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Illegal liquor seller arrested | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): One illegal liquor seller was arrested by police on Monday. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Chaos hits Assembly after Sudip Barman s | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): A verbal fight developed among the opposition MLA Sudip Barman and CPI-M Ministers, MLAs after Barman asks MLA Ratan Das not to answer his queries. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Uproar in Tripura Assembly with Santanu | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): The 2 day long Tripura Assembly Session has begun on Monday with chaos and doldrums as the opposition MLA Ratan Lal Nath raised the issue of Tripura journalist Santanu murder case at the very beginning. MLA Ratanlal Nath asked, "Why instead of the pressure from journalists and oppositions, the Santanu murder case was not handed over to the CBI?". In reply, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said, "SIT is probing the murder case and we have trust on SIT. Wait till SIT Completes its work". Indirectly, CM also indicated about 'defective' role of CBI, even though directly he didn't mention about it. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Forest Dept seized woods worth lakh | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): Forest Dept has recovered expensive woods on Monday. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Moderate Earthquake tremor felt in North | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): A 3.2 Magnitudes earthquake was felt in Northeast today latenight. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Indefinite pen down strike begins Tripu | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): An indefinite Pen Down Strike has begun across Tripura Schools led by the SSA teachers. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Opposition hits Home Minister Manik Sark | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): After opposition MLA Diba Chandra Rankhol asked about the paralyzed Home Ministry of Manik Sarkar, uproars had hit the first day of the Assembly. MLA Diba Chandra Rankhol raised a question, "From Nepal Tilla to many such police stations' land phone numbers have been paralyzed. Although a single contact number for each police stations has been given to the public, the land phone numbers are not working and mobile phones are being used in the police stations. How will public reach to police there ?" In reply Home Minister Manik Sarkar said, "The matter is under observation and the mobile numbers will be given to the public as it's a problem of BSNL". However, Chief Minister cum Home Minister Manik Sarkar kept the issue hidden that due to the bills, BSNL has cut the land numbers of maximum police stations. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Tripura roads turn nightmare under PWD, | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): When Tripura's roads in every hook and corners have been collapsed, Tripura CPI-M party has raised question on the Central Govt led National Highway project. | 13-Nov-2017 |
‘Instead of developing Tripura, Ma | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): MP Saroj Pandey in her two day visit in CPI-M ruled Tripura said, "Chief Minister Manik Sarkar since 20 years of his Chief Ministry instead of developing the state is trying to portray his own image with a wise look. To save the Manik Sarkar's face, from police to justice-------- whole system has been paralyzed under CPI-M". | 12-Nov-2017 |
‘If CPI-Ms are not involved in mur | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): MP Prahlad Singh Patel in his two day visit in Tripura said, “If CPI-M was correct in its place then what the fear about CBI??†| 12-Nov-2017 |
Whose body was recovered by Tripura Poli | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): A shocking update of Jiban Debnath's murder case has revealed that the family members of Jiban Debnath is yet unready to accept that the dead body was of Jiban Debnath as no DNA test was done with the recovered dead body. | 12-Nov-2017 |
Mockery of Unemployment toll : Tripura G | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty’s another blunder with Higher Education System mocks at Tripura's Unemployment tension. Resentments have brewed among a major section of unemployed youths, who had been much talented to crack joint entrance exams during Class-12 and were recommended by the state govt through joint entrance to study Agricultural Engineering. While recommending, the students and their parents were assured by the govt with 100 % job guarantees along with much hypes about demands of the course. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Tripura SSA teachers' Pen Down Strike fr | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): Being left unnoticed even after multiple protests, SSA teachers have begun their "Pen Down Strike" from today with 3 demands. But Education Dept is in slumber, without any motive to sort out the problems. Neither the Education Minister has given any statement urging the teachers for not to go in strike nor any assurance has been given by the Tripura Govt about regulations. Tripura SSA teachers, who are now parts and parcel of the school education system of Tripura, have become almost a pillar of the Education Dept, but even after long 15-17 yrs of service the SSA were not regularized led repeated protests, hungers strikes by the helpless teachers. But till day Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar is not ready to meet the teachers demands and it has been long 7 years atleast that the CM is escaping from the ground of SSA’s regularization. | 12-Nov-2017 |
Training progammes on Disaster Managemen | AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): Training on Disaster Management has begun on Monday at Bishalgarh. | 13-Nov-2017 |
Generic medicines recovered from a well | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN) : Huge numbers of generic medicines were recovered from a deep jungle located water well in Amarpur today. | 12-Nov-2017 |
TCS officer recruitment scam continues v | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): Tripura Govt's TCS officer recruitment scam since decades led by TPSC has been exposed as a fresh case was filed following a continuous violation of recruitment laws, even after High Court's order. It was in 2016, that High Court cancelled 2 PH posts as TPSC has categorized them as ST-PH and asked TPSC to go for a fresh recruitment of these 2 posts in TCS as PH can be appeared from any category (SC, ST, General). But state govt has been violating the HC's order. Thus a fresh case was filed by Prabir Dutta against Tripura Govt and the next hearing is on Nov 30. It's noteworthy that On 30/04/2016, the state govt had announced to recruit 30 TCS officers comprising 1 seat for ST-PH and another is 1 seat (Total 2) for ST-Low vision, but against the recruitment a case was filed against the state govt with case No-WP (C) 1166 / 2016 by the same petitioner. High Court on that time asked the Govt why PH seats were given to ST, whereas SC / ST / PH / GEN any category can appear for the post ? | 12-Nov-2017 |
'Not a single road under Pradhan Mantri | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): MP Prahlad Singh Patel in his two day visit in Tripura said that Tripura Govt has failed to build a single road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna. | 12-Nov-2017 |
Tripura is undergoing 'Jungle Raj' of C | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): On the 1st press meet with Tripura media, MP MP Saroj Pandey, MP Prahlad Singh Patel at BJP Office have slammed the CPI-M Govt for 'paralyzing law and order in the state, launching violence and suppressing the justice'. MP Saroj Pandey in her first ever address to the press said, "The Govt which can not secure the democracy is not at all a Govt and Tripura's CPI-M Govt which is ruling state for 25 years has totally collapsed the law and order here. Justice is suppressed just to save the Communist face"."Chief Minister Manik Sarkar since 20 years of his Chief Ministry instead of developing the state is trying to portray his own image with a wise look. To save the Manik Sarkar's face, from police to justice system all have been paralyzed under CPI-M", said Pandey."Our ideology, developmental attitudes both are struggling as the Chief Minister is struggling to portray his own image", added Pandey. | 12-Nov-2017 |
Ex-terror outfit chief arrested for sedi | Agartala, Nov 12 (TIWN / IANS) Outlawed All Tripura Tiger Force's former chief Ranjit Debbarma, who was pushed back by Bangladesh security forces into India four years ago, has been arrested on sedition charges, police said on Sunday. | 12-Nov-2017 |
Parliamentary Team inspects Tripura jour | AGARTAL, Nov 12 (TIWN): The parliamentary team of BJP has inspected the murder of Tripura journalist Santanu Bhowmik on Sunday. | 12-Nov-2017 |
House looted by thieves at Joynagar | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): A house was looted at Agartala on Saturday night at Joynagar. | 12-Nov-2017 |
World Diabetes Day observed by NHM | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): Awareness seminar cum Health Camp was organized at Bipani Bitan, of Agartala Durga Chowmuhani ahead of World Diabetes Day which is on Nov 14 jointly by NHM, Tripura Health Dept. | 12-Nov-2017 |
CPI-M sponsored Red Terror Horrifies Nat | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): Jiban Debnath, Santanu Bhowmik, Nishikant Chakma and over all hundreds of violence have shocked the Parliamentary team who are visiting Tripura since 2 days. | 12-Nov-2017 |
Yuva Morcha conducts cleanliness drive a | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): BJP Yuva Morcha has conducted a cleanliness drive at Joynagar, Battala, Bordowali area on Sunday. | 12-Nov-2017 |
