Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Tripura's Bru repatriation continues, MB | AGARTALA, June 19 (TIWN): Repatriation of Bru displacement victims living in relief camps of Kanchanpur sub-division in North Tripura district continued for the third day on Thursday. While the sub-divisional administration informed that 47 families were repatriated today, leaders of the Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum (MBDPF), prime reorganization forum of the Bru displacement victims in Tripura, claimed figures of the repatriated displacement victims were fabricated by Mizoram government authorities. | 19-Jun-2014 |
| 300 'Bru' refugees return to Mizoram fro | Aizawl/Agartala, June 19 (IANS) Around 300 refugees sheltered in Tripura since 1997 have returned to Mizoram since Tuesday, but a large number of migrants are averse to returning to their homes until their demands are met, officials said Thursday. | 19-Jun-2014 |
| Housewife killed by husband over dowry d | Khowai, June 19 (TIWN): A 27-year-old house wife was allegedly killed by her husband over dowry demands at Laltilla of North Ramchandraghat under Khowai police station, this morning. The deceased was identified as Shipra Roy (27), a resident of the said area and she survived by a child girl of one and half year. | 19-Jun-2014 |
| Nomination papers submitted for Zilla Pa | Agartala, June 19 (TIWN): CPI (M) submitted nomination papers for different posts in the West Tripura Zilla Parishad on Thursday, opening nomination paper submission in Zilla Parishads across the state. Nomination papers were filed in all seventeen posts of the West Tripura Zilla Parishad on the day, District Magistrate (West) Abhisek Singh informed. | 19-Jun-2014 |
| Agartala-Akhaura Rail Project cost likel | AGARTALA, June 18 (TIWN): Project cost of the Agartala-Akhaura international rail project is likely to escalate by the beginning of the project’s work, Bangladeshi Railway Ministry Joint Secretary Sunil Chandra Paul said here today. Paul, who headed the Bangladesh government delegation at the third project steering committee meeting held here Tuesday, today visited the proposed railway alignment in the Akhaura border. | 19-Jun-2014 |
| Bru repatriation staggers, fifteen famil | Agartala, June 18 (TIWN): Sixth phase of Bru repatriation continued for the second day today amidst severe non aversion of the displacement victims living in six relief camps in North Tripura district. Barely fifteen families were repatriated from Kanchanpur sub-division in Tripura today instead of 98 families slated to return on the day. | 19-Jun-2014 |
| AR Tripura Chief motivates youths to joi | Gandachara (Dhalai), June 18 (TIWN): Commander 21 Sector Assam Rifles (AR) Brigadier A S Berar Wednesday meets with the young tribal aspirants of armed forces, who are undergoing a comprehensive training programme by 15 Assam Rifles at Nabadapara in Gandachera subdivision of remote Dhalai district in Tripura. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Training programme launched for skill de | Mohanpur (West Tripura), June 18 (TIWN): For the first time in India, a training scheme for skill development of the rubber nursery workers has been launched in Tripura, the second rubber capital in India after Kerala. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Udaipur :Malaria situation worsens; More | UDAIPUR, June 18(TIWN) : Though State Health Department a few years back very proudly declared Tripura a Malaria Free state , the continuous increase in number of malaria affected people almost across the state has brought out the real situation in Tripura. All of a sudden the entire state, from Dhalai District to Gomati, has totally come under the grip of PF+ve virus, the virus that leads to malaria. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| NEEPCO’s Manarchak Project not re | AGARTALA, June 18 (TIWN): NEEPCO’s upcoming 101 MW Manarchak thermal power plant isn’t ready for full scale generation, a highly placed source in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) said here today. The source said that ONGC Chairman and Managing Director GK Sharaf on Wednesday met Petroleum Ministry secretary Saurabh Chandra and apprised him of the current situation at the Manarchak plant where ONGC is scheduled to supply gas later this year. | 19-Jun-2014 |
| Agartala-Akhaura rail project cost likel | AGARTALA, June 18 (TIWN): Project cost of the Agartala-Akhaura international rail project is likely to escalate by the beginning of the project’s work, Bangladeshi Railway Ministry Joint Secretary Sunil Chandra Paul said here today. Paul, who headed the Bangladesh government delegation at the third project steering committee meeting held here Tuesday, today visited the proposed railway alignment in the Akhaura border.Speaking to reporters at the civil secretariat later this afternoon, Paul said that there were some disputes with land demarcation and acquisition for the project in the Bangladeshi soil. “There were some issues. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Malaria toll rises to 28 in Tripura, nea | AGARTALA, June 18 (TIWN): Malaria death toll in Tripura rose to twenty eight on Wednesday with a whopping infected population of around 2,000 across the state. Sixteen more, who died in different interior villages of the state till the end of May this year, are feared to have been killed by the epidemic. Investigation has been set afoot to ascertain reason of their deaths, Tripura Healh Minister Badal Choudhury said here today. | 19-Jun-2014 |
