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Tripura to get National Medical College | AGARTALA, Feb 2 (TIWN): Northeast Tripura will get soon a Central Medical College, along with a massive increase of numbers of hospitals and doctors' demands. The location has not yet been set, but within a year the work to be started. | 02-Feb-2018 |
After BJP's setback of By-election resul | AGARTALA, Feb 2 (TIWN): Being asked by media whether BJP's failure in West Bengal and Rajastan polls would affect Tripura BJP's vote banks, Tripura BJP In-Charge, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "By-election never affects other states and thus it will not affect the Tripura Election too. By-Election results affect the state only where the election was held. Moreover, by-election is non-issue and it never can't predict party's strength for Assembly Election". "Once upon a time, the Congress used to celebrate Prime Minister's winning but today Congress is celebrating by-election results. Such a pathetic shape of Congress is", added Sarma.Reacting over Tripura Congress's celebration of its Rajastan winning, Sarma said, "What will they do, when Congress has no existence in Tripura at all". | 02-Feb-2018 |
‘Be Alert : Modi’s mask wea | AGARTALA, Feb 2 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar while addressing in his own constituency claimed that during nomination papers’ submission many activists of BJP were wearing Modi’s mask and they all are outsiders. | 01-Feb-2018 |
UDAN project to take a fly in Tripura as | AGARTALA, Feb 2 (TIWN): Tripura's opposition BJP Party has come on massive praising of the central govt after the union budget was announced. The finance ministry announced an allocation of Rs 1,014.09 crore for the upcoming financial year towards revival of 50 airports and viability gap funding for improving aviation infrastructure in the area under the flagship regional connectivity scheme. This amount is nearly five times the allocation of Rs 200.11 crore as per the revised estimates of 2017-18. Addressing a press meet, Tripura BJP leader Sunil Deodhar said that Kalashahar Airport will be start first and then other projects, which would boost Tripura's connectivity further at cheaper price. | 02-Feb-2018 |
Tripura voters to take on crucial role a | Agartala, Feb 2 (TIWN / IANS) CPI-M leader Prakash Karat said on Thursday that the Tripura electorate will take on a crucial role against what he called the Centre's "anti-people policies" by defeating the BJP in the February 18 Assembly polls. | 02-Feb-2018 |
'Landslides of crowds were seen during B | AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while addressing in the evening press meet claimed that people came with BJP in such a manner during nominations submission on yesterday, it just looked like "supporters led landslides" came to defeat the Left. | 02-Feb-2018 |
Jaitley to release BJP's 'Vision Documen | Agartala, Feb 2 (TIWN / IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on February 12 release the Bharatiya Janata Party's "Vision Document" for Tripura here ahead of the February 18 assembly polls, a party leader announced on Thursday. | 02-Feb-2018 |
Tripura BJP praises Modi-Govt after Unio | AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): After the Union budget was tabled at the Parliament, the BJP in Tripura has termed the budget as 'historical', asserting it will definitely double the farmers' incomes. At the same time, BJP Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Tripura Election manifesto will be published by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley by February 11 or 12. "As 7th Pay Commission will be allocated by the Central Govt, so the party's promises if done by the Union Finance Minister, it will be more appropriate", said Sarma", said Himanta. Praising the budget 2018-19, State BJP Observer Sunil Deodhar said, "Under PM Modi, the Union Budget announced for this year is historical. In agriculture, the decision of MSP for crops will be 1.5 times more than the production cost, will surely double the farmers' incomes. Opening of rural-haats will tremendously help to boost Tripura's agro-based economy at the investment of Rs. 2000 crores. Special cares will be taken for Bamboo productions of the state which will definitely increase the revenue. Unfortunately, under Manik Sarkar the national bamboo mission could never utilize". | 01-Feb-2018 |
Burning vegetable prices in Tripura : No | AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): Every year after farmer-friendly budgets are places by the Central Govt, the common people become happy in Tripura and this year too, the budget remained farmers friendly. | 01-Feb-2018 |
Jaitley proposes Rs 1.48 lakh cr capital | New Delhi / Agartala, Feb 1 (TIWN / IANS) The government has proposed Rs 1.48 lakh crore capital expenditure for the Indian Railways in 2018-19 to enhance carrying capacity of the national transporter, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in his Budget speech on Thursday. | 01-Feb-2018 |
