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‘Social media users can not be arr | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): BJP ruled states Police forces from UP to Tripura continue harassing social media users for posting comments against ruling party politicians. Even though as being parts of Tripura, a Northeast state has always been far from National media limelight, but in the ongoing chaos with the social media related arrests across India was long back started in Tripura. How a Government can attack the Govt critics illegally, none other than Tripura people had the best experience. Now, Police can arrest, but Police are not above the law but still social media user till date are confused what they can put in social media and what they can not. | 23-Jun-2019 |
‘Run for Green Agartala’ fl | AGARTALA, June 23 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb, Tribal Welfare Minister Mebar Jamatia have flagged off ‘Run for Green Agartala’ marathon today morning in the presence of Govt officials. | 22-Jun-2019 |
Tripura exported pineapples to Banglades | AGARTALA, June 23 (TIWN): Tripura has started exporting pineapples first ever in the neighboring country Bangladesh. | 22-Jun-2019 |
Tripura’s miserable Load-Shedding | AGARTALA, June 23 (TIWN): Tripura’s massive load-shedding problems mainly due to unpaid huge dues to power plants OTPC, NEEPCO and others since 15 years mostly under CPI-M regime, so power generation plants left with no choice but to reduce supply. A big mystery has been hidden how CPI-M Govt left hundreds of crores huge debts to NEEPCO, OTPC and other power plants ? According to TIWN investigation, in the ending years of Manik Sarkar’s CPI-M Govt, the State Govt took 250 crores of loans from UBI bank at 10% interest to clear debts to power plants m. But after coming in power, BJP Govt didn’t explain the issues to masses neither shared solution. However CPI-M Govt on that time led by power minister Manik Dey said due to fund deprivation led by Modi Govt the bills were mounting up. Another cause was shown that Tripura Govt distributing power at minimum rate in comparison to other states. However, how the bill was cleared it would be interesting for media to know. Otherwise, question raises, whether this is the cause of massive power cuts ?According to 2016’s report, Tripura Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) which decided to take a loan of Rs. 250 crore after it faced severe financial crisis for a long time, is yet to clear the whole bill of the Power Plants. | 23-Jun-2019 |
Tripura Government has set a new record | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN / CMO): On the occasion of Banmahotsava an event was organised at Udaipur, Gomti district where 6500 trees has been planted in one minute around the NH-8 area. CM Biplab Kumar Deb was invited as the chief guest on that event. CM was very happy and expressed his gratitude for organising such event, he has also thanked the South district administration, Forest Department, School & college student and the people of Udaipur for taking part in this great initiative. | 22-Jun-2019 |
BSF’s dedicated operations contin | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): Border Security Force (BSF) is striving hard against smugglers existing in Tripura. | 22-Jun-2019 |
Foundation stone laid for Trauma Care Fa | SANTIR BAZAR, June 22 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb has laid foundation stone for Trauma Care Facility Centre in South District Hospital at Satirbazar,South Tripura. | 22-Jun-2019 |
Cattle smuggler killed in Tripura border | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): One cattle smuggler died at Boxonagar border with Bangladesh while smuggling cattle. | 22-Jun-2019 |
‘Tripura tops in unemployment in 2 | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): According to media and official data records Tripura is the state which tops in unemployment amongst all the 29 states of India by 2018-19. However, Tripura’s unemployment rate is a major problem for the Governments who ruled the state and the state has been consistently topped in unemployment rate for many years. The data displayed in Website shown Gujarat is having the Lowest Unemployment rate with only 10 unemployed out of thousand. After Gujarat, Karnataka is having the second less unemployment rate with 15 and Chattishgrah is 3rd with 19. In the backbenchers list after Tripura where the unemployment rate is 197 per thousand, Sikkim is second with 181, Kerala 125. This is a shock for Kerala which always had low grade of unemployment rate. Tripura’s rural unemployment is a major concern with 203 per 1000 and in urban areas it is 172 per thousand. BJP Govt at Centre led by the then Finance Minister in February 2018 had promised to allocate 50,000 Govt jobs to Tripura’s unemployed youths which has been ended by 1377 only. | 22-Jun-2019 |
