Archive Detail
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| Congress Chief accused CPI-M over cash d | KAILASAHAR, May 1 (TIWN): Reacting sharp to the statement of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar at Pecharthal on Wednesday, Congress Chief Birajit Sinha on Thursday claimed, “CPI-M in wake of the general election to TTAADC has been staging a malicious campaign against the opposition.†| 30-Apr-2015 |
| Khowai cable operators continue illegal | KHOWAI/AGARTALA, May 1 (TIWN): Khowai cable operators are continuing illegal business by neglecting the rules and laws of Doordarshan and Government of India. Both the national channels have been corrupted technically by the cable operators to broadcast the other entertainment channels for their business. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Security tightened in Tripura to ensure | AGARTALA, May 1 (TIWN): To ensure a violence-free election and to avoid any pre-poll untoward incident, a full-proof security arrangement has been made by the administration, said an official source. To drop infiltration through Indo-Bangla international boundary in state at zero, Border Security Force (BSF) put the border on high alert. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| CPI-M brings TTAADC under light says CM | AGARTALA, May 1 (TIWN): The INPT game to try falsify the ensuing TTAADC elections in Tripura is well known in the same way as the erstwhile Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) falsified the May 2000 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC). | 30-Apr-2015 |
| TTAADC Election campaign to end on Frida | AGARTALA, May 1 (TIWN): The public campaign for TTAADC Election will end on Friday. All the political parties on a last minute time had tried heart and soul to reach their voice to every section of the people. Political parties in Tripura, Congress, CPIÂM, Trinamool Congress, BJP, INPT, IPFT and other parties at the same time gears up for forthcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election in favour of their candidates. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Corrupt forest officials paid bribes to | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): After exposure of serious corruption charges and misuse of official power to get rid of punishment, Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) in Tripura Prabir Bhattacharjee in connivance with a top official of BSNL Tripura SSA and Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) has now attempted to manipulate the entire land record where he built a double storied house on the land muted in the name of Department of Telecom.Bhattacharjee and his corrupt friend CCF Debasish Chakraborty and Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Sanatan Talukdar have reportedly engaged a former journalist Mihir Pal (name changed), turned into a consultant to manage the media to stop writing the issue. According to report, the former journalist has been assigned to kill the vigilance enquiry against four officers including these three and another CCF C M Debbarma. The consultant has good access to Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for different reasons and reportedly CPI-M has put him into BJP recently for getting inside information of the growing threat of leftists.The corrupt forest officers have taken the opportunity to engage him influencing the media, police, vigilance enquiry, top bureaucrats and finally the Chief Minister Sarkar to close their chapter.Finally, he has reportedly paid a hefty amount to a top official of BSNL for not lodging case against him, as directed by Ministry of Telecommunication two month ago to General Manager BSNL Tripura. The corrupt officers have also been trying hard to get closure to newly appointed Chief Secretary Y P Singh to put an end to the investigation on the charges. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Datamohan’s contempt of court cas | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): The rate at which Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s troubles are piling up everyday, the future of the only left CM of the country is likely to sink like the Titanic unless Gods’ hand saves him. Already under tremendous pressure for the series of controversies, scams, allegations, blue eyed boys arrest on murder case, REGA disturbances throughout the state, the Tripura High Court’s step to frame charges against the state Law Secretary has further increased the CM’s troubles.Believed to be one among the very few confidants of Manik Sarkar, the Law Secretary Datamohan Jamatia’s tangle with the High Court has only added to the woes of the chief minister, claims the political analysts here.The feud between the State Law Secretary with the High Court started with the case relating to the state Government’s reservation policy on promotion in Govt. jobs which was defended by the Law Secretary and in the process the Law Secretary put the most controversial note alleging the Chief Justice of personal ill will against him and Sankari Das, the Deputy law Secretary in the state law department. Tripura High Court took up a suo moto contempt of court case against the Law Secretary Datamohan Jamatia for his controversial note defaming the Chief Justice and framed charges against the Law Secretary which may lend up the state law secretary in jail if proved guilty. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Allegation against corrupt CCF Prabir Bh | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): After a serious allegation rose against Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) under state forest department Prabir Bhattacharjee for illegally acquiring land and building house without Municipality plan, another allegation against him over influencing departmental vigilance against him.Most surprisingly CCF Prabir Bhattacharjee, against whom the allegation was raised for illegally acquiring the land of BSNL authority, was also alleged to be involved in influencing the investigation report framed against him.It was alleged that the CCF Prabir Bhattacharjee had tried to influence the departmental vigilance investigation and also tried to misuse Chief Minister’s official to bring a protection to the investigation against them.But it has also been learnt that Bhattacharjee failed to influence the vigilance report that has already been tabled with Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. And after the general election to ADC on May 3 Sarkar has been learnt to give a final stamp to the vigilance report against him and others.Besides, on a telephonic conversation with TIWN a source of high official of the state confirmed, “The vigilance investigation report had already been sent to the CM office. But earlier during the investigation an allegation was raised against him for influencing the report.†| 30-Apr-2015 |
| British Govt. agreed funding for SWM and | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): Under climate change mitigation mission the British Government on Thursday agreed funding to 10 Municipal Corporation of the state excluding Agartala for Solid waste Management and LED illumination system. Deputy High Commissioner, Kolkata Scott Furssedonn Wood on Thursday holding a meeting with the stake holders here has suggested to send compulsion proposal for the lighting system of the urban areas outside Agartala. The Pollution Control Board, NGOs and other leading personalities of the state and top govt. officials remained present in the meeting. Mr. Scott also shared the views of British Govt. regarding climate change mitigation programme. He also expressed his interest to help Tripura in climate change mitigation activities at the initial stage. However, the funding agreed to be done to the 10 Municipal Corporations excluding the capital city Agartala.According to the experts, unmanaged solid waste and garbage are one of the most important elements for emission of heat releasing green house gas in the atmosphere. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Transport strike hits life in Tripura | Agartala, April 30 (TIWN): Normal life is affected in Tripura on Thursday due to 24 hrs transport strike called by three workers unions against proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2014. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Tripura Bharat Skouts and Guides organi | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): Tripura Bharat Skouts and Guides organized Swacch Bharat Abhiyan at Badharghat area on Thursday. Sports Minister Shahid Choudhury along with the Head Master of Sports School, Deputy Director and Joint Director of Sports Department with 100 students of Tripura Bharat Skouts and Guides with the students of Sports School attended the Abhiyan and make the locals of the area aware of cleanliness. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| State level rock climbing camp held at B | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): A State level camp on sport climbing was held on Thursday at Badharghat. The 46 rock climbers from 23 subdivisions take part in the climbing. The camp was organized for five days which will end on May1st. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| May Day to be celebrated in Tripura | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): Tripura is all set to observe May Day on May 1 this year with rallies, public meetings and others to be staged on Friday to mark the day which is also termed as ‘Labour Day’. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Clueless police didn't collect enough ev | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): Expelled CPI-M leader Jiten Das’ wife Kalpana Das murder case has so far brought blames on police and allegation against the state govt. It has been alleged that in-spite of victim Mrs Kalpana Das informing Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Minister Manik Dey about the brutal torture by Jiten, the state govt. has not taken any necessary steps to protect Kalpana before she was brutally murdered allegedly by her husband Jiten Das. Since after the murder of Kalpana, though the alleged mastermind Jiten das was arrested by the police, but as of now, according to the police sources, no major success of filing charge-sheet and proving Jiten Das’s involvement with the heinous crime. On Wednesday after the SIT team managed to recover two sharp cutting weapons suspected to have used during the murder of Kalpana, yet again the opposition congress leader questioned the investigation procedure of police. On a telephonic conversation with the TIWN on Wednesday one of the opposition heavyweight leader has blamed police saying, “The clueless police intentionally has taken no evidence on the very first day of the murder incident.â€He said, “Evidences that would have brought a major breakthrough in this case were intentionally avoided in order to hush up the case and rescue Jiten Das.†| 30-Apr-2015 |
