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10 CPI-M activists injured in Jail-Bharo | AGARTALA Aug 9 (TIWN): At least 10 party activists were injured in CPI-M led Jail-Bharo-Andolon on Thursday in Agartala, among them two are women. They have been admitted in IGM hospital. | 09-Aug-2018 |
Around 200 activists arrested at Udaipur | UDAIPUR, Aug 9 (TIWN): Along with nation and statewide protest, the Jail Bharo Andolon was also conducted at Udaipur subdivision under Gomati District. | 09-Aug-2018 |
Target is to ensure Dipa reaches Asiad g | Kolkata, Aug 9 (TIWN / IANS) Under no illusions about the enormity of his task at the Asian Games as coach to Indian gymnastics' golden girl Dipa Karmakar, Bishweshwar Nandi said the "first target" will be to make the finals of the vault event in artistic gymnastics, the recent high notwithstanding. | 09-Aug-2018 |
CPI-M party office attacked at Belonia | BELONIA (South Tripura), Aug 9 (TIWN): Miscreants have attacked CPI-M's Belonia party office on Thursday. | 09-Aug-2018 |
CPI-M observes ‘Jail-Bharo Andolon | AGARTALA, Aug 9 (TIWN): Massive turnouts in CPI-M’s ‘Jail Bharo’ rally unnerved 5 months old Biplab Deb Govt as masses are expressing grudge over BJP’s misrule and cheating over pre-election bundle of JUMLA promises. Over thousands of CPI-M activists have hit Agartala streets with protest, mass agitation as a part of nation-wide ‘Jail Bharo Andolon’ on Thursday. To control the agitators police had thrown water-cannons, tear gas and dispersed the agitators. The protest rally started from Melarmath led by opposition leader Ex Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and other top leaders of State Party unit and ending the rally they gathered at Paradise Chowmuhani. Addressing the comrades, Manik Sarkar said, “Do not step into any cunning tricks, maintain the peace and return home. We’ll inform you about the next movement of usâ€. Criticizing the Modi Govt, Sarkar said, “The Govt which came in power in 2014 with hefty of promises failed to fulfill single promise. No policy has been taken for the poor people but all coming in favour of rich people". | 09-Aug-2018 |
Ex-CM Manik Sarkar urges 'good' BJP supp | AGARTALA, Aug 9 (TIWN): Tripura Ex-Chief Minister cum Opposition leader Manik Sarkar on Thursday while addressing at Agartala during CPI-M's ‘Jail-Bharo ‘movement said, "We tried to help the ruling BJP Govt with our best efforts. But they unready to listen to the oppositions. They don't care about opposition parties leaders except own party-ideology. No more request to the Govt. I urge the good BJP leaders and supporters to bring the Govt to senses". "All among BJP are not bad. I believe, there are also good people existing in that party. I request them to help people to get back their democratic rights in the state. Tripura is now undergoing Jungle-Raj", he said. Nowhere in the country such scenarios were observed earlier which Tripura is facing with demolition of party offices. They (BJP) are unready to listen anybody and massive loot, collapsing, demolition, destruction of the oppositions' party offices are going on. "Not only CPI-M but other opposition parties are also victim of it", Sarkar added. | 09-Aug-2018 |
Congress observes 76th anniversary of Qu | AGARTALA, Aug 9 (TIWN): Commemorating the symbolism of August 9, Tripura Pradesh congress on Tuesday observed “Quit India Movement†at Congress Bhawan. | 09-Aug-2018 |
‘Jail-Bhoro’ : CPI-M†| AGARTALA, Aug 9 ( TIWN): CPI-M to hold protest rallies across Tripura under ‘Jail Bhoro’ movement on Thursday, with 9 points of demands. Among the 9 points the farmers rights will be highlighted, alleging PM Modi and his party, govt have betrayed the farmers. | 08-Aug-2018 |
CPI-M hits Ratan Lal Nath for harassing | AGARTALA, Aug 9 (TIWN): Opposition CPI-M has condemned Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath’s show off before media which turned worse when he tried to evaluate College students of Women’s College. | 08-Aug-2018 |
State troopers to attend neighbouring st | Agartala, Aug 9 (TIWN / IANS) For the first time in India, security personnel of each state in the country will attend the main Independence Day function in the neighbouring state to strengthen the cooperation among the armed forces, a top police officer said here on Wednesday. | 09-Aug-2018 |
Unemployed Job aspirants demanding revie | AGARTALA, Aug 9 (TIWN): Tripura State Govt’s decision of cancellation of all ongoing recruitment process has triggered tension among a major section of unemployed youths especially those who appealed for TCS, TPS exams which costed their money, times, age all. It has been alleged that since 2 years those recruitment are pending and in comparison with NET, IAS, IPS exams Tripura’s TCS/TPS recruitment had been sluggish. But the job aspirants with patience vested their time, hard-work but with the sudden cancellation of the ongoing all recruitment have frustrated job aspirants. TPSC even though an independent body but right now TPSC Officials are unable to answer the candidates whether their recruitment processes will be considered or not. So, with the cancelation of earlier jobs, it has triggered huge resentments as under New Recruitment Policy and new kinds of exams the job aspirants may face a jolt. | 08-Aug-2018 |