6700 trees planted besides National High | UDAIPUR (Gomati Tripura), June 22 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb in move for “Green Tripura†has inaugurated massive plantation drive programme at the Lake City Udaipur. | 22-Jun-2019 |
Agartala-Sabroom train service to begin | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): Agartala-Sabroom Railway service to be started from this month, if everything on the right track. | 22-Jun-2019 |
National Highway closed for 9 days due t | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): In a shocking report, it has been revealed that National Highway in Tripura’s Unakoti District left blocked due to landslide but so far no action has been taken. | 22-Jun-2019 |
Brutal Rape incidents on Minors horrifie | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): Brutal Rape rows are horrifying Tripura as for a week multiple minor girls’ rape and even murder cases were registered in Tripura Police stations, although in all cases police took immediate actions. One more rape accused named Shanku Das, S/O-Ratish Das, Fatikroy’s Laljuri village was arrested by police for allegedly raping a minor girl, who is a student of Class-IV. The absconding rape accused person has been arrested by police. In last 1 week three rape cases have shocked the state, whereas one rape was ended by brutal murder of a 6 years girl. When 2 persons were arrested in 6 years girl’s gangrape and murder at Dharmanagar, at the same time another 53 years old man arrested for raping a 12 years old girl at Kadamtala. After police’s immediate action and successful drive, people have demanded capital punishment of the rapists. Today, Dharmanagar Police caught two rape accused persons in connection with a 6 years girl’s rape and murder. | 22-Jun-2019 |
25% reservation for poor children in pri | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): In a mass Education move, BJP led State Govt has decided to impose Right-to-Education law’s each section which was brought in action in 2009 by the Central Govt but in Tripura it was never implemented properly. | 22-Jun-2019 |
Load-shedding problems continues in Trip | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): Even after Power Minister Jishnu Dev Barman clarified that Tripura has enough power surplus yet the power cut problems continues to haunt the state. According to Power Minister, Tripura Govt is getting 63 MW from Rukhia, 42 MW from Baramura, 10 MW from Dumboor, 100 MW from Monarchak, 130 MW from central share and from OTPC 725 MW.Tripura needs 300 MW power whereas Nepal and Bangladesh are getting power from Tripura. But amid such claims also, public are complaining about massive power cut problems in the state.However, Power Dept of Tripura headed by Deputy CM Jishnu Dev Barman however has launched a new project named in Bengal “Vidyut Nigam Aponar Dorgorayâ€. Toll free numbers have also given 1912 for registering complaints, but customers have alleged that this number is not always functioning properly. Govt has also given alternative numbers for other problems, faults in electricity connection 1381-235-3502 and 0381-235-6470. | 22-Jun-2019 |
BSNL will give offers to each individual | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): BSNL has launched “BSNL, My Offers†to help and guide customers and retailers (POS) in determining the best voucher based on customer’s usages pattern, in following manner. | 22-Jun-2019 |
CM asks comrade-front to write all deman | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb has asked the Left Front to submit a written document scripting their all demands regarding poll. | 21-Jun-2019 |
12 lakhs 3 thousand 70 voters’ na | AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): In a gap of less than a month after Lok Sabha Election result was declared making a landslide victory for the BJP at Centre and State, Tripura Political parties have geared up for upcoming Panchayat Election. Total 12 lakhs 3 thousand 70 voters names have been enrolled in the electoral list sharing 6,16, 893 male voters and 5,86,176 female voters. Total numbers of seats are 6,646. Gram Panchayat : 591, Panchayat Samiti : 35, Jila Parishad : 8. State Election Commission said that anyday the voting date can be announced officially. Opposition parties in Tripura have demanded peaceful election in the upcoming Pachayat Poll. Chief Minister Biplab Deb also asked for written letters from the opposition if they have any demand.CPI-M informed media that the party is keen to give its candidates but wants to ask the Chief Minister, whether there will be repetition of violence and poll rigging like previous local body polls. Congress also holding a press conference on Thursday placed similar statements. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Tripura reeling under massive Flight Cri | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Airlines Companies yet to show any positive reply to the State Govt’s please as SpiceJet didn’t respond to Tripura Govt’s demand of Agartala-Guwahati routes flight. However, Chief Minister Biplab Deb has requested central Govt to give one-way flight to Agartala-Delhi, Delhi-Agartala which is hoping to be come in action. During NITI Aayog meeting, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has sought a direct flight between Agartala-Delhi, Delhi-Agartala.This demand was kept one of the top prioritized issues of the Govt.Also, the CM has demanded more numbers of flights from Agartala Airport due to sudden decrease in the flight counts.The Agartala-Delhi connectivity was asked for the ease-move of Doctors, Technocrats, Health Experts, Central Govt officials, Private Investors to save their valuable times.To mitigate the ongoing flight crisis, Govt of Tripura has requested the SpiceJet airline company to connect Agartala’s Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport under its Dhaka-Guwahati flight service. | 22-Jun-2019 |
Tripura observes Yoga Day with enthusias | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN) Thousands of people, men and women, young and old, VIPS, security personnel and commoners, on Friday observed the fifth International Day of Yoga in Tripura by practising yoga across the state. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Anganwadi helping staffs demand regulari | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Angawadi helping staffs have staged a “dharna†in Agartala demanding regularization. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Amid merger proposals of Tripura Govt Sc | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Govt of Tripura in its Educational sector has taken certain initiatives to decrease the teachers’ crisis problem in Tripura schools and Education Dept has told media that 147 schools in Tripura having students bearing numbers of less than 10 students. In the contrary, the teachers crisis is not yet ended, neither the agonies of the B.Ed qualified, TET passed unemployed youths. At the same time, having a huge numbers of qualified people, Tripura facing towards massive unemployment rate at 30.2%. Around thousands of qualified job aspirants have expressed resentments about recruitment delays, which the Govt is unable to handle under unknown reasons. Tripura Govt has to focus on Teachers Recruitment as well as recruitments in other departments.Addressing in a press conference, Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said that the private authorities have to follow the Education laws strictly. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Power Dept claims ‘enough’ | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Recently Power Minister Jishnu Dev Barman has claimed that Tripura has enough power-surplus. He said, Tripura Govt is getting 63 MW from Rukhia, 42 MW from Baramura, 10 MW from Dumboor, 100 MW from Monarchak, 130 MW from central share and from OTPC 725 MW.Tripura needs 300 MW power whereas Nepal and Bangladesh are getting power from Tripura. But amid such claims also, public are complaining about massive power cut problems in the state.However, Power Dept of Tripura headed by Deputy CM Jishnu Dev Barman however has launched a new project named in Bengal “Vidyut Nigam Aponar Dorgorayâ€. Toll free numbers have also given 1912 for registering complaints, but customers have alleged that this number is not always functioning properly. Govt has also given alternative numbers for other problems, faults in electricity connection 1381-235-3502 and 0381-235-6470.To free the state from power theft, the Power Dept has announced to make Tripura ‘hook-line free state’. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Closed 20 schools in Tripura to be given | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Teachers crisis, students crisis had led 20 schools in Tripura to be shutdown. | 21-Jun-2019 |
AIADMK calls, ‘One Nation, One Ele | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Across India, even in international media, Modi led BJP Govt’s proposed “One Nation, One Election†campaigning has been criticized and debates are going on both in favour of the “One Election†idea and against it. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Congress to meet Chief Minister demandin | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Centering the upcoming Panchayat Election, Tripura Congress leaders will meet Chief Minister Biplab Deb demanding a peaceful election. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Assam Rifles celebrated 5th Internationa | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Assam Rifles organised Yoga camps at Agartala, Udaipur, Radhanagar, Khowai and Teliamura to commemotate 5th International World Yoga Day on 21 Jun 19. Yoga is a group of physical, mental & spiritual practices on disciplines to improve powers in a balanced manner to attain self realisation. Yoga word is derived from Sanskrit word ‘Yuj’ which means to unite or integrate. Yoga improves our physical, mental and spiritual health. | 21-Jun-2019 |
