Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Parimal Saha murder case: Arguments comp | AGARTALA, April 19 (TIWN): Arguments including hearing to the much talked Parimal Saha murder case ended on Tuesday and the final judgement to be declared on April 29. | 19-Apr-2016 |
| After 16 years in captivity: Tripura man | Agartala, April 19 (TIWN / IANS): As his family was at its wits end to obtain 50-year-old Ranjan Saha's death certificate, the banana seller startled one and all by returning home 16 years after he had been abducted by armed militants who held him captive at their hideout in Bangladesh. He was let off for "good behaviour" as he never tried to escape. | 19-Apr-2016 |
| Alert for cyclonic storm prevails in the | AGARTALA, April 19 (TIWN): The meteorological department on Tuesday once again has forecasted for squally wind ranging from 50 kmph and over to hit Tripura in next 24 hours due to the hovering depression over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Jharkhand & Tripura, with heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunder-showers in isolated part of the state. | 19-Apr-2016 |
| One women and six injured by BSF Rajart | AGARTALA/KAMALASAGAR, April 19 (TIWN): One women and Six were injured when villagers clashed with Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at Rajartala of Kamalasagar in Sipahijala district near the Indo-Bangla border police said. Situation remains tensed. | 19-Apr-2016 |
| Embezzlement of funds in RD blocks: HC e | AGARTALA, April 19 (TIWN): Referring to the CBI investigation in the Embezzlement of funds under blocks and especially Bisalgarh block, HC has expressed displeasure over the justification placed by public prosecutor into the case.However, during the session of hearing the public prosecutors failed to answers to the question which reported serious embezzlement in the in the blocks. The court has ordered to conduct audit by independent investigation organisation in to the case. The court has further decided to request CAG to suggest names. It is to be mentioned here that A CBI inquiry was demanded into the alleged financial irregularity of Rs 17 crore in the Bishalgarh Block Development Office of Tripura in 2013. The case was heard under the division bench of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhasis Talapatra. | 19-Apr-2016 |
| BG Railways to usher new era of transpor | KARIMGANJ / AGARTALA, April 19 (TIWN): Tripura’s PWD Dept already shown their lackluster attitude in last 2 years to maintain NH-44 after taken over maintenance from Central Govt. People are anticipating that BG Passenger train service will start from 7th May 2016 between SILCHAR-AGARTALA. The long wait of northeastern state of Tripura would like to have direct broad-gauge rail connectivity with rest of India soon. Karimgang,Dharmanagar & Agartala found place in the railway map of India in the year 2016 .A daily express train ran between Lumding and Agartala. Since October last year, metre-gauge train services between Lumding and Karimganj stations (distance 203 km) were stopped for undertaking ‘Mega Block’ of Lumding-Badarpur-Silchar section. The Lumding-Agartala express train too stopped its operations and a passenger train plied between Karimganj and Agartala till its services too were withdrawn for broad conversion of Badarpur-Karimganj-Agartala section. The passenger train services are yet to resume on the newly converted track.Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) sources said the pace of conversion work on Badarpur-Agartala section would be faster than the Lumding-Badarpur-Silchar section as the metre-gauge tracks between Kumarghat and Agartala (distance 107 km) were laid keeping in mind the need of future conversion project. | 19-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura's Marxist Chief Minister to camp | AGARTALA, April 19 (TIWN / IANS): CPI-M politburo member Manik Sarkar, who is also the chief minister of India's only Left-ruled state Tripura, left for Kolkata on Tuesday to campaign for the party candidates contesting in the ongoing West Bengal assembly elections. "Sarkar will address several election rallies in North 24-Parganas and Hooghly districts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday," a leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) told IANS. Manik Sarkar, who had already campaigned for the Left parties' candidates seeking election to the Assam assembly, would also campaign later in Kerala and Tamil Nadu where assembly elections are being held. The 68-year-old communist leader who has been the, chief minister of Tripura for more than 18 years, is the only Marxist leader campaigning for the Left parties in four of the five poll-bound states while the other top CPI-M leaders are campaigning in one or two states. | 19-Apr-2016 |
