Archive Detail
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| Malaria strikes back, one more dead, par | Agartala, July 19 (TIWN): One more kid died today from malaria raising the death toll to 71. Over 700 were diagnosed to have freshly contacted the parasite in different areas of the state. The final figure of malaria infected people across the state was pegged at 35 thousand 816 after the day’s count today, a highly placed source in the Department of Health and Family Welfare said here today. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| CM congratulates state for landslide man | Agartala, July 19 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today congratulated the state on the landslide victory of CPI (M) candidates in the three tier panchayat election and said that the poll results only helped to increase commitment of the party to the people. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Panchayat election: CPI(M) secures massi | Kamalpur, July 19 (TIWN): The results of three-tier Panchayat election for 34 Gram Panchayats, 28 Panchayat Samities and 8 Zilla Parishads seats under Kamalpur sub-division in Tripura were declared this afternoon. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| New Governor to arrive tomorrow | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): Padmanabha B Acharya would assume office as Governor of Tripura throughout a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Agartala here on July 21, according to official sources. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| Govt claims malaria epidemic ‘unde | Agartala, July 20 (TIWN): The state government on Sunday claimed that fresh malaria cases are now on the ebb and said that the malaria outbreak was now ‘under control’. We are getting lesser fresh malaria cases now and the patients who are already under treatment are being administered proper dosages of anti malaria drugs and special diet to battle against the disease, a source in the Department of Health and Family Welfare said. | 20-Jul-2014 |
| Left Front sweeps all three levels of ru | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): Tripura’s rural voters gave the thumbs up to only Left Front ruled state in the country, which decimated the Congress in the violence-hit panchayat polls. With the vote count in the three-tier election drawing to a close, the Left Front swept the zilla parishad, panchayat samiti and gram panchayat -- all three levels of rural governance. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura should utilize the advantages fr | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): To drive development and to get central funds in Tripura, we all should work together, said the Member of Parliament (MP) and former Industry Minister Jitendra Chowdhury in an exclusive discussion with TRIPURAINFOWAY.com (TIWN) office, here today. He arrived in Agartala after first budget session, this morning at 11.45am. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Agartala-Sabroom Rly extension project t | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): Railway track laying in the Agartala-Sabroom segment (110 Km) is slated to be completed by the next three years, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Planning and Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said.Responding to a question during the Parliament session at New Delhi, | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Counting progresses with brisk pace, 87. | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): The counting of panchayat votes continued today with brisk pace with results of 2,536 gram panchayat seats declared out of 5,129. CPI (M) swept the gram panchayats with 2,220 of the declared seats secured in its kitty. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Police station ransacked after three peo | Udaipur, July 19 (TIWN): A road accident led to violence in the town today with irate mob attacking police and vehicles before ransacking the local police station here. The mob went berserk for over two hours before police conducted a lathi charge to quell the violence. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Udaipur : Intoxicated police driver kill | UDAIPUR, July 19 (TIWN): Surrounding a terrible accident in which 3 persons were killed and seriously injured. Situations in Udaipur suddenly grew chaotic, with more and more angry people throwing stones and bricks at the policemen and even attacked Radhakishorepur police station. Ultimately police ordered lathi charge to take control. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Ker Puja: Centuries old tribal festival | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): Centuries-old tribal festival in Tripura called Ker Puja begins. It starts 15 days after Kharchi Puja The area in and around the royal palace here as well as Puran Habeli, the erstwhile capital of Tripura, around 12 km east of this city, have been notified for Ker Puja. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| CPI (M) bags maximum seats | Agartala, July 19 (TIWN): In the three-tier Panchayat election, the CPI (M) has ensured their victory in 23 Gram Panchayats out of total 25 under Kumarghat Block. The rest two Gram Panchayats came under the grip of Congress and BJP got only one Gram Panchayat. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| CPI (M) set to sweep panchayat polls, on | AGARTALA, July 18 (TIWN): Preliminary counting reports from counting halls in 16 blocks of the state that arrived till 11 PM tonight suggested that CPI (M) swept in most areas. Out of 5 gram panchayats at Satchand block in South Tripura district, the results of which were announced in the first three rounds of counting, all went to the CPI (M) kitty. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| TBJEE chairman, Medical Education Direct | Agartala, July 18 (TIWN): The division bench of Tripura High Court headed by Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice SC Das today asked the Director of Medical Education and Chairman of Tripura Board of Joint Entrance Examination (TBJEE) to appear before the court on July 31 next to clarify the alleged malpractice in the allotment of medical and engineering seats defying the state government's own reservation policy. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Ballot Paper revealed in Jungle | AGARTALA, 18 July, (TIWN): Before State Election Commission stated ballot paper counting, ballot papers discovered from jungle, yesterday. ECS confirmed that the incident occurred in nearby Mohanpur Vivekananda College. Officials already detained all the ballot papers, but the situation is not satisfactory. | 18-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura Women Commission seeks strict pu | AGARTALA, July 18 (TIWN): The Tripura Commission for Women (TCW) today demanded strict punishment for domestic torture on a housewife which ended in brutal murder of the latterat Barbil in Khowai sub-division. | 18-Jul-2014 |
| Twin murder: Two detained | AGARTALA, July 18 (TIWN): An aged couple was fiercely killed at Nabin Pally under Subhashnagar area which is situated in outskirts Agartala, this morning. After this shocking incident, panic is prevailing among the residents of that locality. | 19-Jul-2014 |
| Counting of Panchayat election starts, C | AGARTALA, July 18 (TIWN): Counting of votes cast in the three tier panchayat election started at 8 AM today. Counting of votes cast in the concurrent nagar panchayat and municipal council by-election at Udaipur, Sabroom and Ranirbazaar started in the same timeframe. | 18-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura Panchayat election: Counting con | AGARTALA, July 18 (TIWN): Following three-tier Panchayat election in Tripura, counting of ballot papers is going on to ensure the fate of 12728 Zilla Parishad, Gram Panchayat and Panchayat Samity candidates of different political parties. To avoid any kind of circumstances during the counting procedure, SEC deployed tight security among the counting centers. In addition the SEC has also installed CCTV cameras in each counting station. | 18-Jul-2014 |
| Security beefed up for rural poll counti | Agartala, July 17 (TIWN): Security has been tightened all over the state in view of the growing political tension over the counting of votes for three-tier Panchayat polls and repoll in four Gram Panchayat seats and one seat from each of Panchayat Samity and Zilla Parishad across the state. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Seven detained for killing neighbour | Kailasahar, July 17 (TIWN): In a dreadful incident, a man was allegedly killed by his neighbouring people in Dhanbilash area under Kailasahar sub-division centering a dispute over property, last night. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Repoll ends with 91.3 percent turnout, t | Agartala, July 17 (TIWN): Repoll of six seats including one panchayat samity and one zilla parishad seat was conducted with an average of 91.30 percent turnout, State Election Commission secretary Tamal Majumder said here today. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Médecins Sans Frontières team arri | Agartala, July 17 (TIWN): A high level delegation of the Médecins Sans Frontières arrived in the state today to extend help over the malaria epidemic that cost 70 lives till date. One Arpan Shil (18) from West Jalepha of Sabroom sub-division was reported to have died from malaria while he was under treatment at GB Hospital today, a highly placed source in the Department of Health and Family Welfare said. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Seventy habitations deprived of safe dri | Agartala, July 17 (TIWN): Around seventy distant tribal habitations of the state are suffering from acute drinking water crisis with no initiatives to provide safe drinking water from the government, sources said. The source added that over 3,792 habitations of the state are partially covered by drinking water supply system, indicating spot sourcing or Deep Tube Wells which still leaves a mark of question on the purification of the drinking water. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Sensational triple murder case: Age save | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): Considering the age of Sushil Chowdhury, the Additional District and Sessions Judge (West)- Kripankar Chakraborty today declared the verdict of triple murder case sentencing the convict to life term imprisonment until death under section 302, 120(B), 109, 111/113, 34 and 201 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for masterminding the triple murder case. The court also fined him Rs 50000, 10000 and 5000. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Life sentence to Tripura editor convict | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): An Agartala court Thursday declared lifetime imprisonment to a Tripura newspaper editor-cum-owner who was found guilty in a year-old sensational triple murder case, a government lawyer said here today.Kripankur Chakraborty, additional district and sessions judge of West Tripura district, declared lifetime conviction to Sushil Choudhury who has been found guilty of killing three of his employees who were stabbed in the newspaper office May 19, 2013. Choudhury has been declared guilty under sections 120 (B), 109, 32, IPC 202, 120 (B) 109, 302, 111, 113 and 201 IPC and along with his lifetime imprisonment the court also fined him rupees sixty five thousand. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Central government contemplates to intro | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): The central government is considering a scheme for groundwater development in Eastern and Northeastern India during the 12th Five Year Plan period. The Ministry of Water, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation recently sought comments from all state governments for the proposed scheme. Most of the NE states didn’t provide their insight on the issue, the source said. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| NEW found mismatch in election expense o | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reform (ADR) – working of electoral and political reform sought action from Election Commission of India (ECI) over incorrect statement of expenditure submitted by the MPs and political parties on Loksabha election.In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath alleged there was a discrepancy in the election expenditure statement of the elected members of Loksabha and their respective parties. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Triple Murder : Sushil's punishment toda | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Today, Court will announce either a death sentence or life imprisonment to guilty Sushil Chowdhury. An Agartala court on Monday, July 14th found Tripura newspaper Ganadoot editor-cum-owner guilty in a year-old sensational triple murder case. | 16-Jul-2014 |
| Malaria continues to remain grim, People | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN): The malaria outbreak continues to remain grim in remote areas as well as various localities of the town leaving the District Chief Medical Officer (CMO) along with other public representatives in dilemma. | 16-Jul-2014 |
| Deprived rose valley agents lock office | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN): Following a long-period cheating of Rose Valley chit-fund organisation, over two hundred of agents today gathered in the head office of Rose Valley near Mantribari road, Agartala since morning and later locked the main gate of the office seeking refund of deposited amounts. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Y Kumar visits strong room and counting | AMBASSA, July 16 (TIWN): To verify the overall preparations for the counting of just concluded three-tier Panchayat election, the State Election Commissioner- Yatendra Kumar today visited Ambassa sub-division. He visited almost all the strong rooms and counting centers under Ambassa block. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Minor girl raped, FIR lodged, no arrest | Gandacherra, July 16 (TIWN): In a shocking incident, a five-year-old minor girl was raped by a 15-year-old minor boy at Ramesh Kabiraj Para under Raishyabari police station in Gandacherra sub-division, yesterday. Though a written complaint was logged today in the police station but police could not arrest the allegedly accused boy. | 16-Jul-2014 |
| Six seats including 2 Zilla Parishad and | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN): Repoll would be held tomorrow in six seats including four gram panchayat seats and one seat from each of panchayat samity and zilla parishad, State Election Commission secretary Tamal Majumder said here on Wednesday evening. | 16-Jul-2014 |
| Badal reviews malaria outbreak situation | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN): Health Minister Badal Choudhury today reviewed the latest situation of malaria outbreak in the state and said that the Health Department is now fully ready to tackle any situation with sufficient stocks of anti-malaria drugs. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| High level meet to discuss Tripura-Mizor | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): A high level meeting of officials from Tripura and Mizoram is slated to be held on July 22. The meeting convened by the office of the Survey of India would discuss on finalizing the inter-state boundary mapping between Tripura and Mizoram, a highly placed source in the state Revenue Department said. | 17-Jul-2014 |
