Archive Detail
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| Kolkata Based Apollo Gleneagles Hospital | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Kolkata based Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, in a press conference held at Agartala Press Club announced that this hospital has come up with various facilities and latest diagnostic as well as therapeutic technologies, to treat diseases affecting the urinary system. Press conference arranged by Kolkata based Apollo Gleneagles Hospital to assure the state’s people about their latest technologies using in the surgeries, especially related to kindey. | 13-Jun-2015 |
| Lack of doctors hit PHC under Dhalai Dis | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Health care facility in the interiors of Tripura has come to a halt. Health treatments are now only limited to a scale “for the name-sakeâ€. Day after day where the state is facing the threat of major life taking diseases, it is witnessed that the state health department is no way bothered about saving the life of the people, residing in the interiors of the state or providing them the facility of preliminary treatment for the prevention of diseases. | 14-Jun-2015 |
| Power disruption hits more than 100 fami | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Giving an excuse of lack of contractual line maker in the Electricity Corporation of the state, around 100 families are deprived of the benefit of electricity for last one and half months. | 13-Jun-2015 |
| Review meeting held at Khowai Town hall | KHOWAI, June 13 (TIWN): A review meeting on the development and underdevelopment of Khowai district was held at Khowai town hall. Tourism Minister Ratan Bhowmik, MLA Paado Debbarma, MLA Gauri Das, MLA Manindra Das, Chip whip Samir Deb Sarkar along with other dignitaries along with the block officials remained present in the program. | 13-Jun-2015 |
| Bangladesh starts flushing out NSCN,ULFA | AGARTALA/ SHILLONG, June 13 (TIWN): Bangladesh has promised firm action against insurgents from India's northeastern states taking shelter in the country, a top BSF official said here in Shillong on Friday."We have handed over a list of 39 Indian insurgent camps to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). They have assured us of taking firm action against the Indian insurgents operating from Bangladesh," Border Security Force (BSF) spokesman Sushil Kumar Singh told media.A four-day inspector general-level Border Coordination Conference between the BSF and the BGB concluded at Shillong , the BSF frontier headquarters on Thursday.BSF Inspector General Sudesh Kumar, who led the Indian side, handed the fresh list to the BGB delegation led by Brig. Gen. Md. Latiful Haider."The list has been prepared based on specific intelligence inputs about the location of the insurgent camps in Bangladesh. Most of these insurgent camps are located at several areas in Bangladesh's Mymensing, Moulvibazar, Netrakona, Khagrachari, Rangamati, Chittagong Hill Tract and the Kasalong Reserve Forest," the spokesman said.The camps included those of the ULFA, NSCN-IM, NDFB, PLA, HNLC,NLFT and other rebel groups active in the northeastern states with demands ranging from secession to greater autonomy and the right to self-determination.Four northeastern states -- Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam -- share a 1,880-km border with Bangladesh. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Mobile Towers in Tripura : High Court sl | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): The Agartala Municipal Corporation has been found illegally collecting hefty amounts from the mobile tower companies by levying tax on them. The Tripura High Court on Friday held that the Agartala Municipal Corporations (AMC) does not have any power to levy tax on the mobile tower companies here in Agartala under the Telegraph Act. The court also directed the corporation to return back the amount taken from the companies so far.Hearing the writ petition filed by Lawyer Arun Kanti Bhowmik, the HC under the bench of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhashish Talapatra on Friday said that the state is at liberty to make amendments to bring technological advances within the purview of relevant laws, while making it clear that it was for the legislature to take into consideration all aspects and enact such laws as it deemed fit.Talking to TIWN in this regard lawyer Arun Kanti Bhowmik on Friday said, “The AMC has been found illegally taking hefty amount from the mobile tower companies here in Agartala, though the corporation does not have any power to act this.†Adding to that Bhowmik said, “Under the Telegraph Act several tower companies who had set up their mobile tower here in Agartala sector are authorized from the central government". “The AMC without any provision in Municipality act had been found illegally taking hefty amount from the mobile tower companies here and has asked them to pay Rs. 5000 monthly levying tax on them.†| 12-Jun-2015 |
