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Tripura, Mizoram to ban liquor shops alo | Agartala/Aizawl, Feb 6 (TIWN / IANS): The Tripura and Mizoram governments would implement the Supreme Court order to ban liquor shops and outlets along the national highways, officials said on Monday. | 06-Feb-2017 |
‘CPI-M planted a Poisonous-Tree na | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): Since CPI-M created ADC in Tripura, hefty amounts of funds have been releasing from Centre. But on that time many intellectual section of people including Amra Bangali opposed the ADC formation and they told CPI-M on that time that 'it’s a poisonous tree (or Bisha-Briksha in Bengali)'. Later, instead of developing ADCs, massive central fund had been looted by the ruling party and thus till day no-development has come in Tripura ADC areas. Amra Bangali has called the press meet on Monday seeing the young stars of Tripura going in wrong directions. The tribal youths who didn’t even born at 80’s time they are demanding Twipra land. Slamming the demand of Twipra Land Amra Bangali Chief Harigopal Debnath said that if Twipra Land is made, not only the Bengali people but including Chakma, Lusai and other communities as Manipuri’s living will become impossible; neither any development will come. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Tripura Janajati Parishard demands imple | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): Tripura Janajati Swa-Swashan Sangram Parishard opposed the Citizenship Bill-2016 which has been proposed by Central Govt. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Tripura Tribal regional parties held pre | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): Tripura’s various regional parties have joined together to strengthen the regional vote banks here in Tripura. In a joint move INPT, IPFT, NCT members led by IPFT leader N C Debbarma told media that protesting against the Citizenship-Bill-2016 amendment will hamper the tribals across the Country. Reminding the state about ADC strike on February 8 Tripura 3 regional tribal parties held a press conference at Press Club, Agartala. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Tripura Communist Party begs Muslim vote | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): The Central Govt had terminated the Under Graduate teachers in Tripura Madrasa in 2013 after the project was closed, but Tripura Govt has preserved their jobs with Rs. 5000 honorioum per month and now the Govt reportedly planning to regularize them as the other State Govt employees. But the salary to them is not providing by the Tripura Finance Dept. but they are taking from the regular employees pockets due to which the regular employees are getting half salary throughout the year. | 06-Feb-2017 |
CPI-M, BJP oppose Regional parties ADC S | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): Whereas CPI-M, BJP have directly opposed the ADC Strike called by Regional Parties on February 8th, but the TMC yet silent about this. Moreover, Congress Chief Birjit Sinha has supporting the strike said that Indira-Mujib deal is fine in this regard. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Modi Govt’s SMART City protocols | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): After agreed with the conditions prescribes under Central Govt's SMART City Mission with 50:50 fund-sharing by both Central and State, Tripura Urban Development Minister Manik Dey and AMC members visited around the City complexes to note down the available facilities at Agartala. Although the Tripura Govt has failed to re-model Agartala City with 10 % of SMART City shape, even after ruling here for 23 years, but the Central Govt had chosen Agartala City for a SMART City project as a part of NE development. But after agreed with 50:50 sharing of funds, the state govt is now under heavy pressure as atleast 1000 crores need to funded from Tripura Govt side. On Monday Urban Development Minister Manik Dey, AMC Mayor Prafullajit Sinha along with other Govt officials visited various spots. Their journey began from a 10 crore’s estimated shopping mall at Orient Chowmunahi. | 06-Feb-2017 |
One electrocuted at Udaipur, police susp | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): One man died at Udaipur after he was electrocuted, near railway station. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Security tightened on Tripura hills | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): To avoid any untoward incident on Feb 8, security has been tightened across Tripura ADC areas. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Inter-school District Level drama festiv | SABROOM, Feb 6 (TIWN): With an aim to spread rationalistic thought and to create scientific awareness among the masses and children, the ICAT Dept of Sabroom leaped a giant stride forward. The organization arranged for inter-school district Level drama festival at Sabroom Town Hall. The district Level competition started here at Sabroom along with several other sub-divisions. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Kailashahar to get BG service | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): After Udaipur-Agartala rail service inauguration, the Kailashahar-Dharmanagar rail will be commence soon. | 05-Feb-2017 |