| Tripura NSUI alleges illegal fundraising | Agartala, June 18 (TIWN): The NSUI Tripura state committee on Wednesday raised severe objection to alleged illegal fundraising by the Students Federation of India (SFI) in colleges and said that the college authorities had formed unholy nexus with the students' body. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Bike rider dies, mob blockade road | Agartala, June 18 (TIWN): In a tragic road mishap around 9.45 am, a 35-year-old bike rider died at Santipara area under Lefunga police station, this morning. Several residents of the said area staged a protest and blocked the main road for nearly two hours after the incident took place, today. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Agartala Airport Runway extension shortl | AGARTALA, June 18 (TIWN): The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked the Agartala Airport authority to extend the runway to facilitate safe landing and taking off of big-size flights, official sources confirmed here today.As per the AAI’s instruction, the length of the runway should be increased from 7500 to 8000 meters. If the runway is extended upto 8000 meters, big size planes including cargo flights could easily land and take off from the Agartala Airport, said Director of Agartala Airport SD Barman. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Manarchak: EIL visits spots, estimated c | AGARTALA, June 18 (TIWN): After giving assurance to provide gas to the NEEPCO within next two months, the ONGC has geared up to complete the unfinished the gas pipeline work from Limbutali to Manarchak.An eight-member team of Engineers India Ltd (EIL) has already visited the spot for setting up GGS at Limbutali (Sonamura) and few more areas to be covered by the pipeline. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Thundestorm kills one woman in Udaipur | UDAIPUR,June 18 (TIWN): When the day began Minati Rani Dey could not even think that it could be her last day on this earth. But thunder storm cost her her life. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Tripura prepares Bill for separate State | Agartala, June 17 (TIWN): Tripura Higher Education Department is contemplating to start a state university in an attempt to accommodate certain state-specific academic issues which couldn’t be realized due to unique regulations of the Tripura Central University. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Tripura Governor likely to resign | Agartala, June 17 (TIWN): With the change of guard in Delhi, Tripura Governor Debananda Konwar might tender his resignation letter from his post a few days ahead of his five-year tenure, highly placed sources said here today. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Work on new India-Bangladesh railway lin | Agartala, June 17 (IANS) The Indian and Bangladeshi governments will start work early next year on a new rail link to ease surface transport, officials said here Tuesday. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Refugees don't leave Tripura for Mizoram | Agartala/Aizawl, June 17 (IANS) The much-awaited repatriation of tribal refugees from Tripura didn't resume Tuesday as the displaced men and women refused to go back to Mizoram unless their demands were met. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Work for Agartala-Akhaura rail project t | AGARTALA, June 17 (TIWN): Work for land acquisition and track laying in the proposed 15.054 Km Agartala-Akhaura international rail route is expected to start by January, 2015. Land survey on the Indian side is complete; the work is nearing completion in the Bangladesh side as well. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) is expected to be submitted before concerned authorities by September this year, leader of the Indian delegation at the third Steering Committee meeting of Agartala-Akhaura rail project - Alok Kumar Sinha said. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Full-loaded generation in Palatana; Trip | UDAIPUR,June 17 (TIWN) : Inspite of the full-loaded power generation from the First Unit of OTPC 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine(CCGT) Thermal Power Plant in Palatana, Tripura is suffering from the prolonged power cuts twice or thrice almost everyday, especially during the ongoing heatwave. Since June 1, OTPC is having full-loaded(350MW) power generation from the Unit-I and still the miseries of load-shedding continue making the life of the people almost unbearable. Expressing his surprise over the issue, a top level OTPC engineer told TIWN over phone on Tuesday afternoon, " Since the mid-night of June 1 Unit-I is having full-loaded generation without a single occasion of halt. I don't see any visible reason for power cuts in Tripura now." | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Over 26 people fallen sick in Kamalpur M | Kamalpur, June 17 (TIWN): Over 26 people have fallen sick due to an outbreak of Malaria epidemic at Kamalpur sub-division, the duty doctor of BSM hospital- Dr Mamani Debbarma confirmed today. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Bru displacement victims’ repatri | KANCHANPUR(North Tripura), June 17 (TIWN): The sixth phase of repatriation of Bru displacement victims living in six relief camps of North Tripura district for the past sixteen years started this morning. Repatriation started amidst heavy fear psychosis among most displacement victims who agreed to be repatriated as they chose to walk on foot or take private vehicles back home rather than boarding vehicles provided by the Kanchanpur sub-divisional administration. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| Telecom service provider fined in Tripur | AGARTALA, June 17 (TIWN): In a sharp jibe to the frequent incidents of reported false charges imposed on consumers by private telecom companies, the West Tripura district consumer disputes redressal forum recently held Airtel Company Limited guilty of charging unauthorized internet charges from its consumers.The consumer disputes redressal forum heard a complaint filed by one Asish Dey from Indranagar area under the East Agartala police station alleging deficiency in service on the part of his service provider – Airtel Co. Ltd. | 18-Jun-2014 |