'13 lakhs teachers to be provided with B | AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): After jolts like 10323 teachers termination and the quality-less education in Govt Schools, the Central Govt has been strict to its policy of quality education in the budget 2018-19. While placing the budget, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, "Education is the key of social development, but without quality within teachers, the education's quality can't go ahead. Thus I am announcing 13 lakhs teachers to be brought under B.Ed training this year". | 01-Feb-2018 |
CPI-M's Manik Sarkar is India's 'poorest | Agartala, Feb 1 (TIWN / IANS) Marxist leader Manik Sarkar, who has been guiding the destiny of Tripura for 20 long years, remains arguably India's poorest Chief Minister, with a paltry Rs 1,520 cash in hand and Rs 2,410 in a bank account. | 01-Feb-2018 |
Former Tripura CM Barman to contest asse | Agartala, Feb 1 (TIWN / IANS) Suprising political circles, former Tripura Chief Minister and state Congress chief Samir Ranjan Barman on Wednesday filed his nomination paper as an independent candidate from Bishalgarh assembly constituency. | 01-Feb-2018 |
'Rs. 2000 crores to be invested to set u | AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): When Northeast state Tripura is suffering from highest commodity prices among all the 29 states of India due to state govt's zero control over the 'price tags', Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced today while placing the budget for 2018-19 at the Parliament, "Govt of India will invest Rs. 2000 crores to build up at least 23,000 rural haats to increase direct selling of Indian farmers". However, Jaitley also mentioned there will be talks among States and Centre via NITI Aayog regarding the proper implementation of the budget. "Agricultural corpus worth Rs 2000 crore will be set up. 470 APMCs have been connected to eNAM network, the rest to be connected by March 2018", added Jaitley. "Allocation for food processing has been doubled from Rs 700 crore to Rs 1400 crore. Allocation is being doubled to boost food processing; specialized agro-processing and financial institutions to be promoted by the Government. Cluster-model approach to be adopted for agricultural production," says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. | 01-Feb-2018 |
'State-Centre will work together for Na | AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): Amidst Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's allegation of NITI Aayog is snatching state's rights as there is now hardly any scope for states to speak before the central govt due to NITI Aayog, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has upset the Tripura CM once again as he announced NITI Ayog will play a crucial role this time also.Tripura CM also once came in direct verbal fight with NITI Aayog member Vivek Debroy in Northeast summit-2016 regarding the utilization of funds 'checked' by the NITI Aayog.However, while Jaitley has made a big announcement for farmers right at the start of Budget 2018, saying the MSP for crops will be 1.5 times the production cost, the Union Minister added, " NITI-Aayog will keep on hodling talks among states and centre regarding reasonable prices of commodities, placement and other issues". | 01-Feb-2018 |
Tripura polls outcome to push anti-BJP p | Agartala, Feb 1 (IANS / TIWN) The result of Tripura's February 18 assembly polls would boost "anti-BJP" national politics, Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Wednesday. | 01-Feb-2018 |
'Because BJP agreed with Tipraland's dem | GOLAGHATI / AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): "If BJP had not promised to IPFT about their Tipraland, why has the party aligned with the separatists ?", said Manik Sarkar at Golaghati."BJP's work is to create division across the country either in the name of religion or communal issues. BJP's aligning with IPFT just symbolizes both the parties ideological similarities. BJP on the one side is backing Hindu-Muslim's tension and on the other side it's trying to emerge a clash among Tribal and Bengali", said Sarkar. 'BJP is trying to catch fish from the muddy water which at the long run would not help them", added CM.Sarkar further said, "NLFT is residing at Bangladesh. In a huge number they are. The IPFT and NLFT have full connections and jointly trying to break the peace of the state". | 01-Feb-2018 |
'Who are you to suggest Israel's Capital | AGARTALA, Jan 31 (TIWN): Communists hardly leave any chance to hit America and thus while addressing at Ramanagar's CPI-M's rally on behalf of candidate Ratan Das, he raised question, 'Why Donald Trump being the President of another country is interfering in other countries issues ?' | 01-Feb-2018 |
No doubt that we will form government in | Agartala, Feb 1 (TIWN / IANS) There is no doubt that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would form government in Tripura after the February 18 assembly polls, its state chief Biplab Kumar Deb said here on Wednesday. | 01-Feb-2018 |