Archive Detail
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Remote Villagers of Tripura still depend | SONAMURA, May 9 (TIWN): Although Govt. claims for having ‘No beggar’, but TIWN also found a woman spends her livelihood by collecting woods from Jungle in Sonamura South Taibandal. | 09-May-2016 |
Bangladeshi citizens continued producing | KAMALPUR, May 9 (TIWN): The cases of the Bangladeshi citizens being nabbed from this sub-division in recent government employees and officials came under scanner for performing their duties perfectly. | 09-May-2016 |
JICA review mission visited JICA Researc | AGARTALA, May 9 (TIWN): JICA review mission visited JICA Research Station at Anandanagar nearly 13 KM from Agartala JICA members of Review Mission, DCF Research, Director NCE and CEO, JICA Project of Tripura were also among in the Join Visit program. The Research Station was started in September 2009 as a part of Tripura JICA Project. The major components of the Research Station are: | 09-May-2016 |
PCC HQ vandalism by Sudip, Sushanta supp | AGARTALA, May 9 (TIWN): After being suspended by AICC Sudip Roy Barman and Sushanta Choudhury's supporters on Saturday showed for what they are known . Indeed, people of Agartala witnessed ' Gundagiri ' by a group of angry and indisciplined Congress workers in broad day light as they ransacked Tripura Pradesh Congress Headquarter located in Post Office Chowmahani . The way the supporters of Sudip Roy Barman and Sushanta Choudhury acted be termed as 'hooliganism ' . As expected police had to come to the rescue of TPCC President Birjit Sinha and other leaders , who were present in the party headquarter at that time. However, the incident of Saturday clearly showed that the expectations and aspirations of the common people of the state have no value for the power hungry leaders like Sudip Roy Barman and his ' right hand ' Sushanta Choudhury . The incident also raised many question marks about the future of Trinamool Congress in the state. If Trinamool Congress accepts these leaders in their party the party is bound to be crippled by ' group politics' even before it is properly being bloomed in the state. | 09-May-2016 |
Infrastructure building can drive manufa | AGARTALA / DELHI, May 9 (TIWN) Tripura's BG (broad gauge) railway tracks already brought much needed change as driving through pot-hole filled NH-44 was always a nightmare for motorists. Terming progress made in expanding India's roads and railways networks the best ever in the last two years, Niti Aayog chief executive Amitabh Kant said that infrastructure construction can drive manufacturing growth in the country. "Infrastructure construction can drive manufacturing growth and India must be an easy and simple place to do business," he said at an event in Delhi organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He also said that of the 344 procedures under the government's ease of doing business initiative, as many as 148 related to the micro, small and medium enterprises sector. Identifying textiles, footwear, food processing and gems and jewelry as among the sectors fertile for employmentcreation, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary Ramesh Abhishek said: "Reforms in ease of doing business will be a game changer for lowering manufacturing transaction costs." | 08-May-2016 |
Govt. announces to make municipal area 1 | AGARTALA, May 9 (TIWN): Despite of several tall claims to provide safe drinking water to the needy families before every election, water scarcity yet high in various parts of the State. | 08-May-2016 |
Cross border smuggling on rise: Unfenced | AGARTALA, May 9 (TIWN): Although initiatives are taken to construct Indo-Bangla border fence in various parts of the state, it seems like the snail pace reform in the construction is leading to several illegal intrusion. | 09-May-2016 |
Existential crisis hits congress party: | AGARTALA, May 9 (TIWN): As an aftermath of CPI-M and congress alliance for the WB election, congress party in Tripura is standing on the verge of extinction after the Party has suspended former CLP leader Sudip Roy Barman along with his protégé Sushanta Choudhary from the Party. It is to be mentioned here that following the suspension of the senior leaders from congress, the district congress has also resigned from their posts and have raised voiced against the suspension of leaders. Rebel party workers on Saturday ransacked Congress Bhawan in Agartala in protest against AICC's decision to suspend party MLA Sudip Roy Barman who was allegedly involved in anti-party activities.The unruly protesters broke chairs, window shields, television sets, computer, fax machine and other materials besides attacking the posters of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi with shoes terming them traitors.Seeing the activities of the unruly leader’s security is tightened in the state in front of congress Bhawan to avoid any untoward incident. Apart this alliance is a question to the society as there can’t be alliance where there is no similarity. | 09-May-2016 |
