Archive Detail
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| Tripura MPs meet Railway minister Sadana | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Two Tripura MPs today met union railway minister Sadananda Gowda and expressed grave concern of the people of Tripura over the fate of ongoing projects as surmised from the railway minister’s budget speech.In a memorandum to railway minister Sadananda Gowda, MP Jitendra Chaudhury and MP Shankar Prasad Dutta expressed deep deep apprehension to the silence on the ongoing projects in Tripura, particularly on timely completion of gauge conversion programme from Silchar to Agartala section.Lumding-Silchar-Agartala gauge conversion project was declared in 2005, but in the buget speech of Mr. Gowda is having mention only for Lumding-Badatpur-Silchar section, Agartala part has been deleted, the MPs said. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| All para military troops deployed, at le | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): All paramilitary jawans from the 17 Border Security Forces (BSF) training companies approved for election duty in the coming three-tier Panchayat election in Tripura were deployed by Thursday, State Election Commissioner Yatendra Kumar said. | 11-Jul-2014 |
| One more killed in malaria outbreak, dru | Agartala, July 10 (TIWN): Malaria outbreak continued with one more person reported to have died from the disease on Thursday, official sources said. Pradip Reang (2), son of Frongshourai Reang of Doharampara in Anandabazaar ADC village of North Tripura district was reported to have died at Kanchanpur sub-divisional hospital today. Pradip was under treatment with malaria confirmed during blood tests at the hospital, an official communiqué said later this evening. | 10-Jul-2014 |
| High level meet on NHM fund requirement | Agartala, July 10 (TIWN) A high level team of the state government is heading for New Delhi to discuss on requirements and availability of funds under the National Health Mission (erstwhile NRHM) on July 17, official sources said. The NHM authorities delayed fund release to Tripura alongwith many other states of the nation this financial year causing serious disruptions in reaching guaranteed heathcare to people, the source stated. | 10-Jul-2014 |
| Organic farming, connectivity among budg | New Delhi/Agartala/Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) Organic farming, agricultural research, surface connectivity, sports and entertainment are set to get a boost in northeast India with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's first budget allocating funds for these purposes. | 10-Jul-2014 |
| All election observers reach duty statio | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): All 35 election observers appointed by the State Election Commission for the coming three tier panchayat election have reached concerned duty stations by Thursday morning. All 165 special sector officers appointed for the election process were deployed and all eighteen thousand poll personnel are currently receiving the last phase of mock poll training across the state. | 10-Jul-2014 |
| Northeast can help improve India-Banglad | Agartala, July 10 (IANS) Tripura and other northeastern states can play a vital role to further improve relations between India and Bangladesh, former Bangladesh foreign minister Dipu Moni has said here. | 10-Jul-2014 |
| Former Indian ambassador suggests NE sta | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): The states in India’s Northeast needs to form an independent economic zone to tap full advantage of the Look East Policy for development of the region, former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Alok Sen said. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Full proof security mulled for polling a | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN) : The State Election Commission has arranged for full proof security in the polling and counting process for the coming three-tier Panchayat election, State Election Commissioner Yatendra Kumar said here today. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Malaria outbreak escalates, 1,422 more i | Agartala, July 9 (TIWN): The malaria outbreak spread further on Wednesday with 1,422 more people infected with the parasite according to official reports. The total malaria afflicted figure rose to 26,302 among 1,52,783 fever patients who underwent blood tests in the past two months. No malaria death was reported from anywhere in the state on Wednesday; the death toll stood at 61, an official communiqué said. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Zero-tolerance for terror : Dipu Moni | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): The former Bangladesh foreign minister says the present government will never allow its territory for export of terror." We appreciate India's security concerns in the Northeast and we will continue to crush all insurgents from the region who try to use the soil of Bangladesh," Dipu Moni told TIWN on the sideslines of the one-day Tripura Conclave in Agartala on Wednesday. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Dipu Moni wants symbiotic relation with | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Former foreign minister of Bangladesh Dipu Moni today called for an symbiotic relations and extended multilateral cooperation among Bangladesh, India and other South-East Asian countries. In her key-note address, Moni referred to Bangladesh's support to India, especially Tripura, in trade, joint trade locations like Border Haats, power sharing, access to roads, transportation of food grains, heavy equipment and goods. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Dipu Moni urges for extended Indo-Bangla | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh and Chairman of the Bangladesh Parliamentary standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Dr. Dipu Moni on Wednesday left an open invitation for extended multi-lateral relations with India, Bangladesh and other States of the South East Asia. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura best location for investments an | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Tripura is one of the best states in the NE to host investments and big initiatives, Tripura Chief Secretary Dr. Sanjay Kumar Panda said here today. Addressing a one-day Tripura Conclave - a policy dialogue organized by Tripurainfoway.com at Sukanta Academy auditorium in Agartala this afternoon, the Chief Secretary said Tripura was the only state to have the second largest rubber production in the country, one of the best natural resources, a huge natural gas and oil deposit, a very favorable human resource development index – all rolled into one. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Chabimura rock murals to get new lease o | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Rock murals at Chabimura are all set to get a new lease of live with the forest department making efforts to transform it into a most attractive eco tourism destination. Chabimura, barely a 7 km drive from Amarpur town has enormous murals on the bank of river Gumati, the longest river in the state. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| AR introduces Tele-medicine at Ampi PHC | Ampi, July 9 (TIWN): 15 Bn Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 21 Sector Assam Rifles installed a Tele medicine project at Ampi Primary Health Centre (PHC) to extend medical services to the people of remote areas under Ampi Subdivision. It will be running by the assistance of Ampi Nagar hospital to provide medical treatment for the villagers of Bata Para | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura Conclave : Dr Dipu Moni to arriv | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr.Dipu Moni and Bangladesh delegation would be arriving today at Tripura via Akhaura border to attend TRIPURA CONCLAVE at Sukanta Academy organized by TRIPURAINFOWAY. TRIPURA conclave will begin at 3pm. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| CPM: Rail budget deprives Tripura | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Sharply reacting to the proposed Railway Budget for the 2014-15 FY, the ruling CPM today said it was a true picture of wooing corporate lobby and a deliberate attempt to put more burden on the common people.In a press release, three MPs- Sankar Prasad Dutta, Jitendra Chowdhury and Jharna Das Baidya said Narendra Modi’s pro-corporate lobby concept took front seat in the proposed rail budget. “Though additional funds have been proposed in the budget for executing ongoing rail projects in Northeast region, there was no word on the ongoing Broad Gauge (BG) conversion work upto Agartalaâ€, they said. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| OTPC full load generation begins; Major | UDAIPUR, July 8 (TIWN): The power generation from the Unit-I of the OTPC's 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine(CCGT) Thermal Power Project in Platana has begun from early morning on Tuesday( around 3.45am), said a top level OTPC engineer over phone on Tuesday evening. After an almost whole night operation the Gas Turbine experts from General Electric Comapany's Kerela unit led by Orgis Kuruvilla solved the ongoing problems. And thus ends the four days long power shortage across the state. Meanwhile a top level OTPC official confirmed on Tuesday night that the Major Inspection of the Gas Turbine will go on as per scheduled programme. | 09-Jul-2014 |
| Cabinet reviews malaria situation | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Even as there was no fresh malaria death in the state during the past 24 hours, the situation continues to remain grim in the state’s tribal dominated areas with 1486 patients battling for life. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| MHA approves 17 BSF companies for pancha | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved seventeen training companies of the Border Security Forces (BSF) as additional central force for election duty in the three tier panchayat polls schedulednon July 15, State Election Commissioner Yatendra Kumar said here today. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| CRPF jawan commits suicide | Agartala, July 8 (TIWN): A jawan of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Adharani group centre, CRPF at Lembucherra, an official source confirmed this evening. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| 25th martyr day of SFI leader Arun Deb o | Agartala, July 8 (TIWN): Along with the entire state, 25th martyr day of former SFI state committee member Arun Deb was observed today at Ambassa. To mark the day, SFI, Ambassa Divisional Committee organized a blood donation programme here in the conference hall of TRTC society. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| DM West directs to deposit fire-arms | Agartala, July 8 (TIWN): With an effort to make the forthcoming three-tier Panchayat election and by-election of ward no- 11 under Ranirbazar Nagar Panchayat violence free in the state, the District Magistrate (DM), West- Abhishek Singh in an order directed to deposit all the licensed fire-arms and gun-powder to avoid any kind of aggression before and during the election. The DM West ordered to deposit all the fire arms and gun powder to the local police stations. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| Assured treatment, special diet missing | Agartala, July 8 (TIWN): Treatment offered to the patients suffering from malaria in the state is a sham, Working President of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee Ashish Kumar Saha said today. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| NH- 44A: MoFE yet to clear state’ | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Even as major hurdle- land acquisition for double-lane of the Agartala-Sabroom National Highway (NH-44) has been crossed, a few patches are yet to get clearance from Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE), according highly placed sources. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| HIV positive cases rise in Tripura | Agartala, July 8 (TIWN) : Aiming to provide best possible treatment to the HIV positive carrier or AIDS patients, the Central government has sanctioned a proposal of setting up two Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) Centres in the state. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| MoWR clears anti erosion projects on thr | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): The Ministry of Water Resources recently cleared three proposed anti erosion projects on River Howrah, River Gomati and River Khowai. A letter from Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati to the state government recently said that the revised DPR of the three projects submitted on June 22, 2013 was cleared by the MoWR. All three projects got investment clearance from the Planning Commission of India (PCI) in February earlier this year. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| Centre plans to revoke MGNREGA: Tripura | AGARTALA, July 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre is contemplating revocation of the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGA to help millionaires, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar alleged Tuesday.The scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) mandates 100 days of employment in a financial year to at least one member of each rural household."If the BJP government withdraws MGNREGA, a storm of protests would rock the nation," he said while addressing a public gathering organised in connection with the July 15 election to the three-tier gram-panchayats in the state. | 08-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura Conclave International Meet on J | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): In a press meet at Agartala Press Club on Monday evening, TRIPURAINFOWAY.com MD Saumen Sarker and Convenor & former BBC correspondent Subir Bhaumik announced the details of first ever Tripura Conclave (July 9, wednesday 3pm at Sukanta Academy) which will help Tripura's economy, employment and improving relations through business with India's neighbors Bangladesh, China. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| Kharchi a synthesis of tribal and Hindu | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN):Of the many festivals in the hilly northeast Indian state Tripura, the worship of Fourteen Gods popularly known as Kharchi Puja occupies the pride of the place. Every year it is celebrated with overflowing enthusiasm in June-July. In fact, Tripura is also known as the land of Fourteen Gods. The genesis of the festival according to the Sri Rajmala, a Bengali chronicle of the Royal House of Tripura the Manikya Dynasty which ruled Tripura for around 500 years (1458-1947) is that— the king Tripur was extremely inimical and crude and so Shiva, the Hindu god of destroyer, killed him for his irreligious habit. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| Malaria patient dies, 1412 news cases | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): After a lull, one malaria patient died at Manikpur PHC in Longtharai Valley subdivision in Dhalai district taking the total death toll to 61, according to official sources. Alampriya Tripura (1), who was admitted at Manikpur PHC with high fever breathed her last today despite doctor’s efforts to save her life.She was resident of Puranadhar Roaja Para, a remote village of Chowmanu RD block. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| With insurgency in wane Tripura’s | KAILASHAHAR, July 7 (TIWN): Tea industry in India's northeastern Tripura province after prolonged crisis due to the three decade long insurgency recently started improving as militancy is on the wane in the small state. Only a few years back many of the little more than 50 tea gardens of the state had almost closed down due to kidnapping, killing, looting and arsoning of the tea estate workers, administration staff and owners which was a very common incident in the state. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| Major problems in Gas Turbine; OTPC to g | UDAIPUR, July 8 (TIWN) : The Unit-I of OTPC's 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine(CCGT) Thermal Power Project, Palatana is now having major problems in its Gas Turbine and as a result of it more than three or fiur times the plant is suffering from trip( when power generation automatically stops), said a top level OTPC engineer. The engineer also told TIWN over phone on Monday midnight that to solve the problem OTPC sent an SOS to General Electric(the Gas Turbine Manufacturing Company) and accordingly an expert namely Orgis Kuruvilla has arrived in Palatana on Monday evening from Kerala. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| Trouble at Palatana plant, experts arriv | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): After receiving SOS from the OTPC, two experts from General Engineering Company, a US based company today arrived at Palatana to undertake necessary repair on the 376 MW power plant, official sources confirmed. As per the agreement, two engineers of GEC are stationed at Palatana plant to oversee its operation of the turbines.Of late, the production of Palatana plant has been reduced to 180 MW which is almost fifty percent to its installed capacity causing concern for the OTPC. Tough there has been constant effort to increase power generation, the plant develops problem in the process of enhancing generation prompting the OTPC to bring experts, said OTPC’s Managing Director SK Dube over telephone from Delhi. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| Secretary of Textile Ministry praises BC | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Secretary of Textile Ministry Ms Zohra Chatterjee heaped praise on the role of Bamboo and Cane Development Institute (BCDI) at Lichu Bagan for guiding artisans to develop their skills. Ms Chatterjee, who was on a two-day visit to the state, held meeting with state government officials and stakeholders of handloom, handicrafts and sericulture at Civil Secretary here on July 4.In the meeting, she reviewed the utilization of outlay allocated by the Textile Ministry for the last financial year. Director cum Commissioner of THHS PK Chakma conducted a power point presentation on the activities of the department before the Secretary, Ministry of Textile. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| NDRF team recovers body | Agartala, July 7 (TIWN): After a long chase, divers of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) finally recovered a body of class-XI student of Umakanta Academy from river Howrah near a point of Rajnagar School at 11.00 am, this morning. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| IGDC helping project villagers to fight | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Committed for social and economic welfare of the beneficiaries in the Project villages, the IGDC (Indo – German Development Cooperation) Project has taken a lead in imparting assistance to the local administration in tackling with the alarming situation of malaria infestation. | 07-Jul-2014 |
| Political parties hit the dust with poll | Agartala, July 6 (TIWN): With the Panchayat election at the forefront, political parties have kicked off massive campaign in every part pf the sub divisions and each political parties started firing salvos at each other. Paying heed to the issue, the administration has deployed TSR in various police stations of the state. | 06-Jul-2014 |
| ONGC lends helping hand in fighting agai | AGARTALA, July 6 (TIWN) : In a bid to lend a hand in the fight against Malaria in the state, ONGC Tripura asset distributed 1100 medicated mosquito nets in the worst affected Dhalai district of the state in consultation with Chief Medical Officer and administration. The team from ONGC was led by Asset Manager V P Mahawar and comprised of senior officials and members of collectives and was accompanied by DM Dholai Dr. Milind Ramteke & CMO-Dhalai. | 06-Jul-2014 |
| CM remains silent on job issue | AGARTALA, July 6 (TIWN): In Tripura, opposition parties- Congress, Trinamool Congress and BJP could not be able to provide a better alternative as the ruling Left Front will continue to remain in place, said Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. While addressing in two separate election rallies at Netaji Subhash Mahavidhalaya ground and Chandrapur School ground, the Left Front star campaigner said the Congress had suffered humiliating defeat in the last Lok Sabha elections. “Having rejected by the voters, how come party’s leaders will go to doorstep of voters ahead of Panchayat elections? This time too, voters will give a lesson to the Congress for its anti people policiesâ€, he said. | 06-Jul-2014 |