| Badal blasts Govt Doctor's private pract | KHOWAI, June 13 (TIWN): Health and Family welfare department Minister Badal Chowdhury addressing the workshop on Health and Family welfare at Khowai town hall on Friday stated that, any common person can file a written complaint against the doctors if the doctors are found attending their private chambers during the hospital hours. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Rabindra-Najrul-Sandhya organized by ICA | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): State’s capital city has observed “Rabindra-Najrul-Sandhya†on Friday, reminding two poets Tagore and Najrul, who had given a new life into Bengali literature and tried to link people with the connections of brotherhood and humanity. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Teliamura: Wholesale vendors deprived of | TELIAMURA, June 13 (TIWN): Deprived of the Government made market stalls, the wholesale agricultural vendor have to maintain their business under wrecked sheds, said an agricultural vendor of Teliamura. | 13-Jun-2015 |
| Tripura: State judicial system is to bri | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): State’s few courts have recently announced few hearings with maximum punishments to the convicts, which are raising hopes to the victims of the state; a state where criminals are generally used to roam openly in the society. The convicts are punished for 5 to10 years of imprisonment for their indulgence in different types of crimes. | 13-Jun-2015 |
| Serious wastage of Government funds in T | TELIAMURA, June 13 (TIWN): For past 8 years the grocery market ‘Uttaran’ left in a deplorable condition, hampering the development in the business sectors of that area including reduction in the economy and advancement of the area. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Kailashahar : Office of Agriculture Depu | KAILASHAHAR, June 13 (TIWN): Ministry of Agriculte and Tripura Tribal Welfare Minister Aghore Debbarma has inaugurated the office of Deputy Director of Agricutre at Goura Nagar, Kailashahar on Friday. The programme was held at the conference hall of Unokoti Jilla Parishad. MLA Birajit Sinha, Jilla Sabhadipati Kalpana Debnath, Director of Agriculture, Tripra Govt. D.P. Sarkar along with other dignitaries remained present in the programme. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Udaipur : Students clash, injured admitt | UDAIPUR, June 13 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, 2 people were left seriously injured when beaten up by localites. The injured persons have been admitted to AGMC hospital on Friday. | 13-Jun-2015 |
| Police keeps eye on detained IS suspect, | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): The Bangladeshi national Bilal Miah (26), a resident of Kandirpar, Comilla district of Bangladesh, has been sent to seven day’s police remand recently for interrogation. He was arrested from Agartala airport on June 9 while he was preparing to board on Kolkata bound flight from Agartala. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Beijing Flight row : 5 crew members leav | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): Amongst the 9 passengers, a total of five passengers were air lifted to Beijing on Friday morning by one Beijing bound flight arrived here from Mumbai, official said. All the 4 passengers who were on board on Thursday landed emergency here are all high profile businessmen and they were identified as Wangzia Lian, Oen Niaozi, Liu Chaoui and another Liuchun-R Paye. They had left the airport along with one crew member. 2 crew members and other two stayed back.Talking to TIWN in this regard DM (West) Dr. Milind Ramteke said the five passengers including one crew member on Friday left Agartala airport for Beijing after one flight from Mumbai arrived here at11:30 AM. The passengers would be travelled via Thailand.Asked about the status of the China flight which landed emergency at Agartala airport on Thursday at Agartala airport, DM said it is under maintenance now as the engineer from Mumbai had come here on Friday morning.According to the official of the Agartala airport, all the 5 passengers left the airport safe and secured whereas the engineer arrived here on Friday morning is engaged to restore the fault of the China flight. After the maintenance the rest on board would fly to Beijing. Flight is expected to leave agartala airport on saturday after the maintenance. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Tripura asks AAI to kick off Rs 426 cro | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): With the Airport Authority of India (AAI) following a yearlong persuasion of the Tripura Left front government has agreed to kick off the construction work of the Agartala airport expansion. The state government had recently asked the AAI to start the work by the month of December this year without any further delay which has brought anarchy among the displaced locals at Agartala airport area. AAI is expected to kick off the construction spending Rs. 426 crore.In a move that will aid influx of foreign visitors to the North East and make flying to numerous destinations easier, the Agartala airport is going to get a major overhaul. The Chairman of AAI R K Srivastava during his visit to the state previous month said that Agartala airport is upgrading to international standards soon.Whereas, the transport department officials of the state along with Minister Manik Dey expressing displeasure over the delay of the work urged the AAI to undertake the project work without any further delay.Tripura Government has been vocal about boosting flight operations between adjoining nations and the north eastern states. This will help flourish tourism and trade greatly. As of now, Imphal and Guwahati have international airports in the North East region.A total of 72 acres of land had been acquired by the state government here with an aim to make the airport in international standard. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Coastal transport Agreement a huge bonus | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN):The real game changer in the recent talks between the two neighbours was the agreement on coastal shipping. Coastal Shipping Agreement would basically facilitate the direct regular movement of ships between India and Bangladesh, which would bring the shipping time down from 30 to 40 days on an average to seven to 10 days. The two sides are hopeful that improved connectivity will enhance mutual trade which in turn will bring a new dimension of growth to the entire region .According to MoU that has also been signed by both PMs which relates to access to Chittagong and Mongla ports for the movement of goods to and from India. “With the proposed bridge over River Feni on the India-Bangladesh border, there will be road connectivity from Chittagong to Agartala which will allow the movement of Indian goods to Chittagong and Mongla ports which could then move on to Tripura and other regions of the North-east by road,†Foreign Secretary Jaishankar elaborated in Dhaka.It allows India on its part to improve access to its north-east region and allows Bangladesh access through India to Nepal and Bhutan. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| BSF, BGB agree on coordinated patrolling | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, June 12 (TIWN): The Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) have agreed to conduct coordinated patrols in areas vulnerable to trafficking and smuggling on both sides of the border between the two countries, an official said. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Tripura Congress left for Delhi to hold | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): After a year-long persuasion with the Centre, for handing the financial corruption cases in various governmental departments here in Left ruled Tripura; and to hold special audit on rural development schemes, the opposition Congress on Friday has already left for New Delhi to hold ‘dharna’. The congress leaders will meet the President of India Pranab Mukharjee on June 16 prior to stage a ‘dharna’ on June 17, at Delhi Jantar Mantar ground, with at least 200 congress workers and will voice against rampant corruption in Tripura and as well as against NBFCs fraud business in the state. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| BJP starts door-to-door Maha Sampark Abh | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): On it ambitious plan Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday visited the houses of the new-members under ‘Maha Samparka Abhiyan’, who have recently enrolled with the party to strengthen the organization. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Scrutiny of nomination papers completed | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): The state is all set to conduct the by-election, scheduled to be held on June 27 as the scrutiny of all the nomination papers were declared valid by Debashis Modak, Additional Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Indian Oil Corporation ltd launches onli | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): Indian Oil Corporation limited has finally taken the initiative of launching the system of Online booking of refilling the LPG cylinders in the state. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Amarpur: Power disruptions hit; lead to | AMARPUR, June 12 (TIWN): Blackouts are a frequent occurrence in many interior parts of the state because of shortage of power and an antiquated electricity grid. At the same time, many of the people living in villages of the interior part of the state have no access to the electricity grid at all. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Khowai gang-rape case: 10 years impriso | KHOWAI, June 12 (TIWN): The District and Additional Session Judge Court on Friday announced 10 years and 7 months of imprisonment to 3 rape-convicted persons, who were found guilty of gang-rape of a minor girl of South Doshghoria under Sidhai Police Station. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Kamalpur: Police lock-up mysterious dea | KAMALPUR, JUNE 12 (TIWN): 2013 and 2015. Two separate years, two separate victims. Both were arrested regarding cases of completely different perspectives. But both suffered the same fate of being died at the lock-up of Kamalpur police either on spot or in hospital. Yes, within a span of last three years starting from 2013, Kamalpur police station somehow snatched the loves of two persons. And mysteriously, police in both the cases remained busy in shedding off responsibilities. Although, five children altogether lost their fathers and two girls witnessed the shattering of their dreams. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Congress to protest against Left's misr | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN/IANS) Demanding a CBI probe into the siphoning off of government funds and accusing the Left Front of misrule in Tripura, the Congress on Friday said it will organise a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on June 17. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Kamalpur: An 18 years old girl committed | KAMALPUR, JUNE 12 (TIWN): In a sensational and tragic incident an 18 years old girl namely Lipika Shuklabaidya alias Anamika committed suicide by burning herself at her residence around 12-30 pm today. The family members and the neighbors rushed the girl to the hospital nut the doctors declared her brought dead. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Tripura High Court takes suo moto case o | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): Upset with the State Govt.’s inability to put a curb on the private tuition by school teachers, the Tripura High Court on Thursday took a suo moto case on the matter and gave some directions to the state Govt. led by Manik Sarkar. The Tripura High Court on Thursday urged the state Govt.’s Department of Education and the Dept. of Higher Education to submit the details of the measures taken by them so far to stop private tuition by the school teachers both of Govt. schools and privately run schools of the state. The High Court set July 31, 2015 as the deadline for submitting the necessary orders of the state departments discouraging the practice of private tuition both by the teachers of Govt. run schools and private schools. It may be mentioned here that the issue of school teachers resorting to private tuitions in their homes and coaching centers bunking classes in the schools was criticized by different sections of the society irrespective of caste and politics.Department of Primary education through a circular tried to put restriction on the Govt.’s primary school teachers’ practice of private tuition and the step was more or less successful in putting the Govt. school teachers under control. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Central expert team leave state, conduct | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): The 3 member central expert team, who arrived Tripura to probe the JE (Japanese Encephalitis) vaccination deaths, had left for Delhi on Thursday. Enquiry had already been conducted by team , final report to be tabled to the state government soon, said health official on Thursday evening at Secretariat. However, JE vaccination in the state has been suspended until the final report of the team is placed before the government. Talking to TIWN on Thursday evening, a state health official said that after conducting enquiry it has been found that children deaths are not related to the vaccination as they were suffering from illness prior to the vaccine was administered. Health Dept sources said that they would examine the report prepared on the basis of their observation in New Delhi and likely to send their final report to the Tripura Government at the earliest. The team on June 10 submitted a report based on their observation to Health Secretary M. Nagaraju and held a discussion at Civil secretariat. However, the expert team of Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) North Zone after conducting the inquiry, had requested the state health officials to keep suspending the vaccination programme until they issue a green signal to it. A total of three school children died after being administered by JE vaccination, as per the government official record. They are from three different districts of the state. However later following the deaths of three children the State Govt. had requested the centre to send an expert team to probe the JE Vaccination deaths. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Agartala-Kolkata via Dhaka bus service s | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): At last Tripura Government showing rush for buying bus prior to kick off formal Agartala-Kolkata direct bus service via Bangladesh capital Dhaka. The West Bengal Government is already ready with their two Volvo buses to ply in the vice versa route. According to the highly placed sources of the State Transport Department, informed that Secretary for transport, Samarjit Bhowmik recently called Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) for an urgent meeting taking up the issue of buying bus for plying Agartala-Kolkata via Dhaka route.The source confirmed that very soon at least two buses would arrive to Agartala, which were earlier proposed for by the Tripura Government. Besides, the Transport Dept. has been planning to facilitate the passengers with better bus services. A total of two air-conditioned buses would be brought here very soon, but it has no plan to buy Volvo at present because it costs high than any other buses.Already West Bengal Government invested high amount for buying two Volvo buses, each at the cost of Rs 80lakhs, whereas it has also been learnt that the Bangladesh Government would also ply its bus in the route.At present Tripura Government is plying Moitree bus to Dhaka whereas Bangladesh has come up with its Shyamali service from Dhaka to Agartala and vice versa.Quality of TRTC buses are substandard, trial bus from Agartala was a newly painted old bus which gave mechanical troubles and somehow completed the trial run. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Violence won't be allowed to hamper nort | Imphal, June 12 (TIWN /IANS) Violence will not be allowed to hamper the government's mission to develop the northeast region, union minister Jitendra Singh said here in Manipur on Thursday, days after 18 soldiers were killed in a militant ambush in the state. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Tripura pitches to drop ‘smuggling | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): With the joint effort of India and Bangladesh, the fourth border haat along Indo-Bangla border kicked off from June 11, 2015 with an aim to boost the bi-lateral trade between these two countries and keeping eye to cut ‘smuggling’ which rampant here in Tripura. However following the border hat along Tripura-Bangladesh border, Tripura on Thursday pitched to drop smuggling through border haat or market along the bordering areas. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Khowai : Drought hits villages, sufferin | KHOWAI, June 12 (TIWN): For past 2 month the water storage and water reservoir system of Asharambari, Udnachora, Bonbazar, Chamubosti of Khowai are left in deplorable condition hampering the irrigation and agriculture of the villages. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Tripura’s Education Dept. is prod | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Thursday in a felicitation programme, organized by SFI in Sukanta Academy, claimed again that the Left front ruled state Tripura is best in all aspects including Education system. This programme was arranged to felicitate the top students of Tripura, who could secure a rank in Madhyamik and H.S. examination in 2015. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Deplorable condition hits Kailasahar Ele | KAILASAHAR, June 12 (TIWN): In a tug of war between the Kailasahar Electric Division and Contractual line maker, the consumers are facing the hurdles of electricity maintenance at Kailasahar for last many days. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Gomati District : Foundation stone laid: | KORBOOK, June 12 (TIWN): After one and half year of foundation stone laying ceremony at Ghurakatta area under Korbook Police Station, Gomati District, no work has been carried out till now. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Thunder and storm disrupt life: Woman st | UDAIPUR, June 12 (TIWN): A-48-year old woman namely Manju Dutta(48), W/O-Babul Dutta was struck by lightning on Thursday afternoon, when she was walking into her home. The event took place near to Amar Sagar Lake, where her house is located. The women had been immediately taken to the Gomati Dist. Hospital and her condition is very critical presently, as the doctors said. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| World Blood Donor Day to be observed on | AGARTALA, June 12 (TIWN): 12th world blood donor day to be observed in the state with pomp and gaiety at Nazrul Kalakshetra on 14th June. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Chinese plane lands in Agartala, creates | AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN): In a sudden shock after Modi's successful Bangladesh visit on June 6,7 , today a Beijing bound a Chinese flight forced emergency landing at Agartala Airport today. One China based small aircraft on Thursday made an emergency landing at Agartala airport with a total of 9 on board. According to the airport authority the flight landed here at around 10:30 AM after it faced some technical fault in air.An airport official said, “The flight B8122 of China was flying to Beijing from Delhi and later facing some technical faults it landed immediately here at Agartala airport on Thursday.†| 11-Jun-2015 |
| Indo-Bangla 4th border haat, Tripuraâ | AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN): Tripura’s 2nd and the Indo-Bangla 4th border ‘haat’ or market along Indo-Bangla opened on Thursday to boost the local trade and people across borders. The border trade between India and Bangladesh has come as a boon to people in land-locked Tripura, who were at a disadvantageous position compared to people in other states, when it comes to availability of goods.With a joint effort of both India and Bangladesh, the fourth border haat kicked off on Thursday along Tripura’s Kamalasagar, under Sepahijala District and Bangladesh Tarapur bordering area. This is the second border haat in Tripura. The haat or the market was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Nardenra Modi and his counterpart Sheikh Hasina via video conferencing on June 6 from Dhaka. However on Thursday the main programme of opening the haat was organised under the initiative of Tripura’s Sepahijala District Administration and Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria District administration. Addressing the programme today, DM (Sepahijala) P K Chakraborty said trading at the 'haat' would take place once a week among the people living within 5 km radius of the border who would sell and buy locally produced goods and crops. No local taxes would be imposed on the items to be sold in the haats and currencies of both the countries would be allowed to run the trading. The haat would be operational from the Indian Standard Time (IST) of 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Adding Chakraborty said a total of 25 traders were listed from Tripura who would be allowed to trade with Bangladesh at haat. Whereas around 1, 010 buyers were identified. Besides, Chakroborty said a 5 members committee was constituted under the leadership of ADM of both Sepahijala and Bangladesh Brahmanbaria District, which would keep eye on the trade between the two districts at Kamalasagar bordering Tarapur of Bangladesh. | 12-Jun-2015 |
