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Tripura High Court starts SMS service | AGARTALA, September 24 (TIWN): The high court of Tripura is now an IT-enabled in the country. Tripura HC has introduced SMS service for both litigants and respondents for the first time in the country. It has drawn the attention of the Supreme Court. Now, it is being replicated in other HCs of the country. | 24-Sep-2014 |
Asian Games: Gymnast Dipa finishes 10th, | Incheon, Sep 23 (TIWN) India's Dipa Karmakar finished 10th while her compatriot Ashish Kumar was 12th in the individual all-round final of artistic gymnastics in the Asian Games here Tuesday. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Joint Forum delegation meets Governor | Agartala, Sept 23 (TIWN): A 5-member delegation of the joint forum of left democratic and nationalist organizations of government, semi-govt. undertaking employees, workers and teachers today visited with the Governor- P.B. Acharyya at Raj Bhavan and urged to take necessary steps on the lowest pay structure in the state. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Train service resume in Lumding-Agartala | Agartala, September 23: After 24 hours of stalemate, disrupted train services in the Agartala-Lumding route resumed operation on Tuesday though debris that blocked rail tunnel point in Teliamura sub-division couldn’t be completely cleared till latest reports came in, official sources said. | 23-Sep-2014 |
MIPRL blockade hits supplies in Tripura, | AGARTALA, September 23 (TIWN): Foodgrain and other essential commodities supplies were severely hit in Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of the Barak Valley by an indefinite economic blockade called by the Movement for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Livelihood-Meghalaya (MIPRL) starting today. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Multi-crore RMSA scam: Doubts on Directo | AGARTALA,September 24 (TIWN): After more than one week's time since Arnab Chakraborty's arrest , the Cashier of School Education Department, School Education Dept (SED) alleged to be involved in looting more than Rs 5 crore from RMSA funds, suspense now deepens over the political bigwigs and top level officials of the department. Now a large section of the employees of SED suspect that Arnab is being made a victim in this case after years of political shelter given by the top bosses in Melarmath and some in the Government. People smelt a rat from the absence of the APP in the Court on Sunday and now all eyes are on the state govt's mute attitude, especially from the departmental minister Tapan Chakraborty and more important from police Headquarters as well. | 23-Sep-2014 |
PIL likely to be filed in High Court on | AGARTALA, September 24 (TIWN): “The Government is making the excuse in a way which states No Arrest No Suspension, but in such a case, arrest should be madeâ€, said the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) spokesman Dr. Ashok Sinkha on the Bimal Chakraborty issue involving the Bishalgarh RD block scam worth Rs. 17 crore, in an exclusive talk with TIWN. | 23-Sep-2014 |
MGNREGA 17 Crore Scam : Definite informa | AGARTALA, September 23 (TIWN): “This is not a political issue but a corruption and I would do whatever can be done as per the lawâ€, said Governor P.Balakrishnacharya to Congress delegation. The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) today has given a deputation to the Governor demanding CBI investigation to probe into the Bishalgarh RD block 17 crore scam. Seeking the intervention of the Governor, the PCC spokesman Dr.Ashok Sinha told the reporters about the role of Police and Government in this regard is doubtful. “The DGP is asking us about the hideout of Bimalâ€, said Dr Sinha. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Heavy rain submerged Tripura : Landslide | AGARTALA, Sept 23 (TIWN): Heavy rains submerged Agartala and other sub-divisional towns - most of the places in city remains waterlogged. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Auspicious ‘Mahalaya’ obser | Agartala, Sept 23 (TIWN): Amidst heavy downpour, the weeklong countdown for the biggest festival-Durga Puja starts on Tuesday with the auspicious occasion Mahalaya marking the start of Devipaksha (Fortnight of the Goddess). In this holy morning, Mahalaya was celebrated across the state Tripura with a lot of pomp and gaiety. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Mega health camp organised | Agartala, Sept 23 (TIWN): With a venture to control different ailments in Agartala, Sabyasachi Club today organized a mega health camp at the club premises. | 23-Sep-2014 |