| Deprived rose valley agents lock office | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Following a long-period cheating of Rose Valley chit-fund organisation, over two hundred of agents today gathered in the head office of Rose Valley near Mantribari road, Agartala since morning and later locked the main gate of the office seeking refund of deposited amounts. | 16-Jul-2014 |
| AMC plans to augment drinking water supp | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN): The Agartala Municipal Corporation is planning to augment the drinking water supply system of the city area with a number of new drinking water projects in the current financial year. | 16-Jul-2014 |
| State witnesses mockery in the name of e | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN): Heavily come down on the ruling party and State Election Commission, the opposition leader- Sudip Roy Barman today said TIWN that the state people have witnessed mockery in the name of Panchayat election in Tripura. | 16-Jul-2014 |
| Panchayat polls end with 86.45 pc voting | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): The three-tier panchayat polls ended on Tuesday amidst pitched violence in several parts of the state. Polling started at 7 AM this morning and continued with brisk pace throughout the day till 4 PM. Polling was suspended in three locations after errors in ballot papers were reported by voters and polling agents. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| State saturated with anti-malaria drugs, | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): The state is currently fully saturated with anti malaria drugs; there is no dearth of medicine anywhere in the state, an official communiqué from the Department of Health and Family Welfare said here today.Over 1 lakh new Rapid Diagnosis Test (RDT) kits for testing suspected malaria patients arrived in the state today. Regular medical camps were continued across the state. No death was reported from anywhere in the state. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Jiten opposes Union Rail budget, says pr | Agartala, July 15 (TIWN): Firebrand former minister and MP Jitendra Chaudhury today strongly opposed the Union Railway Budget proposal and said that the budget was high in rhetoric but low in substance. “The rail budget has been a naked attempt to pave space to the private players through the PPP and FDI routeâ€, he said. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Matabari MLA alleged of breaching Poll C | UDAIPUR, July 15 (TIWN): Amidst massive violence and alleged breaching of model code of conduct by CPI(M) MLA Madhab Saha, three-tier Panchayat poll ended in Gomati District. A total number of 128299 voters were enrolled for 70 Gram Panchayats, 48 Panchayat Samitis and 13 Zila Parishads seats in Gomati District. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| AR organises Blood Donation Camp | Agartala, July 15 (TIWN): With the initiative of 8 Bn Assam Rifles, a blood donation camp was conducted at the unit hospital of Kunjaban, outskirts of Agartala, here today. With an effort to give someone life by donating blood, this blood donation camp was organized. A good number of Assam Rifles troops and their families have donated blood in the camp with zeal and enthusiasm. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Poll conducted amidst clash, one hospita | Agartala, July 15 (TIWN): The three-tier Panchayat poll held today concluded with a few incidents of clash prevailing panic among the voters and one hospitalized. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Malaria epidemic: No dearth of necessary | Agartala, July 15 (TIWN): The Family Welfare and Preventive Medicine Department continuously reviewing about the stock of medicines for the malaria afflicted people in Tripura. There is no dearth for the necessary malaria medicines now, the concern department informed it, today. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Large scale violence mars Panchayat poll | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Three tier Panchayat election in Tripura on Tuesday registered large scale violence in different polling stations that left four persons injured and one of them has been shifted to Agartala Govt Medical College and GBP Hospital.According to report, in Kathalia block two supporters of BJP have got hurt in group clash with CPI-M party cadres. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Polling postponed in two booths | AGARTALA, July 15, (TIWN): The state election commission has postponed voting in two village Panchayats each in Kadamtala block of North Tripura and Bishalgarh under Sepahijala districts today due to wrongly printing of ballot papers, said election commissioner Y Kumar.He said at the beginning of the polling at 7am today the poll officials found the mistakes of symbols in the ballot papers and immediately the commission announced the rescheduling the election. However, the date of next polling in the particular booths has not yet been announced. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura votes for gram panchayats | Agartala, July 15 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of people voted Tuesday to elect three-tier gram panchayats in Left-ruled Tripura. | 15-Jul-2014 |