DIG inaugurated buildings for troops | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): DIG BSF, Panisagar has inaugurated two buildings at Yakub Nagar BOP near Dharmanagar. | 05-Feb-2017 |
Tripura-Assam-Mizoram based Extremists a | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): Although from South Tripura to North Tripura every regions are suffering from year-wide terrorism threat, but Tripura police Chief DGP K Nagraj claimed that Tripura has zero percentage of extremist threats. But in reality not only Assam, Mizoram are facing the continuous threats of extremism, but the Tripura section is also suffering a lot due to the extremist activities especially in North Tripura. In a joint move of Assam, Tripura Assam Rifles booked 3 Reang terrorists from Assam’s Hailakandi Dist. From Tripura the 30 Assam Rifles, whereas 39 Assm Rifles based in Aizawl, Mizoram, Hailakandi Dist police jointly held this drive. The terrorists belong to the Democratic Liberation front of Barak Valley (UDLF-B), earlier known as UDLA. The arrested terrorists are : Milirai Reang (36), Netarai Reang (60), Rajkumar Reang (50). Reportedly, the Assam Rifles Force had jointly worked against increasing Bru extremism threats across Northeast. A major portion of Brus are residing over Tripura’s Kanchanpur area.Due to lack of proper police intelligence network, Tripura again facing hard times due to terrorists attacks by Bru extremists. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Woman, son among three Indians freed by | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN /IANS): A young woman and her six-year-old son were among three Indian nationals freed by Bangladeshi authorities, police said on Sunday. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Tripura Communist party worries after 3 | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): After consistent ruling in state Tripura, the Communists have been surprised to see the opposition parties aligning together in attempt to defeat CPI-Ms. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Trinamool to raise Chit Fund protest vol | AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): West Bengal, Tripura, Odiisha are the top 3 states where Rose Valley had expanded the Network. CBI inquiry was held successfully Odisha and West Bengal already Tripura Rose Valley MD Ashok Saha has been put into jail. But the CBI inquiry demand agaisnt Tripura Rose Valley scam has been the chief aim of opposition parties here. The protest first raised by Tripura Pradesh Congress before the party was divided with Trinamool. Before 6 months when Tripura Congress split with Trinamool and after that when Trinamool leaders were arrested at West Bengal the roar of protest raised in Tripura demanding CBI inquiry in Tripura too. Bundles of protest was held in Tripura by TMC as well as Congress recently in Tripura which led the Tripura Govt to seize all the properties of Rose Valley in Tripura. However, a local court here on Saturday rejected the bail plea of TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay who was arrested for his alleged link with the Rose Valley Group chit fund scam. | 06-Feb-2017 |
Political realignments could see some st | Agartala, Feb 5 (TIWN / IANS): A year ahead of the assembly polls in Tripura - under Left rule for over two decades now -- a realignment of opposition parties and leaders has already begun as they seek to defeat the existing dispensation -- making for some rather strange alliances. | 05-Feb-2017 |
SIT investigation against Chit fund movi | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): SIT investigation against Chit Fund companies are moving rudderless in Tripura as after 8 years of the scam held, the seized properties left with no proper data and records. On last Feb 2nd, the North Tripura Rose Valley property was seized by State Govt after it seized the same company’s property at Amarpur and Sadar, where the cost of the land alone worths more than crores. Apart from that other items including computers were seized. The number of computers were more than 30s, but all are in vain as the computers had no hard disks. Same the condition of other offices either at Amarpur or at Agartala. But question raised, how the hard disks disappeared from the computers ?? Why the Govt seized the property after 8 years ? Apart from Rose Valley there are many chit fund companies as Cosmic, Waris Group and many more which have been sold already to public, but the Govt never seized them. At Bagbasa (North Tripura) the Warris group had sold their 11 Kani’s property to the public already. | 05-Feb-2017 |
Noncash move turns heavy on CPI-M leader | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): The non-cash move has turned heavy for CPI-M Ministers here in Tripura which is visible from their day to day speeches. | 05-Feb-2017 |
