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TSECL proposes power tariff hike by 14. | Agartala, Sep 11 (TIWN): At a time when the entire state stares at power deficit, the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has finally started process to hike power tariff by 14.28 percent, said official sources. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Government’s ban on plastic bags | Agartala, Sep 11 (TIWN): Though the state government imposed a total ban on the manufacture, import, storage and sale of plastic bags in view of its harmful affect on the environment, thin plastic bags are yet in use throughout the state due to some mysterious reasons. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Poor BSNL services hit consumers of Undi | Kailashahar, September 11 (TIWN): Thousands of subscribers of BSNL internet and related services are fed up with the poor services provided by the telecommunication department under Unakoti and North Tripura district. Frequent call drops, call breaks, network congestion and Internet interruptions, have irked the subscribers and to get away from this prolonged harassment, most of the subscribers have subscribed more than one Net work. | 11-Sep-2014 |
First Border haat will be inaugurated in | Sabroom/Srinagar, September 11 (TIWN): There is a huge enthusiasm of whole Srinagar area under South Tripura as the first border 'haat' (market) of Tripura, will be functional at Indo-Bangla boundary at Srinagar in South district, about 110 km from here would be inaugurated in the third week of October to boost bilateral trade, Tripura Industrial Development Corporation (TIDC) officials said. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Dumbur Dam vulnerable, breach possibilit | Agartala, September 11 (TIWN): In a startling turn of events, experts have marked the Dumbur dam vulnerable. The project site which was long due for renovation and technical upgradation is now facing serious complications as the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has been harvesting power from the state’s lone hydro-electric project for years without any effort of restoring it to the standard safety levels, official sources said. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Urea Scam : Agriculture Dept hand in glo | Agartala, September 11 (TIWN): Activity of agriculture department created wide scope for black marketing of Urea Fertilizer in state. A few business tycoons regularizing the government supply of Government agency too by creating artificial crisis of Urea. Price of Urea in open market is extremely high and out of reach of poor farmers of the state. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Manu By-Poll : 38000 voters to cast vote | AGARTALA, September 11 (TIWN):As per report of election official, approximate 38,000 voters are going to cast their votes in the 39-Manu (ST) assembly by-poll in Tripura on 13th September. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Durga Puja : Sub-divisions gear up prepa | Kamalpur, September 11 (TIWN): Barely 20 days left for the Bengali’s grand festival Durga Puja, with the state Tripura geared up for the celebration. Along with the capital city Agartala, the preparations at the sub-divisions are on a peak. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Now Tripura based Military Intelliegence | KOLKATA / AGARTALA, September 11 (TIWN):After former Bengal police DG Rajat Majumder's arrest in the infamous Saradha scam, investigators have spread their net trying to find out about the possible involvement of a military intelligence official earlier based in Tripura with Saradha supremo Sudipta Sen.In a tell-all letter to the CBI just before his arrest last year, Sen had named one 'Colonel Sur Kumar' and said he had paid him 'a few lakhs' on the prodding of former CNN-IBN journalit Suman Kalyan Chakrabarti. Sen named Chakrabarti as 'having looted me ' and claimed Chakrabarti had taken Rs 1 crore from him , ostensibly to start a Northeast specific TV channel from Delhi. Srikumar, who was awarded Chief Ministers Medal in Tripura for his exceptional counter-insurgency effort , now stands accused of abduction and murder in a case filed by a Manipuri man, who says his son and two of his friends were abducted by Sriklumar's unit and killed in cold blood at the headquarters of the 3rd Indian army corps at Rangapahar. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Inauguration of OTPC Palatana Unit- II : | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA / PALATANA, September 11 (TIWN) : It was on 21st June 2013 when President Pranab Mukharjee dedicated the Unit-I of 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine(CCGT) Thermal Power plant at Palatana declaring," This is India's first and world's largest 'Green Plant' of this kind " And even before the helicopter of the President took off from Palatana the entire plant was deeply submerged under 'complete shut down' for almost two months. Experts say ," This was purely due to the hasty initiative taken by ONGC Tripura Asset Manager, who gave the All Clear Sign to the ONGC Head Office about the Commercial Generation from unit-I under tremendous pressure from CM." Actually even during the inaugural programme of the Unit -I , 6 high powerful generators were used by OTPC to keep the plant operational while the plant itself was not fit enough for running. And the same thing would have been repeated this year before Durga Puja when the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi would have been in Palatana to inaugurate the Commercial Generation from OTPCs Unit-II . But according to a highly placed sources closed to PMO and Ashoka Road(BJP Headquarter) it is learnt that PM Narendra Modi is almost certain to deny the much hyped invitation of Chief Minister. | 11-Sep-2014 |