BJP delegates visits South Tripura | Santirbazar Nov 12 (TIWN): A delegation of state BJP leaders along with MP Prahlad Patel visited the houses of Priyanka Reang(Takma) and Supriya Mog (Kwaifung) to collect the inputs of but the hilarious Incidents today. Priyanka Reang who was died unnaturally at Bisrfamganj and Supriya mog was found dead in the room where she was residing as PG suspiciously .In both the cases police had not initiated any proper investigation drive while the people of Reang communities and MSCO organized number of protest and public rallies throughout the state. | 12-Nov-2017 |
Parliamentary team visits murdered Jiba | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): Killed driver Jiban Debnath's mother Manju Debnath was collapsed in tears and cries, seeing the Parliamentary team in her door in the morning. Jiban Debnath was missing since Sep-20 from Khumlwng (on the same day of Santnau's murder) remained untraced by police, but on Nov 4 (after 47 days of missing incident) Jiban Debnath's dead body was recovered by Tripura Police from the river banks, after getting informed by secret sources Police had recovered his body which was kept inside the soil. Politics killed Jiban Debnath, but the innocent mother to suffer till her last breath. Even though Tripura Govt boosted about its Rs. 10 lakhs donation to Jiban Debnath's family but no Minister, neither the Chief Minister has met the family members for a single time. BJP National delegates MP Saroj Pandey, MP Prahlad Singh Patel visited Jiban Debnath's house in the morning, expressed shocked over the incident. | 12-Nov-2017 |
NHM’s mega scam exposed : CPI-M G | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): CPI-M'a corruption era witnessing mega scam after scams. A serious allegation has come against Tripura health Dept for looting National Health Mission (NHM) funds and this time the accused is none other than Tripura Health Minister Badal Choudhury. Complaints from NHM official has come to TIWN recently about NHM’s pending salaries by the Tripura Govt, with allegation against Tripura Govt for taking loans from NHM funds. A shocking allegation also raised by one TIWN reader against the Health Minister Badal Choudhury for recently purchasing a car with NHM funds by the reader. The contractual employees working in the Health Department under NHM are deprived since 2005, at the very beginning of their jobs.Complaints came from NHM employees that their their monthly salaries are not only very less but there is no pay structure formed by the state govt for the NHMs. | 12-Nov-2017 |
‘Police have been Politicized in T | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): MP Prahlad Singh Patel in his visit at South Tripura, sitting at Supriya Mog’s home said, “Unfortunately Police's role is heavily biased in Tripura and fully politicizedâ€. | 12-Nov-2017 |
Allegation against CPI-M Govt for embezz | AGARTALA, Nov 12 (TIWN): NHM employees in Tripura are sharing a lions parts of state's Health Service since 10 years, but fully deprived of regular wages, full wages, regularization and any extra facility. The NHM workers were appointed since 2005 were used in various Depts under the Health Mission, but even after multiple protests, Tripura Govt has not regularized them. Asking state's Health Minister Badal Chowdhury about their regularization, apart from false hopes and central-deprivation's allegation nothing could be heard, but this is the same Govt who is violating MHRD's guidelines & Supreme Court's order created 12000 posts just to save illegally recruited 10323 teachers of the state. Tripura NRHM Employees Welfare Association 's President Association President Abinash Tripura said, "Since 2005 the NHM Mission had started in Tripura but we are left deprived till day without any facility". | 12-Nov-2017 |
Saroj Pandey offers prayers in Tripura S | UDAIPUR, Nov 11 (TIWN): MP Saroj Pandey in her visit in Tripura has visited Udaipur Mata Tripura Sundari Temple on Saturday. | 11-Nov-2017 |
Long pending demands of Tripura SSA Teac | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): Tripura SSA teachers, who are contributing a loins part of the school education system of Tripura, have become almost a pillar of the Education Dept, but even after long 15-17 yrs of service the SSA were not regularized led repeated protests, hungers strikes by the helpless teachers. But till day Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar is not ready to meet with the teachers demands and it has been long 7 years atleast that the CM is escaping from the ground of SSA’s regularization. On the other side, Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty is trying to portray a fictitious story with the help of CPI-M backed TCGEA teachers, which is actually far away from SSA’s welfare and security. SSA Welfare Association Secretary Bastab Debbarma in the evening announced that from Nov-13 the teachers will go for ‘pen down strike’ for an uncertain period of time in demand of their long pending demands. | 11-Nov-2017 |
