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OTPC Palatana : Experts successfully rem | UDAIPUR / PALATANA August 27 (TIWN): Experts of USA based General Electric and Sogex Oman have ultimately succeeded in removing the old hardware equipments from the Gas Turbine's Combustion Chamber. According to TIWN sources now the engineers of GE and Sogex Oman are busy in installing the hardware materials like Combustion Liner, Transmission Piece, Burner. Round the clock monitoring is now on from GE's headquarters in Atlanta. And TIWN source in OTPC told on Tuesday night, "As of now everything is going on swiftly. And experts have crossed initial hurdles without much difficulty.And it is expected that within two or three days GE and Sojex Oman will complete installing the hardware equipments in Gas Turbine's Combustion Chamber. "If everything goes well first unit will again be handed over to BHEL for power generation by 28th or 29th August midnight. And after initial experiments production may resume from 4th or 5th September. | 27-Aug-2014 |
TRIPURAINFOWAY.com news rocks State Fina | AGARTALA, August 27 (TIWN): TRIPURAINFOWAY.com investigative news simply rocked the interior of the State Govt as the news was the hot topic of discussion among the top level officials to lower employees in the State Secretariat. According to TIWN sources it is learnt that Finance Department's top officials as well as the high profile bureaucrats in the state govt remained stunned how such confidential news got leaked from the Finance Department and came to media.Meanwhile, under tremendous pressure and criticism from all corners state govt took verbal permission from the Governor to prepare Pay Bills for the month of August including 7% of recent DA released by the Cabinet, said a top level official (provided name will be kept secret) in the state govt.The official said TIWN that immediately instructions have been sent to all DDOs to prepare the pay bills for the month of August and submit it to the treasury. | 27-Aug-2014 |
AMC to spend Rs. 4 cr under TUEP for upc | AGARTALA, August 27 (TIWN): Agartala Municipal Corporation is going to spend 4 crore rupees under Tripura Urban Employment Programme (TUEP) for the upcoming Durga Puja. Executive Engineer of Central Zone Arun Roy said to tripurainfoway. | 27-Aug-2014 |
Midday meal at Bishalgarh’ Nayapa | AGARTALA, August 27 (TIWN): lives of forty five students of the Bishalghar Nayapara S.B. school, under Sepahijala district, were threatened by the midday meal being provided to them by the school authority. However all of them were out of danger now- Investigation Officer informed this to tripurainfoway. | 27-Aug-2014 |
Madrassa teachers to be included under | AGARTALA, August 27 (TIWN): Demands were placed to include 385 teachers SPQEM under grant-in-aid of state Government. The teachers who got job under SPQEM are passing days facing lot of hardship. Meanwhile, questions were raised on the future of a section of teacher. | 27-Aug-2014 |
Unrest situation in Taikurma H.S School | Manu, Santirbazar, August 27 (TIWN): At last patience has been broken , Students of Taikurma H.S School protested peacefully demanding adequate teachers in school they have taken part in procession. There is acute shortage of teacher in Taikurma HS School. There is no sufficient classroom in the school. | 27-Aug-2014 |
19 fishes died in Kalyan Sagar : No one | MATABARI, UDAIPUR, August 27 (TIWN): Due to total negligence from the Fishery Department, the department in charge of taking care of Kalyan Sagar, 19 fishes died in Kalyan Sagar on Tuesday and if the water condition does not improve, more marine animals are likely to succumb. Since late night on Monday fishes were dying and on Tuesday morning when morning walkers visited Matabari as usual they found some fishes floating on the surface water of the Kalyan Sagar already dead. Interestingly, though the news spread within a few minutes none of the officials of the Fishery Department thought it necessary to visit the Matabari. | 26-Aug-2014 |
CM Manik Sarkar hospitalized and release | AGARTALA, August 26 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today had to hospitalized in Agartala Govt Medical College & G B P Hospital as he felt severe pain from from Spondylitis when he was in his chamber this evening. It is learnt that Chief Minister was in his office at around 5.40 pm but soon he felt pain. Within a few minutes his physical condition became worse and at once he was admitted in G B P Hospital. | 26-Aug-2014 |
ICDS conducts Skill Education Camps in K | Kamalpur, August 26 (TIWN): ICDS Dept ,Salema organized Six Adult Education/ Life Skill Education Camps in different part of Kamalpur Sub Division. | 26-Aug-2014 |
Tripura boy dies in custody at Saudi Ara | Agartala, August 26 (TIWN): A 37 old man from Sonamura sub-division today died in police custody at Tabouk province in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Family sources in Sonapur village under Sonamura police station demanded intervention from the central and state government to bring back the body from Saudi for cremation. | 26-Aug-2014 |
