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‘What kind of ghostly work in Secr | AGARTALA, Aug 28 (TIWN): Opposition CPI-M has sharply attacked BJP for late-night staying in the Secretariats, hinting "suspicious" and "unwanted" activities are ongoing ! CPI-M Sate Secretary Bijan Dhar raised question, when unemployment toll spiked up, massive job cuts are going on, no law and order is existing and after around 6 months of Govt-formation, when Govt failed to do any development for the state, till night 12 to 1 am what kinds of works are going on in the Secretariat ? CPI-M which ruled in Tripura for 20 years, the party Secretary rubbished the idea of any fruitful work is going on in the Secretariat till night 12 am. Bijan Dhar told media with sharp tone, “What are the actual works they are doing there ??? CM is working with officers at night in Secretariat !!! What work do they do ???â€â€œWill the CM answer how much pending amounts are there in our state guest houses for the ongoing such meetings at there in Secretariat ??? Thus, they (Guest Houses) have stopped supplying as they are not getting the amount !!â€, Dhar added. | 28-Aug-2018 |
Swapan Shil's murderer surrenders, alleg | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): 40 years man Swapan Shil who was killed brutally on yesterday in Agartala's rural area of Srinagar, was killed in suspect for being in illicit relationship with murderer's wife. | 27-Aug-2018 |
'Ducks increase Oxygen in water', claims | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Monday while addressing at Neermahal festival claimed that ducks increase Oxygen (O2) in water. | 28-Aug-2018 |
BJP's organized Terror engulfs Tripura, | AGARATALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): In a barbaric display of organized terror across Tripura, Biplab Deb led JUMLA BJP party attacked CPI-M in multiple places across state on Monday. After various attacks took place on Monday by ruling BJP activists upon opposition CPI-M in various parts of the state in organized manner when the CPI-M leaders were collecting funds for flood hit Kerala, CPI-M State Secretary Bijan Dhar has slammed the ruling BJP Govt for continuing terror in the state, not leaving the charity fund for Kerala flood victims with political ill motive. "Our former great leader Jyoti Basu always said BJP is a party of Barbarians and in real sense it's a party belong to Barbarians...", he added."Bulldozing of party offices and other issues are on one side, but it is about the massive devastration happened recently in Kerala due to flood. Central Govt either understand the pains of Kerala people or not, it could not give a little amount of the need for the devastration but from Employees to Justices have donated for flood-hit Kerala but the barbaric, selfish, savage attitude shown by the BJP today was shocking ! CPI-M condemns it ! Such incident never ever happened in Tripura before today. We want to know what is CM's reaction on this issue", Bijan Dhar said further comparing BJP with the 'monster released from bottle'. | 27-Aug-2018 |
CM’s ‘Choi, Choi’ le | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): In 5 months Governance, rather than any achievements only lectures continue to befool the masses. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Monday has blamed his rival CPI-M as people of Tripura is no more rearing ducks and chickens at homes. The Chief Minister was addressing in Neermahal Festival-2018 when he said so aiming to motivate the people in ducks and chickens rearing. Citing example of his childhood, Biplab Deb said, "I also used to rear ducks in my childhood. When relatives came to our houses, either biscuit packets or 5 rupees, 10 rupees were given to us by them before departure. Either we saved in Gramin Bank or deposited to my mother for saving. When a certain amount had gathered we bought ducks and chickens with money. Me and my elder sister both loved to rear duck babies and chickens. After buying we reared them and when they grew up they laid eggs. It helped our family to get protein". "But now, no more we can see that trend. House to house hens and ducks are no more reared. In last 30 to 35 years they (CPI-M) have removed that system". | 27-Aug-2018 |
3.75 lakhs raised from West Dist for Ker | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Only from West District 3.75 lakhs have been collected by CPI-M till day for flood hit Kerala, CPI-M leader Pabitra Kar said on Monday. | 27-Aug-2018 |
43 days left for Durga puja, Preparation | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Keeping Durga Puja ahead club members have become busy with puja pandal preparations here in Agartala. Only 43 days have been left for Durga Puja. | 27-Aug-2018 |
Fund-raising for Flood-hit-Kerala : Para | BELONIA / AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): After CPI-M leaders led by Ex-Deputy speaker Pabitra Kar were attacked in Agartala, another similar attack was held at Belonia. | 27-Aug-2018 |