| Rain, thunderstorm forecast for northeas | Agartala, April 19 (TIWN): Tripura and other northeastern states will receive more rain and witness hailstorms in the next two days, the Met Office said on Monday. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Northeast students, patients to get acco | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 19 (TIWN): A group of Northeast students from Delhi University called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh here yesterday for an informal interaction over a wide range of issues of their concern. The students were led by Hashokmi Kamkara, President of “Northeast Students' Society Delhi Universityâ€. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| 'Tripura Bandh' cause crores of losses i | AGARTALA, April 19 (TIWN):Tripura’s Bandhs and hartals are particularly a CPI-M infused political disease refusing to become extinct as Congress inherited this disease one step further by organizing mass vandalism to display muscle power. Tripura bandhs are increasing in intensity every year, even though in 1998 the Supreme court had made bandhs illegal and in 2004 had even punished the BJP and Shiv Sena (political parties) for organizing a bandh in Mumbai to protest the bomb blasts in the city. Astonishingly only in 3 States in India this bandh culture mostly alive and they are all CPI-M influenced states . CPI-M ruled West Bengal, Kerala, Tripura for decades even though communist party lost power in two major states Bengal, Kerala, nationally decimated by electorates in 2014 Lok Sabha Polls with a mere 9 seats. | 19-Apr-2016 |
| India-Bangladesh bilateral relationship | AGARTALA / DHAKA, April 19 (TIWN): Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan is visiting Bangladesh from 17 to 19 April, 2016. As per the official brief visit is aimed at following up on the ambitious agenda set between India and Bangladesh during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh in June, 2015. Pradhan conveyed that the India-Bangladesh bilateral relationship has become pragmatic and mature over the last few years. Indian Minister discussed all bilateral issues pertaining to hydrocarbon sector between the two countries. Pradhan referred to the supply of 2200 MT High Speed Diesel (HSD) to Bangladesh from Siliguri Marketing Terminal of Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) to Parbatipur Depot of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in Bangladesh, and said that India was planning to continue supply of HSD in a sustainable manner. He noted the ongoing collaboration between companies from both countries in the hydrocarbon sector ranging from trade in petroleum products, exploration work and consultancy services. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Mixed response to bandh call in Tripura, | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN / IANS): A 24-hour shutdown call given by the opposition Congress on Monday over former health minister Bimal Sinha's assassination 18 years ago evoked mixed response in Left-ruled Tripura. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Ruling party held ‘Bandh protestâ | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): The ruling party in Tripura )CPI-M) has protested against the one day strike called by opposition Congress on Monday. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Amra Bangali supports 24 hours strike : | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): Amra Bangali, a political party in Tripura has supported the 24 hour’s strike, called by Congress here. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| 24 hour’s strike flopped in offic | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): Daily lives didn’t affect at all for common people due to the strike called by Tripura’s opposition party Congress. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Amra Bangali supports 24 hours strike : | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): Amra Bangali, a political party in Tripura has supported the 24 hour’s strike, called by Congress here. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Poverty-less Tripura : No ‘strike | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): During Monday’s strike people has been categorized as anti-CPI-Ms or CPI-M supporters. But for beggars, there is no category-----neither they are CPI-M nor they are Congress. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Monday began with shutdown with Tripura | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): The Monday morning in Tripura began with full shutdown after opposition Congress party called for a 24 hour’s strike. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Kamalpur: CPI-M cadres attacked Congress | KAMALPUR, April 18 (TIWN): The scenario of 24 hours’ strike of Congress at Kamalpur turned to a glaring instance of cadre-raj. Around 10-30 am when police arrested the Congress picketers led by District Congress President Manoj Kanti Deb, and approached towards the prison van, then all on a sudden the CPI-M cadres led by CITU Divisional Secretary Subrata Bhattacharjee, Kamalpur LC Secretary Amar Bhattacharjee and former Kamalpur LC Secretary Birendra Kairi attacked on the Congress picketers with bamboo sticks and rods. This attack made three Congress picketers seriously injured and they got admitted in the BSM Hospital. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Political drama, planned disruptions exp | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): CPI-M, Congress here created unnecessarily violence on Monday during strike hours, when the common people were observing the 24 hour’s strike peacefully. Only Govt. officials and few others went to their offices and the strike got a mixed response, but CPI-M at major towns started to bang the shutters of various shops to keep business open. Congress workers sported their hooligan skills by tire burning, in spite of absence of clashes, Cong hooligans started to throw stones into running vehicles. Then police came down to action and arrested many Cong rowdies which are nothing but ‘Drama’ enacted by political groups to create unwanted tensions among masses and to ‘SELL’ the story of Cong/CPI-M bitter relation in Tripura. Whereas Cong.’s strike was expected to be a major flop show, but then on Monday morning, CPI-M organized bike rallies in many places of the state and allegedly asked the businessmen to withdraw strike, which created a tension among the common people.Cong and CPI-M on Monday had started this new drama by showing external clashes between these two parties.Even though PCC President Birajit Sinha boasted having a rally of 2000 people during strike at Agartala but not even 50 members walked in his rally, which marked the strike as flop as other than cities like Agartala, Udaipur, Kailashahar hardly any response was visible. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Churaibari: CPI-M goons allegedly forced | CHURAIBARI, April 18 (TIWN): Choraibari CPI-M Youths organized a bike rally and allegedly forced to withdraw strike of 24-hour Tripura Bandh call given by the revolt ridden Congress on Monday. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura's irresponsible political partie | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): Congress Party's negative politics of 24 hrs strike dramas in hot summer, followed by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s failure to manage power situation in Tripura due to lack of advance planning and management once again proved with the OTPC plant, the single largest plant with the investment of approximately $575m once again going for shut down from April 18, for at least for 10 days. TIWN spoke to TSECL CMD Shyamal K Roy, over phone he confirmed, “OTPC’s both the Units are going for shut down from Monday, April 18for 10 daysâ€. Earlier Minister Manik Dey confirmed that OTPC Palatana will be shut down for scheduled maintenance. “The shut down is necessary for the maintenance of Gas Pipe Lines, but the work might be delayed at least for few days.It’s to be mentioned that including other power plants of Tripura like NEEPCO, Palatana power plant is badly suffering from production outage since its commissioning of both Units.CPI-M Govt’s 2013 election poll planks, false promises of ‘load-shedding free Tripura’ based on OTPC Palatana power production yet to bring relief from scorching heat in 2016.Congress and CPI-M in competition to push Tripura's hapless people towards further misery from all corners. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| Indo-Bangla friendship gets boost with s | AGARTALA / DHAKA, April 18 (TIWN): After Bangladesh co-operation to corner northeastern militants holed up in hills, now India's turn to help Bangladesh by supplying high speed diesel at subsidized price.India plans to continue supply of high speed diesel to Bangladesh, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday."India is planning to continue supply of HSD in a sustainable manner," said Pradhan, who is on a three-day visit here, referring to supply of 2200 MT high speed diesel from Siliguri marketing terminal of Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) to Parbatipur depot of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).Pradhan met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and shared the details of Indian hydrocarbon infrastructure project proposals in Bangladesh, including setting up of LPG import terminal at Chittagong by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).He sought favourable consideration for creating win-win situation for both sides as well as discussing the "Indo-Bangla Friendship Pipeline".IOC and BPC will sign an MoU on broad aspects of cooperation in downstream oil and gas sector opportunities in Bangladesh. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Manik's golden Tripura : Road Blockade a | Teliamura / Agartala, April 18 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's so called golden era turning whole state as looters paradise as CPI-M and corrupt Govt officials looting public money in every Dept. Due to water scarcity and frequent power cuts agitated people of Teliamura blocked NH-44 for long 2 hours on Sunday. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Despite of existential crisis Congress p | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): Tripura Pradesh Congress Chief Birajit Sinha pitched his voice high in favour of the 24 hours strike in the state on April 18 despite of existential crisis on congress demanding resignation of CM Manik Sarkar’s for his alleged involvement in the murder case of the then Health Minister Bimal Sinha. Demanding resignation of Manik Sarkar congress had called for 24 hours Tripura bandh on Monday. Talking to TIWN correspondent, PCC Chief Birajit Sinha said that over alleged involvement of CM Manik Sarkar’s direct or indirect involvement in the murder case of the then Health Minister Bimal Sinha in the state 18 years back, congress has called this strike demanding resignation of CM Manik Sarkar. He further said that a total of 2000 congress supporters will participate in the strike across the state. The party also held a massive rally in the state on Sunday pitching their voice high in the state for observing strike on April 18. Sinha further said that following the report of the Justice Yusuf Commission, which inquired into the assassination of Bimal Sinha, it is clear that Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was involved in his murder for political reasons," Congress has demand CBI inquiry into the assassination and immediate resignation of Sarkar from the post of Chief Minister. A 24-hour strike has been called by the party to press for the demand," he said.It is to be mentioned here that after a total of 18 years of duration, the Tripura Law minister Tapan Chakraborty placed the much controversial Yusuf commission report during Tripura budget session at Assembly. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Sabroom : Tribal hamlets face Pure Drink | Sabroom, April 18 (TIWN): Pure Drinking water scarcity looms large in remote villages of Sabroom Sub Division. Most of the villagers have to go to far- flung areas to fetch drinking water. For the past two years poor Tribal People from Sabroom have not received any modest Pure drinking water facilities from lame duck administration. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura Bandh on Monday: Congress demand | AGARTALA, April 18 (TIWN): The CPI (M) is all set to strengthen their oppose to “24 hours Tripura Bandhâ€, whereas the Congress are in their way to gain success through their Tripura Bandh. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura celebrates Dipa's Olympic qualif | Agartala, April 18 (TIWN / IANS) Cheer and joy gripped Tripura since early Monday after local girl Dipa Karmakar, scripting history, became the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics after putting up a strong show at the final qualifying and test event for the Rio Games. | 18-Apr-2016 |
| South Tripura passes through Festivity | SANTIRBAZAR / SABROOM, April 18 (TIWN): State level Jadu Kolija Festival was organized by TTAADC ICAT Department at Patichari Santirbazar Sub Division. Rajnagar MLA Sudhan Das was inaugurated Jadu Kolija Festival.DM South CK Jamatia,TTAADC Member Parikhrit Murasing and other distinguished were also present in the Holi Occasion. Chief Guest and other Guest were discussed over Jadu Kolija Festival. They said while delivering speech that Jadu Kolija is an irresistible mixture of the rational and the emotional – the head and the heart. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura's sinking Congress Party calls 2 | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): PCC Chief Birajit Sinha on Sunday kicked off a rally at Agartala ahead of 24 hours Monday strike. Even though people are no more charmed after Bengal poll tie-up between Congress and CPI-M, so bandh will be certainly a failure even after today's street drama in Agartala. Over 80% of Tripura Pradesh Congress leadership already deserted party so Birjit Sinha led faction of Congress very unlikely to cut any ice in Tripura's political map. From opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman, Ashis Saha to Youth congress leaders already resigned from their party posts to join TMC (Trinamul Congress) soon. Bandh is likely to be a failure as major congress factions of party resigned, all set to join TMC after Bengal election. Also all Govt. offices will remain open tomorrow. Birjit Sinha's rally began from Congress Bhawan, Post Office Chowmuhani, made rounds in city evoking no responses. Also almost 100% of State Congress leaders,who are known to posses 'goon', 'arson' type of destructive qualities are no more attached to State Congress as 7 MLAs, major chunk of Congress leadership to join TMC after Bengal Polls, so Birjit Sinha led faction will miss the expertise of destructive qualities of other factions in tomorrow's bandh. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| BG freight train derailed at Agartala-Bi | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Where the people of the landlocked state were waiting for the commencement of BG passenger train by the end of this month, the people received a jolt with the information about the derailment of BG Goods train at Agartala-Bisramganj route on Sunday.In another major shock to the state, after the collapse of the rail shed the derailment of the goods train has sent shock waves. Derailment in the newly laid BG track in Tripura has damaged tracks. Derailments not only caused delay in movement of other freight trains but also incurred heavy loss to Indian Railways. Locals alleged that it the failure of the systems on various Zonal Railways, or poor quality of manpower breach for failing to perform with expected standards, or acts of gods should be clearly spelt out by Indian Railway authorities.Wagons of a freight train derailed on the Agartala-Bisramganj route due to alleged damaged coupling, disrupting rail traffic on the route.Reportedly, no one was injured in the incident so far.It is also alleged Low quality construction material is being used which has led to this deadly incident. However, local police and railway authority are further investigating the case. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Former opposition leader held opinion ex | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Former opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman who recently resigned from his post has conducted an opinion exchange meeting with the other members of the congress who resigned from their position at Henry Derezio school on Sunday. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Violation of rules under recruitment pol | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): The unemployed youth trained under civil defence who recently protested in front of DM office for their deprivation from jobs of fire man has hold a press meet at press club on Sunday. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura teachers Non government associat | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Tripura teachers Non government association 22 nd state level conferences on Sunday at Press club. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura Gramin Bank joint forum associat | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Tripura Gramin Bank joint forum association including Tripura Gramin Bank Karmachari samiti, Tripura Gramin Bank officers union and Tripura Gramin Bank retired staff association on Sunday staged mass protest at Abhoynagar demanding regularisation of the employees working in the post of office assistant in Tripura Gramin bank and to hike the salary of sanitation workers. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura Farm Labour Union placed deputat | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Representative team of Tripura Farm Labour Union on Sunday placed deputation to Animal Resource Development Aghore Debbarma. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| MET department predicts cyclone followed | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): The meteorological department on Sunday has forecast squally wind ranging from 50 kmph over to hit Tripura in next 24 hours due to the hovering depression over, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Jharkhand & Tripura, with heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunder-showers over the area in the next 36 hours. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Congress swinging as an opposition in st | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Losing its grip as the opposition party from the state, congress is yet stick to its move for the bandh on Monday for 24 hours. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| 24 hour's strike may get mixed response | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Tripura Congress with severe allegations against the ruling party here, called for a 24 hour's strike on Monday. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| South Tripura : Full Security arrangemen | SOUTH TRIPURA, April 17 (TIWN): Full Security arrangement is being made by SP South for 24 hours during Tripura Bandh on 18th April called by Congress party. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Section 144 imposed at Belonia and Sab | SOUTH TRIPURA, April 17 (TIWN): Section 144 imposed at Indo - Bangla Border area from Radhanagar BOP to Samarendra Nagar BOP in order to maintain the peaceful environment of the bordering areas under South Tripura District. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura CPI-M Govt failed to clear Rs. 1 | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN) : Although 'poor' Chief Minister Manik Sarkar prefers traveling via helicopter even short distances but his deputy Power Minister Manik Dey's Ministry failed to clear accumulated dues resulting approx. Rs 180.33 crores to power generating plants NEEPCO, also further pending dues to OTPC Palatana,. Due to non-payment of piled up dues, OTPC, NEEPCO reduced power grid allocations to Tripura. As a result TSECL (Tripura State Electicity Supply Corporation) is unable to meet the required demand of 260MW per day to keep State load-shedding free. From Chief Minister to Power Minister's poor planning burdened the state with crores of unpaid bills due to which even though common people paying electricity bills every month are now forced to suffer from power crisis daily basis till TSECL clears OTPC,NEEPCO Bills.With the recent inauguration of 100 MW power supplying to India’s neighboring country Bangladesh, Tripura is expected to suffer from acute power crisis in the coming days, says sources. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| How political parties ‘Use’ | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN) : One year has been passed, when a minor girl of 10 years had been raped, victimized by her 80 years old private tutor at Udaipur, Chandrapur area. The girl who was studying in class-4, is now studying in class-5. Also back in 2015, many political leaders promised that whole-heartedly they will help the victim, some like Udaipur Mahila Congress leaders even promised Rs 50,000/- cash help but nothing was done even after 1 year of ghastly incident.But question remains, what Manik Sarkar govt is doing to help rape victims, those who have not received any justice till date ? Talking to such a victim family, her father Dulal Dutta, resident of Chandrapur, Udaipur, Gomati Dist said, “The political parties had made empty promises which are now forgotten storiesâ€. Tripura’s Women Congress members, also TCW chairperson Kalyani Roy visited victim's house just a day after the rape . They gave that hapless family a mere Rs.1000/- hidden in an envelope and took many pictures with that family to fetch political mileage. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| EC clamps down violence in Bengal, Assam | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, April 17 (TIWN): Iterating its commitment to a free and fair election process, the Election Commission on Thursday said it is viewing incidences of post-poll violence in West Bengal "seriously" and announced as many as 800 companies of central forces will be pressed into service from the second phase of the assembly polls in the state. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| BG railways boost goods transportation a | DHARMANAGAR, April 17 (TIWN): BG goods train service boosting goods transportation like stones, chips, cement to all kinds of heavy materials. Reportedly, many goods are being imported for FCI Tripura on a trial run basis. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Central keeps mum on CPI-M Govt's 1600 | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN) : Under the regime of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, blue eyed boy Principal Secretary GSG Ayyanger actively boasting various achievements but other than endless scams, there is no sign of real development under MGNREGA schemes in Tripura. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Markets piles up with seasonal pineapple | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): The seasonal fruit pineapple can be seen in the market with its soaring price now. As summer increasing the demand of fruits, so market price also went high with the raising demands of public. | 17-Apr-2016 |
| Parimal Saha murder case: Arguments comp | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Following the orders from the Tripura HC which has recently ordered the additional district and session court to wrap up the Parimal Saha murder case by April 30 is keeping pace with the case and the argument to case is already completed on Saturday. | 16-Apr-2016 |
| Indo-Bangla security forces flush out mi | AGARTALA, April 17 (TIWN): Reacting over the NLFT militants latest surrender and various untoward incidents recently took place in border, Sepahijala SP Pradip De told TIWN that the long unfenced border of around 9 km under Sonamura is still creating daily problems for Police and BSF as porous border being used by smugglers to militants to destabilize law & order situation. “Border fencing work is ongoing , even 3 km fencing work has been completed , but still 8 to 9 km border is left unfenced which is acting a grave threat to the security of the subdivisionâ€, added SP Pradip De. He further mentioned that “since last few months there are no official reports of illegal intrusion, but it cannot be said that the problem is 100% solved yetâ€. “Both BSF and Police are jointly working to solve the problems of illegal intrusionâ€, said SP.He also mentioned that in the fenced border areas also there are many gaps in between which needs to fill up by proper fencing urgently. | 16-Apr-2016 |
| Agartala's earthquake preparedness NIL: | AGARTALA, April 16 (TIWN): After the April 13th massive 6.9 magnitude earthquake affecting the whole eastern plateau affecting Delhi to Agartala to Myanmar region, Modi led Union Govt put emphasis on earthquake prone 107 towns/cities to upgrade diaster-management expertises. Eight new cities and towns have been added to a government list of urban areas vulnerable to earthquakes of “very severe intensityâ€, even as tremblor ripped through India’s northeast and the north this week.In all, 81 new towns and cities were added to a list of areas prone to earthquakes, bringing the total to 107, according to government data released on March 16, 2016.The entire north-east region including Agartala lies in seismic zone V.The panic spread by this week’s earthquakes is a continuing warning that India has vast areas of vulnerability. | 16-Apr-2016 |