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On NERLDC's request, OTPC Palatana shutd | PALATANA / UDAIPUR, August 20 (TIWN): As requested by North Eastern Regional Load Despatch Contre(NERLDC) OTPC has postponed the scheduled Major Inspection of the Gas Turbine of Unit-I upto 10am on Wednesday. As scheduled the Complete shut down was yo start from 00.00, hours on Wednesday. But on request from NERLDC , OPTC ultimately has postponed the Major Inspection. It is learnt that the experts from Philippines and India will arrive Palatana by Wednesday and start the inspection. It is expected that within two years time the plant is expected to reach its full-fledged power generation capacity(726.6MW). | 20-Aug-2014 |
Bad weather made emergency landing of Go | Agartala, August 19 (TIWN): Helicopter of Governor of Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya had to made a emergency landing at Bhairagi helipad in Kalyanpur due to bad weather. Governor was travelling from Dimapur to Agartala via Imphal on Tuesday. | 19-Aug-2014 |
Sabroom Girls HS School Students boycott | Sabroom,August 19 (TIWN):Most of the Classes of Sabroom Girls HS School are lacking subject teachers. They are protesting through poster and slogan in the school campus. They want administration from the local leaders to improve their education. Students say if the administration fails to provide subject teachers, then the students will boycott their school classes for long. | 19-Aug-2014 |
Palatana project to undergo shutdown fro | Agartala, August 19 (TIWN): The ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC) powered Palatana power plant would go for routine shutdown from August 20, Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey said here today. | 19-Aug-2014 |
BSF, BGB join hands on environment | DHAKA / AGARTALA, August 19 (TIWN): Border guards of India and Bangladesh on Tuesday expressed concern over changing climatic cycles and promised appropriate actions during an exchange of saplings at the Akhaura border between Tripura and Bangladesh. Border Security Force (BSF), promoting “My Earth My Duty†on Tuesday, organised an exchange of saplings with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to educated troopers on both sides about global warming.The programme was a part of the massive drive taken by BSF to plant 180,000 saplings throughout the country in 30 minutes in its ambit areas on Tuesday. | 19-Aug-2014 |
Finance Minister denies allegation of go | AGARTALA, August 19 (TIWN):Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha today straightaway denied the state government’s liability for the Tripura’s current economic condition having the highest inflation in the country and said that state governments couldn’t have any control on local market prices in an open market economy. | 20-Aug-2014 |
OTPC Shutdown begins from 00.00 hours on | PALATANA / UDAIPUR, August 19 (TIWN): Recent invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to inaugurate the Commercial Generation from Unit-II of 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Thermal Power Plant in Palatana was a sheer stance of attracting national and international media has become clear when OTPC officially declared on Monday afternoon that the Major Inspection of Gas Turbine of the Unit-I will begin from 00.00 hours on Tuesday midnight (20th August). | 19-Aug-2014 |
CPI (M) to start two day state meet from | AGARTALA, August 19 (TIWN): The CPI (M) state committee would choose its candidate for the upcoming by-election at Manu assembly constituency, party sources said today.The party’s two day state committee meeting starting August 19 is slated to discuss a number of strategic issues including party resolutions adopted at the central committee meeting held earlier this month.A source inside the CPI (M) said that the state committee would be discussing on the political agenda decided at the recent central committee meeting held at New Delhi. The two day central committee meet that conclude on August 10 finalized the conference schedules for party bodies ranging from branch committees to the next party congress. | 19-Aug-2014 |
Cabinet resolves to hold recruitment in | AGARTALA, August 19 (TIWN): The state cabinet today resolved to induct 22 fishery officers, 73 fishery assistants and ten vacant posts of Lower Division Clerks (LDC), Minister for Finance Bhanulal Saha said here today. Speaking to reporters at the civil secretariat after conclusion of the cabinet meeting this morning, Finance Minister Saha said. | 19-Aug-2014 |
Co-driver of Bangladeshi truck goes miss | Agartala, Aug 19 (TIWN / IANS) A co-driver of a Bangladeshi truck, carrying rice from Ashuganj port of that country to Tripura, has gone missing here, police said Tuesday. | 19-Aug-2014 |
BSF Aims To Enter The 'Limca Book Of Rec | AGARTALA, August 19 (TIWN): Concerned with global warming and climate change, the BSF had launched a "My Earth, My Duty" plantation programme. BSFs 180,000 sapling green mission along Indias frontiersThe paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) aims to enter the Limca Book of Records by planting 180,000 trees along Indias frontiers Tuesday, an official said.Over 10,500 BSF troopers would plant 180,000 trees in 30 minutes (10 a.m. to 10.30 am) August 19 all along India’s borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to BSF deputy inspector general Bhaskar Rawat. | 19-Aug-2014 |