Congress creates mayhem across the state | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): After PCC Chief Birajit Sinha has suspended its senior opposition leader of Tripura Sudip Roy Barman and 14 youth leaders for anti-party activities the party supporters have created a mayhem across the state by burning effigies, holding protest rallies, raising slogans and others similar activities. It is to be mentioned here that after the announcement of the suspension, their angry supporters ransacked the party headquarters on Saturday and vandalised furniture, computers and other property and again the party supporters on Sunday burnt the effigies of PCC Chief Birajit Sinha and Rahul Gandhi in front of Udaipur congress Bhawan. Protesting against the Congress' electoral tie-up with the Left in West Bengal, many top Congress leaders, including Barman, who is the legislature party leaders and leaders of opposition in the assembly, quit their posts last month.It is to be mentioned here that in a mayhem staged by congress supporters on Saturday last. | 08-May-2016 |
Tripura pays homage to Tagore on his 155 | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): Along with the entire nation, Tripura on Sunday observed 155th birth anniversary of eminent poet Rabindranath Tagore who has also commemorated his attachment to the state during royal regime. | 08-May-2016 |
School education department celebrates R | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): School education department on Sunday organised a cultural program at Rabindra Bhawan as an observance of 155th birth anniversary of eminent poet Rabindranath Tagore. The day is also addressed as Rabindra Jayanti. | 08-May-2016 |
Indeed golden era: patients suffer with | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): Despite of the several tall claims no improvement can be noticed in the health service of the state. Lack of treatment and improper treatment is taking away the lives of the people in the state. Still today in this so called 'Golden Era' people faces negligence in the major referral Hospitals of the State, GB Hospital.Carelessness of the Doctors and Staff in the Hospital risks the life of the people under the Manik Sarkar's Golden era.Allegedly either it is due to the lack of infrastructure or the negligence of the Hospital staffs and the doctors that the patients are facing problem at the major referral GB hospital of the State.However, this hospital is only hit with the negligence but of most of the Government Hospitals in the State are left in deplorable condition. Some hospitals lack infrastructure, some lack doctors and some face trouble due to the irregularity of the staffs. On the one hand Health Minister Badal Chowdhury claims that health condition has developed in the state but the reality speaks something else. | 08-May-2016 |
Agartala – Udaipur double lane: E | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): Construction work of the double lane of the road from Agatala to Udaipur will take time to complete, said Minister for Public Works on Tuesday. | 08-May-2016 |
Cattle smuggling on a rise along the bor | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): Along with theft case, robbery illegal intrusion of smugglers and smuggling is on a rise across the Indo-Bangla border and especially at Dharmanagar with reports of cattle smuggling from those areas. | 08-May-2016 |
Local villagers produced deputation at K | KAMALPUR, May 8 (TIWN): The poor service and negligent service by the doctors and other health staffs turned the Jamthum Primary Health Centre into a den of problem. | 08-May-2016 |
Threat of water borne diseases prevails | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): In this age of golden era, clean, safe drinking water is still a scarce. Most of the tribal hamlets including the areas of Longtrai valley and Baramura area are still facing the crisis of water. The people of the area are suffering from a massive shortage of water with the beginning of the dry spell. | 08-May-2016 |
Tripura's suspended Congress leaders mee | Agartala, May 8 (TIWN / IANS): A group of Congress leaders from Tripura, including suspended legislature party leader Sudip Roy Barman, on Sunday met Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy in Kolkata to discuss their joining the Mamata Banerjee party, party sources said here. | 08-May-2016 |