| CBI likely to crackdown 2011 Nilima Debb | KHOWAI, April 30 (TIWN): Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on a move to crackdown a sensational murder case which took place during 2011 at Khowai. NCT candidate for ADC council election Nilima Debbarma was found gang raped and murdered, was later hanged on a tree at Khowai Aidonkhur ADC village under Champahaor Police Station on Feb 18,2011.However, later three TSR 6th battalion rifle men Anantahori Jamatia, Narayn Ghosh and Deepak Tripura were accused of killing Nilima and was sent to jail. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar later under the pressure of the Opposition party handed over the case with the CBI.CBI has been investigating the Nilima murder case since 5 years. Three investigating officers of CBI has brought the three accused persons under their custody and interrogated them for at least three days, and later submitted a chargesheet to the Khowai Additional District and Session Court Judge Babul Majumder. On Wednesday (29 April) it has been learnt that after the prime accused of the Nilima murder case, Deepak Tripura, who was also an accused person of the case deposed before the court alongwith the three IO of the case. Though all the 3 accused out on bail but CBI sources informed that the case would be cracked down very soon before July. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Serious allegation against Tripura Fores | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): On yet another embarrassment for the Left front govt. here in Tripura, a stern allegation is raised against forest officer Prabir Bhattacharjee for illegally acquiring land of BSNL authority and building house without the prior approval of the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC). | 30-Apr-2015 |
| Vote for left front candidates says Agho | KHOWAI, April 30 (TIWN): Tribal Welfare minister Aghore Debbarma gave a clarion call to vote for left front candidates in the council for maintaining peace and development. Addressing a public rally at Ramchandraghat Baizal bari school ground at Khowai district Aghore Debbarma on Wednesday said that the left front is committed for all-round development of tribals. TTAADC is the creation of second left front government in 1983 against a number of odds. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Chaos at Gomati District Hospital due to | UDAIPUR, April 30 (TIWN): In yet another negligence of hospital staffs of Gomati District Hospital the generic medicine counter operator given wrong medicine to the patient party on April 28. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Non-payment of REGA wages rocks Tripura: | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): With the non-payment of the REGA wages to the deprived workers rocks the state recently has become a major issue for the Left front govt. here in Tripura in wake of poll. Several hundred of REGA workers in the ADC areas staging protests against the non-payment of the wages were found to have claimed, “No vote for CPI-Mâ€. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| 21 companies of Central Paramilitary For | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): Around 21 companies of Central paramilitary forces (CPF) are deployed in the state for the 28-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls related duties which will be held on May 3. | 30-Apr-2015 |
| CPI-M loyalist Sambhu Nama to get re-app | Agartala April 30 (TIWN): Labour Commissioner Sambhu Nama, who is retiring from Govt. service on April 30 is to be reappointed in the state govt. service on contractual appintment according to sources in the Secretariat. Mr. Nama who is a Senior Scale Grade(SSG) TCS Officer is considered close to the CPI(M) party office of Melarmath here. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Meeting with motor workers held at PHQ s | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): To curb the number of increasing number of road mishap in the state a meeting was held with the motor workers at Police Head Quarter (PHQ) recently. Taking to TIWN on Wednesday Smriti Ranjan Das (SP, Traffic) said that in the meeting we have tried to aware the motor workers regarding the issues like overtaking, overloading and over speeding. The motor workers have said that they will obey the traffic rules. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Deprivation of MGNREGA Wages: Workers bl | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): REGA issue again thrills the dreams of the campaign of CPI-M Government ahead of TTAADC election. On Wednesday the workers of Dalak Panchayat of Amarpur had staged road blockade at Udaipur-Amarpur Road. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| INTTUC opposes the 12hrs transport opera | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress, (INTTUC), State Committee on Wednesday opposes the 12hrs transport operators strike called by CITU on April 30. The leaders of INTTUC told that this strike called by CITU is nothing but a plot to create major disturbances in the daily livelihood of the people. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Congress slams state govt.’s circ | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): The Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday coming down heavily on the Left rule of the state claimed, “Undemocratic rule in the state under the regime of the Left front govt. has hit the common mass.†Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath slamming the Left front govt. of the state stated, “If the election would have conducted free and fare than the Left front would have washed away from the state before.†| 29-Apr-2015 |