Attack upon CPI-M leaders during fund-ra | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): CPI-M leaders were attacked by Agartala Gol Bazar BJP goons when they were raising funds for flood hit Kerala. After stopped by BJP goons at Gol Bazar from fund collection, CPI-M leaders have slammed the ruling BJP saying, “This culture is very pathetic, can’t exist for longâ€. Addressing media, CPI-M leader, Ex-Deputy speaker Pabitra Kar said, “To help the flood hit Kerala, we had started our donation collection from August 21 and it will be continued till August 31st, which is known to everyone. Now we are raising funds in small markets and people are giving whatever they like, but it’s really sad that BJP’s culture and tradition which has been taught to the activists. When we started the collection a group who doesn’t look like even shop-keeper stopped us and said no fund can be raised from here, whatever has been done it has been already done by Govt. In the whole country, collections for flood hit Kerala has been started. This is the first state where people have been attackedâ€.“The culture which has been taught by BJP is very bad. It will not be continued for long. Indeed the BJP people are saying not to collect money as business is at loss". Pabitra Kar told media. | 27-Aug-2018 |
Locals lock Agartala-NIT main gate to pr | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Chaos has hit National Institutes of Technology (NIT) Agartala on Monday when dozens of locals have blocked NIT main gate putting objection on outsiders’ entry in lower rank workers' appointment in the College. Since around morning 9 am to 12 noon the main gate was locked which led heavy problems for the students and faculties. Nobody was allowed to enter in the campus by the agitators. According to the locals, in Agartala main areas there are many projects and works going on. Those workers can be appointed at there, instead of appointing them in the NIT. If outsider workers are being appointed in NIT then how the locals will get works ? Sources of NIT said that there is no link of College recruitment and their protest. A Hyderabad based company has been appointed to take care of such matters and these ongoing projects are also done by the company. | 27-Aug-2018 |
Employees agitate at Food Dept alleging | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Centering extra-favour of Dept against transfer of a Food Dept employee, chaos has hit the Director's office when other employees protested against Dalia Chakraborty's alleged transfer-scam. | 27-Aug-2018 |
Review meeting conducted on TBSE exam re | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Education Dept has conducted a review meeting to examine the exam results of Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE). | 27-Aug-2018 |
'Reang refugees will never get Residents | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has talked straight and tough as the Reang refugees known as Brus had upset Mizoram Govt officials on Saturday by not going with them. | 27-Aug-2018 |
Tripura : 10 murders per month at avera | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Law and Order of Tripura yet to be improve under the new Govt's 5 months as report says 10 murders per month are continuing in the state. | 26-Aug-2018 |
'Let's not politicize on Kerala flood' : | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Deb on Sunday being asked by media whether the Kerala flood was 'man-made' said, "Let's not politicize the issue. Kerala is suffering. They need everyone's help". | 26-Aug-2018 |
Let Rakhi-Bandhan begin journey against | AGRTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Tripura Trinamool media in-charge Sandip Chakraborty one behalf of Trinamool has greeted the state on the occasion of Raksha Bandha. | 26-Aug-2018 |
Tripura’s ‘JUMLA mastersâ | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): Tripura’s grassroot economy under severe torture as luxary loving CM & his multiple OSDs, Advisors, Ministers are focused on personal comfort, Yagna, Pujas, All across India travels at Taxpayers money rather than getting funds for Tripura from Central Govt to serve people. “We are not dejected at the defeat of CPIM party led by Manik Sarkar in election . But we, the poor people are finding it hard to manage even twice meals a day due to the lack of money,"such are the responses TIWN investigating team is getting from different parts of the state after 5 months of the swearing in ceremony of the BJP-IPFT govt. in Tripura . Indeed, the lucrative pre-poll promises of BJP seem to have been ridiculing the entire team led by its stylish CM Biplab Deb . Since 9th March only 5/6 days MGNREGA works were made possible and in many cases the poor workers are learnt not to have got their wages till date . | 27-Aug-2018 |
Assam Rifles organised friendly football | Agartala / Jolaibari, Aug 27 (TIWN) 21 Assam Rifles organised a friendly football match at Jolaibari in South Tripura district on 27 Aug 2018 between Jolaibari and Debdaru villages youth clubs. | 27-Aug-2018 |
'Where are 35,000 kilo Ganja stored with | AGARTALA, Aug 27 (TIWN): When massive ganja seizing are goings on and the ruling govt is boasting itself with massive ganja recovery questions are being raised by the common men, where those seized ganjas have been kept ? Across social media, this question is now viral. People are asking why the seized items are not brunt which earlier were done immediately. People are also raising doubt whereas the same recovered ganjas are showing before media again and again or not. Now people have demanded to display footage of ganja plants destruction. However, the destruction of ganja stocks with immediate seizing were practiced earlier regularly, but under the new govt destruction footages are missing leading again 'Jumla' confusion. Recently Chief Minister Biplab Deb has warned Manik Sarkar that he will expose him by holding conference in Delhi accusing him for blueprinting "Tripura Destruction Planning" with Ganja plantation. "Not only to the people of Tripura, but I will tell the whole country and its 125 crore people about this. Under our Govt in 5 months 35,000 kilo of ganja has been seized by police", claimed the Chief Minister. | 27-Aug-2018 |