Massive corruptiion under Bus Terminus D | KAMALPUR, May 8 (TIWN): The saga of huge loot and embezzlement once again took the CPI-M party under its grip after 2008. Then a case of embezzlement was revealed regarding the construction of party office. And now, the embezzlement of huge amount unearthed in the accounts of Kamalpur Bus Terminus Development Committee. | 08-May-2016 |
Encroachment of footpaths in the heart o | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): While, the traders continue to encroach the footpaths along the road from post office chowmuhani to Kaman Chowmuhani, thus compelling the pedestrians to walk on the road thereby putting their lives to risk, but the authorities are still silent over their act. | 08-May-2016 |
30,000 thousand FAKE job-cards existing | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): Tripura’s RD department under the so called surveillance of Principal Secretary GSG Ayyangar is constantly hit with corruption and embezzlement of crores of funds. Corruption tainted Tripura is yet again under the scanner recently after corruption was reported from the Agriculture department. Principal Secretary GSG Ayyangar in a recent memorandum stated that it has become impossible to meet the agricultural sufficiency due to lack of extension support for adoption of modern agricultural technologies in field. Throwing the ball in the court of the extension agencies of the department of Agriculture GSG Ayyengar is trying to make an easy escape from the alleged embezzlement. It is alleged that only to save himself from the bad name Ayayargar has created this story. | 08-May-2016 |
5,000 crore urea fertilizer plant: No de | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): The so called 5,000 crore urea fertilizer plant is yet lying dead in the 800 acres of land allotted to set up a Urea fertiliser plant at Khobal in Unakoti district of Tripura. The alleged intentional delay in the commencement of the Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals, has brewed resentment among the opposition party as well as the common people. | 07-May-2016 |
Tripura expecting a relief from high fli | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): As flight fare is not fixed in India, so Air-line companies are used to loot the passengers with high charged flight fares for a half & hour distance. | 07-May-2016 |
AMC's unscientific and half done Evictio | AGARTALA, May 8 (TIWN): Although the eviction is done along the road from Nagerjala to Bordowali area but the construction work can’t make any progress until and unless the electric poles are removed from its place as the high extension cables hanging in the road is creating problems in the process of construction. Talking to TIWN correspondent, Flyover project head Amit Mallik said that all the AMC along with their task force have conducted the eviction drive but nothing can be done until and unless the electric poles are removed from its place. He further said that the high extension cable in the electric poles are creating problem in progressing with the flyover work. Given the stringent deadlines, we are thinking as to how to minimise inconvenience to people. Suspension of power supply during the day (to facilitate the project work) will affect about consumers or population in the town. This is where we need people’s cooperation,†flyover project head said. | 07-May-2016 |
Political Drama: PCC chief suspends form | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): PCC Chief Birajit Sinha on Saturday suspended Former opposition leader Sudip Roy barman and former President of Tripura Pradesh Youth congress Sushanta Chowdhury from the party after they have resigned from their post raising voice against the alliance with left front. | 07-May-2016 |
Tripura Bar Association pays farewell to | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Tripura bar association on Saturday paid farewell to Chief Justice of Tripura High court Deepak Gupta after the completion of his tenure. | 07-May-2016 |
BJP held press meet, 7 Morcha’s c | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Constituting BJP Morcha’s Tripura state BJP on Saturday held press meet at BJP party office. | 07-May-2016 |
Transport department officials thronged | AGARTALA, M​ay 7 (TIWN): With allegation raised against the authenticity of the batteries and other spare parts used in the e-rickshaws the officials of transport departments on Saturday thronged at the manufacturing unit of the e-rickshaws at Gurkhabasti and other places. | 07-May-2016 |