Corrupt Bribe hungry 'Employment Officer | AGARTALA, Aug 9 (TIWN): Under BJP led State Govt honest Bank Officials like Sibaprasad Chakraborty are harassed by Police, whereas corrupt officials as Debanjan Nag continue maligning public domains image even after being involved in various corruptions.In 2008, Nag was in Police Custody for many days in charge of ragging junior student in TIT. Corrupt officer Debanjan Nag who is appointed as the "Employment Officer" was behind the BJP era's biggest scam of "Job Fair" which led 665 youths to South India and left to suffer in critical condition allegedly in exchange of hefty bribes. But once the youths were sent to suffer in Textile companies of South India at Rs. 150 to 250 wages, Govt took no liability. Later the youths escaped from South India to save their lives. | 09-Aug-2018 |
'Black Day' in Tripura Administration un | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Tripura’s most honest & uptight IAS officer Y,Kumar’s premature voluntary retirement signals rampant misrule and domination by corrupt coterie like GSG Ayyangar’s group blessed by no.ne other than Chief Minister Biplab Deb. Harassment of honest IAS, IPS, TCS, TPS Officers began since the very beginning of Biplab Deb's elevation to Chief Minister’s post. Even though what is Chief Minister Biplab Deb's education qualification still under cloud but that didn’t prevent him selecting all corrupt crooks like TPS officer Dilip Roy as his OSD. After three days of taking charge as the Chief Minister on March 13, Biplab insulted and suspended one TCS Officer BDO Prabir Debbarma at Gandacherra before hundreds of masses. Since the insult of an TCS Officer, who was just a political victim of Chief Minister's media-stern, one by one corrupt officers have been becoming close to the Chief Minister and honest officers leaving Secretariat. When corrupt OSD like Dilip Roy, Corrupt IAS GSG Ayyangar can be promoted, Tripura has witnessed on Wednesday one of the most honest IAS officer Yatendra Kumar's forceful voluntary retirement. | 08-Aug-2018 |
Honest & Uptight IAS officer Y. Kumar go | AGARTALA, Aug 8 ( TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb who warned his critics to chop-off nails, lost one of the most honest officials of the Secretariat who is none other than Yatendra Kumar, as he has taken voluntary retirement. | 08-Aug-2018 |
CM meets HRD Minister at Delhi, talks ab | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Wednesday has met HRD Minister Prakash Yavedkar at Delhi, talked about new B.Ed Colleges plans which the Govt has decided to build in coming days to mitigate the teachers crisis. | 08-Aug-2018 |
Lack of customers hits Vegetable sellers | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Vegetable sellers are undergoing heavy losses in Agartala due to lack of buyers. | 08-Aug-2018 |
Loot attempt in Narshingrah Gramin Bank | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Thieves have attempted to loot a Gramin bank at Agartala on Tuesday night. | 08-Aug-2018 |
Agartala markets flooded with variety of | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Agartala markets starts full business for Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi-Bandhan Utsav for theyear as along with the whole Nation, Tripura has geared up to celebrate Rakhi Bandhan Utsav. | 08-Aug-2018 |
Assam Rifles facilitates Ujjwala Gas & F | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Agartala battalion of Assam Rifles under 21 Sector of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East) facilitated distribution of Ujjwala Gas Connection by Indane Gramin Vitrak Gas Agency to BPL families in Garjee and Maharani villages of Gomati district on Wednesday. The event also facilitated Kisan Fasal Bima Accounts by SBI. | 08-Aug-2018 |
Bank Official harassed by Police for pos | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): One UCO Bank official in Tripura named Sibaprasad Chakraborty was allegedly called by police and for five hours was mentally tortured with various types of questions for posting his personal political view in facebook, which had gone against the ruling Party. | 08-Aug-2018 |
AMC forgets to fly 'half-mast' National | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): With a shocking development, negligence of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) exposed with the AMC-office on Wednesday forgot to fly half-mast national flag on Tamil Nadu Ex Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's death. | 08-Aug-2018 |
MP Jiten stretches Modi-Era’s sca | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Tripura CPI-M MP Jitendra Chaudhury during an intervetion in the Parliament raises question, why amid PM himslef being Chowkidar couldn’t introduce Lok Pal Bill ? The MP asked, when before the Election Modi talked on reducing corruption, but after the election various financial scams have been exposed. | 08-Aug-2018 |