Tripura seeks Bangladesh intervention fo | AGARTALA, August 26 (TIWN): Tripura placed seven point demands before Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed during the recent visit of an Indian delegation headed by Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) General (Retd) VK Singh to Dhaka including grant of multi modal transit through Bangladesh using Chittagong and Ashuganj ports, Tripura law and parliamentary affairs minister Tapan Chakraborty said here today.Interacting with the media at his office in the civil secretariat here today, the minister, who joined the Indian delegation to Dhaka as sole representative from Tripura, said that he sought intervention from the Bangladesh government to allow Ashuganj and Chittagong ports to India for multi modal transport. | 27-Aug-2014 |
Fishes die at Kalyansagar lake after rar | Agartala, August 26 (TIWN): Pollution levels at Kalyansagar Lake in Tripurasundari Temple, Udaipur was found to have risen today in yet another note of alarm to the pond ecology as over thirty fishes were found dead, floating on the water Tuesday morning. | 26-Aug-2014 |
International Peace Conference held in A | AGARTALA, August 26 (TIWN): International Peace Conference was organized by Universal Peace Federation of India (UPF) and Holy Cross College on building nations of peace: our shared responsibility at Nazrul Kalashetra here today. | 26-Aug-2014 |
Illegal filling of water bodies belongin | UDAIPUR, August 26 (TIWN): Allegations were raised against the SDM and a few officials of district office for allegedly involved in the filling up and selling water bodies that belong to royal dynasty without the permission of higher authorities. | 26-Aug-2014 |
IDBI bank branch and ATM opened | AGARTALA, August 26 (TIWN): The Industrial Development Bank of India recently opened a branch bank with ATM counter here at Ampi Nagar. The new building is located just below the Ampi Nagar hospital. The IDBI inaugurated the building recently. Speaking about the new branch, Manager of IDBI Asish Kumar Roy said, “Ampi Nagar is having a Gramin Bank. | 26-Aug-2014 |
Governor slams state govt on DA issue; d | AGARTALA, August 26 (TIWN): Taking a very strong and bold step (quite unexpected by the state govt) Governor of Tripura Padmnabha Balakrishna Acharya denied to approve the file of 7% Dearness Allowance recently released by the state govt. A top level official in the state Finance Department told TIWN on Tuesday morning," Though the Cabinet has released 7% DA to state govt employees w.e.f 1/7/2014 Governor strongly denied to sign on the approval paper. Twice the Finance Department sent the file to the Governor for his approval. | 27-Aug-2014 |
Multi-crore cultural complex in Udaipur: | UDAIPUR,August 26 (TIWN): Even before the inauguration of the multi-crore Cultural Complex of Udaipur, serious debate arises as experts from Urban Development Department are learnt to have found some serious violations in the already completed construction that raised the question," Is it another wastage of huge amount of Govt money?" The newly constructed Cultural Complex involving a cost of more than 22 crores is scheduled to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on 6th September. But with less than three weeks' time before inauguration the Cultural Committee consisting of Left wings' loyal is now in dilemma how to make damage control. | 25-Aug-2014 |
Twipraland effort to confuse tribal yout | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) executive member for education Radhacharan Debbarma on Monday criticized the demand of Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) for separate statehood comprising of district council areas under name and style of Twipraland. The move was an effort to confuse and deviate tribal youths from the paths of peaceful coexistence, Debbarma said. | 25-Aug-2014 |
Tripura state university bill deferred, | AGARTALA, August 26 (TIWN): The Bill for Tripura’s own state university wouldn’t be tabled in the forthcoming monsoon session of the state legislative assembly. The bill would need further deliberations and understanding before it was tabled in the assembly, Tripura education minister Tapan Chakraborty said here today. | 26-Aug-2014 |
TSECL suffered a loss of Rs 120 crore du | UDAIPUR, August 26 (TIWN):Power Minister Manik Dey inaugurated the Killa Electrical Sub-Division and Computerized Energy Billing System on Monday. Minister for Forest Department Naresh Jamatia was the Chief Guest on this occasion. Others who remained present on this occasion were Principal Secretary of TSECL S K Rakesh, DM Gomati Sonal Goel , Joy Kishore Jamatia, MDC,TTAADC ect. Chairman of Killa BAC Amrita Sadhan Jamatia presided over the programme. CMD ,TSECL Shyamal Kr Roy gave away the Welcome Address. Last year TSECL suffered a huge loss of Rs 120 crore and this mainly due to inadequate internal generation in the state. TSECL had to buy additional powers from outside to meet the shortage and that resulted in huge loss. | 26-Aug-2014 |