Young Corner Club wins Sukhomoy Sen Smri | AGARTALA, August 18 (TIWN): Young Corner Club today won the Sukhomoy Sen Smriti Football Tournament by 4-1 goals above the other finalist GHT club. ONGC asset manager VP Mahawar handed over the champions trophy to soccers of Young Corner Club at Central Jail ground in Agartala. He said that that the public oil and natural gas explorer would continue patronizing the tournament. | 18-Aug-2014 |
Rubber plantations degrading environment | Agartala, August 18 (TIWN): Rubber plantations are expanding rapidly in Tripura. Rampant destruction of natural forest is causing enormous environmental problems. | 18-Aug-2014 |
CPIM faces infighting over By Election o | Agartala, August 18 (TIWN): By Election of 39-Manu (ST) is going to be held on September 13 - just before Durga Puja according to State Election Commission. | 18-Aug-2014 |
Landslide : Sabroom Srinagar and Sabroom | Sabroom, August 18 (TIWN): Most of the road between Sabroom Srinagar and Sabroom Amligaht Road is remain cut off due to landslide.Heavy overnight rains wreaked havoc in entire Sabroom Sub Division.The people living in those area have been evacuated to safety. | 18-Aug-2014 |
CPIM State Committee meeting begins tomo | Agartala, August 18 (TIWN): A crucial party meeting of CPIM State Committee will begin tomorrow. The meeting will continue for two days. | 18-Aug-2014 |
Hunt for rebel turned poacher : Tripura | AGARTALA/ DHAKA (TIWN / bdnews24 ): Tripura police and forest officials are looking for a surrendered militant, from whose house two elephant tusks worth several lakhs has been recovered recently along with two heads of barking deer.Police suspects former National Liberation Front (NLFT) of Tripura militant Rathindra Debbarma killed the elephant , whose tusk was recovered from his house in Arjuncobrapara village near the border with Bangladesh on Sunday evening. | 18-Aug-2014 |
Northeast CMs' meet to decide roadmap fo | AGARTALA, Aug 18 (TIWN / IANS) DoNER Minister Gen. (retd) V.K. Singh would meet the chief ministers of all eight northeastern states in Guwahati Aug 21-22 to decide a roadmap for the development of the region, an official said here Monday.This would be the Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) minister's first meeting with the chief ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur and Sikkim. "The meeting would discuss and resolve various strategies and plans on agriculture, roadways, education, power, transport, tourism, industries and health sectors of the region," an official of the North Eastern Council (NEC) told IANS. | 19-Aug-2014 |
One more child afflicted with hydrocepha | AGARTALA, August 18 (TIWN): Tripura’s hydrocephalus cases keep rising as a third child was diagnosed to have been afflicted with hydrocephalus in less than two years in the state. Ankita Das, a four year old girl from Khayerpur in Old Agartala block under the Sadar sub-division was confirmed to have been afflicted by hydrocephalus from the GB Hospital. She Das didn’t exhibit any symptom of hydrocephalus till the first three months from birth, family source said. | 18-Aug-2014 |
State celebrates Janmasthami | AGARTALA, August 18 (TIWN): Tripura celebrates Shri Krishna’s Janmasthami with religious fervor on Monday like rest of India. The temples of Agartala are being decorated with colorful lights and balloons. Jagganath Jew Temple and Shri Krishna Temple become the main attraction where hundreds of devotees throng to the temples. | 18-Aug-2014 |
Land dispute may turn ugly | AGARTALA, August 18 (TIWN): Dispute over grasping land measuring 650 kani of khas land by land mafias may lead to a major trouble. One Karangicherra ADC village, adjoining Asharambari BSF camp under Tulashikhar block, Khowai is having 6500 kani of sources especially expensive tress in it. | 18-Aug-2014 |
One more killed by Malaria Parasite atta | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): The malaria outbreak today returned with the death of a three year old kid at Longtraivalley sub-division, official sources said. A highly placed source in the Department of Health and Family Welfare today said that Khagen Mohan Tripura (3), son of Dari Mohan Tripura of Manikpur village under Dhalai district died at Chailgnta sub-divisional hospital on Sunday, official sources said. | 18-Aug-2014 |
VHP celebrates golden jubilee, holds ral | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday observed its golden jubilee and Janmashtami by rallies in different parts of the state alongwith the rest of the country. A central rally was held at Agartala this afternoon; similar rallies were reportedly organized at Kailashahar and Dharmanagar in North Tripura district, a source in the organization said. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Truckloads of foodgrains continues to re | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): Truckloads of foodgrain consignment from Andhra Pradesh that travelled through the Ashuganj port in Bangladesh en route Diamond Harbour in the past one month, today entered the Indian territory through Akhaura International Check Post (ICP) in Tripura, official sources said. | 17-Aug-2014 |
