Netaji Subash Vidyaniketan conference hall, here today. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| Malaria kills 55 in Tripura | Agartala, June 29 (IANS) A malaria epidemic has killed at least 55 people, including 46 children, in Tripura this month while thousands have fallen ill, officials said here Sunday. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| Official Death toll 53, Malaria afflicte | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): Malaria epidemic situation in Tripura worsened with one more confirmed to have died from the disease. The outbreak has now spread to newer areas with alarming proximity to major sub-divisional headquarters including Agartala city. Today, Teji Rani Tripura (18) from Gayachandpara of East Sabroom in South Tripura district was confirmed to have died from malaria. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| DM seeks for elaborate forensic report | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): The finding of magisterial probe into the Dakshin Ramnagar incident would be submitted before the government next week as forensic report is yet to clear some doubts, according to sources here today.District Magistrate, West district Abhishek Singh has already completed inquiry into Dakshin Ramangar incident that claimed two lives including one BSF jawan on June 6. However, the forensic report prepared by the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) remains inconclusive.Now, the DM who is probing the magisterial inquiry has reportedly sought some more queries from the SFSL. Once the SFSL sends the in-depth report, the report of magisterial inquiry would be submitted to the government for taking necessary steps. | 28-Jun-2014 |
| Mega Lok-Adalat organised | Agartala, June 28 (TIWN): With the initiative of Tripura State Legal Services Authority, a mega Lok-Adalat was organised today at Tripura High Court including all other courts across the state. | 28-Jun-2014 |
| CRPF organises free malaria health camp | Agartala, June 28 (TIWN): With the initiative of Group Centre, CRPF, Agartala a Free Malaria Health Camp was organized at Satyaram Choudhary Para Residential Higher Secondary School, Kathalbari (Upanagar) in Dhalai district, which is the worst Malaria affected area of the state where the disease claimed numerous lives. | 28-Jun-2014 |
| Special passport camp concludes in Tripu | Agartala, June 28(TIWN): Passport applicants submitted 489 applications for availing international passports during a three day special passport camp that concluded on Saturday. A delegation of the Regional Passport Office at Kolkata headed by RPO Ekalavya Chakraborty supervised the passport camp held at the civil secretariat in Agartala since June 26, a source in the state passport authority said. | 28-Jun-2014 |
| TCW felicitates successful girl students | Agartala, June 28 (TIWN): Tripura Commission for Women (TCW) felicitated the successful girl students of Higher Secondary and Madhyamik examinations-2014 at the commission office, here today. Each student was felicitated by a memento and books. | 28-Jun-2014 |
| State Election Commissioner Y Kumar visi | UDAIPUR, June 28 (TIWN): State Election Commissioner Y Kumar visited Udaipur on Saturday to supervise the ongoing preparations ahead of the three-tier Panchayat election. At 10 in the morning CEO visited the Netaji Subhash Mahavidyalaya, one of the venues for Strong Room and Counting Centre. BDO Tepania Block Rakesh Chakraborty received Y. Kumar in N S Mahavidyalaya. DM Gomati Sonal Goel accompanied the SEC during his visit. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| ONGC CMD arriving on July 12 | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): ONGC’s chairman cum managing director DK Sarraf would be arriving here to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and meeting of OTPC Board of Directors (BoDs) scheduled to be held on July 12, official sources confirmed here today.The ONGC CMD along with other Directors of OTPC is scheduled to arrive here on July 12 morning and would move for Palatana power plant. After visiting the plant, he would attend two back-to-back meetings- AGM and BODs. OTPC’s performance would be reviewed in the meeting threadbare. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| Medicinal plant sector needs due attenti | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): The medicinal plants board of Tripura in association with Forest department organized a national level one day workshop on "Importance of Traditional Medicines in Health Care Management" at Pragna Bhavan here. Minister for Forests Naresh Ch Jamatia inaugurated the workshop in presence of Dr. Chief Secretary S.K. Panda, Dr. V.K. Bahuguna, Princpal Secretary, Forests, PCCF S. Talukdar and other departmental officers. | 28-Jun-2014 |
