Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation begins for Laxmi Puja | AGARTALA, Oct 1 (TIWN): With the ending of Durga Puja, house to house preparation has begun to welcome Goddess Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| 4-day-long Durga puja ends peacefully | AGARTALA, Oct 1 (TIWN): The 4 day long Durga puja has ended peacefully on Saturday with no untoward incident took place. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Ex Students of St. Paul’s School | AGARTALA, Oct 1 (TIWN): A Meeting of the former students of St. Paul’s School Agartala will be held on 2nd October 2017 at the TB Association Hall (near IGM Hospital) from 3 PM onwards with the objective of forming an ALUMNI association of the school. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Deprivation under 24 yrs of Communist re | AGARTALA, Oct 1 (TIWN): Tripura CM has recently said, “Tripura Govt has made impossible things as possible, However, CM’s claim can’t be denied as with a shock note Jute Mill employees, pensioners hitting Tripura Govt said, “It’s only possible by Tripura Govt to unfollow Court’s orderâ€. It has been long 1 year that Tripura Govt is not paying the unpaid wages to the employees and pensioner even after Supreme Court's verdict. Thus, issuing this long deprivation, the employees and pensioners will finally go for enmass protest from Oct-9. The strike may hit the left front govt ahead of the Assembly poll-2018 as the agitators claimed for not withdrawing the strike till their pending wages are cleared and govt hike their salaries as per the Supreme Court’s order. After 1 year of Supreme Court's order Tripura Govt is showing no interest to clear the pending wages. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Dead body recovered at Agartala | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): A dead body has been recovered at Agartala on the day of Dasami. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| ‘Not Tearful, but Cheerful adieu t | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): When pains have gripped the Bengal society across the globe on Bijoya Dasami, a women’s group at Agartala Dasmi Ghat has surprised by saying, “Why tearful ? It must be cheerful while saying goodbye to Ma Durga for one year, as years run very busy in the 21st centuryâ€. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Sweet shops running busy on Bijoya Dasam | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): Agartala sweet shops were found busy, queued by customers to buy sweets for Bijoya Dasami. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Bengalees celebrate Bijoya Dasami with d | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): In compare to the previous years, Hilsa price is less this year but if the price is compared on Dasami-day with the price of 3 / 4 days back it has raised double. This year Hilsa fish’s price had been down before a month across Tripura and West Bengal. In Tripura Hilsas were sold even at Rs. 300/- and at West Bengal it downed at Rs. 200/- but when it comes about Dasami time, it’s the high time for business as Bengali foodies have no other option in their minds apart from Hilsa or Pabda fish. However, the Hilsa fish price has been remained between Rs. 800 to Rs. 1500 in Tripura on Dasami. After 3 days of Vegetable foods on Saptami, Astami and Nabmi public have rushed to meat / fish markets on the occasion of Dasami. At Agartala’s Battala meat market the price went high on the occasion of Dasami, whereas across the state the situation of meat markets were more or less same. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Heavy rush in Tripura's meat-markets on | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): After 3 days of Vegetable foods on Saptami, Astami and Nabmi public have rushed to meat markets on the occasion of Dasami. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Devotees gather at Matabari from every c | UDAIPUR, Sep 30 (TIWN): Thousands of pilgrims thronged to 500 years old ancient Matabari also known as Ma Tripura Sundari temple on Thursday on the occasion of Bijoya Dasami. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Immersion begins at Dasami-Ghat : Vijaya | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): Amid tight security arrangements, marking the formal conclusion of biggest festival- Durga Puja, the immersion worship (Vijaya Dashami) to Goddess Durga has been started in Tripura on Saturday morning. To mark this occasion, teary eyed devotees bade an emotional farewell to the idols of goddess Durga. People from different community thronged Durga puja pandals to offer their tributes to the goddess on the last day of the five-day long festivity.A vast number of married women decked in the ritualistic red-and-white sarees marked the event with the customary "Sindoor Khela" or smearing each other and the idols with red vermilion to prepare the goddess and her clan for their long journey to home, as dhaaks (traditional drums) played on in the background.The unique part about this year's Durga Puja is that the ninth and 10th day – Maha Navami and Vijaya Dashami – fall on the same day. Devotees offered sweets to the goddess and prayed for peace and prosperity of their families. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Married Hindu women performs Sindoor Khe | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TWIN): With the rhythm of Dhak (Drum) and chants people all across the state observed Vijaya Dashami on Saturday. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Dasami-Yatra performed at Agartala Durga | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): Devotees thronged to Agartala Durga Bari to goodbye Devi Durga for another year. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Bijoya Dasami : People rejoiced with fam | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): On the auspicious occasion Dasami, people rejoiced with family members to celebrate the last day of Durga Puja for 2017. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| ‘Goddess of Autumn’ goodbye | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): Goddess Durga, who is popularly known as Goddess of Autumn was given traditional goodbye on Saturday with Bisarjan. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Rabindra Sangha, Udaipur’s most a | UDAIPUR, Sep 30 (TIWN): The snake like structured puja-pandal of Udaipur Rabindra Sangha has drawn massive gathering on Saptamo, Astami, Nabami nights. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Governor visits Durga Puja pandals | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has visited various Durga puja pandals on Navami night in Agartala. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Load-shedding, frequent power cut hits D | AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): A frequent power cut has disrupted normal lives in Tripura during Durga puja. Eventhough the condition is better in the Capital City Agartala, but in other subdivisions the situation is worse. Udaipur, Dharmanagar and South Tripura are facing hourlong power disruptions even in the day time. However, Tripura power minister 15 days before Durga puja had predicted about the situation in advance, giving a green signal to the constant power disruption, which has proven as true. Blaming the nature for causing disasters across the state, Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey has clearly said on Sep 15 that there are huge gaps in the completion of maintaining works to ensure Durga puja's shedding free period. “Eventhough we have announced about load-shedding schedules for puja-works, but TSECL couldn’t take the works in hand properlyâ€, said Dey. | 30-Sep-2017 |
| Has India remained barbaric, uneducated | UDAIPUR / AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): On the auspicious day of Maha-Navami also there is no relief from bloodshed, goat sacrificing across Hindu temples of Tripura. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Bloodshed & Cruelty mark Agartala Durga | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): The age old tradition of Buffalo sacrifice at Durga Bari temple on Friday marked the celebration of Maha Navami-the last day of the Durga Puja. Although cruel, but still superstitious people thronged to Durgabari temple premises to have a glance of such a barbaric practice. The innocent animals killing on temple premises is considered as the holi practice of 'sacrifice'. Same cruelty followed in Christianity and Islam where mute animals are killed in the name of 'sacrifice'. On Maha Navami Goddess Durga is worshiped as Mahisasuramardini which means the Annihilator of the Buffalo Demon. It is believed that on Maha Navami day Durga killed the demon Mahishasura. Although 21st Century has come, but Educated people over-signifying the spiritual believes keep faith on such practices and taking that opportunity a section of people doing business for decades. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Sanghati Club’s unique Durga idol | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): Agartala Sanghati club has organized Durga puja with a patriotic fervor this year. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Tripura, Bengal celebrate Maha-Navami wi | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): Tripura’s every corner celebrating joyously the Durga Puja on Maha-Navami. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Smriti club observes Durga Puja | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): Agartala Smriti Club has conducted Durga puja with a huge Shiv-Linga inside the temple premise. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Rainy weather throughout Navami Day | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): Cloudy sky, slight showers have gripped Tripura on Maha-Navami, disrupting the celebration of common people. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Maha Navami: Heavy rush in Durga temples | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): Anjali offering was held on Maha Navami across various puja pandals of Tripura and all Durga temples. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| AMC’s Poor planning of drainage m | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): When cloudy weather, slight showers have already marred the Durga puja celebration, the AMC led corruption has fueled the irritation of common people further. A chaos had been created all over the City on Astami night when rain showered for half an hour led the common people to suffer heavily with knee level water. Durga Pandals had gone under water at Agartala with few splashes of rains on the evening of Maha-Astami. This was not a record level raining, neither it was a continuous rain but the corruption of AMC has finally ashamed Agartala’s Durga puja. In other subdivisions also rain was held but no place have faced similar fate as Agartala City. The fastest flooding zone of India is nowhere but at Tripura’s capital city Agartala. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Mass gathering at Netaji Club to see 60 | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): 60 ft of Durga idol has been created by Netaji Play Centre (now known as Netaji Club) in this Durga Puja. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Naba Shakti Club celebrates Durga Puja | UDAIPUR, Sep 29 (TIWN): Along with the whole state, Udaipur’s Nabashakti club has celebrated Durga Puja like every year. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Red Lotus club creates Dhaker-Saaj Durga | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): Agartala Red Lotus club is highlighting on the forgotten rural Bengal culture this year. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| TSECL’S negligence kills 21 emplo | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): With a shocking revelation, it has disclosed the illegal activities held under TSECL that killed 21 person in last 5 years, who were forced to do dangerous works without training. When it comes about salary, pension TSECL employees are one of the highest deprivers but in case of life’s security TSECL employees are used very badly my Tripura power dept. Earlier, Nirvoy (A social / Apolitical group led by Dr. Ashok Sinha) had ddemanded for the compensation to the killed and injured persons under TSECL via Extraordinary pension that is their right as per Pension-law under Central Civil Service's No 4 article, but nothing was given by the state govt. Atleast 21 persons had died under Power Dept of Tripura in last 5 years, with 52 more people were injured in various times. But in return nothing the left front govt has given them except death and physical injuries. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Tripura Governor returns to state capita | Agartala, Sep 29 (TIWN / IANS) Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday returned to the state capital from Kolkata after his 42-day leave for visiting the US was cancelled and he was directed to return to Agartala at once, a Raj Bhavan official said. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Maha-Navami saddens Tripura, West Bengal | AGARTALA, Sep 29 (TIWN): With Maha-Navami’s beginning, time has come when Devi Durga will soon start her journey for Swargalok for another year. During Durga Puja days, forgetting all worries, hatred people get together & the sentiment of brotherhood generates among every sections of people. | 29-Sep-2017 |
| Drugs, Fensidyl, contraband sale spiked | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Sep 28 (TIWN): Durga Puja season in Tripura witnessing rampant sale of drugs, contrabands across Agartala streets as Police authorities failed to arrest a single drug trafficker so far in Agartala and adjoining areas. Tripura capital’s majority of pan shops from Nager Bazar to Math Chowmuhani selling contrabands, even pregnancy pain killer mixed in tea, coffee so that young generation can get a high at low cost. Failure of State Police intelligence network fueling mass accumulation of smugglers to terrorist elements in Tripura. Even CPI-M party is involved in mass exodus of Bangladesh extremists in rehabilating in India. Union Home Ministry submitted secret report to SC on Sep 18,2017 that IB, RAW unearthed CPI-M, TMC backed criminal network in Tripura, Bengal mainly engaged in illegal Voter ID,PAN card racket to convert Rohingya Terrorists as Indian citizens. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Rain ! AMC's garbage water wet publicâ | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Durga Pandals have gone under water at Agartala with few splashes of rains on the evening of Maha-Astami. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Security stepped up along borders with M | AGARTALA/AIZAWL, Sep 28 (TIWN / IANS) In view of the Rohingyas' movement along the India-Myanmar and India-Bangladesh borders and the on-going Durga Puja festivities, vigil has been increased in the border areas, officials said on Thursday."Though Tripura has no borders with Myanmar, we have asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to further strengthen security along the 856-km boundary with Bangladesh," Director General of Police Akhil Kumar Shukla told media persons in Agartala.He said: "According to the Border Security Force (BSF), over 18 battalions of para-military troopers were earlier deployed along the India-Bangladesh border with Tripura. We have asked the BSF to also deploy their training battalions in these frontiers."The Tripura Police chief said that in view of the Rohingya imbroglio in Myanmar and the on-going Durga Puja festivities, border security has been further intensified to foil any attempt by the Rohingyas, fleeing the Rakhine state in Myanmar, to enter India through Bangladesh. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Heavy rush of Devotees at 500 yrs old an | UDAIPUR, Sep 28 (TIWN): Thousands of pilgrims thronged to 500 years old ancient Matabari also known as Ma Tripura Sundari temple on Thursday on the occasion of Maha-Astami. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Increasing numbers of Durga pujas in Tri | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Increasing numbers of Durga pujas hve been observed this year across the capital city Agartala. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Prayers, celebrations mark 'Maha Astami' | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Tripura’s Durga Puja spirit picked up from Maha Ashtami after some showers on Saptami-- the "Maha Ashtami" day -- as attired in their best, people visited Puja marquees to pray to the Goddess and participate in the festivities across Tripura. In accordance with custom, fasting devotees offered flowers to the Goddess in obeisance and later feasted on an array of delicacies. Bells chimed, cymbals clanged and the invigorating beats of "dhaak" (drums) set the mood for celebrations. This is also the time when people meet friends and family, relish the array of street food being sold since morning in makeshift stalls.Neither a brief spell of rain in some parts of Tripura nor a rain forecast in the evening dampens the spirits. Massive traffic jams, road blocks in addition to pathetic conditioned city roads from Battala to other parts of Tripura capital failed to suppress spirits. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Ramakrishna Missions observe Durga Puja | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Across the hilly state Tripura, heavy rush of devotees were seen in various Ramakrishna Missions. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Sonamura club celebrates Durga puja with | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Sangati Saradiya Utsav Committee has organized Durga puja at a low-budget, even though the club members claimed that ‘celebration has no link with high budget’. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Rs. 17 lakhs budget's puja at Youth Club | AGARTALA / UDAIPUR, Sep 28 (TIWN): Rs. 17 lakhs of budget has been targeted to complete Durga puja in a club at Udaipur named Youth Club. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Chopper service on full wave on Durga Pu | Agartala, Sep 28 (TIWN) The Tripura government operated helicopter service for Durga Puja revellers is going in full wave at Agartala. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Hindus offer Anjali to Devi Durga on Mah | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Anjali offering was held on Maha Ashtami across various puja pandals of Tripura and all Durga temples. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Udaipur’s most popular Durga puja | UDAIPUR, Sep 28 (TIWN): The snake like structured puja-pandal of Udaipur Rabindra Sangha has drawn massive gathering on Saptami night throughout the Astami day. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| City of temples celebrate auspicious Dur | UDAIPUR, Sep 28 (TIWN): Less known, but one of the oldest temple of Tripura’s Gomati Dist located Udaipur city ( the city often known as Lake City or City of temples was the capital of Tripura for a long time) Hari Mandir or Durga Mandir witnessed full devotional rituals of Ma Durga on the occasion of Maha Ashtami. Devotees have thronged to the Durga temple, a silent place for prayer situated near Jagannath Bari lake. TIWN visited the temple on Maha-Ashtami morning where people were busy in offering prayers, bhogs to Devi Durga. However, talking to the priests of the temple, they mentioned the Durga idol has not been changed for this Durga puja and it’s only changed once in a year during Basanti Puja in the Chaitra month. This Hari madir is however famous for Basanti puja and Durga puja is also observed with equal enthusiasm. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Agartala celebrates Maha-Astami : Devote | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Devotion, prayers, and dedication marked the beginning of the auspicious occasion of Maha-Ashtami at Durga bari since Wednesday morning and on Thursday also massive gathering was witnessed on Maha-Astami.Amidst huge enthusiasm and devotion, on the auspicious day of Maha-Astami, devotees observe rigorous fast and worship Goddess Durga and offered prayers at Durga Bari temple. Durga Ashtami celebrates the victory of Goddess over Buffalo Demon Mahishasura. According to Hindu mythologies it is said that Kaali Mata emerged from the forehead of Goddess Durga to kill Chanda and Munda Durga Puja at the Durgabari temple is funded and organised by the state government and the district magistrate of West Tripura is the main sevayat of the puja. Large number of crowd was witnessed at the premises of the Durga bari temple to offer prayers to Goddess Durga. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Ramakrishna Mission observes Kumari Puja | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Ramakrishna Mission today organized Kumari Puja, the worship of a girl as the goddess Durga. Puja festivities reached its climax in Tripura with Mahashtami and Mahanavami merging on Thursday. | 27-Sep-2017 |
| Is Kumari Puja a positive message to the | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Kumari puja even though celebrated across Tripura, Bengal, Assam and other states of India, but for many experts it’s a quite contradictory culture, where a female is worshiped after being selected from the 'Kumaris' (virgins) for the sake of ‘purity’ and ‘chastity’ and mostly Brahmin girls. | 28-Sep-2017 |
| Police officer destroying Ganja, liquor | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Madhupur PS’s O/C Prasant Kumar Dey is allegedly harassing the common people in various ways since he joined before once and half month, especially those who are connected with illegal drug business. | 27-Sep-2017 |
| Manik Sarkar's 'Golden Era' : PWD Minist | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Manik Sarkar led CPI-M Govt successfully transformed Agartala as most 'unsmart City' by destroying minimum public amenities like basic motorable roads. As promised earlier to fool public, Tripura PWD Minister couldn’t keep his promise of repairing Battala-Nagerjala route before Durga puja and Sapatami night went without much promised so called smooth roadway on that route. Due to the pathetic condition of Battala-Nagerjala road traffic went congested throughout day creating much problems for the common people even during the day time. But Tripura PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury said on Sep-29 that the Battala-Nagerjala road repairing will be completed by next 5 days. When Tripura road are suffering from deplorable condition, under PPP model and Mamata Banerjee's Governance West Bengal roads are being repaired overnight. | 27-Sep-2017 |