Tripura State Transport Dept's Error-ful | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Negligence of State Govt Transport Dept officials leading wastage of Common Men's valuable times everyday in the State with excess passenger fare issues. "Monitoring" of issues by Govt Dept has become a dream for the passengers but even the charts provided by Transport Dept on fare rates are full of mistakes and errors. Sufferings, wastage of valuable times of public each day heading mass-resentments. When bus passengers are fighting over the mini buses, ordinary buses classification related arguments with the conductors, Tripura Transport Dept led mistakes are harassing auto passengers each day. On Wednesday verbal clashes erupted again among the auto drivers and passengers of Amtali, Nagerjala route as in the signboard at the Auto-Stand at there one type of chart has been listed whereas in the autos different types of chart were pasted. Whereas in the chart listed in the auto stand in Nagerjala it is clearly written that till Amtali fare will be Rs. 14, but the auto drivers are taking Rs. 15. When asked by the passengers, they have shown the chart which was pasted by Transport Dept on their autos. | 08-Aug-2018 |
‘45 murders, 237 thefts, 94 violen | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Tripura Trinamool has accused the ruling govt for running a failed administration and policing in last 4-5 months. | 07-Aug-2018 |
BJP leader's presence in State Govt Prog | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Opposition CPI-M has condemned Pratima Bhowmik's presence in Footballers felicitation progamme held on August 6. CPI-M leader Ex-Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar said, "The programme was dedicated for footballers but the Sports Minister was absent. Apart from Sports Minister, TTADC members were also absent and stayed uninvited". "In last 25 years it never happened. In few cases by mistake if anybody stayed uninvited we have apologized. But a Party's Maha-Matri is sitting with CM in Govt programme is unexpected and public are condemning the incident too". The controversy erupted after Chief Minister Biplab Deb took her Party Secretary (Mahamantri) Pratima Bhowmik in Sports & Youths Affairs programme. On Monday in the felicitation programme organized for the players of ADC, who have won the championship trophy at Asian level, Pratima Bhowmik was sharing dais with Chief Minister and other officials, which sparked controversy on spot. | 08-Aug-2018 |
CPI-M to kick off ‘Jail-Bhoro†| AGARTALA, Aug 8 ( TIWN): CPI-M to hold protest rallies across Tripura under ‘Jail Bhoro’ movement on Thursday, with 9 points of demands. Among the 9 points the farmers rights will be highlighted, alleging PM Modi and his party, govt have betrayed the farmers. | 07-Aug-2018 |
Modi’s ‘Acche Din’ h | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (TIWN): Point by Point with statistical Govt data on Jobs, Economic growth, Inflations in past 4 yrs, Tripura MP Jiten Chaudhury exposed Modi’s JUMLA promises & mass fooling of voters. Jiten Chaudhury while taking part on the discussion on Tuesday on the supplementary demands for grants in the Parliament has blamed the Modi’s BJP Govt for ‘mis-management of the economy’ in last 4 years and ongoing financial hypes in the 5th & last FY (Financial Year). Jitendra Choudhury said, “This unprecedented move of the Government for supplementary grants at the fifth months of the financial year, while seven months of the financial year still left symbolizes the total mis-management of the economy and aimlessness for any targeted goal, except ruthless rhetoric and false hypes. | 08-Aug-2018 |
BJP’s Vision Document’s â | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): BJP's 10 JUMLA promises just 1 week before Assembly Poll is main reason behind Saffron Party's win in Tripura. BJP’s vision document filled with gigantic promises released exactly 1 week before Feb 18, 2018 Assembly Election was instrumental for BJP’s landslide win but now after 5 months in Government its evident that it was a big cheating to Tripura voters as none of the promises can be fulfilled in near future due to lack of fundings. Before Assembly Election, Ram Madhav, Biplab Deb, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Arun Jaitley loudly boasted bagfull of promises but no Central fundings yet to back up those promises. TIWN's public survey on BJP's vision document resulted unexpected outcomes as most of the Tripura's working class and unemployed population unable to believe BJP's tall promises. People questioned BJP's incompetence in Assam and Manipur, also other States where most of the pre-poll promises remained unfulfilled after Poll victory. | 07-Aug-2018 |
Tripura's thief arrested in Assam | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): One thief of Tripura was arrested at Assam, brought back to state today. | 07-Aug-2018 |