| IAS nomination: TCS officers’ Ass | AGARTALA, July 6 (TIWN): Alarmed at the government’s move to fill up three IAS vacant posts by non-Tripura Civil Service officers, Tripura TCS Officers’ Association has decided to meet Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Chief Secretary SK Panda on Monday or Tuesday to stall the process. The government has initiated a process to promote three officers- Dr. Manash Deb, Rajesh Bhattacharjee and Mahananda Debbarma for the potential contenders for IAS nomination. | 06-Jul-2014 |
| Assam Rifles arranges pre-recruitment tr | Teliamura, July 6 (TIWN): With an effort to motivate the unemployed youths to join Army, the 38 Bn Assam Rifles started a pre-recruitment training at the 38 Bn Assam Rifles headquarter in Hrankhal Para under Teliamura sub-division. The 2nd in command, 38 Bn Assam Rifle- Major Raghubir, Singh confirmed it over the telephone, here today.The pre-training was started from July 4 and would continue till July 19. Under the command of Major Raghubir Sing, jawans of 38 Bn Assam Rifle working relentlessly to prepare the youths for the forthcoming army rally. During the training, the youths will get trained about the recruitment process of Army, physical interview and other relevant procedures, he added. | 06-Jul-2014 |
| Badal refutes charges of defying malaria | AGARTALA, July 5 (TIWN): Tripura Health Minister Badal Choudhury today refuted charges of wrong medication adopted in the anti-malaria treatment protocol used by the state Health Department and said that the state government adopted the latest treatment protocol suggested for Tripura alongwith other states of the NE.Addressing the media at the Agartala Press Club here this afternoon, Health Minster Choudhury said that the state government didn’t receive any communication from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare banning the use of ACT-SP, a second generation drug previously used for malaria prevention in the NE. | 05-Jul-2014 |
| More 1,200 affected with malaria, no dea | AGARTALA, July 5 (TIWN): Healthcare personnel today diagnosed 1,222 more patients with malaria parasite across the state. The entire malaria afflicted population rose to 21,237 today. A total of 5,645 fever patients were diagnosed across the state today, an official communiqué said here today.The state government has adopted the highest possible measure to combat the malaria outbreak that cost sixty lives till date. No new case of malaria death was reported from anywhere in the state today, the communiqué said. 1,24,592 patients suffering with fever were diagnosed across the state including institutional treatment in hospitals and health camps till date since the beginning of institutional malaria treatment delivery on June 13.A high level team of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program recently visited the state and inspected several rural hospitals of the state. | 05-Jul-2014 |
| CPI (M) has no future in national politi | AGARTALA, July 5 (TIWN): CPI (M) has no future in national politics, expelled CPI (M) leader and firebrand leader of West Bengal Rajjak Molla said here today. Interacting with the media at the Agartala Press Club here this afternoon, Molla said that India doesn’t have the practical situation to start class struggle and establish socialism as preached by CPI (M) leaders. Flaying the CPI (M) led Left Front government in Tripura, Molla said that the state was being projected in the national media for clean governance and incorrupt political practice. | 06-Jul-2014 |
| CM hits party's campaign trail | AGARTALA, July 5 (TIWN): Coming down heavily on the opposition parties- Congress, BJP and Trinamool Congress, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today said the country experienced step price rise and inflation during one –month tenure of the saffron party led government. | 05-Jul-2014 |
| Tripura Health Minister refutes charges | AGARTALA, July 5 (TIWN): Tripura Health Minister Badal Choudhury today refuted charges of wrong medication adopted in the anti-malaria treatment protocol used by the state Health Department and said that the state government adopted the latest treatment protocol suggested for Tripura alongwith other states of the NE. | 05-Jul-2014 |
| Search on for full-fledged DGP | AGARTALA, July 5 (TIWN): The government struggling to appoint a full-fledged DGP after the retirement of C. Balasubramanian, who was one of the finest top cops the state has had.As the DGP, Mr. Balasubramanian has earned goodwill for his well-mannered attitude unlike other senior IPS officers. As a temporary arrangement, the government has appointed K. Nagaraju to discharge duty of the DGP though he is junior to D P Sinha, Kishore Jha and PVK Reddy.Sources in the police headquarters confirmed, Mr. Sinha is the senior-most Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officer who has been on central deputation for long time. He is not interested to assume the office of DGP, Tripura since he is going to retire within next few months. | 06-Jul-2014 |
| TET: Dept proposes for board | AGARTALA, July 5 (TIWN): Rattled by the legal tussle over the appointment of teachers, the School Education department has initiated a process to constitute a board to conduct Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET), according to official sources. | 05-Jul-2014 |