Archive Detail
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| Tripura helicopter service likely to get | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): State – owned Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL) lone chopper service of Tripura is likely to get affected as CISF (Central Industries Security Force) will no longer carry security check up from September next said TIWN sources. Due to shortage of CISF personnel and work pressure they decided to provide security to PHHL till July 30, but it was extended for one month after Tripura government requested Union Ministry of Home Affairs still some alternative arrangements are made. To resolve the problem, Tripura government has convened a meeting on 26 July (Saturday) at secretariat. The meeting will be attended Chief Secretary Dr. S K Panda, GM of PHHL Sanjoy Kumar, DGP Nagaraj, Transport Secretary Kishore Ambuly and CISF senior official. | 25-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura High Court dismisses medico†| AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The High Court of Tripura on Thursday dismissed a plea of Dr. Pratap Sanyal, a veteran doctor serving under the Department of Health and Family Welfare in the state, against a lower court verdict and asked Judicial Magistrate (first class) of Agartala to proceed with criminal negligence charges against the doctor. The Court raised serious questions on the credibility of a medical enquiry committee which was set up by the state government, shortly after a housewife was found to have got a corrugated drain-pipe within her abdomen after Dr. Sanyal operated on her. | 25-Jul-2014 |
| One dies and 15 injured in road mishap | AMBASSA, July 25 (TIWN): In a tragic road accident, one passenger was died and at least 15 passengers were injured at Kalabari under Ganganagar police station around 5.30 pm, this evening. The deceased was identified as Buddhiroy Reang (25), confirmed police. According to police, the incident took place while a commander jeep bearing the number TR01-A-2098 was overturned while it was proceeding towards Ganganagar from Kalabari. As a result, at least 15 passengers received grievous injuries on their persons. | 25-Jul-2014 |
| Transport Department to introduce online | AGARATALA, July 24 (TIWN): The state Transport Department is going to introduce online payment gateway to reduce pressure on road tax payment receiving offices, official sources said here today. Tripura is currently having over 2 lakh 30 thousand registered vehicles including two-wheelers, a highly placed source in the state Transport Department said. The source added that around 50 percent of the total vehicle traffic plying on the streets of Tripura. The source added that the State Bank of India was roped in as banking partner for the purpose. “Any SBI consumers having a Debit card or a credit card or those having online banking facilityâ€, the source added. | 25-Jul-2014 |
| Market development projects of AMC under | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) undertakes initiative for civic infrastructure development in North and Central Zones of the city. AMC officials said markets, parking zone, drainage system and water reservoirs will be covered under the programme. In the North zone, two vegetable markets are under construction in two-storey shopping complex at Durga Chowmohani and likely to be completed by August to facilitate the shifting of present market immediately after completion, officials stated. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| Road blockade for drinking water crisis | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Demanding eradication of drinking water crisis, the residents of Kanchanpalli area of Siddhi Ashram at the outskirts of Agartala organised road blockade on Siddhi Ashram to Kathaltali road, here today. A protester alleged that the residents are facing acute drinking water crisis since few days in the said locality. Poor maintenance of pipelines supplying water to the city is largely to be blamed for the acute water crisis, he added. As a matter of fact, they have not been provided with sufficient drinking water during the last one week. | 25-Jul-2014 |
| Foodgrain shipments to enter Tripura thr | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The first consignment of 10,000 MT foodgrain scheduled to be imported into the state via Ashuganj port in Bangladesh would enter Tripura through Akhaura International Check-Post (ICP) on July 27, official sources said.The foodgrain consignment coming from Vishakhapatnam would be arriving in Tripura through Ashuganj port after the completion of Ramadan, Joint Director of the Food and Civil Supplies D Chakraborty said here today. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| Minor reshuffle in middle levels of stat | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The state government on Thursday made minor reshuffle in the medium levels of the state administration. A source inside the Department of General Administration (P&T) today said that Ranjit Majumder, Director of Urban Development Department and Joint Secretary of the Public Works Department (PWED) was relieved from the charge of UD Department. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura faces bitumen crisis, rail wagon | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The state is currently going through crisis of bitumen which adversely affected road construction works in the past few months, Engineer-in-Chief Sunil Bhowmik said here today. Interacting with the media at his office in the civil secretariat here this morning, the official said that the Department of Public Works (PWD) is currently facing crises in maintaining pace with the pending load of road construction works due to shortage of bitumen. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| Complaints to be lodged against Panchaya | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): General people or any Panchayat members are at liberty to lodge complaint against any member of three-tier Panchayat if they are found indulging in any kind of corruption even misbehavior with the general people, said Bijan Dhar, CPI (M) state secretary and added that he wish to give this democratic right to members of different levels of the CPI (M) party. Dhar said this while speaking at the condolence meeting of former CPI (M) Divisional Secretary Gopesh Debnath at Kailasahar Town Hall. | 25-Jul-2014 |
| Encephalitis alert in state, malaria tol | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Japanese encephalitis, which claimed over 40 lives in Assam, has put Tripura on high alert, said official of health department. All the 8 districts in the state were on high alert and preventive measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The state is already prepared to face any outbreak. So far, no case of Japanese encephalitis has been detected said the official. However North and Dhalai districts especially health centres, have been advised to remain cautious. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| BJP launches agitation against attack o | AGARTALA, 23 July, (TIWN): BJP Tripura State unit launched agitation across the state on Wednesday to attack on their Party President Sudhindra Dasgupta last evening. However, SP (Sepahijala) S R Das has suspended an Assistant Sub Inspector Swapan Kar for alleged negligence of his duty when BJP president was gheroed and mob pelted stone and bricks on his vehicle. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| UDAIPUR: Police charged lathis without p | UDAIPUR, July 23(TIWN): More than 45 persons today appeared before the Mass Hearing Commission led by DM Gomati Sonal Goel, SDM Udaipur Ajit Debnath and DCM Sabyasachi Sinha on 19th July incident raising their utter discontent and hatred against the atrocities of police led by Officer In Charge of Radhakishorepur Police Station Kanti Lal Baidya and his loyal deputies. Today DM Gomati arranged a mass hearing on 19th July incident with a purpose of identifying the real culprit who killed three persons namely Laxmi Saha, Gouri Saha and Debasish Deb (Bapi) at around 4.20am when he was driving the killer jeep TR93-0986 vehicle. But DM was surprised to get tremendous amount of response that can be treated as hatred against police's role in this incident. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| Large scale post poll violence in Kamalp | Kamalpur, July 23 (TIWN): Sixteen families were rendered homeless in post-poll violence unleashed by cadres of the ruling CPI (M) at Mahavir tea estate area in Kamalpur. | 23-Jul-2014 |
| Decomposed bodies found hanging from tr | Dharmanagar, July 23 (TIWN): The badly decomposed body of two unidentified man and woman was found hanging from a tree in a forest at Churaibari.The body was found by two workers who were clearing bush near NH -44 Road on Wednesday. | 23-Jul-2014 |
| PWD official team camps in Delhi, takes | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): A delegation of the Department of Public Works (PWD) is currently working out fund sanction and release issues with officials of the Ministry of Road and Surface Transport (MoRTH) at New Delhi. Double laning and maintenance in 104 Km of the National Highway 44 was recently handed over to the state PWD authorities from the NHAI and the Border Roads Organization (BRO), Engineer-in-Chief of Public Works Department Sunil Bhowmik said here today.Speaking to reporters at the civil secretariat here this evening, the official said that a team comprising of Additional Chief Engineer Sushobhan Bhattacharya and Sushanta Dutta started for New Delhi on July 21 to take up funding issues with officials of the MoRTH. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| Encephalitis alert in state, malaria tol | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Japanese encephalitis, which claimed over 40 lives in Assam, has put Tripura on high alert, said official of health department. All the 8 districts in the state were on high alert and preventive measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The state is already prepared to face any outbreak. So far, no case of Japanese encephalitis has been detected said the official. However North and Dhalai districts especially health centres, have been advised to remain cautious.The official urged the residents, especially those staying near pig sheds, to be on extra vigil. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura cop suspended after assault on B | Agartala, July 23 (IANS) A police sub-inspector, tasked with providing security to Tripura BJP leaders, was suspended for negligence of duty after they were allegedly assaulted by CPI-M workers, police said here Wednesday. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| DoNER looks at feasibility of Aviation C | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Based on the proposal for creation of a separate Northeast Aviation Council to promote Aeronautic engineering education in the region, Ministry of DoNER initiated to study the feasibility of the option, an official of NEC said on Wednesday. A number of private airlines operating in northeast are taking a handsome amount as subsidy from NEC, Ministry of Home Affairs and the state governments, but the aviation industry in the region is in a pitiable state. "Modern aviation can play a huge role in health, tourism and disaster management. Industries are still underdeveloped in the northeast. | 24-Jul-2014 |
| Urban Development minister unhappy with | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Urban Development Minister Manik Dey on Wednesday in a blood donation camp organized by AMC at Agartala City Centre expressed dissatisfaction over the service provided by Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC). He opined, AMC should upgrade the quality service, as mandated from the city administration. “No doubt AMC has developed services for the city and a section of employees have been working relentlessly for the development of the city and it's citizen but a small group of AMC employees are reportedly unwilling to carry out their responsibilities appropriately that lower down the quality of the corporation and also makes people unhappyâ€, he observed. | 23-Jul-2014 |
| Three months more to go before extended | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): The state government might need three months more time to operationalize the much hyped extended PDS benefits of mustard oil and lentil pulses. A highly placed source in the Department for Food and Civil Supplies said that the government is finding it tough to arrange for suppliers who would agree to provide 2 kg lentil pulses for all 18 lakh 18 thousand PDS consumers including BPL and APL consumers, that too in sealed plastic packets in denominations of 1 kg and 500 gm. | 23-Jul-2014 |
| One-day orientation workshop for DDOs co | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): With the venture to guide the Drawing and Disbursement Officers (DDOs) under School Education, Tourism and Urban Development departments, a one-day orientation workshop was organised at Pragna Bhavan, here today. The workshop was conducted by the School Education Department in Tripura. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura University invites Bangladeshi s | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Tripura (Central) University is embarking upon an ambitious plan of inviting foreign students for in campus admission to facilitate the neighbor to make the state as education hub for South East Asian countries. The university has also published advertisement on the newspapers and Electronic Media of Bangladesh inviting them to join in Tripura campus, said university officials. | 23-Jul-2014 |
| Violent attack on BJP state president in | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): BJP Tripura state president Sudhindra Dasgupta and five of his party leaders have been assaulted in a violent attack allegedly by CPI-M cadres in a village of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's assembly constituency Dhanpur under Sonamura sub-division of Sepahijala district Police rescued them from a village close to Indo-Bangladesh border, falls around 6 o'clock in this evening. | 23-Jul-2014 |
| Cabinet resolves to release 7 percent DA | Agartala, July 22: The state government today decided to release further installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) for government employees at the rate of 7 percent. The much awaited DA release came in a long meeting of the state cabinet held at the civil secretariat here today. The cabinet decided that the additional Dearness Allowance would be considered with effect from July 01, 2014. Interacting with the media at his office later this evening, Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha said that the installment release of DA and DR for state government employees and pensioners would take the latest approved rate of dearness allowance to 64 percent. | 23-Jul-2014 |