State proposes more hybrid cattle to mee | Agartala, September 23 (TIWN): The state government requested the centre to grant support for purchasing more hybrid cattle for boosting milk production in Trioura at a recent meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and animal resources Radha Mohan Singh and Minister for State (MoS) Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan. | 23-Sep-2014 |
More names added to trembling RMSA scam: | AGARTALA, September 23 (TIWN): In its serial reporting on the Arnab issue, involving the fund misallocation of Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA), the TIWN had raised the issue of involvement of more wrongdoers in the scam involving crores of rupees of central sponsored fund. During the investigation, to locate the embezzled fund, the Police have marked out the involvement of more three persons and they are – Arnab’s wife Sangita Chakraborty, Rajib Dasgupta of Narayanpur and Sidhai’s Binay Das. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Work progress beyond target at Neermahal | Agartala, September 23 (TIWN): Work for retrofitting of Neermahal is well in progress, Minister for Tourism Ratan Bhowmik said here today. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Prabhat Chowdhury to take oath on Wedne | Agartala, September 23 (TIWN): The Newly Elected MLA from Manu By-Poll, Prabhat Chowdhury takes oath on Wednesday. Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debnath will administer oath taking ceremony in the Assembly Lobby. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Double Murder : Tripura girls were raped | Agartala, Sep 23 ( TIWN / IANS) Almost two weeks after two teenaged girls were found dead in Sipahijala district of Tripura, police Tuesday said they did not commit suicide but were murdered after being gang-raped. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Golden Girl of Tripura in the final roun | AGARTALA, September 23 (TIWN): The Golden Girl of Tripura &Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Dipa Karmakar scored the best among the Indian girls in the Asian Games. Dipa Karmakar scored 13.950(Vault),10.150(Uneven Bars), 12.600(Balance Beam) and 1.150(Floor) to finish 23rd in the Individual rankings and ended up qualifying for the All-Around final in 16th place.Dipa Karmakar, who won bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, qualified for the Vault apparatus final, finishing with an average score of 14.400 to be third in qualification. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Agri and horti dept join the league of s | AGARTALA, September 23 (TIWN): Arnab, Bimal and now another feather added to Tripura’s corruption crown and this is Rs. 2.5crore monetary irregularity in the department of Agriculture and Horticulture. Though the initial audit report is speaking of the said amount only but the same may touch a hefty Rs. 20 crore, if audit is made on all the department of agriculture and horticulture, anticipating the audit team. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Govt initiates steps to ensure power-cu | Agartala, September 23(TIWN): The state government adopted a series of steps to ensure zero power-cut in the coming Durga Puja season this year, power minister Manik Dey said here on Monday. Speaking to reporters at the civil secretariat here today, the minister said that the state is expected to have an average power requirement of 296 MW during the four days of Durga Puja this year. The state registered average power demand of 255 MW last year, he said. | 23-Sep-2014 |
Kamalpur : Durga Puja preparations at fi | KAMALPUR, Sept 22 (TIWN):Preparation for ensuing Durga Puja is at the final stage in this subdivision. It is a fact that the familiar blue sky is not trumpeting the message of festivity. Inspite the cloudy sky and shower is reminding of rainy season in this autumn. But the preparation is at full swing and man is fighting to welcome Goddess Durga with all the possibilities and potentialities of good. Though big budget Pujas are few but still now the rhythm of life and hospitality still can be felt at the pandals here. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Agartala Cycle Club celebrates World Car | Agartala, September 22 (TIWN): The Agartala Cycle Club (ACC) today celebrated World Car Free Day as a part of the nationwide observance alongwith civil society activities across the country. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Massive MGNREGA scam of worth Rs. 17 cro | AGARTALA, Sept 22 (TIWN): A contingent of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) headed by TPCC President and MLA- Diba Chandra Chandra Hrangkhawl today submitted deputation to the Director General of Police centering the massive scam of worth Rs. 17 crore which took place in Bishalgarh RD Block in Tripura during the FY 2012-13 and 2013-14. It is to be noted here; an FIR was lodged and registered on September 19, this year- BLG PS Case no- 135/2014 in this regard.According to the deputation letter to DGP, TPCC mentioned surprisingly no section of the Prevention of Corruption Act- 1988 has been inserted with an ill motive.In the letter to DGP, TPCC claimed that they have got definite information and sufficient reasons to believe that the State Finance Minister and the local elected representative- Bhanu Lal Saha is also part and parcel in the scam and probably that is the reason that no action has been initiated so far either by the police or by the civil administration. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Agartala-Sabroom NH double lane to reduc | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): A reduction of fiver kilometer is likely to be achieved once the Agartala Sabroom National Highway (NH) is converted into double lane, as per the DPR report of the project implementing agency. The district administration has already issued notice for the land acquisition and the work of double lane will start soon. Post the conversion work, the distance of the NH will be reduced as most of the turning in the said road will be straightened. For the same, the direction of the road, at some places will go to a new way. Alongwith the Agartala Sabroom NH, Agartala-Santirbazar and Santir Bazar-Sabroom distance will also be reduced.The concerned NH’s Detailed Project Report (DPR) is being prepared by Scott Wilson, Consulting Agency. Though the DPR has been submitted to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for the four lane road but initially the permission has been granted for the double lane. The present distance from Nagerjola to Sabroom is 132.5 kilometer. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Heavy downpour ruins Puja spirit | Agartala, Sep 22 (TIWN): Durga Puja, only 8 days to go, heavy downpour spoiled the spirit of Durga Puja shoppers in the city and the artists engaged with the making of pandal and idol as well at the time when the air is filled with festive cheer to welcome the Goddess. | 22-Sep-2014 |
A Paralysed Police by policy makers : OC | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): If a contrast is made between two recent scam newsmakers Arnab and Bimal , the later is fortunate enough to have the political and bureaucratic immunity. Arnab, within a short period of the disclosure of his misdeeds, was not only arrested from far away Kolkata but the investigation is also in progress, But in the case of Bimal Chakraborty, he is still roaming free - being Chief Minister's aide and brother of left brigade’s youth wing DYFI Secretary Amal Chakraborty. Police is so scared to proceed that except the filing of FIR nothing has been done by the Police and the authority concerned.“I have talked to the Block Development Officer (BDO Das) today but you see without documents no seizure and detention can be made†said the Officer in Charge of Bishalgarh Police Station (PS) Kantilal Baidya to TIWN, today. | 22-Sep-2014 |
DADF conducts one-day long training prog | Agartala, Sept 22 (TIWN): With an endeavour to control the Bovine Brucellosis, a one-day long training programme was conducted by the sponshorship of Department of Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisharies (DADF) under Brucella Control Programme (BCP) at Pragna Bhavan, here today. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Stage set for Durga Puja in Tripura | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): Barely 8 days to go for Durga Puja. Durga Puja is one of the largest festivals of the Bengali as well as the Hindu community. Though it is deemed to be a festival of Tripura by many, in the present time, the festival has taken over the entire world and is celebrated in different continents as well. | 22-Sep-2014 |
CBI to grill former Tripura editor in Sa | Agartala, Sep 22 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to grill Tripura-based former newspaper editor and owner Sushil Chowdhury in connection with Saradha scam, official said here Monday. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Congress declares stir against deprivati | Agartala, September 22 (TIWN): The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee announced to hold agitation in front of all Sub Divisional Magistrate’s office across the state as a part of the continued protest against alleged partisan role adopted by the ruling CPI (M) in allowing benefits of the Food security Act. The agitation would be held on September 26, party sources said. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Workshop on Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yoja | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): A state level workshop on Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was organized by Health and Family Welfare department in association with Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company limited at Pragna Bhavan here today. | 22-Sep-2014 |