147 schools in Tripura have students les | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): In a shocking revelation, Tripura Education Minister Ratanlal Nath told media here that Tripura is having 147 schools where numbers of students are less than 10. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Tripura CM to inaugurate massive plantat | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb in move for “Green Tripura†will inaugurate massive plantation drive tomorrow. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Tripura celebrates 5th International Yog | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): This year's mega International Yoga Day event, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is taking place at the Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Over 30,000 yoga enthusiasts took part in PM Modi's event amid tight security. In Tripura also, Yoga Day was celebrated with full enthusiasm led by Chief Minister Biplab Deb. CM has expressed his admiration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking “Yogaâ€, the tradition of ancient India at the international stage. “Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word 'yoga' derives symbolizing the union of body and consciousnessâ€, Tripura CM said. June 21 marks the fifth International Yoga Day has been celebrated worldwide.Several programmes associated with International Day of Yoga are being organized with great enthusiasm in various countries. All Indian missions across the world have been asked to celebrate the International Day of Yoga in a grand manner. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Tripura Parties geared up for Panchayat | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, June 21 (TIWN): Opposition parties in Tripura have demanded peaceful election in the upcoming Pachayat Poll. The clashes which started before week, now under control. However, the both opposition parties CPI-M and Congress have demanded peaceful election and to meet Chief Minister Biplab Deb demanding so. | 21-Jun-2019 |
3 Arms dealers caught in police’s | AGARTALA, June 21 (TIWN): 3 arms dealers were arrested by Tripura Police under PR Bari Police Station on yesterday late-night. | 21-Jun-2019 |
Tripura Cabinet approves proposal of Met | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb while launching SMART City project said that without good traffic management a city can never become "smart". So at first Govt will take care of the traffic system. Following the route of CM’s decision, in the cabinet various proposals were brought in this regard today and finally the cabinet led by CM approved the meter auto launching. | 20-Jun-2019 |
CM asks Banks to cooperate with unemploy | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has asked the bankers to be positive towards development and to forward their helping hands. | 20-Jun-2019 |
MLA Ramprasad Pal continues Mafia-activi | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): Mafia Operators BJP MLA Ramprasad Pal, his brother Fensedyl Smuggler Mona Pal continued defaming BJP Govt with their criminal activities. Amid Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s repeated warning, BJP’s criminal elements continues to defame the Govt and the Party by attacking on common men, even own party workers, misusing power. Not even few weeks could pass that BJP MLA Ram Prasad Pal hit controversy after he forced a man to sit up by catching ears and his workers beaten him in his office, that the MLA has created another serious controversy and FIR has been lodged against Ram Prasad Pal for assaulting a housewife and beaten her husband. The victim family is also BJP supporting family and members of the party. | 20-Jun-2019 |
Preparation for traditional Kharchi Puja | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): Preparation on peak for Kharchi Puja at Old Agartala’s Chaturdash Devta temple. | 20-Jun-2019 |
Sugar in ration shops at Rs. 23 / Kilo t | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, June 20 (TIWN): On June 12, Chief Minister Biplab Deb has inaugurated sugar-ratioing system in Tripura at Rs. 23 per kilo. However, now sugar stocks have been done before it will start distribution from tomorrow across ration shops. | 20-Jun-2019 |
6 years girl dies in malaria in Tripura | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): Situation yet alarming in Tripura with malaria outbreak continues to claim lives. | 20-Jun-2019 |
Tripura Police’s prompt action in | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): Tripura Police have done its best job in nabbing the rape accused persons in 6 year’s girl’s brutal gang-rape and murder case at Dharmanagar, was appreciated by public. | 20-Jun-2019 |
Solar-power energy may be used in Tripur | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): To motivate renewable energy, Power Dept is thinking to practice uses of solar like renewable energies in high Govt offices. | 20-Jun-2019 |