| Newly elected Panchayat members to take | AGARTALA, July 22(TIWN): The schedule for taking oath for the newly – elected members of Zila Parishad, Panchayat Samitis and Gram Panchayats was announced today.Speaking to reporters at secretariat today morning Manik Dey Minister for Panchayat said all elected 6109 gram panchayat members out of 6111 seats from all the districts of the state will be administered the oath of office on 6th, 7th and 8th August at block headquarters. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura resolves to introduce Food Secur | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): A cabinet meeting today resolved to introduce the Food Security Act in the state from October this year. The central government recently approved a three month's extension to Tripura for introducing the central Act starting July 04, Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha said here today. Speaking to reporters at the civil secretariat here today, the minister said that the state government would be introducing the Food Security act by covering an additional 1 lakh 59 thousand families under the PDS. 4,56,787 families were covered under public distribution system beforehand. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| Fawn of barking family rescued | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Forest officials rescued a seven days old fawn of barking deer spices from Tuichakma area of Sadar North under Subalsingh Forest Range on Tuesday. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| State likely to have more power-cuts ahe | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Tripura is likely to get more powercuts in the days ahead. A highly placed source in the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) said that the state is currently suffering from major shortfall of power in the peak hours owing to which power-cuts might be increased soon to tackle the need with the limited availability. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| Street lighting project: BEE to implemen | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), New Delhi is all set to implement demo project under Energy Efficient Lighting Programme (EELP) in Tripura very shortly. With an endeavor to prevent the wastage of power and to improve the overall energy efficiencies in the street lighting system, this project will be implemented, an official communiqué said TIWN over telephone, here today. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura Cabinet likely to conduct vital | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Tripura state Cabinet likely to conduct a vital meeting today over the proposals to form new board toward commencing Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) for the recruitment of school level teachers and DA related issues of the state employees, an official communiqué confirmed this morning. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| Unokoti book fair starts from Aug 11 | KAILASAHAR, July 22 (TIWN): With the initiative of School Education Department, under the Rastriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme, district-wide book fairs will be organised in the 8 districts of the state. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| PB Acharya sworn in as new Governor of T | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya was today sworn in as new Governor of Tripura. Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura Deepak Gupta administered the oath taking ceremony at Raj Bhawan here this evening. | 22-Jul-2014 |
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| Mizoram Bru displaced people meet Govern | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): A high level delegation of the Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum (MBDPF) today met Governor Padmanabh Balakrishna Acharya and sought his intervention for solving the 17 year long forced displacement from Mizoram. The delegation led by Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum (MBDPF) president Apeto Sawibunga raised issues of acute sub-human condition of the displaced people living in six relief camps of North Tripura district and sought the Governor’s intervention to ensure proper ration, education and healthcare facilities for the camp inmates. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| Lok Janshakti Party to send memorandum t | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) formed its new Tripura state committee on Sunday. The new committee headed by state president Papri Haldar today said that a memorandum with seven point demands was finalized to be sent to Union minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan. | 21-Jul-2014 |
| 33/11 KV Sub-Station inaugurated in Trip | AGARTALA, 21 July, (TIWN): Electricity Minister Manik Dey along inaugurated a new sub power station in Tripura University today. In that ceremony Vice- chancellor of Tripura University and the Chairperson of Suryamaninagar and other Officials also present there. | 21-Jul-2014 |
| 65th State Level Banmahotsav inaugurated | UDAIPUR, July 22 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inaugurated the 65th State Level Banmahotsav in Netaji Sub has Mahavidyalaya in Udaipur today. At 12 noon Chief Minister inaugurated the Banmahotsav by lighting a candle. This is the first time that Udaipur is hosting State Level Bahmahotsav. Incidentally Forest Minister Naresh Jamatia too hails from Udaipur. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| One-day orientation workshop for DDOs co | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): With the venture to guide the Drawing and Disbursement Officers (DDOs) under School Education, Tourism and Urban Development departments, a one-day orientation workshop was organised at Pragna Bhavan, here today. The workshop was conducted by the School Education Department in Tripura. | 22-Jul-2014 |