CM & CS Book Purchasing scam: Director a | AGARTALA, September 11 (TIWN) : After nation wide publication of CM & CS books scam and misappropriation of RMSA funds, Director of School Education is learnt to have asked suspended Deputy Director Ambalika Datta to return to Agartala and to give her statement to police officials regarding huge misappropriation of RMSA funds. A top level official in School Education Department told TIWN on Wednesday night," Though authorities suspended Ambalika Datta, Dy Director(Science Promotion) , RMSA by order No.FORM.13(2-6)SE/GL-1/2013 dated 30th August 2014 after the publication of news about the RMSA scam in TRIPURAINFOWAY.com on 25th August. Later published in Times of India, other National Newspapers , the department especially Principal Secretary K Rajeshwar Rao is under tremendous pressure from his higher ups to subdue the issue at the grassroot level. As such the department is also thinking of a mutual understanding with Ambalika Datta because if Ambalika challenges in the High Court even Education Dept may face hammering from Judiciary.It is interesting to note that Ambalika Datta neither gave any instruction to anyone for procuring these two books. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Sabroom power cuts worsen, reels under s | Sabroom, Sept 10 (TIWN) : Sabroom is reeling under unbearable heat wave condition with a record of above normal maximum temperature of 38.8 degrees Celsius since past few days. Yesterday was the highest in the last 15 years forcing people to remain indoors to avoid the scorching heat. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Opposition Congress blasts Govt for fail | AGARTALA, September 10 (TIWN): Opposition Congress led by Sudip Roy Barman, Dr. Ashok Sinha blasted Govt for hiring party cadres into Govt Jobs, encouraging corruption, failure to control Malaria etc. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Editors Guild of India to look at TIWN c | New Delhi, Sept 10 (TIWN): The Editors Guild has promised to investigate the threats faced by www.tripurainfoway.com to close down. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Centre to review progress in NREGS, Stat | Agartala, September 10 (TIWN): The Union Ministry for Rural Development (RD) is set to review progress in rural poverty alleviation at a meeting of the MG NREGS Performance Review Committee at New Delhi onSeptember 18 and 19, official sources said. | 10-Sep-2014 |
RD Dept Missing CPU: Govt files police c | Agartala, September 10 (TIWN): The Department for Rural Development (RD) has filed a missing complaint with the police authorities at New Capital Complex police station today. The missing CPU didn’t have any significant data but mainly used for handling letters and e-mails between state and central government or different departments of the government, Minister for Rural Development (RD) Naresh Chandra Jamatia said here today. | 10-Sep-2014 |
BJP holds road show, appeals for support | Agartala, September 10 (TIWN): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today held a road show at Manubazaar as the last phase of the party’s election campaign for the forthcoming by-election at 39 Manu assembly constituency. The party’s general secretary (sangathanmantri) Sundar Kumar Paul and spokesperson Tapas Majumder urged for vote for BJP in the by-poll. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Five Bangladeshi thieves caught from Aga | AGARTALA, Sept 10 (TIWN):Five Bangladeshi thieves were caught red handedly at Kathaltali near fencing-free area of Indo-Bangla border. Through this road they often come, do thefts and easily go back to Bangladesh. Today they came for Iron Rod theft but couldn’t escape, caught red handedly by local people at about 12 pm and taken to police custody.Two of them are Comilla : two from Nowakhali : one of them Silet | 10-Sep-2014 |
Programme on GRIHA and Green Buildings h | AGARTALA, September 10 (TIWN): A programme on GRIHA and Green Buildings was organized by DSTE, government of Tripura and TERI, New Delhi at Pragna Bhawan here this morning. Speaking in the Programme Minister for Science and Technology Bijita Nath said that GRIHA is a national rating system for Green Buildings in India. Conceived by TERI and developed jointly by the ministry of new and renewable energy, government of India, it is based on nationally accepted energy and environmental principles. Over 300 projects across India of varying scale and function are being built based on GRIHA guidelines, she added. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Banking Cyber Crime on rise in Tripura | Belonia, Sept 10 (TIWN): Banking cyber crime increasing day by day. The hacker calls most of the ATM holders that he is from Customer care executive and wanted to know about their bank account details. Ironically Sri Sukanta Majumder of Belonia, Satmura area was the victim of those hackers and also not aware of this type of hacking process. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Tripura Govt deprives 10,323 teachers fr | AGARTALA, September 10 (TIWN): 10,323 teachers were deprived of getting the advanced wage of Rs 4500 for the upcoming Durga Puja. The Government had taken this decision at the Cabinet meet on Tuesday. Now the question arises as is the Government really worried of the fate of the 10,323 teachers?Every year the employees get advance for the Durga Puja. The advanced wage gets cut off from their salary in order to meet the wage balance.This year the amount of advanced wage should be 4,500. From that 500 will be cut off every month from the salary of the employees. However the Government had decided not to pay the advanced wage to the 10,323 teachers as their fate still not decided by the Court. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Tripura administration runs after a half | AGARTALA, September 10 (TIWN):While appreciation comes for enforcement against plastic carry bags weight less than 40 micron across Tripura, it has left several questions unanswered rather evoked reaction over the failure of Agartala Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) waste management.According to official record, in 2004 the state government had for the first time banned the plastic carry bags less than 20 micron when leading private research organisation and advocacy group of Tripura ARPAN released a comprehensive study report on indiscriminate littering.The then Science, Technology and Environment Minister Pabitra Kar had taken a serious exception after the report of poly bag use was published. Appreciating the argument of ARPAN, Kar had directed the department to enforce complete ban on use of thin plastic carry bags until AMC set out scientific management plan.In 2013, after assuming office, incumbent Science, Technology and Environment Minister Bijita Nath, reiterated half of the idea of Mr Kar but failed to understand the most important part of management of waste. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Indo-Bangla Bridge over river Feni : Pla | Sabroom, Sept 10 (TIWN): Proposed Bridge over river Feni between Tripura and Chittagong is delaying, plan was to make South Tripura to become trading hub of two countres one day.But till today no such construction work has taken up. In a first step towards making Tripura the gateway of NE India. initiated with one small step. it'll surely add special value in the cultural and exchange efforts between Tripura and Bangladesh (specially CHITAGANG). The proposed bridge will connect Southern Tripura's border town Sabroom,135 km south of Agartala,with the Bangladeshi border town Ramgarh,300 km Northest of Dhaka. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Tripura RD Minister's CPU stolen from se | Agartala, Sept 10 (TIWN): Mystery of suspicious theft or missing of a central processing unit (CPU) of a Computer containing valuable data pertaining to central sponsored schemes under Rural Development and other files from Civil Secretariat at New Capital Complex under New Capital Complex Police Station on Tuesday. | 10-Sep-2014 |
TYF, TSU protest Tiwpraland demand raise | AGARTALA, September 10 (TIWN): Both Tribal Students Union (TSU) and Tribal Youth Federation (TYF), collaborated organizations of the CPI (M) held a mass rally at Swami Vivekananda Ground here today. The main purpose of the rally was to showcase them and to represent that they have made a better Tripura. The CPI(M) and the other left parties also supported the rally. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Admin strict over impeding NGOs illegal | Agartala, Sep 10 (TIWN): The administration is likely to take punitive action against the NGOs in the state. The Central government directed the state government to submit the detailed report of the NGOs. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in a few programmes revealed suspicion about the NGOs illegal functioning. The MLAs along with SDMs is likely to go for inspection of the NGOs located under their respective jurisdiction, said official sources. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Non-existant Childrens Park completed in | Kamalpur, Sept 10 (TIWN): Swindling of Govt. fund is at full pace throughout the state. And Salema R.D. Block is not an acception in this regard. Even the BADP( Bidhayak Area Development Fund) is not spared in this context. MLA of presently merged 47-Salema Assembly Constituency, Mr. Prasanta Debbarma recommended for a Children’s Park in Maharanipur Village Council. Salema Block was empowered to complete the task. JE of the Block Mr. Goutam Sharma was the implementing officer. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Polio drops claim life of 4 months child | Agartala, September 10 (TIWN): Polio drops claims life of 4 months child at Khowai’s Behulabari. 5 more admitted in the Hospital. The administrative authority and the Police remain silent. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Pro-Mass held workshop on ecological far | AGARTALA, September 10 (TIWN): A round table meet cum workshop on ecological farming towards sustainable agriculture was organized by Pro-Mass in collaboration with ASHA (New Delhi) DRCSC (Kolkata) at Agartala Press Club here today. | 10-Sep-2014 |