| Surprise visit of MCI team in AGMC : unc | AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN): The surprise visit of the Medical Council of India (MCI) team here at Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) has brought a tough time for the concerned authorities and as a result the uncertainty hovers over the accreditation of MBBS degree at the college. The team conducted a sudden visit to the AGMC without any imitation on June 9, said official source of the AGMC. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| BSF nab three Bangladeshi militants | AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN/IANS): The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested three Bangladeshi trained hardcore militants related to helping National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), police said here on Thursday. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Drugs flood streets : alarming picture o | AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN): Agartala city has been virtually flooded with drugs, illegal arms, and of course mafia groups. Another picture of the smiling city is attractive with 2/3 storied buildings, luxurious cars. Drug addiction has been rising among the section of college students, girl students, house wives and drop out boys. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Kailashahar : Superstitious belief grips | KAILASHAHAR, June 11 (TIWN): Superstitious belief gripped over the people of Patur Bazaar of Kailashahar. The locals of the area joined in a road blockage and boycotted at Patur Bazaar New Motor Stand demanding to recover a missing bull. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Moderate rainfall disrupts normal life: | AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN): Heavy rainfall across Agartala city and suburban areas has hit the normal life on Thursday morning. After a dry spell of over a month, the monsoon finally made its presence felt in the state, though the capital city’s life is disrupted as the road and transport services are deranged due to heavy rain. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Domestic violence stands tall in Tripura | AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN): Despite on its ambitious plan the Tripura Left front Government has set up Women Police Stations by recruiting thousands of women constables and police, the crime against women has stand rampant at rural Tripura. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Khowai gang-rape case: Accused found gui | KHOWAI, June 11 (TIWN): The District and Additional Session Judge Court on Thursday convicted 3 rape accused, who have found guilty of gang-rape of a minor girl of South Doshghoria under Sidhai Police Station. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Kamalpur: BSM Hospital submerged in extr | KAMALPUR, June 11 (TIWN): Once being the pride of both the locale and the trumpeting leadership, the dream hospital of former deceased Health Minister of the state Bimal Singha, the Bimal Singha Memorial hospital turned into a den of utter mismanagement and embezzlement. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Bangladesh may provide river transit to | AGARTALA / DHAKA, June 11 (TIWN): A joint committee comprising officials of both countries would be formed soon to make recommendations for the fees and charges within two months, said shipping ministry officials.Once those are settled, the facility might be given to India on a limited scale, they said.“It will require large-scale dredging of river routes if India is to be provided with full-fledged river transit facility,†said one of the officials on condition of anonymity.At a meeting in New Delhi in April, shipping ministry officials of the two countries agreed to make mutually beneficial arrangements for the use of waterways, roads and railways for bilateral trade and passage of goods between two places in one country through the territory of the other.India would pay Bangladesh transit fees, while Nepal and Bhutan would pay fees to both Bangladesh and India, said the officials of Bangladesh shipping ministry.At present, India pays Bangladesh Tk 10 crore annually for using the latter's waterways. River transport via Tripura will boost Indo-Bangla economy in long run. Under the new arrangement, fees and charges would be set in accordance with the policy of the World Trade Organisation. A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been drafted under the Extension of Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) signed during the recent Dhaka visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Dhaka, however, will have to sign a separate deal with Delhi for using India's river routes to move goods to Nepal and Bhutan. | 11-Jun-2015 |
| Manik’s non-inclusion in Banglade | AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN): Historic Agartala–Dhaka-Kolkata bus service flagged off jointly by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina ,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 6, last is facing uncertainty as the state transport authority TRTC is unable to procure the required buses for the route till date. According to TRTC sources, the corporation has pplaced orders for four luxury buses to the vehicle company TATA Motors, but the latter has not supplied the same to the TRTC so far (payment issues) delaying the bus service in the Agartala- Dhaka-Kolkata route.The sorry state of the TRTC was exposed during the trial run of the TRTC bus in the Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata route on June 1 last, when the state owned transport corporation somehow managed an old bus of the corporation for the trial run after putting some colour on its body.The bus reportedly halted in many places during its journey due to technical slugs and returned to Agartala somehow.According to some gossips that is doing the round in the capital’s various corners, the bus service is being delayed intentionally by the TRTC after the state Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was left out of the list of the dignitaries to flag off the bus service by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina. | 10-Jun-2015 |