10,323 terminated teachers to get Puja a | Agartala, Sep 22 (TIWN): At last, the state government is going to give Puja advance to the 10,323 terminated teachers. | 22-Sep-2014 |
12 trained youth selected to join Army | Agartala, Sep 22 (TIWN): Altogether 12 job aspirants who have joined pre recruitment rallies conducted by Assam Rifles have finally selected for joining the Army at Teliamura. | 22-Sep-2014 |
OTPC Palatana :Pre Commercial Generation | PALATANA/UDAIPUR, September 22 (TIWN Exclusive): Preparations to make the Unit-II of 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine(CCGT) Thermal Power Plant of OTPC have been deferred as the Purge Valve in the Gas Turbine's Gas Supply Line has gone out of order, confirmed a top level OTPC official on Sunday night. Earlier it was scheduled that the BHEL technicians would start pre- Commercial Generation (COG) activities. But on Thursday it was found that the Purge Valve is not working. It is a crucial valve, as it remains out of order, Gas supply to the Gas Turbine of Unit-II will not be possible. At once BHEL deferred the scheduled Pre-COG activities. | 22-Sep-2014 |
MGNREGA 17 Crore scam in Bishalgarh RD B | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): From a simple house dwellers of Bagma to an influential family of ruling CPI(M), the rise of Bimal Chakraborty and his family is almost like the mysterious magic series of P C Sorker's Indrajaal. Indeed, under the patronages of CPI(M) party, the Chakraborty family has assumed a status of very special family of Left ruled State Govt of Tripura. From a Panchayat Extension Officer to the BDO of Bishalgarh R D Block, the service life of Bimal Chakraborty has always been blessed by top level CPI(M) leaders of like Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, former ICAT Minister cum current Vice-Chairman of State Planning Board Anil Sarkar and even current Finance Minister Bhanu Lal Saha and many MLAs of Udaipur, Melaghar, Khowai and of course Agartala and Bishalgarh. Under patronages of such leaders, BDO Bimal Chakraborty has succeeded to amass immense wealth through various means of corruption. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Nepotism and breach of TPS rules : Polic | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): Scam after scams with probable involvement of the executive(s) and one after another damnation from the apex judicial establishing of state, to the state government, are, ironically, posing severe threats to the left government having multi directional shelling from there recognized pillars of the democracy- Judiciary , Legislature and the Executives. Where the Judiciary and Executives are doing their bit to weaken the existence of the red flag, only the legislators are remaining to contribute their part towards putting left parties last bastion Tripura’s survival at stake. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Cashier Arnab sent to 13 days of Judici | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): In the multi-crore RMSA scam, serious questions were raised on Sunday when Magistrate rejected the extension of Arnab's remand appeal made by the police in the absence of Assistant Public Prosecutor(APP) Anirban Basak in the court. APP Anirban Basak is dealing the case of Arnab and recent RMSA scam. Police produced Arnab Chakraborty before the court as the 7 days remand period ends today and appealed to extend the remand as many more secrets are yet to come out. But legal experts say that absence of APP is indeed mysterious especially in such a case where top level officials are under suspension. Magistrate sent Arnab to 13 days of Judicial Custody. | 22-Sep-2014 |
Indo-Bangla Maitri Park construction in | Agartala, September 21 (TIWN): The state government is expecting to complete construction of the Indo-Bangla Maitri Park at Chottakhola in Belonia sub-division ahead of schedule for inauguration on February 21, 2015. | 21-Sep-2014 |
Father accused of raping 11 yr old girl | KAMALPUR, Sept 21 (TIWN): A wife accused her husband with regular physical and mental torture and rape of own under-aged 11 yr old daughter. Police accordingly arrested the hubby and produced before the CJM court, Kailasahar today.This sensational and shameful incident took place at Kuchainala under Kamalpur P.S. | 21-Sep-2014 |