Saroj Pandey hits CPI-M cadre led violen | BISHALGARH, Nov 11 (TIWN): MP Saroj Pandey on Saturday has visited Bishalgarh subdivision, where the recent violence took place. | 11-Nov-2017 |
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar receives D. Litt d | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the women's vault event at the Rio Olympics last year, has been conferred a D. Litt degree by the National Institute of Technology (NIT) today, during the tenth convocation of the institute on November 11. | 11-Nov-2017 |
Police recovered Rs. 3 lakhs of ganja fr | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): With a shocking note, from Agartala-Kolkata Express huge amounts of ganja were recovered today by police. | 11-Nov-2017 |
ABVP protests against CPI-M sponsored vi | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): Looking to up the ante against CPM over the murders common people in Kerala, ABVP activists have protested in Tripura. | 11-Nov-2017 |
'Next Lok Sabha talks will be about Trip | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): To strengthen BJP in Tripura and to hit the Lok Sabha with Left sponsored violence in Tripura under Manik Sarkar's regime, 3 Parliamentary representatives are travelling Tripura today. Already MP Prahlad Singh Patel has been received at Agartala Airport by state BJP delegates and they are on the way to Kamalpur. However with the little reshuffle in the visit, the team first left for Santir Bazar and to meet the victim families of Supriya Mog and other victims. BJP State Observer Sunil Deodhar, State BJP President Biplab Deb, Vice President Rampada Jamatia, leader Subal Bhowmik welcomed the BJP leader at Agartala Airport. Total 3 MPs are visiting Tripura today : Meenakshi Lekhi, Saroj Pandey, Kalyan Patel.As per the schedule, the arrival hour at Kamalpur is 12.15 PM, then there is a meeting with all the victims of CPI-M led violence and at 3 PM the BJP delegates to visit Chailengta and to meet Nishikant Chakma's family members who was killed in a CPI-M sponsored violence on July 19. | 11-Nov-2017 |
Bishalgarh violence : MP Meenakshi Lekhi | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): After 48 hours of Bishalgarh violence, MP Meenakshi Lekhi has met the victims immediately after her arrival at Agatala. In GB Hospital where atleast 3 victims of CPI-M clash are admitted the BJP MP has met, talked to them. Her next visit is at Belmura, where recently where 7 to 8 people were seriously injured in CPI-M sponsored violence. The MP has slammed the CPI-M Govt for sponsoring cruelty to spread terror in the state ahead of Election. The visit of the MP is expectedly to be a major jolt for the CPI-M, ruling state Tripura for 25 years as due to lack of strong opposition party never the issues were raised in the Parliamentary team. Sunil Deodhar challenged on the background of MP's arrival that this time Lok Sabha discussion will be focused on only "Tripura, Tripura & Tripura". 3 MPs are visiting Tripura today : Meenakshi Lekhi, Saroj Pandey, Kalyan Patel. | 11-Nov-2017 |
'Priyanaka Reang was raped, murdered' : | AGARTALA / AMARPUR,Nov 11 (TIWN): 'Priyanka Reang was raped and murdered', claimed Tripura BJP leader Subal Bhowmik. With the parliamentary team is visiting state Tripura, BJP is digging out all the dumped cases led by Tripura Police. The 3 MPs are visiting into 3 teams : one is visiting Tripura journalist Santanu's murder spot, Khayerpur; another to visit South Tripura to take notes of Priyanka Reang muder, Supriya Mog, Payal Murasing and another team is meeting Nishikan Chakma's family and some other victim families. The MPs are inspecting from Supriya Mog, Payel Murasing, Anuara murder cases to all cases. Earlier, thousands of Reang community's people hit Amarpur road on Friday demanding proper investigation in 16 years girl Priyanka Reang's unnatural death but police didn't bother to take their allegations seriously. Priyanka Reang 16 years girl, student of Harianada School was residing at Udaipur for her study purpose, but on Saptami night the girl met her tragic death which has shocked the state. | 11-Nov-2017 |
TSR jawan breaks own record : 51 wood ap | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): TSR 2nd Btln jawan Dharmendra Singh who had made world record by smashing highest numbers of wood apples (50) by head in 3 minutes, now has broken own record by breaking 51 wood apples in 2.50 minutes representing his own state. | 10-Nov-2017 |
NIT Agartala to set up rubber, bamboo re | Agartala, Nov 11 (TIWN / IANS) The National Institute of Technology, Agartala, (NITA) has initiated to set up rubber and bamboo research centres to boost industries and employment in the northeastern region, a top official said here on Saturday. | 11-Nov-2017 |