Tripura’s massive Narcotics smugg | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): With a major Police breakthrough, Arundhuti (AD) Nagar Police led by SDPO Ajay Kumar Das has cracked down a duplicate Phensedyl manufacturing illegal factory which was engaged in illegal domestic profits. A nine members' gang of duplicate phensedyl manufacturers were caught red-handed from an illegal factory on Tuesday here in the capital city Agartala. Police Officer at there has claimed it as a major success when Police Dept is opting for a drug-free, addiction-free society. The main culprit Subir Majumder (Abu) S/O-Lt Surya Majumder along with his eight staffs were arrested from Mission Road of Saha Para in AD Nagar. The factory of the cough syrup was also sealed. SDPO Ajay Kumar Das said, "Since many days police were searching after the gang which was spreading these duplicate cough syrups inside Tripura. These items are domestically consumed, not linked with any smuggling, but now the Kingpin has to be found it. Police is working to find out from where the originals are coming and where these duplicate products were going". | 07-Aug-2018 |
Tripura gears up to observe National Dew | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): Like other years, Tripura has been geared up to observe National Deworming Day this year too. | 07-Aug-2018 |
Police cracks down illegal Cough Syrup f | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): AD Nagar Police have arrested 9 persons in connection with illegal Cough Syrup manufacturing at Agartala. | 07-Aug-2018 |
'Nobody respects even s/he gets first-di | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Tuesday while addressing in a seminar held on 'Gender Sensitization' at Pragna Bhawan said, "In villages crime rates are less because the society controls everything and a person will never be respected in future if in childhood s/he did some bad work". | 07-Aug-2018 |
'Less Crimes in villages as People take | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): Rather than focusing on strengthening Policing and providing 24X7 security to women of his state, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has dumped all duties of police upon the "local" society / panchayat to take action from theft cases to divorce cases. Amid PM Modi's vision of "One Nation, One Identity", Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Tuesday during a seminar held on 'Gender Sensitization' at Pragna Bhawan with the initiative of National Commission for Women said, "Rural parts of the state suffer less than town areas because people at there slap the culprits on spot. If someone robs tomato from a field, even after s/he gets first division in school, nobody will respect him / her in village. Village has a beautiful custom by 'outcasting', 'alienating' wrong-doers people from the society. "We have various local bodies in tribal community as Jamatia-Hoda, which are still active and widely respected by their community. Rather than Court, the heads of the Jamatia-Hoda decides the divorcing procedure of a couple and how much money a woman should get from her husband since separation". | 07-Aug-2018 |
CPI-M writes to PM Modi with farmers' is | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): CPI-M's wings All India Kishan Sabha (AIKS), All India Agricultural Worker (AIAW), Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad (GMP) have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | 07-Aug-2018 |
'First Heart Operation in Tripura within | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): Tripura Health Minister Sudip Barman on Tuesday while addressing in Henry Derozio School claimed that Tripura will have specialist doctos and the capacity of the Health Dept will be able enough to undergo the first heart operation. | 07-Aug-2018 |
Reang refugees to be repatriated to Mizo | Agartala/Aizawl, Aug 7 (TIWN / IANS) The Tripura and Mizoram governments along with the Centre are making arrangements for the repatriation of 32,876 tribal refugees to Mizoram starting next week, officials said on Tuesday. | 07-Aug-2018 |
'Being the Minister, not at all happy wi | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Tripura Health Minister Sudip Barman on Tuesday while addressing in a blood donation camp at Henry Derozio School in Agartala has expressed dissatisfaction over the existing Health Service of the state. Accepting the fact on 'lack of specialist doctors', Barman said, "Honestly speaking none of us are happy with the Health Service of the state. Even being the Minister I am not all all satisfied with the Health Service". "We lack specialist doctors and due to that many patients die without treatment. There is a scope for development and we are on the job of developing total Health Care system. It's really painful to see that due to lack of specialist doctors poor people here left over die"."It pains a lot that due to lack of specialist doctors people are bound to sell their homes and huts to save their children", Barman added. "Govt is committed to bring all kinds of specialist doctors here, to set up superspeciality hospital over here and we are in the process and hopefully within few months from now Health Service of the state will be able to undergo the first heart operations". | 07-Aug-2018 |