AIDWA to submit deputation on 12th | Agartala, September 10 (TIWN): Womens committee on Wednesday organized a press meet at their Central Office at Gandhighat. Members of Rajya Sabha cum Secretary of the organization Jharna Das Baidya and working President Krishna Rakshit were present in the press meet. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Kailashahar : Massive Road Blockade at J | Kailashahar,10 Sept (TIWN): Hundreds of Villagers of Balehar under Bilashapur Panchayet ,Kumarghat RD block, led by Ranjan Sinha, Local BJP leader staged a road blockade at Jagannatpur , under Kailashahar police station at 9 Am to 12 pm. in demands of four points of charter of demands. Frustrated over the prolonged lackadaisical attitudes of the concerned authorities towards the meeting the basic needs such drinking water and provision for electricity of villagers residing at Balehar were forced villagers to take the street here today. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Organized Scam of MGNREGA Funds: Centre | AGARTALA / UDAIPUR, September 10 (TIWN):Long years of one party rule and absence of effective Opposition, many leaders are simply looting lakhs of money allocated by the Centre under various centrally sponsored social development funds. And so many complaints have been raised by different parties about the misappropriation of MGNREGA funds but quite surprisingly State Govt is campaigning to showcase administrative setup in Tripura as model state. During the last three days more than fifty people complained about many cases of clear theft of MNREGA funds under MataBari Block, Udaipur. On Tuesday, TIWN investigating team visited the area and what the team saw, it is quite unbelievable, not just a news but a picture of stealing money in real sense. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Cabinet meet ends without direction to e | AGARTALA, September 9 (TIWN): A short meeting of the state cabinet was held at Agartala on Tuesday. The meeting reportedly failed to five any direction to the state government employees.In the face of further hike of Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees by 7 percent, the state cabinet meeting was expected to deliver on similar lines to bring parity among the state and central government employees.The state government was expected to raise grade pay for the state employees ahead of declaring commitments to the 14th Finance Commission. However, bitter with experience from the previous Finance Commission, the government is reportedly backing out from any chance of risks.The cabinet reportedly discussed a number of agendas including development of livelihood, adult literacy campaigns and reviewed the latest situation on endemic disease outbreak in the state including malaria, Japanese Encephalitis and dengue.The state government employees are currently getting 36% less DA in comparison to central government employees. | 10-Sep-2014 |
Udaipur : Village women hit BSF Jawans w | Maharani, UDAIPUR, September 9 (TIWN): A group of angry women today beaten BSF personnel for their inhuman behaviour in Maharani area near Jawahar Novodaya Vidyalaya) on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday morning a truck loaded with iron rods of Rural Development Department was struck with a BSF vehicle while coming from Ampi to RD Store House. But when it collided with the BSF van TR01-1672 , it fell in to a jungle nearly 150ft from the main road. But it is alleged that BSF personnel did not even take the least care of the truck driver and the assistant when it fell from the main road. | 09-Sep-2014 |
IPFT warns CPI (M), govt over Twipraland | Agartala, September 9 (TIWN): In a daring attempt, the Indigenous People’s Party of Twipra (IPFT) today issued a terse warning to the ruling CPI (M) and the state Tripura government over the Twipraland demand. It’s better that they keep their way out of us and cooperate us to develop the TTAADC in a full-fledged manner, IPFT president NC Debbarma said. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Manu : Forty One employees cast vote usi | Sabroom, Sept 9 (TIWN): Altogether 41 employees cast their postal ballot in Manu today for the September 13 assembly by-poll. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Secretariat Emp Association protests aga | AGARTALA, September 9 (TIWN): Tripura Mahakaran Karmachari Samity protested against deep rooted corruption in recruitment of employees bypassing TPSC and demanded recruitment of Lower Division Assistant Clerk cum Typist through Tripura Public Service Commission. | 09-Sep-2014 |
IPS officer-turned-Trinamool leader arre | Kolkata, Sep 9 (TIWN / IANS) The CBI Tuesday arrested a leader of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and former director general of the state armed police Rajat Majumdar in connection with the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Traffic system is being tightened up for | AGARTALA, September 9 (TIWN): Traffic systems are beefed up for the upcoming biggest festival of Durga Puja. The system this year become more tightened due to the increasing numbr of vehicles. At the same time threat messages from Al-Queda also exist. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Poll personnel cast vote through postal | Agartala, September 9 (TIWN): Election Duty Voters (EDV) today cast votes through postal ballot votes at the PB facilitation centre in the office of Returning Officer (RO), Sabroom. A highly placed source in the office of the CEO today said that a total of forty-one election duty voters (EDV) cast votes at the postal ballot facilitation centre. | 09-Sep-2014 |