Draconian termination of Jobs in progres | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): Taxpayer money funded hundreds of Security personnel, Cars to wasting Government's precious time, showcasing 'Jogyo' with ghee is not helping to bring peace in the state in reality, when Chief Minister Biplab Deb with saints have sought peace for the whole world from the almighty. Every actions of CM could be 'honey' if within 5 months there was no massive fuel hike, VAT increase, hike in the road taxes. Moreover, what had hit the unemployed youths were the cancellation of the all ongoing recruitment process which has affected over 8000 job aspirants. 7th Pay Commission is still a dream for the govt employees and pensioners. In the same way none of the promises laid in the Vision Document on February 11, 2018 has been fulfilled, rather legal notices against protesters, students, arrests of unemployed youths have fueled the resentment further. In this situation how far CM's gallery with Babas and Sadhus may save it's to be seen, but right now state is undergoing in more pathetic situation than the previous govt. MGNREGA works slashing have increased the agonies of the poors more and more. | 26-Aug-2018 |
Vajpayee's ashes immersed in Tripura riv | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): Ashes of India’s Ex-Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee who breathed his last on August 16 have been immersed in Tripura rivers as a part of “Atal Kalash Yatra". | 26-Aug-2018 |
40 yrs man brutally killed | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): One 40 years man Swapan Shil was brutally killed in Agartala's rural area of Anandanagar under Srinagar PS. | 26-Aug-2018 |
New Governor visits Matabari, offers pra | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): One day after taking charge as Tripura Governor, Kaptan Singh Solanki has visited Udaipur Matabari with his family members. | 26-Aug-2018 |
Children tie rakhi to CM Biplab Deb | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): Nursery school children have tried Rakhi to Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Sunday. | 26-Aug-2018 |
100 kg ganja seized by police | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): At least 100 kg of ganja were seized by locals handed over to AD Nagar Police on Sunday. | 26-Aug-2018 |
Congress celebrates Rakhi Bandhan utsav | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): Congress, NSUI, Youth Congress have celebrated Rakhi Bandhan Utsav at Agartala Congress Bhawan today. | 26-Aug-2018 |
Too Much 'Bhakti' or diverting Public at | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): Radarless BJP’s Comedy show has begun in Tripura with full wave ahead of Lok Sabha Election. Instead of providing jobs to the unemployed youths, giving works to the poor, MGNREGA mandays and various promises like smart phones, 7th Pay Commission, regularization of contractual employees. BJP is trying to drag the attention with 'Atal Kalsh Yatra', 'Maha-Santi-Jogya' etc. Too much Bhakti with Sadhus and Babas are no more helping the vote banks in reality as most of the people are fuming over Govt's silent on the promised issues and dragging of the attention. During the 'Jogyo' also a photo former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee was kept and when asked, the BJP leaders mentioned prayers also have been offered for Vajpayee's soul's peace. Amid all the Bhrahmins, Sadhus, Munis, Rishis CM Biplab Deb was offering the 'ahuti' seeking peace for the whole world. Also a Narayan Seva (Veg lunch) was organized for the 'Bhakts' and cooking was going on beside. The 'Jogyo' was observed at Amtali school ground and the arrangement included VIP sofas to lunch. | 26-Aug-2018 |
31st August Verma Committee’s dea | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): To fool masses on Feb 11, 2018 just 1 week before the Election on Feb , BJP led by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that in the first cabinet meeting 7th Pay Commission will be given to the employees and pensioners once BJP is voted to power but it is over 5 months that the Govt has failed to give 7th Pay Commission. Only 4 days left that Verma Committee will have to submit the report of 7th pay Commission, but the failure of Verma Committee has stopped the whole process. On the other side, Tripura Govt has said, as soon as Verma will submit the report 7th Pay Commission will be given and in the budget, funds also have been kept for it. But after increasing report submission's time for two times, there is no sign whether Committee can submit the report to the State Govt within August 31st or not. On July 29, after Verma Committee failed to submit 7th Pay Commission report in time, Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath declared that State Govt has extended the deadline till August 31st for Verma Committee as there were some ‘complexities faced by the Committee’ during report preparation. | 26-Aug-2018 |