| BSF’s Addl DG arriving on Thrusda | AGARTALA, June 17 (TIWN): BSF’s Special DG BB Sharma would be arriving here on Thursday to take stock of the prevailing border situation in Tripura, official sources confirmed here today. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| TBJEE counseling from June 20 | AGARTALA, June 17 (TIWN): The counseling for allotment of different degree courses will be held at Nazurl Kalashetra from June 20 to 24, according to Tripura Board of Joint Entrance Examination (TBJEE). | 17-Jun-2014 |
| AIDWA to organize protest rally against | Agartala, June 17 (TIWN): Alarmed at the upward trend in the crime against women, the All India Democratic Women Association (AIDWA) would launch a massive protest in the state to address the menace. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| DM Khowai imposes restriction | Khowai, June 17 (TIWN): For the protection of public life and poverty and to maintain the law and order in the forthcoming three-tier Panchayat election properly, the District Magistrate and Collector of Khowai- Abhinay Halam today imposed an order on the movements of the people from 8 pm to 5 am in the 500 meter India-Bangladesh International border area at Khowai sub-division. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| A Tripura farmer dreams to own a vineyar | Amarpur June 17 (TIWN) Muktal Hussain, a farmer of Rangkang village in Gomati district, is so happy and surprised too, with his experimental planting of grape plants, which gave him enough fruits that he now dreams of setting up a vineyard. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Sixth phase of Bru IDP repatriation from | Agartala, June 16: The sixth phase of repatriation of Bru displacement victims stranded in relief camps in North Tripura district is scheduled to start from Tuesday, a highly placed source in the North Tripura district administration said here today. | 16-Jun-2014 |
| Agartala Municipal Corporation announces | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): The Agartala Municipal Corporation on Monday announced performance budget for 2013-2014 and the first outcome budget of the Corporation for current financial year with a deficit of Rs. 55 lakh 40 thousand. | 16-Jun-2014 |
| ONGC assures gas supply to NEEPCO's Mana | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation officials on Monday assured gas supply within five months to NEEPCO's upcoming 101 MW Manarchak project in Tripura. The project is waiting for gas supplies with its gas turbine ready since September, 2013.Power Minister Manik Dey reviewed progress in ongoing projects of the state including Rukhia and Baramura project. Officials of the BHEL, ONGC Tripura Power Company, NEEPCO and the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) were present at the meeting. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| SEC writes to DGP, reiterates demand of | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): The State Election Commission today wrote to Director General of Tripura Police C Balasubhramanian seeking his intervention in arranging additional central armed police forces for the three-tier Panchayat election scheduled on July 15 this year.Speaking to reporters in the sidelines of a media interaction here today, State Election Commissioner Y Kumar said that a letter was written to the DGP seeking his intervention in arranging additional 40 companies of CAPF personnel to handle security requirements in the coming Panchayat election. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Rail Project: Indo-Bangla meeting tomorr | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): To push the Indo-Bangla rail project, the Project Steering Committee (PSC) comprising representatives from both side would hold meeting here tomorrow, official sources confirmed here today.In the meeting, actual status of the 15-km rail project connecting Agartala railway station to Gangasagar railway station via Nishchintapur would be reviewed threadbare. And, of course status of land acquisition and other hurdles would come up on the table when they meet tomorrow. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Ex rebels give ultimatum to CM | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): Surrendered insurgents under the banner of JACC, JARC and JAC today threatened to launch massive agitational programme if the government doesn’t convene an emergency meeting to stop ‘atrocities’ on the returnees.In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, the Trio-coalition outfits- JACC, JARC and JAC today said in response to the government appeals, insurgents had surrendered before the state machineries to lead a normal life. As per the agreement, all the pending cases were supposed to be withdrawn against the surrendered militants. | 16-Jun-2014 |