Modi, Shah, Yogi to campaign for Tripura | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President Amit Shah and UP Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi to campaign for Tripura BJP ahead of Assembly Election-2018, a highly placed source of BJP said. | 10-Nov-2017 |
'Till Gandhi family ruling Congress, Mod | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): 'Congress party is actually BJP's security', Tripura BJP Observer Sunil Deodhar said recently. | 11-Nov-2017 |
'Tripura Govt has failed to control on m | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): The prices are high or low, but Tripura Govt could never control the market prices. | 10-Nov-2017 |
'Imported vegetables from Bangladesh, Sh | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): 'Tripura markets are depending upon the imported items from Bangladesh and Shillong due to flood', being asked by media vegetable sellers said. | 10-Nov-2017 |
Manik Sarkar's 20 yrs Chief Ministry tur | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): Northeast State Tripura has been identified as the highest cattle smuggling zone, fueled by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Minister Sahid Chowdhury's patronizing attitudes towards smugglers, terrorists. Country's above half cattle smuggling are done through Tripura borders especially Manik Sarkar constituency Dhanpur and Sonamura, Boxongar like places which are also famous for ganja production. Manik Sarkar's constituency Dhanpur has been identified as highest Ganja producer in Tripura and after BSF murder opposition BJP had raised the issue. In last 20 days 2 BSF officials were killed at Sonamura, the place known as den of terrorists, anti-nationalists. Sonamura is also called a 'mini-Pakistan', where recently Hindu temple of Loknath was damaged, whereas the God's head had been cut, but not a single condemnation was done by the CPI-Ms, just as 2 BSF's murder remained un-condemned by the Chief Minister. | 10-Nov-2017 |
High price of Vegetable to continue for | AGARTALA, Nov 11 (TIWN): The high prices of vegetable items will be continued for atleast one month, businessmen of Agartala claimed. | 10-Nov-2017 |
Culprit of Loknath Idol's chopped head f | DHANPUR, Nov 10 (TIWN): Well, it has been proven that no Muslim man had conducted the notorious activity by chopping Loknath idol's head at Sonamura on Nov 3. The culprit Bikash Deb, voter of Dhanpur constituency, which belong to Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was nabbed by police after locals had complained. On Nov 3 Hindu Nagarik Samaj regardless men, women, children had come in massive protest at Sonamura after a Loknath idol was damaged at there. Along with the idol, the whole Asram (temple) was damaged in various parts. But locals are unready to believe police's version that only one person has done it.Following the attack one opposition activist said, “Hindus, Muslims are living in harmony since decades at Sonamura. Political intrigues are more suspected than any religion. It must be an action of CPI-M cadre". | 10-Nov-2017 |
Bishalgarh Violence : BJP blames Manik S | AGARTALA, Nov 10 (TIWN): After 24 hours of Bishalgarh violence, Tripura BJP leaders exposed CPI-M's 2 year-long pre-poll violence under Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's regime. In a press conference held in the afternoon chaired by BJP leader Subal Bhowmik, Spokesperson Ashok Sinha, the BJP challenged its rival CPI-M for 2018 election, claiming that 'Pre-poll violence and Manik Sarkar's Anarchy can't weaken BJP's increasing power'. Addressing the press meet at the party office, Subal Bhowmik said, "As the election is coming closer an anarchy like situation has gripped the state. Earlier the CPI-M cadres of the small category were attacking our party members, but now Ministers, MPs are directly coming in the picture, exactly showing their actual faces". Total 4 persons were admitted in GB hospital, 1 was released later. | 10-Nov-2017 |
Attack on Agartala Hindu Temples : VHP | AGARTALA, Nov 10 (TIWN): Following the Hindu Temples' attack at Agartala, Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. | 10-Nov-2017 |
4 BJP activists referred to GB Hospital | AGARTALA, Nov 10 (TIWN): 4 BJP activists have been shifted in GB hospital on Friday following the attack of CPI-M cadres at Bishalgarh on last night. The incident instigated on Thursday at Pandabpur Panchayat when under Kamalasagar area, lined by a community hall, where two toilets were broken by cadre party after new toilet's construction was announced. When BJP activists asked why cadres are breaking the toilets and taking the bricks at their homes, then the cadres mentioned that with proper-permits they have done it and continued to take away all the bricks at there. Then BJP raised the issue, 'How Govt's bricks can be taken by other people' at Amtali PS which led the first verbal clash among CPI-M / BJP at there ? | 10-Nov-2017 |