Rakhi Utsav celebrated across Tripura | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): People of Tripura celebrated Rakhi-utsav across State on the occasion of Rakhi Purnima. | 26-Aug-2018 |
Assam Rifles celebrates Raksha-Bandhan | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): 21 Sector Assam Rifles celebrated Raksha Bandhan festival with locals at Kanchanpur, Bagbassa, Agartala, Khowai. Udaipur and Radhanagar. | 26-Aug-2018 |
Vajpayee's ashes to be immersed in Tripu | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): Ashes of India’s Ex-Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee who breathed his last on August 16 have been brought in Tripura on August 23, to be immersed in rivers of here as a part of “Atal Kalash Yatra". | 26-Aug-2018 |
MGNREGA mandays rate downed in poverty g | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): MGNREGA works are facing sharp down under the BJP govt as Tripura has dropped from No-1 to No-27. It has been known that in last 5 months not even 10 days of MGNREGA works were given in few places. | 25-Aug-2018 |
Tripura tribal party demands 'inner perm | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): When Govt is moving towards 'Ek Tripura Shrestha Tripura', Tripura's tribal party INPT has demanded 'inner permit line' for ADC reas. | 25-Aug-2018 |
CM’s much boasted Reang-refugee r | AGARTALA, Aug 26 (TIWN): Biplab Deb yet to show better performance than predecessor Manik Sarkar in repatriation of Reang refugees. After the BJP brokered deal among Mizoram Govt, Govt of India and Tripura Govt signed regarding the repatriation of the Reang refugees who are living in North Tripura’s Kanchanpur region over 3 decades, Chief Minister Biplab Deb on that time slammed the Ex-CM Manik Sarkar for his failure to do repatriation. Indeed, Biplab Deb’s Govt is facing similar tough times in Bru (Reang) refugees repatriation just like the previous Manik Sarkar’s Govt had faced. Even though BJP Govt after the agreement was signed on July 3rd, at New Delhi in the Presence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, confirming the proceeding of Reang refugees to Mizoram within September hit the CPI-M Govt for its failure to complete the repatriation since 22 years, now the same problems are faced by Biplab Deb’s Govt as Reang Refugee Forum President A Sawibunga has not only withdrawn his sign from the agreement but strict to not leaving Tripura unless their all demands are fulfilled. | 25-Aug-2018 |
TPSC ongoing-Interviews Cancelled or Pos | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): Till date BJP Govt of Tripura hasn't made it clear whether it meant TPSC's ongoing jobs are cancelled or still existing ? TPSC is also silent after postponing the interviews leading frustration among the job aspirants. The job aspirants have demanded a clear cut statement from the Law Ministry in this regard. Due to the two types of notifications attached by TPSC and Govt of Tripura, the youths are unable to come to any conclusion, neither they are sure whether to prepare for the next procedure or not. Such kind of cheating was never faced by the job aspirants earlier. A major section of job aspirants will immediately file a case in High Court as soon as TPSC cancels the job recruitment, even though they want rather solution of their problems instead of going to High Court. But as TPSC till now has said, it has Just "Postponed" the tests and so they are unable to file cases in the High Court. But, State Govt notification said that all recruitment. The issue was raised after Tripura BJP-IPFT Govt had declared on Aug 20 that all the existing recruitment including TPSC has been cancelled, TPSC has given a further notice saying 'Recruitment is postponed until the further order'. | 25-Aug-2018 |
BJP’s women wing members tie Rakh | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): BJP’s women wing Mohila Morcha activists led by Papiya Datta have tied Rakhis on the hands of country’s soldiers to mark the auspicious occasion. | 25-Aug-2018 |
Kaptan Singh Solanki takes oath as Tripu | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): New Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has taken oath at the Raj Bhawan on Saturday. | 25-Aug-2018 |
INPT demands ‘more’ reserva | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): Tripura’s tribal party Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) has demanded, like Assam NRC should be implemented in Tripura too but the base year of NRC should not be from 1971, according to the pact signed by Indira-Mujib; rather INPT has demanded NRC counting from year 1951 and the people and family came after 1951 should be pushed back from Tripura. A protest was staged at Astabol Stadium in this regard with various demands and among all the demands, the NRC has been on the top. At the same time, INPT has demanded cancellation of Citizenship Bill 2016, more power to ADC, to begin inner permit for ADC, all land of tribals occupied from 1960 should be returned, all captured lands by tribals should be allocated to them, no-non tribal should get land under 6th schedule, reservation should be increased from 31 % to 32 % for ST, work opportunity in tribal areas and double rationing system.INPT further asked the BJP led State Govt that all places’, rivers and monuments' names which are known with Bengali-names must be to converted into Kokborok names. | 25-Aug-2018 |