| State Election Commission opens nominati | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): The Tripura State Election Commission on Monday published notification for submission of nomination papers in different seats of the gram panchayats, Panchayat samity and Zilla Parishad scheduled to go to polls on July 15 this year. | 17-Jun-2014 |
| Agartala Municipal Corporation announces | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): The Agartala Municipal Corporation on Monday announced performance budget for 2013-2014 and the first outcome budget of the Corporation for current financial year with a deficit of Rs. 55 lakh 40 thousand. | 16-Jun-2014 |
| Panchayat poll: Congress in crisis | Agartala, June 16 (TIWN): Congress party is suffering from serious crisis just before the three-tier Panchayat poll. Congress had not to face such a crisis in 1978. On the other hand, anti-left trend against CPI (M) is in a very good condition at the sub division. In spite of that Congress was never seen in such a terrible crisis among the opposition parties. | 16-Jun-2014 |
| CM issues caution on possible communal m | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today voiced caution on possible communal moves by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the centre and said despite all promises and agenda of development, the right wing Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangha (RSS) is most likely to attempt to polarize the nation on communal grounds. Education and cultural sectors are most likely to be influenced in the process. | 16-Jun-2014 |
| Biman Basu criticizes party cadres, says | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): West Bengal Left Front chairman and CPI (M) politburo member Biman Basu on Sunday criticized increasing dearth in discipline among party cadres and said that ‘comrades’ of today should learn from the life of Late former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu. | 15-Jun-2014 |
| Congress president visits Malaria affect | Agartala, June 15 (TIWN): Criticising the role of state government, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee president- Diba Chandra Hrankhawl after visiting the malaria affected areas today said that he is unsure about the reality of the government. | 15-Jun-2014 |
| School Transport under High Court Radar | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): The division bench of High Court of Tripura has issued notice to the state government asking it to explain if it is true that school buses have been plying on the streets violating the Supreme Court’s guidelines.The bench comprising Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhasish Talapatra has also asked the Secretary, Transport department to explain how this has been permitted if there is a violation of the apex courts’ guideline. | 16-Jun-2014 |
| Public hearing on BSF-public clash tomm | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): District Magistrate (DM), West district Abhishek Singh would conduct public hearing on the clash between BSF personnel and local resident at Dakshin Ramangar leading to death of two persons in the conference hall of DM office here tomorrow. | 15-Jun-2014 |
| CPI (M) considering shift from three dec | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): Last three decades of coalition policy with small regional ‘bourgeoist’ political parties to build struggle against Congress and Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) in national political sphere was questioned in the last meeting of the party’s central committee, CPI (M) Tripura state general secretary Bijan Dhar said here today. | 15-Jun-2014 |
| Govt employees, workers stage demonstrat | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): State government employees, workers rallied under the Nationalist and Left Democratic Workers, Employees Joint Action Committee today staged a massive demonstration demanding immediate regularization of contractual employees in the state, uniform pay scale for the state’s public sector undertakings (PSU) at par with regular employees among 25 point demands. | 16-Jun-2014 |
| Modi sarkar will lead country to communa | Agartala, June 15: Tripura CPI (M) general secretary Bijan Dhar today said that the party is anxious at the absolute majority bagged by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that despite all verbal and poll assurances of development, the Modi-sarkar would eventually lead to polarization of the country on religious grounds. | 15-Jun-2014 |
| Improvement needs in construction sector | Agartala, June 15 (TIWN): Tripura is still lagging behind from the many states of the country in the construction sector, said Minister for Rural Development and Forest- Naresh Jamatia in a day-long seminar on ‘Pre-Engineers Structure and Green Building’ organised by the Indian Buildings Congress (IBC), Tripura Centre at Netaji Subash Vidyaniketan Auditorium, here today. The seminar was organised as a part of the 9th annual general conference of India Buildings Congress, Tripura Centre. | 15-Jun-2014 |
| Gas appears problem for fertilizer facto | Agartala, June 15 (TIWN): Natural gas appears as a major bottleneck for the proposed fertilizer company in Tripura’s Panisagar subdivision with the oil giant ONGC trying hard to establishing the main raw material. | 16-Jun-2014 |