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| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Tussles of words between Ratan Lal Nath, | AGARTALA, Sep 9 (TIWN): Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation which is still under CPI-M governed was invited by the State Govt like every year in World Literacy Day and the occasion couldn't spare the cross talking on each govt's achievement and propaganda from the BJP and CPI-M leaders. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| Congress calls CPI-M backed 12 hours Str | AGARTALA, Sep 9 (TIWN): Amid BJP Govt's strict objection against strike-culture, Tripura Congress is determine to participate in national level agitation against the increasing fuel price under the Mod Govt. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| JUMLA Govt held fresh TET exam but faile | AGARTALA, Sep 9 (TIWN): Irrespective of Modi’s charm, ‘HIRA’ & all kind of FAKE promises by JUMLA Party to fool Tripura Public before Assembly Election, Biplab Deb failed to get enough funds from Centre to run the State or pay 7th CPC, even failed to even appoint 1200 Govt Job Offer Letter given TET passed candidates . Former CM Manik Sarkar was much more successful in fetching necessary funds from Modi Govt during 2014 to 2017. Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) which was conducted in Tripura on Saturday, raised doubt about the pending appointments of TET qualified, offer letter served teachers. In the name of Teachers crisis, Chief Minister is shuttling Delhi to manage ‘relaxation’ in teachers recruitment, whereas 1200 teachers even after getting offer letters are unable to join as the Govt has not called them for joining Schools. | 09-Sep-2018 |
| North East Students Fest organised at Ne | AGARTALA, Sep 9 (TIWN): Thousands of students participated in the colorful musical cultural programme – Nest. FEST 2018, organized by My Home India (MHI) as it’s annual event to welcome the fresher students of Northeastern region living in and around Delhi. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| Assam Rifles organized ‘Run for Un | AGARTALA, Sep 9 (TIWN): Assam Rifles alongwith Gomati Police organised a 'Run For Unity’ at Amarpur on yesterday. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| BJP, IPFT ‘Honeymoon’ over, | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): IPFT leadership undergone JUMLA Party’s FAKE promises before election and now witnessing mass-cheating as no funds to develop ADC areas. Being sidelined after BJP’s announcement of battling upcoming Panchayat by-election solo , IPFT organized a meeting at Nazrul Kalakshetra on Saturday led by Minister Mebar Kumar Jamatia. However, IPFT didn’t clarify the purpose of the meeting but all top leaders were seen in that meeting. IPFT will only give candidates in the Panchayat seats, whereas to avoid Panchayat Samiti and Jila Parishad, said sources. These two aligned ruling parties IPFT and BJPs’ ‘no alliance’ has shocked the IPFT, BJP voters but from BJP it has been said that there was no issue among IPFT, BJP rather they are giving chance to each other to fight the election battle alone. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| DYFI protests against 'uncontrolled' fue | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): CPI-M's youth wing DYFI activists have come in massive protest on Saturday voicing against the increasing petrol, diesel, LPG prices across India under BJP-govt, affecting Tripura's economy each day. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| 'Modern Education is lifetime Education, | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): Education Minister Ratan lal Nath on the occasion of 'International Literacy Day' said, modern education has changed a lot with global outlook. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| Kick Boxing champion Tracy Darlong felic | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): Darlong Students Union members have felicitated Miss Tracy Darlong who has made Tripura proud, by winning Gold in Kickboxing in the Boxe Francaise Savate Championship, held at Chandigarh. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| 9% rise in Tripura's Unemployment Rate i | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): Tripura's massive unemployment rate is now skyrocketing with 9 % more unemployment rate was recorded than the last month (July-2018). According to "Bombay Stock Exchange" which is the most popular Indian stock exchange located at Dalal Street, Mumbai has ranked Tripura again as topper but with a sharp rising data of 9 % more unemployed youths in last one month, fueled by the ongoing terminations, workless, jobless situations. Established in 1875, the BSE is Asia’s first stock exchange has released the data. According to BSE, In November 2017 unemployment rate was 8.19% in December 2017 13.25 % in January 2018 (Pre-Election time) the unemployment rate was 20.09 % which raised in February (election month) 30.33 %, then worst at March with 15.16 %, April 13.64, then in May 23.93 %, June 22.82 % but July it slightly downed at 17.98 % but led disaster in August with 28.60. On the other side, contractual employees terminations have fueled massive tension. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| 'Health Dept to conduct meeting with blo | AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): Tripura Health Minister Sudip Barman on Saturday while attending in a blood donation camp conducted by ‘Tripura Puro Karmachari Sangha’ at Town Hall said, “There will be chart or systematic schedule for blood donation camps which will be followed by all political or apolitical organizations. It will help to mitigate the blood crisis in state†adding, "Before Durga puja Dept will conduct a meeting with the organizers". | 08-Sep-2018 |