| Nationwide Transport Strike on Thursday | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): Along with the whole country Tripura protesting against the Road Transport and Safety Bill 2014, all road transport workers will reportedly be on a strike on Thursday, 30 April. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Criminal Content of Proceedings against | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): The High Court of Tripura had framed a charge against Law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatia on Criminal Content of Proceedings on Wednesday. The charge was framed according to the Act 15 of the law contempt. On the other hand, Court had also instructed to submit the name of the witnesses and the necessary documents on May 6th. After that the date scheduled for the quote of witness will be discussed- says Senior Advocate Pijush Kanti Biswas. Talking to TIWN, Mr. Biswas told that according to the schedule, the issue of Case Charge Frame against Law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatia was placed before the Court on Wednesday. Three advocates from Delhi namely T.P. Kamath, Gopal Singh and Rituraj Biswas also came to deal with the legal procedures. After the framing of list of the witnesses, the scheduled date for the quotes of witnesses will be scheduled. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| TTAADC Election 2015 : An acid test for | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): Reeling under heavy pressure within and outside the party owing to his alleged patronage of chit fund companies especially Rose Valley, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar is leaving no stone unturned to win the TTAADC election 2015 and prove his importance in the party.Like the earlier TTAADC elections held within his chief ministership period, Mr. Sarkar was the star campaginer of the party and his highly advertised clean image was the main attraction for the electors in those elections. But the situation has taken a drastic turn ever since the alleged relationship of the chief minister with the chit fund companies surfaced in the media throughout the country. The CPI(M) politburo member and the only chief minister of the left party in the country addressed the first rally on April 11, last before leaving the state to attend the CPI(M) Party congress at Visakhapatnam from April 14 to April 19, 2015. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Collect information from state governmen | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): BJP national president Amit Shah before departure for New Delhi asked the local leaders to strengthen the organization. BJP state president Sudhindra Dasgupta, BJP central leader and state in-Âcharge Sunil Deodhar, Sundar Paul were present in the airport to see off the BJP president Amit Shah and party general secretary Ram Madhab. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Police recover murder weapons in Kalpana | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): On yet another development to the expelled CPI-M leader Jiten Das’ wife Kalpana Das murder case, police managed to recover two sharp weapons suspected to be used to kill Kalpana. The investigating agency is tight lipped to the case and is yet to some relevant clues to crack down the case, said police source on Wednesday. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| All India Democratic Students Organizat | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): All India Democratic Students Organization on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister regarding various demands against the hampering of studies of students and their rights. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| MGNREGA Workers filed case against the | KAILASAHAR, April 29 (TIWN): Deprivation of REGA wages still continues in the State. After the tensed situation prevailing in Hezamara and other districts and subdivisions, being fed up by the false commitment of the Government, three workers of Kailsahar sub-division at last filed case against the respective authorities in MGNREGA scheme. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Rampant manufacturing of country made li | BELONIA/AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): The manufacturing of country made liquor at Ratanpur ADC village under Belonia Police Station is on rampant. But the police officers are not taking any steps to stop the illegal business. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Kamalpur: Noagaon Small Savings embezzle | KAMALPUR, APRIL 29 (TIWN): As per the pre-announced program, the Inspector of Post Sakir Hussain visited the Noagaon area and enlisted the complaints of the depositors, today. He also assured the depositors of getting back every single paisa of their deposit. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| CM pitched ADC voters to vote for peace, | Sabroom, April 29 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Tuesday holding the election campaign at Sabroom said that insurgent groups of the state are directly extending help to the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT). “Banned insurgents like NLFT and ATTF are helping the IPFT in their activitiesâ€, Sarkar said. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| BSF-BGB celebrates BSF golden jubilee at | KHOWAI, April 29 (TIWN): Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday celebrated its golden jubilee at Khowai Asharambari with Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) officials invited here to take part in the celebration. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| Uncertainty hangs for 35,000 tribal refu | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): Despite fresh initiatives by the Tripura government, uncertainty prevails with the repatriation of 35, 000 tribal refugees to Mizoram, who are currently sheltered in Tripura since 17 years. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| Low attendance affects education in rura | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): Even as India is under a constitutional obligation to provide universal and compulsory primary education for all, the main hindrance to the obligation has turned out weakening the education system of the rural Tripura due to the low attendance of the teachers and the students. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| Rampant supply of fake notes continues a | KAILASHAHAR, April 29 (TIWN): Keeping the police stations in ‘yawning-siesta’, illegal trade of fake currencies has alarmingly gripped the entire Unakoti district for over past few months. A strong racket very actively supplying fake notes in the district but the district administration remained mum over the issue, said a local source. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| BSF issues OPS alert in wake of TTAADC p | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): An OPS alert has been declared by the Border Security Force (BSF) which would come into effect from April 30 to May 5 in the wake of Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections which will be on May 3.Talking to TIWN on Tuesday evening, Border Security Force (BSF) DIG B S Tolia said, during the ops alert almost all the BSF jawans and officers will be deployed in the Tripura’s 856-km-long border with Bangladesh for ensuring peaceful TTAADC elections. Apart from that a total of 11 additional companies of BSF have been deployed in the interior areas of Tripura, Tolia mentioned.“We have been directed by our higher authorities in Delhi to intensify vigil along the border in the wake of reports that Tripura is being used as a corridor or transit point for entry of fundamentalist and terrorist elements like HuJI into Indiaâ€, said DIG.He further said that the BSF jawans on duty here have been given night vision thermal cameras to track the movement of suspected infiltrators. Each of these cameras resembles a black and white TV set. Through the lens, a jawan can spot anyone moving within a 1-km radius and if needed, another jawan standing close to him can fire at the target. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| Amit Shah’s visits ushers a new h | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): The maiden visit of BJP national president Amit Shah in Tripura has given a strong signal that next three years will be tough and challenging for leftists in the country and CPI-M in the state. Shah ended his two-weeks long Northeast visit with Tripura on Tuesday morning leaving spirit to fight against Manik Sarkar led team in the state well ahead of 2018 assembly poll.Besides, addressing public rally of course not mammoth in Agartala, Shah held series of meetings with BJP leaders of the state regarding consolidated fight against left front to wipe them out from the power. Certainly, Amit Shah’s Tripura visit in odd time put ruling CPI-M in a fresh challenge. However, the performance of the state BJP leaders has made him unhappy.The hardcore and dedicated BJP men in Tripura have been in sideline since Modi led government came in power last year. Instead, hostile congress group like Arun Kanti Bhowmik and Subal Bhowmik have got major space in the state BJP because of their political experiences. On the other, the BJP’s state leaders including the president Sudhindra Dasgupta are in the second bench now. The huge exodus from Congress’s different ranks has added woe to the genuine BJP leaders. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Smuggling of expensive timber is rampant | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): Call it failure and utter negligence of police and forest departments, smuggling of expensive timber is rampant throughout Tripura, it is increasing day by day. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Agartala turns hub of IPL cricket bettin | AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): With the beginning of Indian Premier League-2015 (IPL), while a strong racket of gamblers is earning huge amount, at the same time, a vast number of gamblers including youths are losing everything.Even with the availability of information on the issue, police officials are reportedly turned tight-lipped instead of taking necessary steps against the gambling racket. A section of bookies operate this illegal business through mobile phones and internet services sitting in the different hotels of the city without any restrain.Even with the availability of information on the issue, police department are reportedly turned tight-lipped instead of taking necessary steps against the gambling racket. A section of bookies operate this illegal business through mobile phones and internet services sitting in the different hotels of the city without any restrain.According to sources, cricket betting is reportedly going on rampant at Maharajganj Market and Battala market in the capital city- Agartala on every single match. The gamblers make bet in different ways like- match result, single ball chance, over-boundary, wicket down and many others, said the sources. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Prisoner escaped from the trap of Udaipu | Udaipur, April 28 (TIWN): On yet another negligence of the Tripura Police, one prisoner managed to escape from Udaipur Jail on Monday night showing a thumb to the police guard. The prisoner was identified as Tabikul Islam, resident of Comilla, Bangladesh. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| 2008 Agartala bombings case : 4 convicts | AGARTALA, April 28 (TIWN): The additional District and Session Court Judge S.B. Dutta on Tuesday awarded life term imprisonment to the 4 convicts of Agartala bombings case took place during the year 2008. The punishment was awarded after at least 7 years. Public Prosecutor of the case was R P Roy and Special Public Prosecutor was L R Khadim. The 4 convicted are Kumari Debbarma, Dinesh Debbarma, Sachindra Debbarma and Vikash Debbarma. They were accused on charge of influencing the bombings took place at Agartala during the year 2008. However on Saturday the Additional District and Session Court Judge S.B. Dutta convicted the 4 accused the case. All the blasts took place within a span of 45 minutes and the capital city of the relatively peaceful North-Eastern state of Tripura was put on the terror map.Crude bombs were apparently used and timers were used to set them off. The bombs were planted on cycles and motor bikes while two other bombs were recovered and defused.The blasts went off at Agartala's main shopping area Maharaja Ganj Bazar, Gobind Ballah Pant market, a busy Radhanagar bus stand, Agartala Motorstand, Bottala and Abhay Nagar localities. The first blast happened at Gul Bazar around 7:30 pm (IST), followed by two more at Radha Nagar Bus stand and G B Bazar, around 7:35 and 8:15 respectively. In the 2008 Agartala bombings at least 4 people were killed and a 100 injured on 1 October 2008 in a series of 5 blasts set off in Agartala, capital of the Indian state of Tripura, within 45 minutes, while two unexploded bombs were defused.Bangladesh-based terror group Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami (HuJI) alongwith Tripura's NLFT, ATTF were responsible for serial bomb blasts in Agartala. | 29-Apr-2015 |
| Congress alleged Manik Sarkar supporter | AGARTALA, April 28 (TIWN): With the general election to TTAADC knocking at the door, the Pradesh Congress recently brought a serious allegation against Chief Minister Manik Sarkar saying, “Manik Sarkar and its CPI-M party is an ally to murderer and has given birth to the insurgents across the state. “Alleging Sarkar as an ally to the accused of the murder cases, Congress recently said that suspended CPI-M leader Jiten Das and multi-crore scamster Bimal Chakroborty is known to be a close aide of Manik Sarkar. TPCC working President Ashish Saha alleged that Sarkar managed to lead an escape path for Bimal on Bishalgarh MGNREGA multi crore scam, and has been trying now to rescue his another close aide Jiten Das hushing up the case of Kalpana Das murder case. Saha claimed, “Jiten das was expelled from the party only to eye wash the people of the state.†| 28-Apr-2015 |
| 335 polling stations set up in 8 seats f | AGARTALA, April 28 (TIWN): A total of 335 polling stations have been set up in 8 seats centering the ensuing Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election. The 8 seats are Demcherra, Kachucherra, Karamcherra, Chawmanu, Manu, Chailengta, Ganganagar, Raima Valley, Halahali, Asharambari and Kulai Champahawor. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| Central pay scale case in High Court : | AGARTALA, April 28 (TIWN): The deprived state govt. employees may get back their smile on July 28, next as the High Court of Tripura has fixed July 28, as the next day of hearing in the Saubhik Roy Bardhan case demanding Central pay benefits for the state government employees here.The two member Divisional bench comprising of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhasish Talapatra will deliver their judgment on July 28 next in the eagerly awaited case. It may be mentioned here that the state government employees are getting only 69% DA as compared to 113% of the central government employees at present creating a difference of 44% among the central and state government employees.Under pressure from various section of the society including the opposition parties here the Manik Sarkar led left government announced central grade pay to the state govt. employees with effect from April 1, 2015 without changing the other benefits like the House Rent allowances, Conveyance allowances, Medical allowances of the state govt. employees.The employees interest related case filed by Saubhik Roy Bardhan on January 27, 2015 in the Divisional Bench of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhasish Talapatra was scheduled for hearing on Monday last but the tricky stand taken by the Government advocate postponed the judgment till July 28 next. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| BJP President Amit Shah exposes CPI(M)â | AGARTALA , April 28 (TIWN): In his maiden visit to the state, BJP’s All India President Amit Shah virtually exposed the “Blame Centre†game played by the ruling CPI(M) here for long. Addressing party workers and supporters at the Swami Vivekananda Stadium here on Monday for the first time, the firebrand BJP president came down heavily on the ruling CPI(M) government led by chief minister Manik Sarkar. The BJP president’s speech of forty minutes practically left the CPI(M)’s “Blame Centre†attitude wide exposed. Mr. Shah said that the Tripura chief minister feverishly lies to the people when he says that the centre has stopped REGA scheme. It may be mentioned here that the ruling CPI(M) leadership here blamed the central government for the ongoing REGA debacle and tried to propagate the theory that the central government was closing the REGA schemes. | 28-Apr-2015 |
| Agartala, Shillong, Guwahati at highest | Agartala / New Delhi, April 28 (TIWN): Guwahati, Shillong and Agartala are the three Northeast Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data. | 28-Apr-2015 |