Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| NEEPCO to sign MoU on July 21, Director | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Director (Personnel) of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO)- Satyabrata Bargohain concluded his trip to Tripura today. Following a two-day long trip he arrived here in Agartala to ensure the progress of Mararchak projects. The director will be arriving in the state once more on July 21, to jointly sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) for Rukhia, Barmura and Gomati power projects, an official source confirmed today. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Three-tier Panchayat poll continues amid | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Amid tight security, three-tier Panchayat election is going on in Tripura. As of now, mixed response evoked amongst the people. The people of the state are casting their votes in festive moment since morning. No incident of violence was reported till 11.00 am, this morning.Altogether, 13754 candidates from different political parties have been contesting the Panchayat election in Tripura. Among them, 1020 CPI(m) candidates won the battle without any contest. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Triple murder: Sushil convicted, approve | Agartala, July 14 (TIWN): Following a long trial, the Additional District and Sessions Court today convicted the editor-cum-owner of Dainik Ganadoot newspaper- Sushil Chowdhury into triple murder case under section 120 (B)/ 109/34, 201/120 (B),109, 302/111/113 and 201 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court is scheduled to announce the verdict on July 17. The approver of the case Niyati Ghosh was acquitted by the court. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Police personnel gathered for Election d | Police personnel gathered for Election duty. TIWN Pic July 14 | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Ganadut Murder Case culprit Sushil Chowd | Ganadut Murder Case culprit Sushil Chowdhury leaving Court after judgement. TIWN Pic July 14 | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura seeks relaxation in VISA regime | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): MP Jitendra Chaudhury on Monday met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and urged upon her to intervene in easing VISA regulations for Bangladeshi citizens to visit Tripura and other NE states.Citing the central government policy to boost relations with Bangladesh, including a new visa policy to grant five year multiple entry visas to Bangladeshis below 13 years and above 65 years of age, Chaudhury said that trade volume between Bangladesh and India increased considerably. | 15-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura MPs asks for proper fund sanctio | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): MPs from Tripura Jitendra Chaudhury and Sankar Prasad Dutta today met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari and sought intervention over proper fund release and speedy completion of development work on the National Highway 44 among other national highways. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura Bar Council to elect new members | Agartala, July 14 (TIWN): The Bar Council of Tripura will conduct election to elect 15 members, out of which 8 members will be elected amongst the advocates whose names are on the state roll for at least 10 years as required by the provision to section 3(2)(b) of the Advocate Act, 1961. The information was provided by the Bar Council of Tripura in a press release, here today. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Malaria outbreak: 313 health camps in no | Dharmanagar, July 14 (TIWN): With an endeavour to prevent the malaria outburst in the North Tripura District, altogether 313 health camps were conducted by Health Department since June 22 upto July 07. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Dr. S.K.Panda is new Union Textiles Secr | Agartala, July 14 (TIWN): Tripura's Chief Secretary Dr.S.K.Panda is appointed as Secretary of Ministry of Textiles in Union government. This appointment is cleared by Cabinet committee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| NEEPCO Director visits Tripura, takes st | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): Director (Personnel) of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) Satyabrata Bargohain has been visiting Tripura for the last two days on his maiden visit as Director. Bargohain visited the much awaited 101 MW Manarchak thermal project on Sunday. He visited the Agartala Gas Turbine Project (AGTP) at Ramchandraghat near Agartala on Monday. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Ganadoot Murder: Sushil found guilty in | Agartala, July 14 (TIWN): An Agartala court Monday found a Tripura newspaper editor-cum-owner guilty in a year-old triple murder case, a government lawyer said. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Centre mulls to have DoNER’s HQ i | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN):Narendra Modi led BJP government mulls the idea to set up headquarters of Ministry of Development of Northeast Region (DoNER) in a convenient location of the region to reduce the gap with New Delhi to expedite development activities of the states.Official sources here today informed after taking charge as DoNER minister former Army Chief Gen (Retd) V K Singh discussed the matter in the union cabinet and the proposal starts rolling for policy decision. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Agartala Municipal Corporation expects n | Agartala, July 14 (TIWN): The Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) is expecting new rules for increasing property tax revenue generation, official sources said. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Triple murder: Sushil’s fate to b | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): The Additional District and Sessions Court is scheduled to announce the verdict of sensational triple murder case on Monday, which rocked the state on May 19, last year, an official source confirmed today.Three non-journalist employees; Ranjit Chowdhury (Manager), Sujit Bhattacharjee (Proof reader) and Balaram Ghosh (Driver) of Dainik Ganadoot Patrika were brutally killed in a broad daylight at Ganadoot Bhavan in Palace compound on May 19, last year. Their death has not been forgotten. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Campaign for panchayat polls ends, 10,32 | Agartala, July 13 (TIWN): Campaign for the coming three-tier panchayat election concluded by 4 PM on Sunday. The State Election Commission instructed all District Election Officers (DEO) to set up ‘naka’ and check-posts on all district boundaries; ‘nakas’ were set up on district-ADC boundaries as well, State Election Commissioner Yatendra Kumar said here today. | 14-Jul-2014 |
| Tripurainfoway-Headlines Tripura Mega Qu | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): The Agartala Town Hall today offered a unique venue for the students and budding stars from colleges and universities. The Tripurainfoway-Headlines mega quiz began from 9 AM in the morning amidst massive response. The event continued till 8 PM in the evening with a number of audience rounds, special question series through the day. The quiz, played in pairs, started with a random screening round ending in eight finally selected teams. The game proceeded with seven further rounds through the final round. The quiz was conducted by former BBC correspondent Subir Bhaumik and Dr. Indranil Bhowmik from the Tripura (Central) University. | 13-Jul-2014 |
| Tripurainfoway-Headlines mega quiz start | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): The mega quiz event of Tripura, jointly organised by tripurainfoway.com (TIWN) and Headlines Tripura is going on since morning at Agartala Town Hall with pomp and gaiety.The Tripurainfoway-Headlines mega quiz started amidst massive response at Agartala on Sunday. The quiz, played in pairs, started with a random screening round ending in eight finally selected teams. The game proceeded with seven further rounds through the final round. | 13-Jul-2014 |
| 'More exports please' | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Indian companies setting up production units in Bangladesh must export their products and not merely sell them in Bangladesh's domestic markets, says Abdul Matlub Ahmad, chairman of India-Bangladesh chamber of commerce and industry. | 13-Jul-2014 |
| 66 people died, government strict to co | Belonia, June 12 (TIWA): Government shall take serious action against the health workers if found guilty in their duty as well as the misappropriation of medicine. Alerting to the health workers here at Belonia, Minister Badal Chowdhury has given clear instruction to all the stockholders to take all possible measures so that the Malaria can be control earlier. He also ordered to make a stock of medicine at least for ten days in the respected districts. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| HC Bar Asso felicitates SC Justice MB Lo | Agartala, July 12 (TIWN): Tripura High Court Bar Association felicitated the Justice of Supreme Court- Madan B. Lokur at High Court Bar Asso hall, here today. Justice Lokur arrived in Agartala to attend a two-day long orientation programme on ‘Strengthening wildlife law enforcement and conservation in guide for the judiciary in Tripura’ organised by the Forest Department on July 11. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| Poll personnel voting ends, cops vote on | AGARTALA, July 12(TIWN): Voting process for poll personnel concluded today with police and TSR jawans casting votes through election duty voter (EDV) facilitation centers, official sources said. A highly placed source in the State Election Commission today said that voting was held in all 35 block facilitation centers of the stat. Voting started from 10 AM and continued till 4 PM in the afternoon. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| DYFI stages protest against union budget | Agartala, July 12 (TIWN): The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) on Saturday staged protest against the first general budget and rail budget tabled by the Narendra Modi government and said that the new government was ‘exposed’ on its betrayal with the nation over the budget. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| Subansiri project to help northeast: V.K | Guwahati, July 12 (IANS) Protests against the 2,000 MW lower Subansiri hydroelectric power project were "unjustified" as the project will help Assam and the northeastern states tide over the power crisis, DoNER Minister Gen. (retd.) V.K. Singh said here Saturday."Power is a priority sector. However, there are issues with some power projects in the region. There is propaganda at work against the projects," he told media persons."I have seen that most of the projects here are run-of-the-river projects and my own assessment is that it is not going to cause any danger," he said. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| One more die from malaria, govt goes ber | AGARATALA, July 12 (TIWN): One more died from the malaria outbreak in Tripura on Saturday, raising the final death toll to 67. Burbahadur Reang (4.6) from Damdai Para of North Tripura district died at the Jampui Primary Health Center (PHC), official sources said. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| Speeding car lands inside SBI ATM | Agartala, July 12 (TIWN):A speeding car landed inside an ATM centre here during the wee hours on Saturday. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| AMC to provide luminaries, extend power | Agartala, July 12 (TIWN): The Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) resolved to provide luminaries to cover LT line extension of 57.05 km in the current financial year, official sources said. The Corporation would be extending street light phase extensions upto 113.9 Km, with special priority to uncovered areas. A separate budgetary provision of Rs. 4 crore 59 lakhs 30 thousand was marked for regular repairs and maintenance works in the street lighting system wherever required. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| Special funds for developing cityscape o | Agartala, July 12 (TIWN): The Ministry of Urban Development approved a project of Rs. 57 crore 18 lakh for developing cityscapes in Dharmanagar Municipal Council area in North Tripura diistrct, Urban Development Minister Manik Dey said here. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| ICFAI looks to Bangladesh students | AGARTALA, July 12(TIWN): This could well be a trend for the future.The ICFAI university in Agartala is looking to promote itself in Bangladesh big-time. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| Hospital and medicine shops selling into | Agartala, July 12 (TIWN): Intoxicating drugs, phensedyl, corex and other drug business alike has become a burning issue throughout Ambassa. Most of the chemist shops are selling phensedyl and corex unabated. Dhalai District Hospital is also selling phensedyl as well as duplicate and expired medicines. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| Administrative inaction caused suffering | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN): Despite being recognized as second busiest destination of northeast, people of Agartala have continued to face hardship in travelling outside the state due to poor regulation and surveillance on travel means. | 13-Jul-2014 |
| Jaitley turns MNREGA a hoax for CPI-M | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN):Setting aside all speculation of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Modi government has decided to continue with MGNREGA but to revamp it for making the program development-oriented. Thanks to the decision of Central government, ruling CPI-M in Tripura got an opportunity to host another victory, as it said to be a success of leftist in the country. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| Wild Life: Trishna sanctuary : New lease | Agartala, July 11 (TIWN) Bison, an endangered species have got a new lease of life in the National Park within the Trishna sanctuary in Tripura’s South district with the birth of new calves. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Election duty voters cast votes, police | Agartala, July 11 (TIWN): Polling for election duty voters was conducted in all 35 block areas of the state, State Election Commissioner Yatendra Kumar said here today. Speaking to reporters at the civil secretariat here today, the official said that over 11,000 voters had applied under Form 16 of the State Election Commission to cast votes as EDV. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the state, Kumar stated. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| CPI(M) cadre injured BJP candidate in Ud | UDAIPUR,July 11(TIWN): "CPI(M) has lost its soil under the feet and eyeing the massive landslides in its own ground due to unabated corruption CPI(M) leaders are now enciyraging their party cadres and criminals to create an atmosphere of terror and panic so that opposition party supporters do not come out of their houses to cast their votes in the upcoming three-tier Panchayat election. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Tribals express dismay at economic polic | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): The Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch today expressed dismay at the direction in which the economic policies of the Narendra Modi Government as reflected in the Rail Budget, the Economic Survey and the Union Budget. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Malaria takes sudden bad turn, four dead | Agartala, July 11 (TIWN): The malaria epidemic today worsened with death of four more people confirmed from Jampui in North Tripura district; Silachari and Jolaibari of South Tripura district and Takarjala of Sepahijala district, official sources said.The official death toll today rose to 66. Unofficial records, however, pegged the death toll at 146.An official communiqué said later this evening that 1,101 fever patients were freshly diagnosed with malaria parasite across the state today, raising the total figure of malaria infected patients to 28,491. | 12-Jul-2014 |