BG Passengers train service begins from | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Modi’ s ‘act-east’ policy is in action as NFR (Northeastern Frontier Railway) fulfilled the demand of BG passengers train service from the landlocked state in Agartala-Silchar route. Tripura has made its place in the railway map of the world connecting with rest of India. A pair of passenger train had started roiling its wheel between Silchar and Agartala and these particular trains would run until May 20. It is to be mentioned here that a train with 10 general coaches and two luggage-cum-parcel vans boarding 333 passengers left Silchar for Agartala on Friday last and the similar train left Agartala station for Silchar on Saturday morning sharp at 9 am. The enthusiasm among the people at the Agartala railway station on Saturday morning revealed that BG passenger train service was a long pending demand in the state and finally seeing it happening brought respite from transportation sufferings.Recently, with the trial run of the train on the newly converted broad-gauge (BG) track of Agartala-Badarpur route upto Agartala railway station has created a milestone in the history of Tripura. | 07-May-2016 |
State gears up for observing Tagore†| AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): State prepares to celebrate Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on May 8. To mark this occasion, several cultural functions will be organized by Information and Cultural Affairs Department. The cultural function organized by the State Government will be held at the premises of Rabindra Bhawan. | 07-May-2016 |
Tripura Congress leaders suspended, supp | Agartala, May 7 (TIWN / IANS) Congress on Saturday suspended its senior Tripura leader Sudip Roy Barman and 14 youth leaders for anti-party activities and openly criticising central leaders. | 07-May-2016 |
Consumer Rights : Unruly shop-keepers im | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Although so many programmes are held on consumer rights with the initiative of the state Govt. here, but the local shop keepers are not at all bothered about the rules and regulations while they are selling the items. | 07-May-2016 |
Evaluation of answer sheets for TBSE Mad | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Evaluation of the answer sheets for Madhyamik and H.S (+2) exams are undergoing in full swing in the state. The evaluation of papers has begun in different centres namely Sishubihar School, Umakanta School, Netaji School, Bodhjung Girls School and Banividyapith School and at Tulsibati School. | 07-May-2016 |
Tripura Govt. officials apathetic attitu | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Whereas Tripura is under the threat of cyclone and flood related disasters and common people are suffering after every storm, Disaster Management Dept. blasts the SDMs of state for not sending their DMP (Disaster Management Plan-16-17) within deadline. | 07-May-2016 |
Almost thousands of villagers remained w | KAMALPUR, MAY 7 (TIWN): Almost thousands of villagers of five habitation of Kaimacharra village in this sub-division remained without electricity for sixth consecutive days. The TSECL authority continued assurances to renovate the collapsed transformer and restore the service soon. | 07-May-2016 |
Tripura’s Rs 165 crore undergroun | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): After crossing the deadline, being unable to complete the work in the given deadline the much ambitious project of underground power cable laying work is stopped suddenly. With the deplorable condition of the poles it has becomes necessary to lay underground power cables.The central government has sanctioned Rs 165 crore for Tripura to lay underground electricity cable. Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has taken the work to lay a wide underground network of high and low tension wires through towns with this fund but the work is stopped suddenly.Talking to TIWN correspondent, TSECL MD Shyamal Roy said that at present the work is stopped and there is no assurance when will the work resume.The funds have been sanctioned for 16 towns of the state, work for Agartala has started. Although it was expected to complete the work by March 2016 but the work shows that it will keep on extending for longer time.Apart from aesthetics, the cables are more secure, tamper proof and have a longer life.Apart from aesthetics, the cables are more secure, tamper proof and have a longer life. | 07-May-2016 |
Tripura Bar Association pays farewell to | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Tripura bar association on Saturday paid farewell to former justice of Tripura High court Deepak Gupta after the completion of his tenure. | 07-May-2016 |