TIWN faces closure threats after publish | AGARTALA, September 9 (TIWN): TIWN has received a string of threats from various quarters after it published investigative news items on Education Department Cheque Forgery and how government funds were misused to purchase books written by CM and former CS. | 09-Sep-2014 |
New TSR camp to control extremist at Jai | Gandacherra, Dhalai, September 9 (TIWN): State’s Home Department has set up a new TSR camp at New Jairam Para in Kalyan Singh ADC Village under Gandacherra Police Station near Indo-Bangla border. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Traffic system is being tightened up for | AGARTALA, September 9 (TIWN): Traffic systems being beefed up for the upcoming biggest festival urga Puja. The system this year becomes more tightened due to the increasing number of vehicles. At the same time threatening message from Al-Queda also forcing Traffic Department to stay on alert. | 09-Sep-2014 |
CPI-M to form all India Dalit front in N | Agartala, Sep 9 (TIWN / IANS) The CPI-M will form an All India Dalit Exploitation Liberation Manch (AIDELM) Nov 27 in New Delhi, a party politburo member has said. "A national convention of Dalit leaders would be held in New Delhi. The AIDELM would be formed at the convention," Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member K. Vardha Rajan said Monday night. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Northeast by-polls: I-T teams to check o | AGARTALA, Sep 9 (TIWN / IANS) The Income Tax (I-T) department will deploy teams in Assam, Tripura and Sikkim to keep a tab on the use of black money during the Sep 13 assembly by-polls, an official release said here Tuesday. The I-T department of the northeastern region said this step was being taken to curb the use of black money during the by-polls in assembly constituencies in the region. By-polls for three assembly seats in Assam (Silchar, Lakhipur and Jamunamukh), and one each in Tripura (in Manu) and Sikkim (in Rangang-Yangang) will be held Sep 13. The statement said that in compliance with the direction of the Election Commission, the I-T department was gathering intelligence in the region."The I-T department would keep a vigil at some sensitive places too. Two teams would be deployed in Assam and one in Tripura. Separately, air intelligence teams would be deployed at Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tezpur and Agartala airports and a 24-hour duty-bound control room would be set up at the Aayakar Bhavan in Guwahati," the release added. | 09-Sep-2014 |
SFI, TSU and NSUI hold rallies | AGARTALA, September 9(TIWN): Student Federation of India, Tribal Student Union and National Students Union of India organized rallies regarding the upcoming college election in the state at MBB and BBMC here today. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Chief Minister voices frustations on BS | AGARTALA, September 8 (TIWN): The 6th joint circle conference of BSNL employees union, Assam, NE-I and NE-II at Agartala commenced from 6th to 8th September. On the concluding day today of employees union conference, a mass rally which encircled the entire city and ended up at Rabindra Satavarshikli Bhavan. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, General Secretary (BSNLEU) P. Abhimanyu,CGM NE-I Circle, Shillong D.P Singha along with Unions General Secratary Swapan Chakraborty and other important delegates werepresent. Speaking on the occasion at Rabinra Shatabarshiki Bhavan Swapan Chakraborty said that the conference is holding at a time when the entire public sector telecom company, BSNL is under sever attack due to the negative attitude of the government in the Neo-Liberal economic policies. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Ambassa People fight for their Doctor | Ambassa, Sept 8 (TIWN): People of Ambassa today organized a road blockade against the transfer of Ayurvedic Doctor Ashok Debbarma to Kailasahar. Almost three to four days ago The populace of Ambassa deputed to the CMO with Mass-signature against the same but in vain. As a result they started blockade in the NH-44 from 11 am onwards. Even the Speaker of Tripura Legislative Assembly fell prey to this situation. At last the CMO promised the agitators that he will not issue the release order to the doctor. Then the blockade was called off. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Assam Rifles says assailant Jawan underg | Agartala, September 8 (TIWN): In yet another mystery, the Assam Rifles authorities today denied the report of an AR jawan shooting a tribal lady for denying her sex at Dash Gharia area under Sidhai police station of Mohanpur but said that Mongru Au, the accused jawan was undergoing trial in a special Court of Inquiry set up on the subject. | 09-Sep-2014 |
Govt to develop National Highway 44 ahea | AGARTALA, September 8 (TIWN): The Public Works Department (PWD) is contemplating to develop the National Highway 44 as a part of the preparation of the impending NFR mega block slated to commence from October 01 this year. | 09-Sep-2014 |