BSF's 180,000 sapling green mission alon | Agartala, Aug 17 (TIWN / IANS) The paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) aims to enter the "Limca Book of Records" by planting 180,000 trees along India's frontiers Tuesday, an official said. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Women not properly involved in blood don | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today admitted that the womenfolk couldn’t be properly involved in the state’s voluntary blood donation movement. Addressing the inaugural programme of a voluntary blood donation camp organized by Juba Samaj at Joynagar in Agartala city this afternoon, Chief Minister Sarkar said that number of women involved in blood donation is less than the number of men in the state. He urged the women to come forward in the practice. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Deprivation by 13th Finance Commission : | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): Leader of Opposition Sudip Roy Barman on Saturday made a sharp attack on the state govt for telling lies to the people of the state and the state govt employees. Sudip Roy Barman told TIWN over telephone," In the name of Deprivation of 13th Finance Commission Left Front and CPI(M) collectively and very successfully collapsed the economy of the state and once again the party is on its way to make the same type of false campaign during the tenure of 14th Finance Commission clearly knowing that Finance Commission will not propose for allocation of funds from the Centre unless state govt implements Central Pay Scale to the state govt. employees as per the recommendation of 6th Pay Commission. | 18-Aug-2014 |
Rs.500 crore outlay for Agartala-Sabroom | New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) An outlay of Rs.500 crore has been provided for the 110-km Agartala-Sabroom (India-Bangladesh) new rail link during 2014-15, an official statement said here. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Approval from National Board of Wild Lif | SABROOM, August 17 (TIWN): Agartala Sabroom Railway network is being hampered in middle way for approval from National Board of Wild Life as 9 Hector of land of Trishna Sanctuary is lying in the way to Udaipur Sabroom way. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Case lodged against chit fund organizati | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): A case was lodged with Belonia Police Station against a chit fund organization ‘Gram Bikash Seba Sangstha’ that has closed down its office at Netaji Palli, Belonia after misappropriation of fund collected from local people. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Govt. deprives TSR from benefits of welf | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): The welfare fund constituted for the welfare of TSR jawans seems to have failed in its objective and the jawans has been deprived of the benefits of welfare fund, alleged TSR jawans. | 17-Aug-2014 |
BSNL broadband down since Tuesday at Sub | SABROOM, August 17 (TIWN): Broadband Connectivity is still now paralysed at Sabroom Subdivision . Fully irresponsible BSNL authority. No effort is seen from their end to normalise the situation. How many days Shall subscribers wait in detachment from mainstream. BSNL authority paid no heed to the acute emergency. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Tripura Congress announces leaders in ch | AGARTALA, August 18 (TIWN): The Tripura Pradesh Congress appointed a number of leaders and party office bearers to monitor the party’s membership drive in all blocks with the periphery of organizational districts scheduled to commence from August 20, party sources said. | 18-Aug-2014 |
Reconciliation meet held on BSF-villager | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): A reconciliation meeting was held at Sonamura today over the clash between villagers of Ghatigarh under North Kalamchoura gram Panchayat and BSF jawans. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Sonamura) Subhashish Das, who presided over the meeting, asked the villagers to seek unconditional apology within 7 PM this evening after the border guards produced audio-visual evidence showing a group of women breaching the Indo-Bangla international border, violating restrictive orders in the border area and gathering in large numbers with weapons on person, engaging in clashes with BSF personnel on duty. | 17-Aug-2014 |
CPIM MLA disregards National Anthem | Agartala, August 16 (TIWN): Complaint lodged against CPIM MLA Lalit Debbarma. He is accused of disobeying the National Anthem. Retired teacher Abanish DebRoy had registered the complaint. | 16-Aug-2014 |
Manu assembly constituency to go for by- | AGARTALA, August 17 (TIWN): The Manu assembly constituency would go for by-election on September 13, an official communiqué from the Election Commission of India (ECI). The notification for by-election would be issued on August 20. Nomination papers would be accepted till August 27. The papers would be scrutinized till August 28. The submitted nomination papers can be withdrawn latest by August 30. While polling would be conducted on September 13, counting of votes would be done on September 16. The constituency went vacant after sitting MLA and minister Jitendra Chaudhury was elected as Member of Parliament from the East Tripura parliament constituency. Left nominee for the East Tripura Lok Sabha constituency Jitendra Chowdhury won the battle of ballots in the 2014 Lok Sabha election by bagging 5,94,006 votes while its arch rival Congress’s Sachitra Debbarma secured 1,33,458 votes. | 18-Aug-2014 |