| Petrol price skyrockets to Rs. 78.83 on | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): Tripura woke up to a crude shock today as fuel prices hit a new lifetime high at 78.83 rupees, 26 paisa more increased than Friday. The whole week is being reeled a constant up of petrol diesel price in each morning. As a part of nation-wide protest Congress has called for 12 hours strike on Monday, but State Govt has strictly warned officials to come to office and sit before the desk like other working days. With the latest hike in prices, Petrol reached at Rs 78.83/litre mark in the state capital fueled mass resentment. Apart from fuel price, Tripura is suffering due to excessive Tax hikes on transport, whereas after 6 months of BJP govt no wage, salary hike was possible by the Govt. On the other side, diesel price raised at 72. 66 rupees in Tripura. Nationwide strikes have been announced by the opposition parties across the country next week over record-high fuel prices which they blame on high taxes imposed by the government, but state govt in Tripura has warned its employees not to support strike. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| BJP Govt strictly orders employees to jo | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): Govt of Tripura has strictly warned its employees to join offices on Monday which falls on Bharat Bandh called by Congress, supported by other parties across nation as a nationwide agitation against fuel price hike. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| Fuel Price hikes at Rs. 78.83 on Saturda | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): More 26 paisa added with petrol price today as petrol prices in Agartala is Rs. 78.83 on Saturday. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) begins i | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN):Teachers Eligibility Test was conducted in Tripura on Saturday. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| 'Manik Sarkar was unworthy to be Chief M | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): After Chief Minister Biplab Deb had certified Diana Hayden as ‘unworthy to be miss world’, now Biplab Deb has certified Manik Sarkar as unworthy as a Chief Minister. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Motormouth’s failure to emulate D | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s attempt to puncture Manik Sarkar’s image in Sunil Deodhar’s style failed to appeal the listeners yet. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Tripura again tops Nationally in Unemplo | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN): Tripura’s pathetic employment situation from communist era further deteriorated with sharp rise of unemployment of 9% in August’2018 month, total 28.6% under Biplab Deb’s malfunctioning Govt as CMIE Data exposed BJP’s all JUMLA promises. In six months other than fooling people with FAKE promises and appointing all relatives, friends in plum posts, Biplab’s achievement is ZERO. ‘Where is my job’ question raising eyebrows as Centre For Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd. (CMIE) report of August month has increased the unemployment tension in Tripura further. Like last few years Tripura is constantly topping per month in unemployment rate, but whereas in July month it was around 18 %, in August month it has increased more 9 % with thousands of employees are losing jobs, companies are getting closed. | 08-Sep-2018 |
| Biplab following Manik Sarkar’s a | AGARTALA, Sep 8 (TIWN):BJP Govt after assuming power terminated poor contract workers, halted various employments of middle class youths but what prevented Biplab Deb other than Manik Sarkar’s influence not to cancel appointing 4 Addl. Secretaries, a waste of Tax Payers money ? So far no statement issued from opposition CPI-M or Ex-Chief Minister Manik Sarkar after BJP Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s advisors had blamed the previous CPI-M Govt for promoting these four bureaucrats but without giving any designation in 2017, January 1st. The four new Chief Secretaries are : 1) Dr. U. Venkateswarlu, (MT:1986), 2) Lalit Kumar Gupta, (MT:1987), 3) Dr. GSG Ayyangar, (MT:1987), 4) Sushil Kumar, (MT:1987) are the additional chief secretaries. After four Addl Chief Secretaries were announced criticism erupted across media and on Thursday from Secretariat CM’s OSD and Principal Secretary reacted back saying ‘those promotions were actually done by the previous CPI-M Govt’ but as they were kept as the Principal Secretary, so the present Govt (BJP Govt) was bound to promote them. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| JUMLA Party Ministers silent on 7th CPC, | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): JUMLA Party Ministers fooled successfully Tripura people to lure their votes via FAKE promises 1 week before Assembly Election on Feb 11.2018 ranging from Free Mobiles for all youths to Jobs for each household. It has been around a month that Ministers are not addressing media after cabinet meetings stayed unanswered about 7th Pay Commission’s delay, whether the report submission time was extended or not. Other issues as massive termination, delay in salaries, pending recruitments are also unsolved and at the same time, no Minister is sitting before media to answer queries left TPSC recruitment to 7th Pay Commission’s implementations in delay. 