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| Fake currency gripped the market, banks | KAMALPUR, July 26 (TIWN): Recent success of Salema police station here at Kamalpur against fake currency in which police sized fake currency of 92, 000 rupees and arrested two youths revealed new dimensions of the dangerous spreading of fake currencies. And more alarmingly, fake currency became available in market, bank counters and ATMs. Even the border-adjacent town of Kamalpur had not been relieved from this menace. | 26-Jul-2015 |
| Bijita Nath inaugurates State level wom | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): Inaugurating the two-day long state level women cultural festival on Saturday evening at Kailashahar Town Hall, Social Welfare & Social Education Minister Bijita Nath said that the fight for equal respect of both man and women is still not finish. The women have to fight for their rights and have to prove their capability. | 26-Jul-2015 |
| “Corruption rampant among few empl | SANTIRBAZAR, July 26 (TIWN):Corruption rampant among few employees and few officers and it is a big challenge. Corruption cannot be tolerate by any means stated PWD Minister Badal Choudhury while addressing in a two days TGEA Central Committee Meeting at Santirbazar community Hall at Santirbazar . | 26-Jul-2015 |
| Protest Rally organized by ABVP ASSAM ag | AGARTALA/DHARMANAGAR, July 26 (TIWN):After Congress party, it is now Tripura Pradesh BJP committee who is raising much alarm over the Dharmanagar College clash issue. BJP supporters of Dharmanagar organized a protest rally in Dharmanagar town against CM Manik Sarkar and his party CPI (M)’s involvement with ABVP Supporters attack. | 26-Jul-2015 |
| Real saga of education made the student | KAMALPUR, July 26 (TIWN): The students and teachers gathered in front of the school to enter the premise. But they could not enter the school till 11 am. And then the concerned staff arrived in a happy mood to unlock the school. This scenario prevailed at no remote place but at the heart of the town Kamalpur on Saturday last at Kamalpur Madrassa Class XII School. And more seriously it got revealed that, the incident occurred there quite often. | 26-Jul-2015 |
| Waterlogging hits Sabroom Urban Rural l | SABROOM, July 26(TIWN): Over 250 residences, schools, government offices, market places and lanes in most of the Nagarpanchayat wards of Sabroom town reeled under the impact of water logging after a heavy downpour lashed the urban localities on sunday. | 26-Jul-2015 |
| Prospect of Indo-Bangladesh trade goes b | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): With the neighbouring Bangladesh agreeing in principle to open up its market for the rest of the country the Left ruled land-locked Tripura has come up as a business hub. Very soon Tripura could be known as the gateway to the northeastern states and also the rest of the country. The border trade between the Tripura and Bangladesh has already came up as a boon for the NE states with the Bangladesh government had recently agreed to open up its high speed internet connection by which the NE states are all set to get at least 10 Gbps connection after Mumbai and Chennai.According to the experts the border trade between India and Bangladesh through Tripura is expected to touch a very hefty profit in the next two to three years.He informed that according to the Business experts and Statistics there is around Rs 10 crore worth of exports from Tripura which include mainly handicraft materials, bamboo and silk by ships through Kolkata and Mumbai port. Keeping in view of the Tripura, a business hub and agreeing to the proposal of Tripura Left front government the Bangladesh government is readying the 10 Gbps internet connection for the NE states and rest of the states of the country through Tripura which waits to be the third international internet gateway. | 26-Jul-2015 |
| Insurgency declines in Tripura, says Gov | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): Successfully moving towards containing the insurgent activities along the India-Bangladesh bordering Tripura, the Left front government managed to decline the insurgency as compared to the other northeastern states. Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy recently replying to the exclusive interview of a local television appreciated the Left front government and said, “The insurgency is no more a problem for Tripura state as compared to other NE states.â€Situated along the Indo-Bangladesh border area, between West Tripura and Khowai Districts was once severely affected by militancy. Tripura, the location of one of India's most strong insurgencies, has now developed into one of the most peaceful states in India’s troubled Northeastern region, said Roy being pleased with the role of government.“While some north-eastern States still grapple with insurgency, Tripura has overcome it,†Roy said the newsmen in an interview.As in the case of the other States of the region, Tripura was, at different points of time, caught in the gesture of insurgency that arose from Nagaland in the 1950s. In view of declination of the insurgents activity Roy said that the role of Tripura government is appreciable as it maintained its security system towards containing such insurgency related crimes here in the state. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| 7 more IT institutions on pipeline at Tr | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): With the polytechnics, Engineering and IT institutions believed to an important source for the country the Tripura Left front government looks set to develop its Information Technology (IT) sector by building up as many as IT institutions towards polishing the youth power by a quality training under the Skill Development Mission. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Tripura BJP slams CPI-M for creating ter | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): In wake of the clash between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state activists and the ruling CPI-M baked Student Federation of India (SFI) occurred at Dharmanagar the BJP state President Sudhindra Das Gupta on Saturday slamming the CPI-M cadres claimed, “Chief Minister Manik Sarkar is the kingpin of terror and nuisance being carried by the ruling CPI-M and its wings.†| 26-Jul-2015 |
| CID team interrogates suchismita at Bisa | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): After the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Wednesday has send the accused wife Suchishmita Roy (Biswas) to 14 days jail custody on Pritam murder case, CID team members have interrogated suchismita in jail. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Students-guardians cry for quality educa | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): Tripura Left front government at last managed to open a Teachers’ Training Institution towards offering quality teachers in government schools where according to guardians the quality of the education has come down. The guardians claimed that the state government had recruited teachers on non-merit basis. | 26-Jul-2015 |
| Fate of 10323 Govt. teachers at stake at | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): The fate of 10323 Govt. School teachers will be at stake once again as the hearing into the termination of 10323 illegally recruited Govt. teachers will once again take place in the Supreme Court of India on Monday, the 27th July next. The State Govt. earlier on record had assured the 10323 Govt. school teachers to make them permanent after completion of five years in the job, but the sources in the state Finance Dept and the education directorate has confirmed that the departments have not done the required formalities to make them permanent so far. The analysts are of the believe that the assurance given by the ministers was just an attempt to pose as the well wisher of the about to be terminated teachers knowing it well that the recruitments may not be defended in the court and the Supreme Court too may keep the judgment of the Tripura High Court intact. Sources in the CPI-M Melarmath office says that the party is worried with the depleting support base in the state, and cancellation of the 10323 jobs of Govt. teachers may further worsen the position of the CPI-M in the state. The Tripura High Court order to remove the State Law Secretary from the post and transferring him to Unakoti district at this critical juncture is making the CPI-M more nervous and the party is even ready to go into a conflict with the High Court to safeguard Datamohan Jamatia as the man in question is regarded as the savior of the party and Govt.s stand. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Judicial employees seek better pay, impl | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN):The judicial department employees have reiterated their demand for implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations and bring pay parity with the Union Government employees. The Shetty Commission recommended pay structure as per sixth pay commission, even the Supreme Court in a judgment directed the implementation of commission recommendation.The judicial employee knocked the door High Court of Tripura for implementation of Supreme Court directive. On March 26 last, high court directed the concerned department employee to issue notification regarding sixth pay commission. But no notification was issued by the government. On this the employees tired to draw the attention of the concerned department on the issue. They gave a reminder to secretary, finance department on July 23 giving seven days time. If the finance sectary fails to issue notification, then they will appeal at high court citing defamation of Supreme Court order. On July 16, the apex court ordered that judicial employee should get pay structure of sixth pay commission from January 1, 2006. State government failed to implement the order, this caused serious resentment among one thousand employees in the lower court. They doubt what is the need for democratic elected government, if for justice one has to knock the door of court every time. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| New Halflong-Silchar Line Declared Dang | NEW DELHI/AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): In a major blow to passengers in the north-east, the top official of the watchdog for Railways safety has declared the Haflong - Silchar link as dangerous for public travel. The Commissioner of Railway Safety who inspected the crucial rail link last month has warned that the "Line cannot be opened for passenger traffic without danger to travelling public". | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Tea garden workers: CPI(M) strong basti | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN);The ruling CPI(M) after disintegration of tribal voters, a strong bastion in hilly areas, now, their strong bastion in tea gardens are also first disintegrating. In Mohanpur sub division quite a number of tea garden workers have joined BJP and other opposition party trade unions. All them are reported to supporter of CPI(M) since decades long. They were dillusioned by the double standard of approach of the ruling party trade union leaders. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Six 'solar cities' to be developed in n | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN/IANS): Guwahati and five other cities in the northeast will be developed as solar cities to reduce dependency on conventional energy, a top official has said. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Holy cross graduation day observed | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Governor Tathagata Roy marked the inauguration of the fourth college graduation day of Holy cross college on Saturday at Rabindra Satabarshiki bhawan. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Ramkrishna Vivekananda Vidyamandir celeb | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): With the joint initiatives of the Ramkrishna Vivekananda Vidyamandir and Sheba and Shohayota Parishad, Van Mahotsav has been celebrated on Saturday at the Ramkrishna Vivekananda Vidyamandir premises of Dhaleshwar. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Body recovered from Khowai River | KHOWAI, July 25 (TIWN): The body of 75-year-old woman was found on Saturday morning at around 7am near Chakbe village in the embankment of Khowai River, according to the police. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Road mishap claimed one at Khowai, no ar | KHOWAI, July 25 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident one died in a road mishap when dashed by a maruti car at Khowai Ampura Bazzar, under Khowai police station on Friday late night. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Poor road condition on NH 53 poses probl | SILCHAR/AGARTALA July 25 (TIWN): This is National Highway No 53. This Road is connected Silchar to Karimganj, Silchar to Agartala, and many other areas are connected though this Highway. The deplorable condition of the National Highway at Patharkandi and Baraigram has once again put the bus / Truck services from Agartala to other parts of the North-East in total disarray and the travel agents are in dilemma whether to continue their services with the existing road. Sources at the travel agency said, due to apathy of Assam Government and BRTF towards improving the condition of the highway between Karimganj and Patharkandi, road blockade occurs daily. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| School negligence: 9-year old suffered i | KAILASHAHAR, July 25 (TIWN): A 9-year old student suffered from injuries for prolonged 5 hours due to the negligence of the Kailashahar Phultali Senior Basic school authority, the incident came into limelight after the victim’s mother given a written complaint to school Inspector of Kailashahar on Saturday against the school authorities saying that this incident could have been very serious if an immediate treatment would not have been done. She further urged the authorities to keep notice so that such type of incident should not be repeated. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Bakery industry needs close assistance f | KAMALPUR, July 25 (TIWN): Different sweet and salted cookies, snacks, cakes; attractive smell around the house or factory and the taste of hot cookies with a sip of hot tea- all resembled to the age old tradition of bakery industry. Merely fifteen to twenty years ago cookies and biscuits referred to those made in the bakers hut. Bakery products were the only means of tea time snacks. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| HC to hear TSGF’s plea on private | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): With the Tripura Students’ Guardian Forum on a spree legalising private tuition by government teachers, Tripura High Court (HC) is scheduled to hear the plea on August 6. Though the guardians claimed that they are not against the ban of private tuition but the students are bound to go the private tutors as the teachers inducted in government schools are not recruited in merit basis, but they are also in opinion that the quality education in schools has come down due to irregular classes.HC earlier banning the private tuition was in opinion that due to government teachers or teachers already inducted in government or private schools, youths who are not yet inducted in schools or are unable to get teachers’ job are discriminated from their power of guiding the students, said advocate.Whereas the guardians are in opinion that the state education department playing negligence or intentionally had not recruited the teachers on merit basis and as a result the quality education in government schools has come down and never been good as earlier and this has again made the students bound to rush the teachers’ home for better guidance. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Multicrore Hospital Scam :Tripura Govt. | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Just after the opposition congress unearthed the internal audit report of Agartala Government Medical College and GB Pant Hospital which revealed serious misappropriation of money, Tripura government is eyeing forward to take a legal action against the involved employees or the workers. The state health directorate has recently constituted a committee to review the audit report, mentioned the press communique. In a press communiqué the Directorate stated that in view of the recently unearthed sever embezzlement of money at AGMC and GBP hospital had constituted a committee to review the audit report and file a report based on which the directorate would take a legal action against the culprits.PCC President and Opposition Leader Sudip Roy Barman on July 22 unearthing the multi-crore scam alleged that the preliminary internal audit report on the accounts of the Medical Superintendent at AGMC and GBP Hospital have found serious misappropriation of money for the period from April 1, 2010 to November 30, 2014.However, so far the committee had not yet submitted any report with the health directorate, mentioned the communiqué. Besides the hospital authority had also taken central initiatives in this regard | 24-Jul-2015 |
| CM urges teachers to play active towards | KAILASAHAR, July 25 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Friday urged the teachers to play active towards imparting quality education in schools. He said, “A section of school teachers simply plays inactive role and leaves no opportunity for imparting better education to the school children.†However Sarkar had urged those teachers to eye forward filling the gap of quality education in schools. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Four injured in a road mishap | KHOWAI, July 25 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, four people were critically injured after an Alto car collided with an Indica at Kalabagan and Tulashikhar road under Champahour Police Station on Friday evening. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Export-Import trade suspended, business | AGARTALA, July 25(TIWN): The import-export business and transportation of goods between India and Bangladesh has been suspended for the next two days and is scheduled to resume business from Monday.Talking to Habool Biswas, Secretary Agartala Export-Import association said, Akhaura Land port business is suspended due to construction work of Baily Bridge over Jaji River at Bangarchor area of Bharamanbaria of Bangladesh.Import export will remain close for two days and if all construction work goes well the business will be resumed by Monday. All transports will remain suspended due to Bharamanbaria Road and waterway Baily bridge renovation work. It is expected that from Sunday onward again common business will start through this land custom, added Biswas.Biswas confirmed that the renovation work of the bridge will also be carried out on Friday as officially the business remains close due to official holiday of Bangladesh.He further said the Baily Bridge is settled at a distance of 200meter from Bagladesh custom office. After the official holiday of Eid which concluded recently, the drivers faced serious difficulty while travelling with the goods over the bridge. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Police Seized 92,000 fake currency notes | KAMALPUR, July 25 (TIWN): Police achieved success in busting a conspiracy to spread fake Indian currency notes in the local markets here at Salema on Friday afternoon. | 25-Jul-2015 |
| Tripura gets Rs. 15.39 crore under Swach | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): A total of 475 panchayat villages would be soon covered with 100 per cent sanitation facilities during the first phase, said Minister Ratan Bhowmik on Thursday. He said that the entire project in being implemented under the Swachh Bharat Mission. This time the state government has targeted the individuals to be covered with the 100 per cent sanitation, he said. Besides, all the defunct category sanitation or the toilets would be listed out with the central government. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Tripura to re-form skill development mis | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): To run skill development activities in the state, a working committee is set up to re-form state skill development mission to enable youths to get employment opportunities. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Loan to be provided to unemployed youth | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): In a bid to provide allowance the unemployed youth and to make them self sufficient, recently a local committee meeting is organized in the office of west Tripura district. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Matabari block Congress staged mass demo | UDAIPUR, July 25 (TIWN): Matabari block Congress on Friday staged a mass demonstration at Jamjari Gram Panchayat after a list of 108 families have been forwarded from Kakrabon CDPO officer to Jamjari Gram Panchayat where the block congress has complained that among the list some families are there who come under BPL. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Tripura govt. needs law secretary servic | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Just after Tripura High Court has posted state law secretary Datamohan Jamatia at Unakoti District as a District and Session Judge, the state government has been eyeing forward to get the law secretary service soon in view of the 10, 323 teachers’ case which is currently under the clasp of Supreme Court. However, Jamatia is scheduled to join on August 3 as posted by the HC. A contempt of court case against Jamatia was pending in the Supreme Court. Law Secretary who is scheduled to join Unakoti district and session court as a judge on August 3, was looking after various pending cases in the Supreme Court including the dismissal of 10,323 government teachers by an order on May 7 last year and upcoming elections to local bodies. Besides, according to the reliable official source the state government had stressed over the appointment of Unakoti District Session Judge Gautam Debnath as officer on special duty (OSD) in the high court, but interestingly at present Tripura HC has no existing post of OSD and has to be created by the state government to contain financial and other complications. A division bench of High Court of Tripura on April 29 this year has directed the framing of charges against State Law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatia under section 15 of Contempt of Courts Act for making a controversial remark on the judiciary. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| RAMSA investigation heading towards zer | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Ambalika Dutta, Arnab Chakraborty are in and a few more employees of the State Education department may be booked and jailed in connection with the multi crore rupees Rastriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RAMSA), but the real architect of the whole siphoning process, the Godfathers of Ambalika and Arnab are yet to be booked in connection with the scam. Suspended deputy director of school education department posted in Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RAMSA) , Amablika Dutta was sent to jail on Wednesday till 29th of this month. She was arrested last week , and spent a few days in hospital with problems caused by a nagging female disease and was sent to fourteen days jail custody on Wednesday. Ambalika is directly involved in the Rs 4.5 crore RAMSA scam for which cashier of the department Arnab Chakraborty has been in jail since September last year after being arrested from Calcutta. Police sources investigating the case said that they have traced evidence of Ambalika having signed and withdrawn an amount of Rs 6.40 lakhs. Two other officials of the school education department deputy director Dilip Debbarma and additional director Biswarath Debbarma, already suspended for involvement in the RAMSA scam, might also be interrogated afresh. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Governor inaugurates week-long Kharchi f | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Governor Tathagata Roy inaugurated the week-long traditional festival of Kharchi in presence of Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar, on Friday morning at Chaturdash Devata Temple in Khayerpur. The festival will continue till July 30. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Locals staged protest against contaminat | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Locals, mostly the women of Harijan Colony of Dhaleshwar, road number 3 on Friday blocked the road from morning 7 am to 10:30 am, protesting against supply of unclean water to the area. Water supply to Harijan Colony and some adjoining areas have been pathetic after the tank remained unclean for past 6 years. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| AMC celebrates 4th anniversary of ward n | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): On the occasion of 4th Anniversary of ward no. 20 of Agartala Municipal Corporation on Friday at Mahatma Gandhi Higher Secondary School AMC has taken up various initiatives to celebrate the day. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| BJP emerges worrying CPI-M, Sudindra d | AGARTALA/DHARMANAGAR July 24 (TIWN): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Sudindra Das Gupta and members of the party staged a protest rally at Dharmanagar on Friday afternoon which catered a crowd of 3000 people to protest the attack on a BJP supporter by SFI members on July 23 at Dharmanagar College. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Coaching centre of Border Security Force | BELONIA, July 24 (TIWN): On its ambitious plan to fulfill the vacant posts of BSF in the state, 168Bn BSF of Belonia has taken an initiative to give free coaching to the candidates who have clarified the physical test. The coaching centre has been established at the Baraiyatilla Border Outpost in Hrishwamukh under Belonia sub-division. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Dasharath Deb Memorial PHC facing power | KHOWAI, July 24 (TIWN): Dasharath Deb Memorial Primary Health Centre at Padmabil area of Ratanpur ADC village under Khowai sub-division has been running deplorable after Rs. 15 lakhs of generator and in non-operational position, hampering the treatment going on in the hospital when there is power cut. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Frequent power cuts hit normal life at S | SABROOM, July 24 (TIWN): Frequent power cuts disrupt lives of common people of Sabroom. The frequent power cut has become quite irritating for the people of Sabroom in general. The power supply has totally gone out of control with no predictable time to the power cuts. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Thieves broke into the satellite earth | KAMALPUR, July 24 (TIWN): The long secluded and unguarded satellite earth station of BSNL merely saved a big jolt of theft as the thieves entered into the office breaking the gate and grill and a local youth by chance saved the theft. However the role of the authority still remained reluctant enough about the incident. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Implementing officer of Putiacharra NWDP | KAMALPUR, July 24 (TIWN): The Putiacharra NWDPRA project of agriculture department under Kamalpur sub-division had a new turn as the implementing officer was instructed to refund the amount of the project sanctioned and allotted for 2013-14 fiscal. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Road blockade at Ambassa Railway road b | AGARTALA/AMBASSA, July 24 (TIWN): Auto Drivers and local people staged a road blockade at Ambassa Railway road to draw the attention of the concerned department towards the pathetic condition of roads in the area which is perilous for commuting and transportation. | 24-Jul-2015 |
| Indo-Bangla joint meet on July 27 at Akh | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): India and the counterpart Bangladesh would go for a joint meeting taking up the issue of international internet gateway project signed between both the nations. The meeting would be held on July 27 at Agartala Akhaura Integrated Check Post (ICP), informed top official of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Tripura to TIWN.The official talking to TIWN on Thursday said that the meeting would be convened by the delegations of both the country and the delegations from Tripura.Asked about the main objective of the meeting the official informed that the meeting would review the current status of the work of internet gateway project in Bangladesh as well as in Agartala. Besides, certain issued would be taken up in the discussion on July 27related to the project work. The mode of actions being taken by the Bangladesh would also be reviewed in the meeting, he said. He further informed that the BSNL is eyeing forward to complete the work of laying the optical fibre in Agartala till the Akhaura Check Post by the next 10 days. For the next phase work several others equipments would be brought from New Delhi soon, the official told to TIWN.The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company has to lay optical fibre cable of the 30 km distance from Brahmanbaria to Akhaura, which adjoins Agartala, while the BSNL will set up international long distance (ILD) gateway at Agartala along with associated equipment. | 23-Jul-2015 |
| Tripura to create 1.12 lakh employable w | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Tripura Left front government in a bid to develop the skill development training programme and supporting PM Modi’s Skill India Mission is all set to open a separate Directorate to feather the skill development training in Agartala. The state government as part of the programme aims to generate a total of 1.12 lakh employable work forces in the auto mobile sector by 2022, said officials of IT department.Being a pioneer in skill development training the land-locked state also aims to create 0.21 lakh employable work force in rubber sector, 1.62 lakh in construction, 0.09 lakh in electronic, 0.08 lakh in food processing, 0.01 lakh in finance market and 0.09 lakh in the health sector by 2022.The official said that the new directorate will start functioning from August 1. Broadly, the skill development program will include at least 33 per cent female aspirants. As part of the programme the Tripura government had taken up certain initiatives under the skill development training programme to meet the cry of youths especially the youths of the rural areas.The skill development mission, Tripura would be headed by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar whereas a new committee would be constituted which would be headed by Chief Secretary Y P Singh.†The committee will comprise of 12 departments, he said.Skill development programmes in the north-east helps the youngsters to earn a decent livelihood and prevent them from taking up any unlawful activity. It also gives a boost to the state's economy. | 23-Jul-2015 |
| Tripura tops list for suicide rates in N | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Tripura ranks first in suicide cases among the states of the Northeast and comes in 4th position just behind Kerala in India. While Sikkim tops the list as the number one suicide state in India The list is compiled from the Suicidal Deaths in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India. | 23-Jul-2015 |
| BSNL to install 65 towers in Tripura alo | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): In a bid to improve quality communication and connectivity along the borders with Bangladesh, India’s National telecom backbone and the largest tele-service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has set up to install 65 new mobile towers. | 23-Jul-2015 |