Tripura has highest inflation rate in In | AGARTALA, August 16 (TIWN): Tripura is currently having highest inflation rate across the country, Pradesh Congress spokesperson Dr. Ashok Sinha said here today.Addressing the media at the Pradesh Congress Bhawan in Agartala this afternoon, PCC spokesperson Dr. Sinha quoted the latest National Consumer Price Index report and said that Tripura was having 20.6 percent highest inflation rate – the highest across the country. He said that the situation indicated poor control of the state government over the internal market.“People from the common lower income group suffers the most due to such situations. On the contrary, the Dearness Allowance (DA) and DR allowed to state government employees and pensioners is one of the lowest in the country. This is totally in disconnect with the requirementâ€, the PCC leader said. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Police searches body of missing boy | AGARTALA, August 16 (TIWN): Police launched a search operation but his body could not be traced till reports last came in. A total of 17 divers are searching for the body and the divers are now searching the entire Dasamighat area said a duty officer. A 18-year-old boy jumped into the river Howrah from a wooden bridge at Pratapgarh on Friday. | 16-Aug-2014 |
Capital to host Northeast film gala | New Delhi, Aug 16 (TIWN): Fragrances from the North East, a three-day festival of cinema and entertainment from the country's northeast region, will be held here Aug 22-24. | 16-Aug-2014 |
Border fencing issue involve clashes at | Agartala, August 16 (TIWN) - Border fencing again created tension at Sonamura. On Saturday morning Border Security Force (BSF) fired in open air.. Clashes also occured between the villagers and BSF which injures 5 villagers. The area remains tensed and silent. | 16-Aug-2014 |
Disobeying National Anthem : Complaint | Agartala, August 16 (TIWN): Complaint lodged against CPIM MLA Lalit Debbarma. He is accused of disobeying the National Anthem. Retired teacher Abanish DebRoy had registered the complaint. | 16-Aug-2014 |
BJP to reorganize, intensify party organ | AGARTALA, August 16 (TIWN): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary (sangathanmantri) Ramlalji today said during a visit in Tripura that the party would focus on reorganizing and strengthening the Tripura state unit in the days ahead. The leader inaugurated Kusha Bhau Bhawan – the new building of BJP Tripura state committee at Advisor Chowmuhani area in Agartala this morning. | 16-Aug-2014 |
Trinamool Congress wouldn’t be ab | AGARTALA, August 16 (TIWN): Trinamool Congress wouldn’t be able to flourish ever in Tripura, former senior leader of Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress and the party’s ex-state media cell chief Krishnadhan Nath said here today after joining hands with Congress at the Pradesh Congress Bhawan at Agartala this afternoon. | 17-Aug-2014 |
Job issue: Department exceeded preset sc | AGARTALA, August 16 (TIWN): The preset schedule for agreement with IGNOU exceeded, but the training to be imparted to teachers has not started yet. Rather the School Education Department is veiling the truth in order to keep the agreement out of harm’s way. | 16-Aug-2014 |
HGB leaders succeeds cancelling transfer | AGARTALA, August 16 (TIWN): The HGB leaders of Tripura Government Teachers’ Association (TGTA) cancelled the transfer of 23 teachers to ADC out of 56 transferred teachers throwing a challenge to the decision of School Education Department and proved that their decision is the last decision in state’s education system. | 16-Aug-2014 |
State looks to conduct flood, erosion an | AGARTALA, August 16 (TIWN): The state government is looking forward to conduct a flood, erosion and socio-economic study of the major rivers of Tripura, official sources said. The source said that a meeting of the state disaster management authority recently asked the Department of Water Resources to conduct the study following which the latter informed deficiency of technical expertise. | 16-Aug-2014 |
Tripura celebrates Independence Day | Agartala, Aug 15 ( TIWN) Chief Minister Manik Sarkar unfurled the tricolour at the Assam Rifles ground and observed a colourful parade by Security forces as Tripura on Friday celebrated India's 68th Independence Day. | 15-Aug-2014 |
Udaipur: Dead body recovered from from G | UDAIPUR, August 15(TIWN): Fire fighters recovered a dead body early morning on Independence Day floating on the water of the river. At around 6.30am people saw the dead body lying on the beach of Gomati River and informed Udaipur Fire Station. Accordingly two fire engines rushed to Chhanban and recovered the dead body from the beach near Subhash Bridge. | 15-Aug-2014 |
Northeast braves boycott call, celebrate | Agartala/Guwahati, Aug 15 (IANS) Braving incessant rain and a boycott call by militants, the northeastern states Friday celebrated Independence Day with great zeal and enthusiasm. Despite the inclement weather, people came out in large numbers to participate in celebrations across the region.Several militant groups had issued a joint statement that "A general strike would be observed from midnight of Thursday to wee hours of Saturday in the entire northeastern region."The statement urged the people to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. | 16-Aug-2014 |
Communal hostility up in BJP rule: Sarka | Agartala, Aug 15 (IANS) Communal violence has increased after the BJP-led government headed by Narendra Modi took power in India, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Friday. | 15-Aug-2014 |