7th Pay Commission has been delayed for an uncertain period of time and in the drama of ‘Verma Committee’ July month’s DA has been missed. As a result neither DA nor 7th Pay Commission was given to the employees led massive frustration among the Govt employees. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Fuel Price hike : Congress calls for 12 | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): Along with whole nation, state Congress has called for nation-wide strike on September 10 under ‘Bharat Bandh’. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Biplab Deb says it again, ‘Manik S | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Friday once again repeated his controversial statement saying, “Manik Sarkar by keeping his clean face in front used to run ganja business through his cadresâ€. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| BJP sponsored Pre-Poll Violence hits Pan | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): To win the by-election by-force, BJP has started statewide violence in full wave and making leaders’ lives tough who are not joining BJP. One Prabir Debnath was left critically injured, admitted in GB after he was beaten on his head with iron made items in an open market. The incident took place on Thursday evening at around 8.30 pm, when Prabir Debnath who has been an active CITU member went to buy vegetable items for house at Sidhai market in Mohonpur constituency of Minister Ratan Lal Nath. In the open market after pulling him down from his bike the miscreants attacked him, beaten him with iron made weight measuring item (Batkhara in Bengali) left him senseless. CPI-M leaders led by Ex-Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar met him at GB hospital and talked to doctors.Talking to media, Pabitra Kar said, “If opposition supporters can not come in market, then what kind of law’s era it is ? | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Tainted, 1988 election’s ballot-t | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): Once again Chief Secretary's designation was listed at down in State Portal Secretaries' designation list. According to State Portal IAS officer Pravin Srivastava (1980 batch, who is now appointed as the CRC, Tripura Bhavan New Delhi) is now above the Chief Secretary and the second powerful Secretary is Chief Secretary. As Chief Resident Commissioner, Tripura Bhavan, New Delhi Pravin Srivastava’s name comes at the top and then Chief Secretary and four Add Chief Secretaries names are listed. Interestingly, tainted former Chief Secretary of Tripura S K Panda, back in 2014 while leaving state to join as the Add Chief Secretary in a Central Ministry, had recommended IAS officer Pravin Srivastava as the next Chief Secretary of Tripura, which triggered much controversy and Panda's recommendation was rejected. Even under former CM Manik Sarkar rather than appointing Pravin Srivastava as Chief Secretary honest officer YP Sing was appointed and the next and incumbent Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan has also been spotless. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Tripura : From Rs. 77.98, now Petrol Pri | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): After maintaining Rs. 77.98 petrol price for two days now it has jumped at Rs. 78.45 in Agartala. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Shop burnt by miscreants | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): A shop was found totally burnt on Friday morning at Chandinamura area, led above 1 lakhs of losses to the shop owner. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Tripura gears up to celebrate Ganesh Puj | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): Preparation on the peak to welcome Lord Ganesh across Tripura. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Tripura bank felicitates 107-yr-old cust | Agartala, Sep 7 (TIWN / IANS) The Tripura Gramin Bank (TGB), which had earlier secured the fifth position amongst India's 56 regional rural banks (RRBs) in terms of its business and growth, on Thursday felicitated its 107-year-old customer. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Fund Crisis halting appointments ? Over | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): 1200 TET qualified teachers even after getting offer letters are unable to join as the Govt has not called them to join offices. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Allies BJP, IPFT likely to contest Tripu | Agartala, Sep 7 (TIWN / IANS) Tripura's ruling alliance partners BJP and IPFT are most likely to contest the September 30 panchayat bypolls separately, while the opposition CPI-M and Congress maintained that the present atmosphere was not conducive to holding the byelections due to "terror spread by ruling party cadres". | 07-Sep-2018 |