| Tripura bans plastic bags | Agartala, June 28 (IANS) The Tripura government has imposed a total ban on the manufacture, import, storage and sale of plastic bags in the state in view of its harmful effect on the environment, an official said here Saturday. | 28-Jun-2014 |
| Palatana 100MW export to Bangladesh disc | Dhaka, June 27 (TIWN): Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Friday met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sister and daughter, media reported.Briefing newspersons after the talks,Spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin said it has also been decided to export to Bangladesh 100 MW of energy from the Palatana in Tripura. | 28-Jun-2014 |
| Tripura High Court cancels separate rost | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): The High Court of Tripura on Friday cancelled separate roster maintained by the State government since 2001 for fixed-pay employees and regular employees terming the practice ‘illegal’.Advocate Mandal Debbarma, who moved the case in the Court on behalf of petitioner Rajesh Debbarma, today said that the Court asked the government to follow the existing roster. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| ARDD Director dictating the guilty offic | KAILASAHAR, June 27 (TIWN): In the latest development in Rs 70 lakh scam of Animal Resource Development Department's (ARDD) Unakoti Dairy Project Director ARDD is learnt to be assisting the two accused officials namely Assistant Director ARDD Dr Sanjib Sinha and his allied officer Dr Samiran Sinha(Incharge of Kailasahar Veterinary Hospital) preparing the investigation report, said a top level ARDD official to TIWN correspondent over phone on Friday evening. | 29-Jun-2014 |
| Tripura to observe Doctors’ Day | Agartala, June 27 (TIWN): On the occasion, the birth anniversary of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the Doctors’ Day will be observed across the state and the main function will be held throughout a gala programme at Muktadhara Auditorium in Agartala on July 1. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| Dharmanagar hospital ransacked | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): At a time when Health Minister Badal Chowdhury is on the move to provide better healthcare services, angry relatives of a patient went on rampage at Dharmanagar hospital this evening. Before police could bring the situation under control, angry relatives took the body of Safaruddin (55) to his residence at Durgapur. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| Two more dead in malaria epidemic, death | Agartala, June 27(TIWN): Two more deaths from malaria were confirmed from kanchanpur sub-division in Norh Tripura district on Friday, raising the death toll to 52. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| NIT Agartala takes drastic steps to down | Agartala, June 27 (TIWN): In a controversial decision, the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala recently decided to dissolve the School of Hydro Informatics Engineering and include it as a subsidiary subject under the Department of Civil Engineering. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| ADB to fund road improvement plan | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): Days are not far when people of Udaipur and Melaghar will have a double-lane with the Public Works department waiting for fund from Asian Development Bank (ADB), official sources confirmed here today. The ADB has already inked an agreement to face-lift the 200 km Udaipur-Melaghar via Kakraban road connecting two districts- Gomati and Sipahijala.“All necessary ground works have been done to undertake the reconstruction of Udaipur-Melaghar via Kakraban passing through the mega power plant- Palatana projectâ€, said an official of PWD here today. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| Srimantapur LCS facelift works in full s | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): The restructuring works of Srimantapur Land Customs Station, one of the busiest bilateral trade hubs of the state would be completed by end of this year. Following demand from the state government, the Ministry of Commerce has sanctioned Rs. 16 crore for expansion of facilities at the exiting Srimantapur LCS. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| 961 seats to go uncontested in three tie | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): A total of 230 nomination papers were withdrawn by candidates contesting the coming three tier panchayat poll fray across the state, State Election Commission secretary Tamal Majumder said. Reports of eighteen blocks arrived till Thursday night. The final figures indicate that 214 nomination papers were withdrawn, he said. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| SFI, TSU to jointly organise state wide | Agartala, June 27 (TIWN): To mark the 25th death anniversary of former SFI state committee member- Arun Deb, Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and Twipra Students’ Union (TSU) are jointly going to organise 8-day long state wide organisational and social programmes. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| Mizoram governor takes charge of Tripura | Agartala, June 27 (IANS) Mizoram Governor Vakkom Purushothaman will take additional charge of Tripura Sunday, officials said Friday. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| Malaria epidemic leaves 52 dead in Tripu | Agartala, June 27: With the death of two more children today, malaria epidemic has killed 52 people. Briefing media at secretariat minister for health Badal Chowdhury said reported two deaths from Kanchanpur sub division hospital – Tapan Joy Reang ( 5) and Braha Reang(4) adding most children are below the age of 10. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| Central Expert Delegation : Low implemen | AGARTALA, June 26 (TIWN): Low implementation of funds provided to Tripura under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program had impact on the massive outbreak of malaria in the state which caused a death toll of 50 till date, Additional Director of the NVBDCP Dr. Avadhesh Kumar said here today.“We have suggested certain guidelines to the state government. We have laid out a set of action to be followed by the state, district and sub-divisional administration henceforth. The government is already acting accordinglyâ€, Dr. Kumar said. “We shall continue to supervise and monitor the situationâ€, he added. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| ARDD irregularities in Unakoti Dairy Pro | KAILASAHAR, June 26 (TIWN): Reacting sharply on the TRIPURAINFOWAY's news published on 23rd June about irregularities in the tune of Rs 70 lakhs in the Animal Resource Development Department (ARDD) Unakoti District, Principal Secretary Dr V K Bahuguna called Director ARDD Dr Dharmeswar Das in his office on the 24th June and instructed him to start a thorough investigation - informed a top level ARDD official to TIWN. The official also confirmed that the Principal Secretary took the firm decision after the getting the details of the irregularities published in TRIPURAINFOWAY on 23rd June. Accordingly at 10.30am on Thursday, June 26, Director ARDD Dr Dharmeswar Das rushed to Kailasahar, said TIWN sources. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| Three more dead from malaria in Tripura, | AGARTALA, June 26 (TIWN): The apparently controlled malaria epidemic in Tripura today striked back with three more casualties. The death toll reached 50 today with over 8,600 infected with the disease statewide. | 27-Jun-2014 |
| Health minister and Secretary scheduled | Agartala, June 26 (TIWN): Minister for Health and Family Welfare Badal Chowdhury and Health Secretary M. Nagaraju tomorrow scheduled to visit Longtarai Valley sub division to review the malaria situation there. | 26-Jun-2014 |
| ASR conducts International Day Against D | Agartala, June 26 (TIWN): Assam Rifles Public School, Agartala organized a rally on the occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse on 26th Jun 2014. About 250 students participated in the colorful rally with all slogans about the ill-effects of Drug Abuse. Slogans like “SAY NO TO DRUGSâ€, “DRUGS- A SOCIAL MENACE†etc proclaimed the strong protest of the students against the misuse of drugs. | 26-Jun-2014 |
| BJP meets SEC, lodges complaint against | Agartala, June 26 (TIWN): The BJP today demanded stringent measures to stop terror tactics unleashed by the ruling CPM cadres on the saffron party candidates for the three-tier Panchayat elections. | 26-Jun-2014 |
| Need to strengthen the overall health ca | Agartala, June 26 (TIWN): After visiting malaria affected areas in the state, the three-member team of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare led by its addl director Dr. Avadhesh Kumar has arrived here and had a long discussion with Health and Family Welfare minister Badal Chowdhury. | 26-Jun-2014 |
| Panchayat polls: Sixty seven nomination | Agartala, June 26 (TIWN): A total of sixty-seven nomination papers were withdrawn across eighteen blocks of the state till latest reports came on Thursday, State Election Commission Secretary Tamal Majumder said here today. | 26-Jun-2014 |
| Drinking water and other machinery probl | AGARTALA, June 26 (TIWN): After GBP and IGM hospitals, Tripura Health Minster- Badal Chowdhury today visited Tripura Medical College (TMC) and Dr BR Ambedkar Teaching Hospital at 10 am in the morning for the first time and inquired about the overall infrastructure of the college. | 26-Jun-2014 |
| DM Dhalai visits Kamalpur sub-division | Kamalpur, June 26 (TIWN): After taking the charge as District Magistrate (DM) of Dhalai district in Tripura, Milind Ramteke today visited Kamalpur sub-division for the first time. | 26-Jun-2014 |