Bureaucrats welcome New Governor in Trip | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): With the departure of Tathgata Roy on Saturday after the completion of 3 years as being Tripura Governor, state has welcomed the New Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki. | 25-Aug-2018 |
'Both Previous and Present Govts have wo | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): While departure, Tripura Ex-Governor Tathagata Roy on Saturday has been unbiased while delivering his address to the state.According to Roy the previous Govt (under CPI-M) and the present Govt (under BJP) both were active and that's why he never had to jump in action. "Indeed State Tripura never had undergone so much critical situation where a Governor had to play the main role", Roy said. "Governor is like the diesel generator of a marriage-house, who works under emergency situation. But in Tripura I never faced such situation", Roy told media at Raj Bhawan. "Previous and Present both Govts have worked in their best under the Constitution. I thank to all, who have helped me in last three years and also the officials of the state", Roy said further praising the employees of Raj Bhawan saying they took care of his wife amid her critical conditions. | 25-Aug-2018 |
Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki opts for ' | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): Tripura's new Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has carried his vision of 'New India' and hoping cooperation from State Tripura's all people. "One India and New India is the dream of Govt of India. With this dream I have come here under the order of the Govt. I hope people of Tripura will help the Govt to fulfill the Vision", Solanki told media here after arriving in Agartala. At 3 pm the Solanki has taken oath as the Governor of Tripura, whereas the Ex-Governor Tathagata Roy has taken oath as Meghalaya Governor. Tripura High Court Chief Justice Ajay Rastogi has administered the oath to the new Governor. At Raj Bhawan, Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan, Police High Officials, Tripura CM Biplab Deb, Deputy CM Jishnu Debbarma and other Ministers and officials were present during the oath taking ceremony of the new Governor. | 25-Aug-2018 |
Tathagata Roy departs from Tripura, to j | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): After President of India had appointed Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana as the new Governor for Tripura, Tathagata Roy has left the state to join as Governor of Meghalaya on Saturday. | 25-Aug-2018 |
15th biennial district conference of Gra | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): 15th Biennial District Conference of Tripura Gramin Bank Employees Federation (TGBEF) was held on Saturday in Muktadhara. | 25-Aug-2018 |
INPT demands, Govt should 'allocate' all | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): INPT has raised bundles of controversial demands including allocating illegally occupied lands by tribals to the tribals. | 25-Aug-2018 |
Power Cut hits Agartal city | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): A day long power cut has hit the capital city Agartala on Saturday. | 25-Aug-2018 |
Shun false prestige, allow UAE to donate | Agartala, Aug 25 (TIWN / IANS) The CPI-M politburo member Prakash Karat on Friday asked the Indian government to refrain from "false prestige" and allow United Arab Emirates (UAE) to donate Rs 700 crore for flood-hit Keral. | 25-Aug-2018 |
Controversy hits after CM says, 'Because | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): Once again Chief Minister Biplab Deb has sparked controversy comparing him with B R Ambedkar, Narendra Modi and others who derived from poor families like 'him'. | 25-Aug-2018 |
13 Forest Dept employees terminated in T | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): 13 Forest Dept contractual employees have been terminated on Friday verbally. | 24-Aug-2018 |
CPI-M calls for peaceful bi-election | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): CPI-M has called for peaceful bi-election after the State Committee meeting led by Prakash Karat, Sitaram Yechury was held. | 24-Aug-2018 |
Biplab Deb blames Manik Sarkar for 'Trip | AGARTALA, Aug 25 (TIWN): Indirectly, but Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has once again targeted Manik Sarkar saying ‘He is the man (without taking name) behind the ganja smuggling, plantation. "I will tell the whole country by holding press conference at Delhi. They ask me, what I have done in 5 months, but my question is who planted ganjas in last 25 years in Tripura ? Did I ?? I will tell 125 crores people of India that he is that man behind these ganja plantation".Now this is the second time that CM repeated that allegation again. On the other side, CPI-M holding a press conference after state committee meeting has hit the BJP Govt for the ongoing job-drought, cancellation of recruitment process and massive termination of employees from contractual govt posts. | 25-Aug-2018 |