Unakoti district lags behind in NREGA | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): Despite of adequate funds, the Unakoti district has been lagging behind in implementation of MGNREGA as compared to other districts. | 25-Aug-2014 |
Ecotourism Society experts conclude asse | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): The seven member expert delegation of Eco Tourism Society of India, that has been visiting the state since August 23, on Monday concluded visit and suggested the state government to focus on marketing its tourism infrastructure and facilities. | 25-Aug-2014 |
Malaria epidemic under control | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): The malaria outbreak that ravaged distant tribal hamlets of Tripura for the past three months was largely contained, an official communiqué from the Department of Health and Family Welfare said later this evening. | 25-Aug-2014 |
CPIM and BJP Candidates file their nomin | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): CPIM Candidate Prabhat Chowdhury and BJP Candidate Nirmal Tripura filed their nomination paper for upcoming Manu By-Election on Monday. However Trinamool Congress had announced their candidate Anaitha Mog yesterday. | 25-Aug-2014 |
19 ADC village committees flow with unab | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): ADC village committees under Gandacherra sub division came under the scanner recently as they failed to produce audited accounts of income and expenditure from the last financial year till date, official sources said. | 25-Aug-2014 |
OTPC likely to resume power generation f | PALATANA/UDAIPUR, August 25 (TIWN): Under round the clock monitoring from Atalanta ,USA based General Electric(GE) Headquarters engineers and technical experts of GE and Sogex Oman an Oman based company in charge of maintenance and repairing of OTPC plant have successfully opened the Gas Turbine on Thursday. And now all are busy in Major Inspection of Gas Turbine. According to OTPC sources it is learnt that now the real inspection will begin. And if everything goes well OTPC is likely to resume generation from the Unit-I of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine(CCGT) Thermal Power Plant from September 3 mid night or September 4 morning, authenticated by our TIWN sources. An OTPC top level official said that the experts of GE and Sojex Oman India Pvt Ltd are now busy in experimenting the Combustion Chamber and Combustion Liner of the Gas Turbine. | 26-Aug-2014 |
Rubber Board of India eyes higher culti | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): The Rubber Board of India is eyeing at higher production of rubber latex in the state with the introduction of proper training. Rubber Board Chairman Sheela Thomas said while addressing a certificate distribution ceremony that the state shared a huge potential for augmentation of rubber cultivation. Rubber growers could deploy organized and trained skills to enhance the production graph in the days ahead, Thomas said. The debut batch of Rubber Nursery Worker Training Programme was held at Sanskritik Bhawan in Tulabagan near Mohanpur Higher Secondary school today. Sheela Thomas today said while addressing the pilot batch of the trainees that the state was suitably situated for rubber cultivation. The training scheme for skill development of the rubber nursery workers was launched on June 18 in Tripura after Kerala. | 25-Aug-2014 |
All 8 DEO's are instructed to purchase b | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): A serious issue has been raised from a circular issued from the Directorate of School Education, Govt of Tripura instructing all District Programme Coordinators (DEOs) of all the eight districts for procurement of two books for all Secondary Schools written by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Chief Secretary S K Panda from the Annual Grant provided to 839 Schools by RMSA (Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksa Abhiyan). The circulation has once again raised question marks on the motive of the government as academicians, parents and students are skeptical as to whether these two books will do any help in Secondary Education, whether any value to Secondary level students or its a ploy to generate sales of books with no takers and force upon the State's schools to buy them ? | 26-Aug-2014 |
7 members of MHA team from Delhi arrives | AGARTALA, August 25 (TIWN): The 7 member team from the Ministry of Home Affairs headed by Rajiv Gobha arrived at Agartala today. They will visit Reang Refugee Camp at kanchanpur Sub-Division under North Tripura District. Secretary of Relief and Rehabilitation Department Swapan Saha confirmed this to TIWN. | 25-Aug-2014 |
Royal Tripura Foundation holds health c | AGARTALA, August 24 (TIWN): Royal Tripura Foundation, an NGO founded and run by Pradyot Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarma, current head of Tripura’s Manikya royal family, erstwhile monarchal rulers of the state observed a health camp and anti malaria sensitization campaign at Thalcherra in Longtravalley sub-division of Dhalai district to mark the birth anniversary of late Maharaj Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur. | 24-Aug-2014 |