Assembly Election-2018’s preparat | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): Tension increasing among the political parties with the Assembly Election-2018 coming closer in Tripura, which is scheduled to be conducted on 2018. BJP in Tripura are assuming as the 1st opposition party in its competition with TMC and Congress. To defeat CPI-M the BJP President also invited the opposition party leaders by meeting them personally in their home with the proposal of aligning with BJP for down the vote banks of CPI-M. However, as a part of the next strategy BJP has begun training to the members and representatives of various Mandals about how to deliver speeches. In 5 Khayerpur Mandal the party members held a meeting on Sunday where few important decisions were taken as. Among the decisions the most important decision was—whenever a BJP member will deliver his / her speech it should not hurt any community, any religion or class. Day to Mock-parliament has to be done across the state; in every places on regular basis. Regular analysis of how to strengthen the booths-it was also discussed during the meeting. | 05-Feb-2017 |
Midnight fire caused 50 lakhs of loss at | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): A midnight fire at Rajbari, Dharmanagar caused massive losses. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Kumarghat Municipal scam : Promotion to | KAMALPUR, Feb 5 (TIWN): For years together Kumarghat Municipal Council turned into a den of embezzlement and corruption. For the interests of the cadres and party loyal employees, the CPI-M leaders put their consent for each and every illegal activity violating all norms and rules. Recently, another such incident got revealed. Youth TMC State Secretary Rintulal Deb alleged the hypocracy after unearthing the same through RTI filing. | 05-Feb-2017 |
Insufficient doctors hit health service | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): Although the Health Minister called the doctors as ‘inhuman’, but insufficient doctors, lack of infrastructure are the main obstacle in Tripura’s Health service. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Rape accused Panna Ahmed missing again | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): Before 5 days, the bail order of rape accused TCS Officer Panna Ahmed was cancelled, but already he is missing from Tripura. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Around 50,000 joined in BJP last year | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): Massive joining going on under BJP as more than 400 people joined in BJP. | 04-Feb-2017 |
United bank depositors get back their mo | KAILASHAHAR, Feb 5 (TIWN): Atleast 28 depositors had lost their money from UBI bank, Under Kailashahar Gouranagar Branch, among them 26 people already got back their invested money. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Central Govt. clears Rs.968-cr for rail | New Delhi/Agartala, Feb 5 (TIWN): Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in a recent move, is all set to begin work to connect Agartala with Akhaura in Bangladesh after completion of land acquisition, for which, the Indian government has already allocated Rs. 968cr. | 04-Feb-2017 |
MGNREGA scam continues under State PWD : | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): ‘Rural roads are recognized as an infrastructure that provide access to social and economic services…..’ the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sarak Yojna (PMGSY) preface says, but for Tripura the rural infrastructure and economy development remained just as a thought under state PWD. In yet another instance it was unearthed that massive embezzlement of Central funds was done in a road construction work done in the year 2015-16 at North Hurua G. P. under Kalachara RD Block. The central govt funded project’s name was ‘Construction of C C Road†at Kalachara Bazar under the Work Order No- F.7-13 (A-1) /EE/ RD/ KCP/ DIV/ 2015-16 17956-65/ Dt. 27.02. 2016, with the Estimated cost of Rs. 6,46,543.00/- .The work had begun on 3rd June, 2016 and work completion has been shown (per audit) on 25.06.2016. But the construction work under Kalachara block with the estimated cost of Rs. 6.5 lakhs under the I/O- of the work Nilimesh Das only spent only for 100 meter, which directly shows how much embezzlement was done. | 05-Feb-2017 |
Will delay of justice save 10,323 teache | AGARTALA, Feb 5 (TIWN): The long pending 10,323 teachers’ case HAS BEEN re-scheduled and the final haring to be held on Feb 13. Allegation raised against Tripura Govt for intentionally delaying the 10,323 case at SC and anyhow it’s trying to hold the case at SC until election 2018 is finished. Earlier Assam, Orissa Govt lost similar cases of irregularity of recruitment rules for Teachers’ post. After that in the Jut Mill case also the Tripura Govt was defeated. Thus in this condition Tripura Govt is trying to delay the case as far as possible. On the same day the SC/ ST promotion case will also be placed before SC. Earlier the BJP State President Biplab Deb claimed that to get a speed at Supreme Court as Central Law Ministry will interfere in it if the state govt doesn’t hurry up with the case. He said that….â€if needed Govt will assist lawyers alsoâ€â€¦but his words remained just as words. It’s worthy to mention here that Tripura govt moved to Supreme Court when High Court canclled the jobs of 10,323 teachers’ jobs in 2014 as the jobs were given without going by rules of recruitment policy. High Court further ordered the state Govt to fill up the vacancies within December that year. But Tripura govt any how delaying the issue, so that 2018 election can be managed. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Tripura’s fake industrialization | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): Many times allegation came against Tripura’s Industry and Commerce Dept. for publishing fake reports and fake GDP growth. However, this has once again proven when the dept. had published a fresh update of Tripura’s industrialization. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Rose Valley Industry still exists in Tri | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): Under the pressure to display; fake industrialization, Tripura Govt’s Industry and Commerce Dept has recently updated its website, which can be reached by anyone by clicking Tripura Industry & Commerce's existing Website; but with a surprise to show (Notification No : 9) the availability of 42 companies under Bodhjung Nagar-----the Tripura Govt has enlisted few Chit Fund companies names too. The chit funds in the name of Food Parks, banking, small industries have already been stopped but just for ‘show off’ about Tripura’s industry growth the State Govt has published Rose Valley, Sarada and other chit fund companies names to. This raises only 2 questions : 1) Do Chit Fund companies still exist in Tripura ? 2) Or the Govt is lying in the website to show the ‘fake-industrialization’ here? Among the name of the 42 small industries at Bodhjung Nagar ‘Rose Valley Industries Lmt in number’ 15. It’s worthy to mention here that since the beginning, Tripura’s all the opposition parties alleged that the Chief Minister himself is responsible for the rampant chit fund business in Tripura since the year 2001. Before Rose Valley was inaugurated in Tripura in 2008, already other chit fund groups had spread their networks across the state. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Traditional Ganga puja observed in Tripu | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): The age old Ganga puja festival observed in Tripura on Saturday with full devotion. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Tripura RD Dept. delaying E-campaigning, | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): The MGNREGA work completion in Tripura has been measured by the Central Govt as only 9.31 %, less than maximum states in India. Other Northeastern states as Arunachal Pradesh scored by 22.13 % as per the Geo tags. All these have created huge resentment among the CPI-Ms here. Already the MGNREGA fund has been slashed by the Central Govt. The Central Govt government has allocated Rs 48,000 crore to the scheme for this financial year. The rural development ministry is expecting more funds at its disposal for the next fiscal, having managed most of its dues for 2016-17., but everything will be kept under Geo tracking. From now vague submission of MGNREGA audit reports will be treated strictly by the Central Govt. and the embezzlement of Central fund will not be so easy like previous years for the corrupted RD Dept. officials in Tripura. Apart from that Tripura left with 5 % in status of Category B work, with worst performance among all Northeast states, work completion rate is 9.31. | 04-Feb-2017 |
World Cancer Day : students conduct awar | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): Tripura observed Cancer Day-2017 with full enthusiasm. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Tripura’s fake industrialization | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): Many times allegation came against Tripura’s Industry and Commerce Dept. for publishing fake reports and fake GDP growth. However, this has once again proven when the dept. had published a fresh update of Tripura’s industrialization. | 04-Feb-2017 |
10,323 case final hearing on Saturday | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): The Tripura HC cancelled 10,323 teachers’ job finding their recruitments were based on a bogus policy & Tripura Govt had re-appealed in Supreme Court against the order of HC. | 03-Feb-2017 |
Final hearing of promotion case at SC on | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): The final hearing of promotion case at Supreme Court is on next Feb 13, which had led massive tension at Secretariat. | 03-Feb-2017 |
Seminar held on ‘Labour-safetyâ | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): Under Factories & Broilers Organization a conference was held at Safety Center in Gorkhabosti. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Digital India becoming too costly : CPI- | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): ‘The budget for 2017-18 was based on Digital move, but will the Govt bring any law against 3G, 4G excessive bills ?’, CPI-M State Secretary Bijan Dhar told TIWN while discussing about Budget proposed by the Modi Govt. | 03-Feb-2017 |
10th Shishu Mela starts at Belonia | BELONIA, Feb 4 (TIWN): A 5-day long Shishu Mela at Children's Park at 3.30 pm. Belonia Blood-Mouth club and Baghajatin Vyamagar organized the 10th Shishu Mela.Child guest inaugurated the Shishu Mela by lighting the ceremonial lamp. Besides, MLA Prabitra Kar ,MLA Basudeb Majumder, Chairperson Subhra Mitra, Ex Chairperson Dipankar Sen, Secretary Madhusudan Dutta and Mela committee convener Sukanta Dutta graced the programme with their presence. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Belonia Sub Divisional Hospital & Barpat | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): Belonia Sub Divisional Hospital & Barpathari PHC had received 1st Prize in KAYAKALP award Ceremony 2016-17. | 03-Feb-2017 |