| TRTC Bus service re-launched for 3 route | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): With a good news for passengers, Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) has re-launched the bus services from September 7. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| ‘CPI-M will perform well in By-Ele | AGARALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): Tripura Ex-Minister Badal Chourdhury has expressed confidence about CPI-M’s good performance in the by-election if the election is held in democratic manner rather than non-stop terror by JUMLA Party. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| Bangladeshi guest for Biplab Deb ? Rumou | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): One Bangladeshi was arrested named Azam Khan by State Police led various romanticized stories around Khan's purpose. Even Azam Khan was involved in renovation of CM’s bungalow when Biplab Deb moved into the building. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| After ‘JUMLA’, now brutal | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): In Tripura’s history, various political parties CPI-M, Congress ruled earlier with their share of criminals in party but criminals were minority, less than 25% but in BJP era, majority over 80% are criminals running terror-spree, collecting huge amounts from opposition party families, common public, non-stop murders, threats paralyzed democracy as opposition workers are terrorized even not to collect nomination papers. Even though Education Minister Ratan Lal on Thursday claimed that state is undergoing under total democracy and CPI-M’s allegations are not true, the Minister didn’t mention about Manuchara HS School at Karamchara, North District where a girl and her mother were not only pushed from their canteen inside school building but also broke the girl’s leg and beaten her severely, assaulted her by stretching her hair. After the incident, her mother was screaming, “Where is Biplab Deb ? Is this happening what he promised ?†Hence no answer was given by Biplab Deb, neither the Education Minister. The main accused is none other than but Mihir Das, Yuva Morcha Karamchara-constituency President. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Assam Rifles conducts a workshop on heal | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): Assam Rifles conducted a workshop on health & hygiene and prevention of water borne diseases at Champahour village, District Khowai and Mungiakani village, District Dhalai on yesterday. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| Durga Puja business yet to kick off in T | AGARTALA, Sep 7 (TIWN): Keeping Durga Puja ahead even though the club members of various areas across Tripura have become busy with puja pandal preparations with hefty budget, but the situation is gloom with price hike, no pay commission or increase in allowance or social pensions. | 07-Sep-2018 |
| Youth Congress makes Modi's Dead Body ef | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Youth Congress along with NSUI have burnt Modi's effigy in a dramatic way after making deadbody of PM Modi in Hindu-funeral process style. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| Left Parties to fight Panchayat Election | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): All Left Parties CPI-M, Forward Bloc, RSP, CPI, CPI-M(L) to jointly fight the Election battle in the upcoming Panchayat By-Election. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| 'Four Add Chief Secretaries were promote | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Under Chief Minister Biplab Deb, hardly there is any difference left between the party office and secretariat. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| New Twist : 'BJP not to align with IPFT | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Tripura's two aligned ruling parties IPFT and BJP which are continuously undergoing clashes especially in the interior, rural, ADC areas have decided to fight the By-Election battle all 'alone'. In a press conference BJP Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath has announced that saying, "Panchayat Election is not like Lok Sabha or Assembly Election at all. BJP, IPFT had talks in nice way and BJP has welcomed all parties of the State to battle the Election including IPFT". "BJP talked to IPFT President NC Debbarma and it was a fruitful meeting indeed. In meeting both of the parties decided so", Nath told media at Party HQ. The Minister denied for having any problem between BJP and IPFT. Through a press conference, BJP Minister Ratan Lal Nath said, "In total 58 blocks, elections are going to be held. Total Gram Panchayats are 592 in Tripura and out of them 425 Gram Panchayats will undergo elections. 3207 seats will undergo by-election due to resigns of candidates, across Gram Panchayats, 161-Panchayat Samitis, 18-Jila Parishads and total 7 lakh 85 thousand 321 voters will cast votes".However, there was no debate with IPFT but BJP welcomes all parties to fight the battle alone, as has been clarified by Ratan Lal Nath. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| By-Election : 'BJP finalized 2980 candid | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Saying Assembly Election, Lok Sabha Election are not same as Panchayat Election, Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath has announced that BJP has fully geared up to fight the election alone. There will be no alliance with IPFT. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| 'CPI-M Panchayat leaders resigned from p | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): After Chief Minister Biplab Deb claimed that CPI-M leaders from above 3000 posts had resigned at their own will and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath said that CPI-M is all doing dramas of being afraid with fake-allegations of violence, Bijan Dhar told media, "It's totally baseless claim of BJP as these leaders resigned from posts, not from the party". Bijan Dhar further said, "BJP is bringing false allegations that we are not getting candidates, but the resigned people themselves are CPI-M candidates, who are still CPI-M even after resigning. As CM said by-election is necessary for running of the administration, so we have no problem with that. But do it democratically. Our candidates resigned due to threats to their family members, wives, daughters". "We (Left Party Leaders) have met CEO today and placed a deputation describing him about the ongoing threats to the Left candidates. We told the Commission that the source of Election itself is abnormal", Bijan Dhar told media at Melarmath. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| BJP’s FAKE promises till 2019 LS | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Chief Minister’s close circle of friends like OSD Dilip Roy, Sanjay Mishra to cousin brother Subhas Deb’s Vice Chairman Posts are blatant example of nepotism, misuse of power which indicates that Biplab Gang is more inclined to build personal wealth and fool Tripura public as all pre-election promises are now turning as frauds. After 6 months of BJP’s much hyped vision document released by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP Spokesman Ashok Sinha now took a shape of “Biggest FRAUD†in Tripura’s history. Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s immaturity in Politics turning a tough hurdle for saffron party to pacify disgruntled masses who are looking for various soaps as mentioned in Vision document. Even so called Party benefit-mongers to Biplab Deb are no less involved in this mass fraud by BJP as public across State now realizing that every promise in BJP’s vision document is nothing but lies to lure voters before Assembly Poll. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| Two drug smugglers arrested | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): With the initiative State Police 31.5 gram of heroin, 4000 yaba tablet, Rs. 58,000 cash, 3 mobiles were seized in a raid done on Thursday. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| Petrol Price climbs at Rs. 77.98 on Thur | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Petrol prices in Agartala have been turning more volatile, as prices of crude oil have been showing a firm trend. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| Corrupt Ayyangar becomes Addl Chief Secr | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Fraudsters honeymoons with career thieves...No more difference renames between Manik Sarkar's Govt and Biplab Deb's Govt in case of choosing corrupt people in the administration. Nationwide tainted Ayyangar, recommended by Ram Madhav (BJP National General Secretary) who may be soon Tripura's next Chief Secretary has already announced for Tripura one of the four Addl Chief Secretaries. During Manik Sarkar’s time also GSG Ayyanar Ayyangar’s role was under scanner in RD dept and was noticed by central govt for incomplete reports sent to Centre on MGNREGA. Corruption allegations got a ground when it's about GSG Ayyangar as the Vigilance & Enforcement (V&E) recommended booking criminal cases against Ayyangar back in 2003 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The probe was initiated after the government ordered an inquiry into the purchase of 7,002 timer devices at an exorbitant price of Rs 8.12 crore by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad.However, Tripura people's fate remained yet unchanged as honest officers like Y Kumar takes VR, whereas corrupts invited again and again. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| Expenditure of CM's quarter renovation s | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): With a shocking development, it has been reported by Opposition leader Gopal Roy on wednesday that Chief Minister Biplab Deb invested at least Rs. 2 crores of Govt fund to renovate the Chief Minister's residence where the previous Chief Minister Manik Sarkar stayed for decades. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| No Statement from State Govt about ongoi | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb continues to say 'I am the Chief Minister of 37 lakh people'.But the reality is horrifying, worse than nightmare for them who have lost jobs after the new govt has been seated in power by masses. Atleast 800 people have lost jobs under the BJP Govt.It started with above 600 govt contractual employees under Japan Funded JICA project and now Forest Dept employees, Mid-day meal employees, DRW, AMC and other depts too which have hit widows, women, extreme poor people from deep rural areas. After BJP-IPFT Govt empowered for 5 years in Tripura, many jobs are under being terminated.For example one Health Dept Employee Nirmal Debbarma who was working in low rank in the Health Dept. was terminated just because he was late for half an hour in office. A video where Nirmal Debbarma is cutting woods went viral, but closing eyes, the inhuman move of BJP Govt led by Chief Minister Biplab Deb continues and yesterday mid-day-meal employees engaged since 2003 were terminated. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| '50 % hike of petrol, diesel price in Mo | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Tripura Congress has slammed the BJP Govt for increasing fuel price across the state. | 06-Sep-2018 |
| By-Election : Opposition parties accuses | AGARTALA, Sep 6 (TIWN): Opposition parties accused ruling BJP for continuing violence, threats to make sure no opposition candidate can stand in the upcoming by-election. | 05-Sep-2018 |