Governor visits Reang IDP relief camps i | AGARTALA, August 24 (TIWN): Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya on Sunday visited Naisinghpara and Ashapara – two major relief camps housing Reang displacement victims from Mizoram in North Tripura district. The governor said that he was sent to visit the lifestyle and problems faced by the camp inmates by the BJP led NDA governments. The issues would be soon looked into, Government Acharya said. | 25-Aug-2014 |
Jhumiya families living in insanitary, s | AGARTALA, August 24 (TIWN): Jhumiya families are living in acute insanitary conditions in most villagers of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), ADC chief executive member Ranjit Debbarma said. Addressing the monsoon session in response to a call-in-attention notice moved by member of district council Pratiram Tripura, the chief executive member said that many jhumiya families were found to be living in sub-human conditions with domestic animals in the same room. | 24-Aug-2014 |
Sabroom Srinagar Road remains cut off du | Sabroom, August 24 (TIWN): Sabroom Srinagar Road is remain cut off due to Flood. Heavy overnight rains wreaked the PWD road. As a result people are facing huge problem of their movement in that area. No vehicles are moving through this important road. Village people of that area also raising questions to District Administration to solve this road problem as early as possible. PWD SDO,SDM himself going to this place and trying to solve this road problem soon. | 24-Aug-2014 |
'Uranium' seized in Dhaka : This could w | DHAKA / AGARTALA, August 24 (TIWN / bdnews24): Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Deputy Commissioner (DC) Krishnapad Roy said that police have detained 11 people from different areas of Dhaka, believed to be involved in smuggling uranium.Information provided by them led the detectives to raid a house in Banani , from where the uranium was seized, he told a media briefing on Sunday."Those detained claim it is uranium. They have been looking for a buyer for the last six months for it. We will send it to the Atomic Energy Commission to find out whether it is uranium," said the DMP official. | 25-Aug-2014 |
Displaced Reangs demand Kasmiri Pandit l | AGARTALA, Aug 24 (TIWN): 33000 displaced Reangs, now sheltered in six evacuee camps in Tripura’s North district today demanded status like Kasmiri Pandits or the Tamil refugees for a better living.This demand was made in a written memorandum submitted to the Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya when he visited the Naisinghpara evacuee camp in Kanchanpur subdivision.Handing over the memorandum, President of the Mizo Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF), A Swaibunga stated that the camp inmates were facing acute crisis of drinking water, proper accommodation and their children were growing like no body’s children. | 25-Aug-2014 |
Eight teams to monitor campaigns, contes | AGARTALA, August 24 (TIWN): Returning Officer (RO) for the assembly by-election at 39 Manu constituency today formed eight observer teams to keep strict vigil on the progress of preparations for the coming by-poll, official sources said. A highly placed source in the sub-divisional administration today said that the teams were formed following the guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The source further said that video surveillance teams, video viewing teams, accounting teams, flying squads, static surveillance teams, media certification and monitoring teams, expenditure monitoring control room and call centre to maintain the election code of conduct. | 24-Aug-2014 |
NH-44 in a dilapidated condition, PWD si | AGARTALA, August 24 (TIWN): The Longtrai area of National Highway 44 continues to be in a dilapidated condition, yet PWD is not taking any initiative to renovate the road. | 24-Aug-2014 |
SBI takes initiative to make people awar | KAMALPUR, August 24 (TIWN): In a new-fangled initiative, State Bank of India, Kamalpur branch today held a discussion session on banking services at Kamalpur Government College. | 24-Aug-2014 |
Eight teams to monitor campaigns, conte | AGARTALA, August 23 (TIWN): Returning Officer (RO) for the assembly by-election at 39 Manu constituency today formed eight observer teams to keep strict vigil on the progress of preparations for the coming by-poll, official sources said. A highly placed source in the sub-divisional administration today said that the teams were formed following the guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI). | 24-Aug-2014 |
Governor PB Acharya gives away Ustad Bis | AGARTALA, August 23 (TIWN): Governor PB Acharya today gave away the 7th Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Utsav Puraskar to thirty two youngsters for musical acumen on a number of musical instruments at Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan in Agartala. The governor said that art served as an essential bridge across language and cultural differences in a diverse society like India. “Ustad Bismillah Khan Puraskar Utsav proves and gives a real exposure to our national theme of unity in diversityâ€, the Governor stated. | 23-Aug-2014 |