| Huge contraband items seized at Sonamura | Sonamura, July 21 (TIWN): Acting on a tip-off raid, Sonamura sub-divisional administration and BSF troops led by SDM Sonamura- Subhasis Das recovered more than 4000 bottles of Phensidyle, Corex and Icon-XP from Thakurpara under Melagarh and Masterpara area under Sonamura police station, here today. | 21-Jul-2014 |
| Two minor bodies recovered, tension prev | Khowai, July 20 (TIWN): In a shocking incident, bodies of two minors were recovered at Madarambari area under Champahour police station today. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| Contraband items recovered | Santirbazar, July 20 (TIWN): Acting on a tip-off raid, a contingent of police of Manpathar police station led by SDPO Santirbazar- Surajit Dhar recovered 450 bottles liquor and 45 packets dendrite worth of Rs 48,220 from Manpathar area, here today. Police could not arrest anybody in this regard, confirmed police. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| Transport department to launch online fa | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN):Vehicle owners in Tripura will no longer have to go to the transport office to pay their taxes as they can now do it online using the new e-payment facility which is likely to be launched next month, said an official. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| Fourteen injured in post – pancha | Kailasahar, July 20 (TIWN): A total eight persons, including four from ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) were injured in post-panchayat poll clashes under Irani police station limit of Unakoti district on Sunday. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| Hot and humid weather to continue for 48 | Agartala, July 20 (TIWN): Tripura is expected to have hot and humid temperature for at least the next 48 hours, officials from the Met Department said here today. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| TSR offers guard of honour at Raj Bhawan | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya, incumbent Governor of Nagaland, would take additional charge as new governor of Tripura on Monday, official sources said. Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Deepak Gupta would administer his oath taking ceremony at5 PM on the day. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| OTPC is all set for 15 days shut down du | UDAIPUR, July 20(TIWN): Tripura is certain to be hit by another period of acute power crisis; this time for fifteen days at a stretch due to the scheduled shut down of OTPC's 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Thermal Power Plant in Palatana. It is now officially confirmed that from 3rd August the Gas Turbine will have its Major Combustion Inspection which is absolutely necessary after 8000 hours on operation. During the fifteen days Major Combustion Inspection the Specialist Engineers of General Electric Company, the Manufacturing Company of Gas Turbine located in Atlanta, USA will inspect the Combustion Chamber along with the technical experts of OTPC. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| Manarchak: Gas by next two months | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Laying of gas pipe line for NEEPCO’s power plant at Monarchak is carried out at war footing and the work likely to be completed by mid of August said official sources of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). After completion of work, ONGC will be ready to supply gas to the plant by the next two months said the source.Besides, ONGC had already paid fifty percent of the pending payment to the sub contractors. It may be recalled here that the Shivani Oil and Gas Company, which was tasked to lay the gas pipeline. But they failed to pay the pending amount to sub contractors after the agency was declared bankruptcy. To solve the issue, the ONGC, Tripura Asset has taken initiative to pay the sub-contractors for executing the remaining gas pipe-line work. The work of laying gas pipeline from Rabindranagar to Manarchak has been stalled for long time. | 21-Jul-2014 |
| Voluntary blood donation camp conducted | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): With the initiative of Agartala Municipal Corporation’s ward no: 18, a voluntary blood donation camp was conducted in Kamini Kumar Memorial School, outskirts of Agartala, here today. The camp was inaugurated by the Minister for Power, Transport and Panchayat Department- Manik Dey. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| Panchayat poll: CPI (M) congratulates pe | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): The people of Tripura were congratulated by CPI (M) state committee for landslide victory of Left Front in three – tier panchayat election. Addressing a press meet here at party headquarters in Melarmath area of Agartala on Saturday afternoon, state secretary of CPI(M) Bijan Dhar said the Left Front has captured 65 Gram Panchayats won by by Congress in 2009. He claimed that the people exercised their franchise against corrupt practices of Congress ruled panchayats.The baseless anti – left campaign by the opposition parties and a section of media could influence the voters, instead they voted in favour of peace, stability, development and good governance. | 19-Jul-2014 |