Road accident at Baramura, two missing | TELIAMURA, Feb 4 (TIWN): In a road accident, one Truck fell down at deep jungle at Barmura on last evening. | 03-Feb-2017 |
Politicization of School syllabus across | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): Political propaganda instead of history teaching has raised criticism Bengal-wide after Mamata Banerjee introduced Singur move where Mamata Banerjee, Mukul Roy & other Trinamool leaders are all in all. The real history’s removal in case of Tripura was much faster than Bengal. In Tripura Class-IX History book chapters, were replaced with political interference and the CPI-M backed publishers. Instead of Indian Freedom Fighters History, Hitlar, Lelin, Karl Marx occupied the syllabus, although Mahatma Gandhi got certain spaces for his opinion about cricket. After removing reference to Lord Ram accusing it’s BJP’s direct interference she herself has occupied the history books. Terming the Singur agitation "historic", the chapter describes Mamata Banerjee as the leader who organised the anti-land acquisition movement and gave a direction to the farmers' struggle. | 04-Feb-2017 |
Loopholes of investigation leads 1 lakh | AGARTALA, Feb 4 (TIWN): Tripura lower courts are burdened with total 1 lakh 48 thousand 275 pending cases, which has been notified by Supreme Court again and again but due to the loopholes in investigation, poor chargesheet and lack of follow ups have left these cases pending for uncertain period of time. In 2008 at Bishalgarh Harishnagar tea garden Sadhan Chowdhury was ruthlessly murdered and the chargesheet was submitted within 3 months since CID took the charge of the case. The main accused of the case was Sadhan Chowdhur’s wife Aparna Chowdhury. After the Bishalgarh police failed to submit proper chargesheet the case was handed over to CID and under Inspector Adhir Das although Aparna Chowdhury threw the sim card in a river, but via Airtel office help CID successfully discovered it was Aparna Chwodhury who was mastermind in that murder. But reportedly, Aparna Chowdhury is doing her regular job and released at free. Although 8 yrs have been passed, but justice is getting delayed here.It’s worthy to mention here that all together 1 lakh 48 thousand 275 pending cases, among them 10,154 cases are civil cases, and criminal cases are 1,38,121. | 03-Feb-2017 |
Preparatory meeting ahead of Book Fair-2 | AGARTALA, Feb 3 (TIWN): Ahead of Book-fair 2017 which to be begin from Feb 11 a preparatory meeting led by ICA Dept. Minister Bhanulal Saha held at Rabindra Bhawan. | 03-Feb-2017 |
NSS held special camp | AGARTALA, Feb 3 (TIWN): NSS held a special camp at Bani Vidyapith Girls’ School. | 03-Feb-2017 |
Health Review meeting exposed shocking d | AGARTALA, Feb 3 (TIWN): Whereas the State Govt here claims about excellent health service in Tripura and supplying enough nutrition through food items & other facilities to the children as well as women of the rural areas, but on Friday a Govt data was released which exposed that 21 % children die in Tripura per thousand due to lack of nutrition. Moreover the sex-ratio of Girl-Child & Boy-Child is also not at all satisfactory : 961 women per thousand men. A review meeting held at Pragna Bhawan, on named ‘Rogi Kalyan Samiti’ where Health Minister Badal Choudhury remained present. Apart from Choudhury, S K Yadav Mission Director NHM, Rakesh Sarwal, Principal Secretary to HFW, S K Chakma MS, SHFWs were present. As per the IPHS Diet rules, the standards for New born stabilization unit, MTP facilities for second trimester pregnancy (desirable), The Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC), Blood storage and link Anti Retroviral Therapy centre must be there in PHCs, but although the fluent fund is flowing in the name of various health mission, in reality 99 % PHCs in Tripura just for name-shake. | 03-Feb-2017 |
Health Dept. reviews RKS | AGARTALA, Feb 3 (TIWN): Tripura Health Dept held a review meeting on Rogi Kalyan Samiti on Thursday. | 03-Feb-2017 |
Tripura Rural Development scam : 2 month | AGARTALA, Feb 3 (TIWN): After High Court Order against MGNREGA scams held in Tripura, the state govt has finally begun the process to conduct audit in all 58 blocks on the execution of the rural job scheme.In 20116, month of November High Court expressed extreme displeasure in the incomplete MGNREGA works. On that time Congress spokesman and eminent physician Ashok Sinha, lawyer Ashish Nandi and Trinamool Congress leader Arun Chandra Bhowmik, sought a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Tripura. High Court Chief Justice T. Vaiphei and Justice Subhashish Talapatra asked the government to conduct audit in 58 blocks. However, High Court also rejected the demand for a CBI probe, and directly asked the government to conduct an audit in all 58 blocks of the state vis-a-vis MGNREGA scheme to ensure ‘transparency’. | 03-Feb-2017 |
One convicted in Outrage of modesty | UDAIPUR, Feb 3 (TIWN): Ld. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Udaipur Gomati, Tripura, has convicted one accused person namely Partha Das S/O Lt. Bhuban Das of Tattua Tilla, PS- RKP, under Gomati District. | 03-Feb-2017 |