IAR would be provided LATER ON : BDO say | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN): The investigation progress in the Bishalgarh RD block scam case, is reported to be stagnant as the concerned (Bishalgarh PS) authority has literally done nothing, till now. Officer in Charge (OC) of Bishalgarh PS, where the FIR of the case was lodged, couple of days ago, said to TIWN correspondent, today: “The BDO has said that he would give all the documents including the Internal Audit Report (IAR), later on. The enquiry protocol or the official procedure in this regard is – the BDO must give a letter to the concerned Police Station (PS) for initiating any action or detention whatsoever. Now, the words “Later On†put forward by the BDO Subrata Das may denote the direction of his superiors not to initiate any action, in the said case. | 21-Sep-2014 |
Dead body of an unknown man found | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN): A dead body of an unknown man was found inside the Ujjayanta market here this morning. | 21-Sep-2014 |
Govt chooses to shift Durga Puja venue o | Agartala, September 21 (TIWN): As a part of the damage control exercise after the communal clashes at Munshibari in Bishalgarh sub-division, the local administration decided to deny plea of organizing Durga Puja on the Eidgah ground this year. | 21-Sep-2014 |
Tripura targets for intensive aquacultur | Agartala, September 21 (TIWN): With the ongoing initiatives still long away from the target of achieving 20 kg fish production per capita, the state government is now focusing more on intensive scientific aquaculture, official sources said. | 21-Sep-2014 |
ATBSPA holds 37th general meeting | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN): All Tripura Book Sellers and Publishers Association (ATBSPA) organized their 37th general meeting at Maharani Tulsi Bati higher secondary school here this afternoon. | 21-Sep-2014 |
Corruption rampant in Santirbazar Tripur | Santirbazar, Sept. 21 (TIWN): The uninterrupted 21-year stint in power seems to have taken a toll on the financial transparency of the Left Front administration at Block levels. | 21-Sep-2014 |
NLFT extremists demand pending extortio | Agartala, Sep 21 (TIWN): The NLFT extremists served notification to the tribal villagers of ADC Village Committee at Indo- Bangla border area of Gandacherra asking to send the particular amount of pending subscription (extortion money). | 21-Sep-2014 |
Circular issued against private tutors | Agartala, Sep 21 (TIWN): The School Education Directorate recently issued a circular against the school teachers practicing private tuition and not performing their duty properly in schools. They give priority to their private tuition. | 21-Sep-2014 |
RMSA scam: Brainchild of state’s | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN):Rs. 5 crore RMSA/Education scam seems to have its roots and branches related and interrelated to not only the person in news of suspended cashier Arnab Chakraborty but he is merely a skit in the entre saga of the corruption, the network of which is encompassing the big fishes in the state Bureaucracy and even in Ministry. Meanwhile, while talking to TIWN on Saturday, Sanjoy Biswas, the Investigating Officer (IO) of the Arnab’s case has informed that as many as 103 fake cheques have been recovered. “Though he has not revealed any further information but the investigation is onâ€, further said the IO. | 21-Sep-2014 |
Diwali Festival and Fair: Preparatory me | Agartala, Sept 20 (TIWN): The traditional Diwali Festival and Fair is scheduled to be held at Matabari, Udaipur here on October 23 and 24 respectively. Aiming to make the fair and festival successful, a preparation meeting was held in the conference hall of Panchayat Samiti presided over by MLA Madhab Saha. | 20-Sep-2014 |
Tripura MPs seek PM’s interventio | Agartala, September 20 (TIWN): In a last attempt of securing faster gauge conversion in the Lumding-Kumarghat-Agartala segment, three Parliamentarians from Tripura - Jharna Das Baidya, Sankar Prasad Datta and Jitendra Chaudhury today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his personal intervention on the issue. | 20-Sep-2014 |
AICC announces new leaders of Mahila Con | Agartala, September 20(TIWN): In an attempt to revive the struggling organizational structure of the Congress frontal organizations in Tripura, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) today announced names of new presidents for Mahila Congress in Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Punjab. | 20-Sep-2014 |