Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Erosion at Howrah River, rising pollutio | AGARTALA, April 11 (TIWN): With just the beginning of the monsoon season, erosion at the Howrah River has started to worry the common mass. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Indo-Bangla joint intelliegnce sharing, | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): On Sunday at 11.30am, Eight (08) NLFT (BM) ultras with arms/ammunitions surrendered at BOP Sewarmapara, 7 Bn BSF. NLFT (BM) cadres surrendered in presence of Police Official of Tripura police and Coy Commander BSF near BP No.2298/MP, at fence gate of BSF BOP Sewarampara under PS Anandbazaar, Kanchanpur, Dist Tripura North.The whole episode was made possible after a long effort and constant motivation by the security agencies. The intelligence networks of security and intelligence agencies are constantly working on every movement of NLFT (BM) cadres and monitoring minutest developments in this regard, especially those related to lower cadres, who are not happy with the senior command of NLFT (BM). Presently NLFT (BM) outfit is facing scarcity of funds and the condition of lower cadres is miserable. The frequent joint operations of BD Army and BGB in Rangamati and Khagrachari districts and proposed establishment of new proposed BOPs of BGB in Chittagong Hill Tracts are also creating a huge problem to the outfit for free movement in BD. | 11-Apr-2016 |
| Poor border fencing infrastructure givin | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Large scale illegal migration from Bangladesh over several years has been altering the demographic complexion of this State. It poses a grave threat both to the identity of the people of Tripura and to the national security. Successive Governments at the Centre and in the State have not adequately met this challenge. Day after day the illegal intrusion has taken a massive shape triggering panic in the state. Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam share an 1,880 km border with Bangladesh, while Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh share a 1,640 km unfenced border with Myanmar. Recently yet in other incident Twenty three Bangladeshi nationals, including nine women and three children have been arrested in Tripura for illegally entering the Indian Territory. Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested 23 Bangladeshi nationals at Gandachara in northern Tripura. Later, a local court sent 20 of them to judicial custody and three children to a juvenile home.Although India is erecting a fence and putting up flood lighting along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram but is unable to check trans-border movement of militants and check border crimes. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Eight Bangladesh-trained militants surre | Agartala, April 10 (TIWN / IANS) Eight Bangladesh-trained extremists surrendered to the BSF with foreign-made arms and ammunition on Sunday, an official said. | 11-Apr-2016 |
| Will bring in foreign faculty to improve | AGARTALA / GUWAHATI, April 10 (TIWN / IANS): The government will bring in foreign faculty to improve the quality of higher education in the northeastern region, union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Ram Shankar Katheria has said."The government will do everything, including bringing of foreign faculty and development of infrastructure, to improve the quality of higher education in the northeastern states," Katheria told IANS."The northeast region is a priority area for the central government. We will make all-out efforts for the development of higher educational institutions in the region," he added.Katheria, who was here this week and inaugurated a newly-constructed Golden Jubilee Knowledge Centre at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala, and opened an academic building at the Tripura Central University, was speaking to IANS on the recent ranking of higher educational institutions in India. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Pantwi Sporting Society celebrates 10 ye | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Pantwi Sporting Society on Sunday celebrated the 10 years of Foundation Day at Swami Vivekananda Maidan. | 11-Apr-2016 |
| BDSA organizes Dalit Sahitya Cultural Ut | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Tripura State Committee of Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy on Sunday organized Dalit Sahitya Cultural Utsav at Sukanta Academy. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Kalyan Ashram organizes State Women Conf | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Kalyan Ashram on Sunday organized State Women Conference at Melarmath. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| TCDA organizes free health camp | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Tripura Chemist and Druggist Association on Sunday organized a free health camp at Badurtali lane, Agartala. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura reels under extreme heat : Summe | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN) : Just within 2 days gap of rain, Tripura is suffering under terrible heat, resulting in various kinds of diseases and sickness among the common people. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| 'No Electricity' since 1 week leading ac | KAMALPUR, April 10 (TIWN): In the 22 year’s of left front regime in Tripura, Govt here has been always claimed high for bringing ‘rapid development’, however, an area under Dhalai District, has been left for a week without a single drop of water and suffering from power cut. Although locals has requested many times to the electrical dept. there but the officials there has no concern to solve the problem, as a result the locals are suffering from acute drinking water crisis. But the power dept. is in slumber, and fully silent over the event after repeated requests. The incident occurred at the Saikarbari area on the Halhali-Fatikroy NEC road at Kamalpur. Reportedly, due to the violent storm and thundering almost a week ago, the electricity transformer at Saikarbari was collapsed resulting power cut in the whole area of Old and New Saikarbari, Sanaiya Reang Para. But after 1 week of the power cut, the situation there has not been developed. Moreover, their water fetching pumps which were run by electricity also collapsed due to lack of power supply. The inhabitants therefore passing days without electricity and no drinking water. During the period, they several times knocked the officials of both the department. But, the dynamic (!) officials did not find enough time to look into their matter. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Computer classes introduced in 200 Tripu | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Tripura Government has decided to introduce computer education in 200 primary schools across the state from this academic session. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Corruption grips Kamalpur DWS division, | KAMALPUR, April 10 (TIWN): The tradition of embezzlement and corruption continues at full swing in the DWS Kamalpur division. It’s no matter to the officials whether the commoners get the drinking water or not. They got happily indulged in corrupt practices to pocket heavy amount of profit at the year ending. And the practice remained at full swing this year too. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Modi govt. develops new strategy to keep | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN) : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar although declared lately about the new technology in MGNREGA via which the workers would get their payments directly but central govt. took the decision after much vague reports receiving from states as Tripura. This decision has been taken after much complaints receiving from REGA workers for their unpaid wages.Following the notice from the Supreme Court, the Centre on Saturday released what it called the largest ever tranche of Rs 12,230 crore to states for implementing the rural employment guarantee scheme. The money is likely to be used mainly to pay wages to workers who are employed under the scheme. States has claimed that the funds released were not enough. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| CPI-M's new diplomacy using Jyoti Basu's | New Delhi / Agartala, April 10 (TIWN): CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury says Congress leader Arjun Singh never probably forgave him after his party vetoed the proposal to make Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu the prime minister in 1996.The deceased Congress veteran was not pleased with the Communist Party of India-Marxist for not allowing Basu to become the prime minister after the 1996 Lok Sabha polls threw up a hung parliament.This -- and more -- is revealed in a souvenir released on Saturday by the Arjun Singh Sadbhavna Foundation on the occasion of the first Arjun Singh memorial lecture. It was delivered by President Pranab Mukherjee.The souvenir, released by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has articles and obituaries to the Congress leader from a galaxy of politicians and his former associates. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| After affect of 100MW power supply to Ba | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): As expected, Tripura continues to reel under frequent loadsheddings, after the 100 MW power supply to Bangladesh deal was inaugurated on March 23. When Tripura is hit with massive power crisis, Manik Sarkar led Tripura government with all its efforts marked the supply of the 100MW power to Bangladesh with the formal inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina via video conferencing. The engineers and workers of the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited have worked round the clock to set up the 47 km transmission line from Western Tripura to southern Comilla in Bangladesh. Now Tripura suffering with poor electricity supply, neither State is earning revenue as OTPC getting the benefit, on top of that CPI-M Govt started 100MW power supply to Bangladesh without making Tripura a power surplus state. India currently supplies 500 MW to Dhaka through the West Bengal border.It is to be mentioned here that, India has inked an agreement to supply 100 MW of electricity to Bangladesh from the gas-based palatana power plant from Tripura at ₹5.50 a unit more or less identical to the weighted average generation tariff of 6.50 in Bangladesh. | 10-Apr-2016 |
| Reckless driving, poor roads leads to ac | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): With just counting days are left for the celebration of the Bengali New Year, Traffic personnel are witnessed in every corner of the Capital. Allegation has been raised that every time just before any occasion vigilance of traffic and police personnel gets tighten up charging hefty amount of fine. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Steep increase in the price worries comm | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): With the festive season round the corner, markets are crowded with people. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Principal Secretary Ayyangar under scann | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): As central Govt. has slashed the MGNREGA funds for Tripura for the financial year 2016-17, along with the notice to fill up the gaps of all works(of 2015-16) before the 1st June, 2016, Chef Minsiter & RD Principal Secretary GSG Ayyangar called for urgent review meeting on Saturday at Pragna Bhawan, where no media person was allowed to stay for longer. However pressure now seems heavy upon the Manik Govt. after Tripura RD Dept. had published fake figures and accounts for 2015-16, which had brought major embarrassments for the state, as the state. That fake report, which brought many awards for Tripura for achieving highest Man-Days in the whole country, has been exposed by Union RD Ministry’s Joint Secretary Aparajita Sarangi as all are fake-awards with false reports sent by Ayyangar. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| NH-44 turns to killer highway: repairin | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): After facing major jolts with the beginning of the monsoon, Transport Minister Manik Dey to Chief Engineer loudmouthly saying that, Govt is working on mobilizing the vehicles through the National Highway, however the reality is something different. Talking to TIWN correspondent on Saturday, Executive Engineer of PWD of NH44 Division, Karimganj said that at present work is going on to make the vehicles to at least cross the area. Expression distress over the situation, Executive Engineer of PWD of NH44 Division, Karimganj stated that as it has not become possible for the construction agency to complete the renovation work before the monsoon season. The department is trying to make the road at least possible for the vehicles to run. Besides, he also mentioned that the authority is trying to ensure that no vehicles should stuck at the National Highway. It is to be mentioned here that the condition of the national highway up to Lowerpowa from the southern side of Karimganj town is pathetic. The deplorable condition of the National Highway, especially on the above mentioned area. It has become misery for Tripura residents and travellers for prolonged several months. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| TGFOA organizes 3rd Biennial Conference | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Tripura Graduate fisheries Officers’ Association on Saturday organized 3rd Biennial Conference at Shahid Bhagat Singh Yuba Abas. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Assam polls: Congress banks on developme | Guwahati, April 9 (TIWN) As Assam readies for the second phase of polls on Monday, covering 61 constituencies, political parties in the state have been busy in last ditch efforts to woo the electorate in every way. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Review meet for MGNREGA: Time will speak | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): After State Government faces major jolt over the slashed down 1, 92, 36000 man days under the MGNREGA scheme for the Financial Year 2016-17, question arises over the working procedure of the Rural Department of the State. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| KSS organized four-day long work shop on | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Kokborok Sahitya Samsad on Saturday organized a four-day long workshop on Skill Development of New Generation Kokborok Writers at MLA Hostel. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Kamalpur: Registration of deeds ceased f | KAMALPUR, April 9 (TIWN): The so-called and widely trumpeted dynamic administration of Manik’s ‘golden regime’ virtually ceased to reduce public sufferings here at Kamalpur. Rather, the sufferings of the commoners increased a lot regarding the registration of deeds for more than a month. It resulted as the registration of deeds virtually ceased here, alleged the commoners. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Centre releases Rs.12, 230 crores to sta | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Union Minister for Rural Development Birender Singh has said that ministry has released a central share of Rs. 12,230 crore to the states for implementation of its flagship programmes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Governor and CM extended greets on the o | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): On the occasion of the celebration of the Bengali New Year, Governor Tathagata Roy extended his greet for the people of Tripura. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Preparation for Basanti Puja in full swi | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Preparation for the upcoming Basanti Puja is going on in full swing in the State. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Salema area under the grip of gambling: | KAMALPUR, April 9 (TIWN): The youths of Salema not only came under the grip of liquor but the grip of gambling also tightened. Like the illegal sellers of liquors, the bookies of gambling also run their business keeping friendly enmity with the police. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| No job-opportunity hits Tripura : Still | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Tripura government who once promised to provide unemployment allowance to the youths has now become failure in even proving allowance to these huge numbers of unemployed youths. On the last day of the budget session of the Tripura assembly CM Manik Sarkar on Thursday during the Assembly session has expressed the disability of the government failing to provide unemployed allowance to the youths of the state. Lakhs of Educated Youths and their families of tripura (2nd highest populous state in NORTHEAST) have been languishing in complete frustration for over a decade now due to lack of Progressive Economic policies, Meaningful development, Best of the industries and quality professional employment opportunities, Best of the class healthcare, Pro-activeness in being nationally and globally competitive. Due to the increase of unemployed youth in the State, the progress of the State is not up to the level. As per the Economic Review report 2012, Kerala is in fourth position in unemployment level among states, with an unemployment level of 9.9 per cent. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| TPCC top brass resign from their post, S | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, April 9 (TIWN) : First it was Sudip Roy Barman who showed the way to thousands of Congress workers as well Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee leaders by resigning as CLP leadership. And a day after TPCC Working President MLA Ashish Kumar Saha , Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress Committee President Sushanta Chowdhury and NSUI Vice President , West Tripura Youth Parliamentary Constituency President Viki Prasad , East Tripura Youth Parliamentary Constituency President Rintu Lal Deb too resigned from their respective protesting against the ' unethical and immoral alliance '( as expressed by Sudip Roy Barman in his resignation letter addressed to AICC President Mrs Sonia Gandhi) of Congress with Left Front in the West Bengal Assembly poll. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| CPI-M members quit party over Cong allia | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): More then 25 CPI-M party youth leaders quit to voice protest against the CPM party in Tripura on the issue of alliance with Congress in the upcoming West Bengal elections. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura BG railway service awaits green | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Long wait of the landlocked state Tripura to have direct broad-gauge rail connectivity with rest of India might start by end of April. Just after a green signal from railway ministry and Tripura will begin with its BG train service officially. Agartala found place in the railway map of India in the year 2008 when a metre gauge line was extended from Kumarghat, also in Tripura, to Agartala. This gave the city 407 km direct metre-gauge rail connectivity with Lumding in central Assam. A daily express train ran between Lumding and Agartala. Lumding is an important railway junction of Assam and falls under Guwahati-Dibrugarh broad-gauge rail section.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 in September this year for broad conversion of Badarpur-Karimganj-Agartala section. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Bamboo cultivation declines in Tripura: | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Despite of taking several initiatives by the Central to skill the people of the state in crafting Bamboo products, it seems like ruling Government is least bother to look over the issue of decline in the bamboo cultivation. | 09-Apr-2016 |
| Railway tracks gone under soil after rai | DHARMANAGAR, April 9 (TIWN) : Due to the pathetic condition of Dharmanagar Railway Station, the BG passenger service remains uncertain which was to be commenced from April 14. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Modi’s look-east policy in action | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Adding another mile stone in the history of Tripura Textile, Union Minister of state for Textiles (Independent charge), Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday inaugurated Apparel and Garment making Centre at Bodhjungnagar. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Aftermath of three party member’s | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Reacting over the sudden submission of resignation from three party members, PCC President Birajit Sinha on Friday calls for immediate meeting at Congress Bhawan. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| 6.92 lakhs unemployed youths in Tripura | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN) : After the failure of Tripura Govt. to bring industrial development via JICA projects and self help groups, this time Tripura CM Manik Sarkar inaugurated Central Govt financed the first ever garment making unit in Tripura on Friday. Central govt financed project which costs atleast Rs. 18.18 crores has been set up at Apparel & Garment Making Centre at Bodhjungnagar, Agartala. However, it may be recalled that the same Union Minister along with CM in 2015, May 20 had laid the foundation stone of this Apparel & Garment Making Centre at Bodhjungnagar at Agartala with the aim to end unemployment in Tripura. But now question arises after the final inauguration---will CM be able to utilize the project? Due to Govt.’s apathy many industries are almost dying here and Govt yet to develop steady industrial growth. As a result, unemployed rates are increasing here day by day.However, Tripura has been burdened with 6.92 lakhs of unemployed. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Another jolt for Tripura Congress: Ashis | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): In major break down, MLA cum working president of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee Ashish kumar Saha and President of Tripura Pradesh Youth congress Sushanta Chowdhury on Friday announced about their resignation from their posts. Addressing a Press Conference at Press Club, Ashish Kumar Saha declared his decision of resigning from the post as working president of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee.In his resignation letter addressed to President of the Indian National Congress Party Sonia Gandhi, Saha said “I am perturbed and completely bewildered by the fact that our party has compromised its values and past glorious history by forging an alliance with the opportunist left front in West Bengalâ€. “This decision has hurt the sentiments of our party’s rank and file leaders and workersâ€, stated Saha. He further continues saying, “Our support base is in no mood to hear us of the logic that we will fight out the CPI-M in Tripuraâ€. Besides, he also mentioned that innumerable precious lives of Congressmen were taken away by the cadres of the CPI-M party. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Northeast India's second readymade appar | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN / IANS): Northeast India's second readymade apparel manufacturing unit was inaugurated in Tripura on Friday. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Union Minister of state for Textiles unv | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Union Minister of state for Textiles (Independent charge), Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday unveiled inaugural stone for hostel of trainees of Bamboo and Cane Development Institute at Lichubagan. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| BJP held press conference | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Bharatiya Janta Party of State holds a press conference on the arrival of Union Minister of state for Textiles (Independent charge), Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday at the BJP party office. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar arr | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN) : Union Minister of state for Textiles (Independent charge) , Santosh Kumar Gangwar arrived here in Tripura on Friday morning. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Kamalpur: An Executive Engineer complain | KAMALPUR, April 8 (TIWN): In a sensational happening, a three-year’ long Basanti Puja at Noagaon road organized by the local women received a major jolt regarding the un-social attitude of a local Executive Engineer of PWD (WR), here at Kamalpur. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| CPI-M goons dominate schools, force stud | SABROOM, April 8 (TIWN) : Most of the Classes of Sabroom Girls HS School are lacking subject teachers, in this issue school students came out of classes with the banners of SFI. Students said that if the administration fails to provide subject teachers, then the students will boycott their school classes for long. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Liquor shop continues selling liquors il | KAMALPUR, April 8 (TIWN): The police of the Salema police station got shamelessly busy in unholy nexus with the liquor-sellers and the tie up became an open secret here at Salema under Kamalpur sub-division. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Tripura’s most disable Dept. unde | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN) : 5 days have been passed that Damchara to Panisagar area, under North Tripura is suffering due to power-cut after rain had wiped out the electrical posts on that area. | 07-Apr-2016 |
| Tension prevails with the flood warning | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN) : Since few days with the raising water level of Dumboor, risks of lives has been increased at Amarpur Dumboor lake area. Reportedly, due to continuous raining in last few days the water level of Dumboor lake has been increased. With the water-level increasing the dam of Dumboor lake area is now on the verge of destruction. | 07-Apr-2016 |
| DM Gomati's close link with Political Ma | UDAIPUR, April 8 (TIWN): The way everything is going Udaipur, popularly known as the Lake City( Sarobar Nagari) is certain to lose its prestigious jewel. Future generation will always curse DM Gomati Sonal Goel for her one sided and arrogant attitude favoring CPI-M Political Masters. Indeed, since Sonal Goel assumed the chair of DM Gomati, many of the lakes of Udaipur have already been vanished and according to a highly placed sources in the DM Gomati's office it is learnt that in most of the cases DM Gomati has been very lenient towards the political masters for some mysterious reasons, especially when the question of land diversion arises. It is to be mentioned here that DM Gomati Sonal Goel,by virtue of her post , is the Chairman of the Gomati District Land Diversion Committee and whenever an agricultural land or any lake or pond is converted into a Bastu Land , it has to get a clearance certificate from DM Gomati. And during the last three years land diversion has taken a serious jump not only at Udaipur but also in the entire Gomati District under the rule of Sonal Goel.As such more and more lakes are now losing their existence and many have already have already vanished. | 08-Apr-2016 |
| Union Minister laid foundation stone for | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN) : Although the foundation stone of hostel for the Trainees of Bamboo and Cane Development Institute, has been laid at Lichubagan, Agartala, but now question remains about the possibilities of the future of Bamboo plantation here in Tripura. Reportedly, the Union Minister of state for Textiles (Independent charge) , Santosh Kumar Gangwar unveiled the inaugural Stone for Hostel of the Trainees of Bamboo and Cane Development Institute Lichubagan Agartala. Students are expected to be trained for upgrading bamboo plantation here in Tripura and to learn bamboo craftmanship. But the matter of worry is that the bamboo plantation business here in Tripura has become almost dying-era. So doubts remain----will the youths earn their livelihood by these training? However, it’s to be mentioned here that the Union Development of the North eastern Region (DoNER) Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh during his visit on October, 2015 said that “Tripura has all the potentialities to be called as the Bamboo state in the countryâ€.Singh also urged the state Govt. to look after the matter as Tripura has a very bright opportunity to earn the distinction of becoming the "bamboo state" of India. | 08-Apr-2016 |