Congress remembers Tripura's first CM Lt | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): On the occasion of the 111st birth anniversary of Sachindra Lal Singh, the first Chief Minister of Tripura, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday gave tribute at Congress Bhawan. | 07-Aug-2018 |
'Amid new Laws, Crimes are increasing', | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): National Commission of Women member Sushma Sahu on Tuesday during a seminar held on 'Gender Sensitization' at Pragna Bhawan raised question why amid so many new laws crime ratio are increasing rather than decreasing. | 07-Aug-2018 |
Tripura BJP trashes report on 'political | Agartala, Aug 7 (TIWN / IANS) Claiming that there is no political violence in Tripura, the state's ruling BJP on Monday rubbished the observation of a group of pro-Left leaders' that lawlessness prevailed in the state. | 07-Aug-2018 |
National Handloom Day observed in Tripur | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): On the occasion of National Handloom Day-2018, Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma boasted state's potentiality on Handloom craft, discussed in details about the future possibilities of handloom. | 07-Aug-2018 |
No Neurosurgeon is interested to join in | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): No Neurosurgery Specialist is interested to come in Tripura to join in Govt service even at the salary of Rs. 3 lakhs per month. | 07-Aug-2018 |
TTADC CEM, others were not invited in AD | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): ADC CEM Radhacharan Debbarma and other members as Prikshit Murasing were not invited in the Sports Dept led felicitation programme, amid BJP General Secretary Pratima Bhowmik's presence over the Govt programme. | 06-Aug-2018 |
Amid massive theft, lynching, Political | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): Tripura BJP’s many leaders are either under hallucination or blind enough not to see reality on streets. When Lok-Sabha was heated up with Tripura lynching issue, State BJP General Secretary Pratima Bhowmik has claimed, Tripura is undergoing rule of law. | 06-Aug-2018 |
Education Minister’s Media Circus | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): Ratan Lal’s regular media-circus mainly targeting women teachers, women students disturbing educational institutions privacy and harassing teaching community in public. Even though Minister acting like a good Samaritan to improve Education, but actual reason is self-publicity as Minister is hopping into Schools, Colleges with full Media brigade like a new ‘Sheriff in Town’. Minister’s immature questioning of students and blaming all Teachers, Students substandard only generating teaching community’s hatred against Ratan Lal Nath.Treating college women students like kindergarten students and asking silly questions like who is State’s CM is highly insulting to College students which they expressed to TIWN after Minister’s visit in Women’s college on Monday. | 07-Aug-2018 |
'We'r above 18, not bound to answer the | AGARTALA, July 6 (TIWN): Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath's class-room before media triggered resentment among College students when in front of "all", the students were asked about the Cabinet Ministers' depts & names. | 06-Aug-2018 |
10323 Teachers Recruitment Scam : Suprem | AGARTALA, Aug 6 (TIWN): Supreme Court & High Court terminated 10323 teachers Illegal recruitment in Tripura, who were promised by the BJP before coming in power that it will change a 'portion' of law to save 10323 teachers' jobs, have first time placed deputation to the Education Director after the new Govt has been formed. Placing a deputation to the Director of Secondary Education, the terminated 10323 teachers said, "Since 9 years the 10323 teachers are serving Tripura Education Dept. We also got GT/PGT scale but in 2014 a group of people filed cases against our recruitment and we lost jobs, but since then the State Govt is working to save jobs of 10323 teaches' futures. First it was said that on December 31st, 2017 we will be finally terminated but later 6 months were given by Supreme Court on ad-hoc basis and now the present govt has again appealed the Supreme Court to extend our jobs for two years. But nobody is thinking even if Supreme Court gives us permission to work till 2020, what will happen to us after two years ? Thus, we demands our jobs should be secured till the Govt provides us any alternative livelihood". | 06-Aug-2018 |
'All Indians don't have proper documents | AGARTALA, Aug 6 (TIWN): When NRC is hitting the debates, All India Assam Sanghati Mancha, Tripura cell has raised question, how all Indians can have valid and old documents which NRC demands ? | 06-Aug-2018 |
'Build up rational, scientific mindset' | UDAIPUR, Aug 6 (TIWN): Tripura Science & Technology Minister Sudip Roy Barman on Monday while inaugurating District Level Drama competition, organized by Science & Technology Dept at Udaipur asked students to build up rational mindset to fight against all kinds of superstitions. | 06-Aug-2018 |