| World Population Day observed | Agartala, July 11 (TIWN): Alike every years, the World population Day was observed today across the state with pomp and gaiety seeking awareness of global population issues. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| DM West imposes restriction | Agartala, July 11 (TIWN): To maintain the peace, safety, law and order along 500 meter Indo-Bangla international border under Sadar and Mohanpur subdivisions, the District Magistrate (DM), West- Abhishek Singh in an order imposed some restrictions on the movements of the people. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Palatana project to undergo shutdown in | Agartala, July 11 (TIWN): The OTPC powered Palatana power plant is scheduled to undergo around 12 days’ shutdown in August as a part of a project, Inspection visit from the hardware suppliers, official sources said. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Jaitely turns MNREGA a hoax for CPI-M | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Setting aside all speculation of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Modi government has decided to continue with MGNREGA but to revamp it for making the program development-oriented. Thanks to the decision of Central government, ruling CPI-M in Tripura got an opportunity to host another victory, as it said to be a success of leftist in the country. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura flags concerns on rail budget, s | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Close to the heels of dissatisfaction from two MPs from Tripura over NaMo government's first rail budget, Tripura flagged a number of issues and sought clarification on the union rail budget."We have sought clarification on plans of converting the meter gauge rail-line segment into broad gauge since there is no mention of the issue in the union rail budget", Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey said here today. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Unique steps for fair conduct of Tripura | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Three unusual practices – mobilizing central paramilitary force, introducing secrete code on ballot papers and displaying all important phone numbers for citizen journalists to watch against any malpractice in voting are dominating ensuing three-tire Panchayat poll in Tripura slated on July 15. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Panchayat poll: Besides LF, TMC leaving | Agartala, July 11 (TIWN): Keeping the next three-tier Panchayat in view, the political parties have started firing salvos at each other and conducting door to door campaign, group meeting, street corner meeting and bazaar meeting seeking votes. In connection to that, the opposition parties raised allegations that the ruling party is utilizing their power. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Malaria outbreak, more diagnosed with ma | Agartala, July 11 (TIWN): A total of seven village committees of Ganganagar Block of Dhalai District have come under the grip of malaria. The patients affected with malaria are being treated at three different places including hospital of the sub division. The Block Development Officer of Ganganagar Block was handed over Rs. 15000 by Indo- German scheme. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| Beautiful Sunset point at Gandachara Da | Beautiful Sunset point at Gandachara Dambur Lake. TIWN Pic July 9 | 10-Jul-2014 |
| Basin Management can help Indo-Bangla wa | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN) India’s eastern neighbour Bangladesh wants India’s full cooperation on basin wise management of all the common 54 rivers to resolve all disputes regarding water sharing.Former Bangladesh Foreign minister and Chairperson of parliamentary committee on foreign affairs Dipu Moni said, “Bangladesh and India shares 54 rivers and if we want to solve the disputes one by one, it would take one millennium to resolve our problems. But all the fifty four rivers that are common for the two countries fall under Ganga-Brahmaputra- Meghna basin. So, we want a basin wise management, which is not just water sharing, but adopting a holistic approach regarding livelihood, new waterways, ecological and cultural issuesâ€, she said before her departure to Bangladesh. | 10-Jul-2014 |
| Dr Dipu Moni visits State museum | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Former Bangladesh foreign minister- Dr Dipu Moni including other dignitaries from Bangladesh today visited several places in the city before leaving the state. Dr Moni arrived yesterday here at Agartala to attend a one-day ‘Tripura Conclave’ organised by tripurainfoway.com at Sukanta auditorium. | 10-Jul-2014 |
| NANO car mysteriously burnt in Udaipur | UDAIPUR, July 10 (TIWN): The burning of contues with a TATA NANO car was mysteriously burnt in Udaipur on Thursday evening. The incident took place in Khilpara under Radhakishorepur Police Station (near Kilpara Dargah). At around 6.15pm local people informed Udaipur Fire Station as they saw smoke emitting from a deserted garage. In that garage a TATA NANO car, a yellow coloured one, was parked in that garage. | 10-Jul-2014 |
| Basin regime needed for rivers : Dipu mo | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Bangladesh's former Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has reiterated the need for a 'Basin regime' for the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system that will transcend the boundaries of Bangladesh and India to harness the waters of common rivers for hydel power and marine resources of the region. | 10-Jul-2014 |