Landslide at NH 44 halts supply, veg pri | Agartala, Aug 23 (TIWN): At the time when the skyrocketing price of vegetables and essential commodities have put the people of middle class and lower middle-class in extreme trouble in commodity market, the halt in the supply of commodities due to the landslide at Phangsangbasti near Sonarpur in Meghalaya has added a jolt with additional hike in price of vegetables. | 23-Aug-2014 |
Governor PB Acharya lambasts state govt | Agartala, August 23 (TIWN): Tripura’s incumbent Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya today lambasted the ruling Left Front saying that the state was suffering from brain drain in the left regime and said that the state’s internal school education system was in shambles. | 23-Aug-2014 |
Gun runner shot dead at Sonamura, no arr | Agartala, August 23 (TIWN): Internal clashes among a smuggling and illegal gun running racket at Sonamura left one Md. Iman Hossain dead with bullet wounds in the head at Rahimpur in Boxanagar under Sonamura sub-division on Friday. We couldn’t arrest anybody yet; efforts are on to pressurize families of the accused to bring them back from Bangladesh where they are suspected to have taken refuge, police sources said. | 23-Aug-2014 |
Governor to visit the Bru Refugee camp o | AGARTALA, August 23 (TIWN):Governor P. manabha Balakrishna Achariya will visit BRU Refugee camp at Kanchanpur Sub-division under North Tripura district on Sunday. In the meantime seven member committee set up by Tripura High Court will visit the camp at 25-28th of the month. | 23-Aug-2014 |
NDA gives message to NE states “NG | GUWAHATI /AGARTALA, August 23 (TIWN):Narendra Modi led NDA government has passed a clear message to northeastern states that unless generate revenue at state level, Govt of India is not going to sponsor projects for the states any more.After two days patient hearing to the deliberation of Northeastern Chief Ministers - mostly free advisories to Centre how Ministry of Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER) and Northeast Council (NEC) to be more generous to the region, DoNER Minister Gen (Retd) V K Singh asked the states to generate sufficient fund at their own before plan any project. | 24-Aug-2014 |
Tripura Governor wants education for int | AGARTALA, August 23 (TIWN): The emergency landing of Governor’s chopper in remote Bairagipara J B School ground in Kalayanpur two days ago made Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya to understand the dismal figure of education in Tripura. Talking to media today he said it sounds good and make anybody happy that Tripura is having school at least each in every kilometer but if doesn’t yield any output what is the use of such infrastructure.“It pains me when I found 15 teachers are appointed for 36 students with a building in the school. If students are not sufficient in the schools then the authority should amalgamate a few schools together with best infrastructure; otherwise, outflow of students from the state for simple graduation,†Acharya pointed out. | 24-Aug-2014 |
Hike in price: Bhanu Lal shifted respons | AGARTALA, August 23 (TIWN): Price of potato in Tripura even sets a record at Rs 50 per kilo. But there is not any visible action from the left front government in Tripura. State Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha told TIWN that the price can't be controlled by State Government, need interference of Central Government, in the existing market regulation mechanism. | 23-Aug-2014 |
Rajdhani express to touch Agartala if pl | AGARTALA, August 23 (TIWN): Will Agartala- Delhi Rajhdhani express arrives in 2015’s April? The question remains unresolved. But Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is embarking into the plan to connect Agartala with Delhi little more than a day by Rajdhani if plan progresses right, then there it is confirm. A top official of NFR informs that works progresses for setting up of broad-gage upto Agartala will be going to complete within 2015. Immediately after gauge conversion Agartala-Delhi Rajdhani express will soon start operation. However, public relation officer of NF Railway Sanjoy Lahiri neither deny the proposition nor accepted the plan. | 24-Aug-2014 |
Modi's top priority Northeast, says Gove | AGARTALA / DHAKA,August 23 (TIWN / bdnews24): Governor of Nagaland and Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has claimed that the newly appointed Modi government in Delhi is giving maximum priority to the development of India’s northeast region. He says security of the region is at stake in an area surrounded by foreign countries | 24-Aug-2014 |
TTAADC plans to develop infrastructure a | Agartala, August 23 (TIWN): The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) has contemplated to develop infrastructure of the district council sub-zonal offices, ADC chief executive member Ranjit Debbarma said. | 23-Aug-2014 |