Police apprehends 1000 bottles of foreig | SABROOM, May 7 (TIWN): Illegal importing of foreign liquor continues to practice unabashed in Sabroom South Tripura despite ban and constant checks. | 06-May-2016 |
Mild Tremor measuring 4.0 on the Richter | SHILLONG / AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): An earthquake, measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale, rocked Meghalaya and other northeastern states and parts of Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage to property. | 07-May-2016 |
Regular passenger service from Today : C | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): BG passenger train service which has began in the state to bring relief from the crippled NH 44 which has recently taken bad shape due to the moderate rainfall over past few days in the state. Once the train service begins in the state on a regular basis it is expected that the load will come down on NH 44 and people will start boarding train service. | 06-May-2016 |
Land acquisition for River Feni construc | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Land acquisition for the Construction of bridge over river feni has begun recently at the spot. | 07-May-2016 |
Malaria spreading its wings in Tripura, | AGARTALA, May 7 (TIWN): Inept administrators and incompetent officials of the Health and Family Welfare department of Tripura is only responsible for the great debacle which was faced by the whole state last year when the Malaria Outbreak did hit the entire state and again fresh outbreak of Malaria is reported from Satirbazar subdivision this year.Tripura is yet again in the grip of Malaria with the report of malaria outbreak at at Satirbazar Sub-division. Though the state govt. claims to have taken certain measures to prevent the situation but situation remains alarming. The state medical team has been conducting a regular health camp at the malaria affected villages but Malaria is still prevailing in the state. | 07-May-2016 |
Ration leaders produced deputation to th | KAMALPUR, May 7 (TIWN): The much proclaimed and much hyped rationing system of the state suffered many obstacles and loopholes in reality. And all those created heavy toll on the consumers. In the sub-division, the lack of commodities in the fair price shops often haunted the consumers. | 07-May-2016 |
BSNL link failure shuts down banking wor | Belonia, May 7 (TIWN): Work at bank branches across South Tripura were hampered during the first half of the day due to a link failure at BSNL's end. BSNL provides connectivity to all the banks in the region. The banks lost four hours of the day due to the snag, which not only hampered transfer of funds in some cases but quite a few ATMs were also not working. | 06-May-2016 |
Dist Disaster Management Authority asked | AGARTALA, May 6 (TIWN): District Disastrous Management Authority(DDMA) held discussion meet at DM Office on Friday with all levels of Tripura high officials from Police Dept. to DMs and ask them to submit the plan for 2016-17, on the basis of which DDMP(District Disastrous Management Plan) will be updated through out the year. | 06-May-2016 |
Panda returns State : Workshop on Sensit | AGARTALA, May 6 (TIWN): A one day long workshop on Sensitization on national skill qualification framework was organised by Directorate of skill development under department of industries and commerce in association with National skill development agency at Prgana bhawan on Friday. | 06-May-2016 |
INTTUC holds press meet, claims confirme | AGARTALA, May 6 (TIWN): INTTUC Tripura state committee in a press meet on Friday had announced confirmed victory of Trinamool congress at WB election before the declaration of the results. | 06-May-2016 |
BSNL internet service collapsed for four | KAMALPUR, May 6 (TIWN): The lackluster and irresponsible service provider BSNL once again turned a worthless corporation in the case of the internet service. The internet service collapsed here for last four days. And the local official could not say anything about the cause or remedy of the problem. | 06-May-2016 |
Unhygienic Mid-day meal set up recorded | AGARTALA, May 6 (TIWN): Mid-day-meal, a fully central sponsored scheme, launched for every state’s every schools across the country. Hence it was implemented in Tripura too. | 06-May-2016 |
Water log battles with Tripura’s | AGARTALA, May 6 (TIWN): The water log problem of Agartla seems unending with AMC’s failure to bring out 1 percent of solution to the water log problem in the city. | 06-May-2016 |
Rain with thunder storm hits state | AGARTALA, May 6 (TIWN): After a scorching day in summer the sudden splash of rain has brought a sigh of relief to the common people. Few splash of rain has come in disguise for the common people on Friday evening after the scorching heat. | 06-May-2016 |