Massive Power Cuts, Frequent Load-Sheddi | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, June 20 (TIWN): Ongoing massive power cut issues have hit normal lives, due to scorching heat of the summers. Power Dept of Tripura headed by Deputy CM Jishnu Dev Barman however has launched a new project named in Bengal “Vidyut Nigam Aponar Dorgorayâ€. Toll free numbers have also given 1912 for registering complaints, but customers have alleged that this number is not always functioning properly. Govt has also given alternative numbers for other problems, faults in electricity connection 1381-235-3502 and 0381-235-6470.So far there is no problem in the power-surplus Tripura Govt is getting 63 MW from Rukhia, 42 MW from Baramura, 10 MW from Dumboor, 100 MW from Monarchak, 130 MW from central share and from OTPC 725 MW.Tripura needs 300 MW power whereas Nepal and Bangladesh are getting power from Tripura.To free the state from power theft, the Power Dept has announced to make Tripura ‘hook-line free state’. | 20-Jun-2019 |
BSF jawan commits suicide by shooting se | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): BSF Jawan in Tripura has committed suicide by shooting self. | 20-Jun-2019 |
Father, daughter drowned in Manu river | KAILASHAHAR (Tripura), June 20 (TIWN): In a terrible incident father and daughter both died at Kailshahar by drowning. | 20-Jun-2019 |
'World Yoga Day' to be celebrated tomorr | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): International Yoga Day or World Yoga Day to be celebrated across the world. Yoga a form of exercise and meditation invented by Indians before lakhs of years. | 19-Jun-2019 |
Tripura to have International Airport by | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, June 20 (TIWN): Much awaited International Airport will be completed in the existing Agartala Airport (Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport) by 2019 and within the beginning of 2020 the Airport will be completed. The AAI had undertaken a Rs 438 crore project to upgrade the Agartala airport to international standards by providing world-class facilities. After Guwahati and Imphal, the Agartala airport is set to become the third international airport in the northeastern region by the end of this year 2019 or by early 2020, a Minister said here. "The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has informed us that their ongoing works to make Agartala's Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport as an international one would be completed by this year end. But if the works are hampered due to the monsoon season or any other factor, then the declaration would be made by early 2020," Tripura Transport and Tourism Minister Pranajit Singha Roy said. | 19-Jun-2019 |
NCS registration is must for unemployed | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): National Career Service (NCS) registration which has been made mandatory for the unemployed youths, should not be seen critically, rather the way is simple without tension of further lapses. | 20-Jun-2019 |
BJP Govt to start dredging of river Goma | AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): The BJP Govt will move for dredging of river Gomati. | 20-Jun-2019 |
Tripura Govt calls job-seekers for NCS r | AGARTALA, June 19 (TIWN): Govt of Tripura has decided only to count the unemployed on the basis of NCS registration which will also help the job seekers to get jobs. The Ministry of Labour and Employment is presently implementing the National Career Service (NCS) project by Transforming Employment Exchange to model career centres and career centres. A govt notification said, “As per NC project 2 District Employment Exchanges (DEE Agartala, West Tripura & DEE Dharmanagar North Tripura) have already been transformed into Model Career Centre (MCC) and 4 employment exchanges (DEE Kailashahar, Unakoti District, DEE Ambassa, Dhalai District, DEE Udaipur Gomati District and special employment exchange for PWDs, Agartala) has been transformed to career cnetres. The first step of transformation is change of registration process from the earlier Manual & Online system to registration in the new NCS systemâ€. Registration of job seekers has started in NCS portal since 2015, June along with the earlier system. | 19-Jun-2019 |
Tripura Govt introduced subvention schem | AGARTALA, June 19 (TIWN): In another move to boost tourism, Govt of Tripura announced subvention scheme 2019 -2021 to strengthen the tourism industry. | 19-Jun-2019 |
6 years girl’s gang-rape, murder | AGARTALA, June 19 (TIWN): Centering 6 years girl’s rape and murder case at Dharmanagar, North Tripura, angry mobs have burnt the rented house of one of the accused persons Sourabh Nath. Sourabh Nath is in police custody and in his absence people attacked his rented home, set fire on that. Getting informed, fire brigade teams rushed to the spot and controlled the fire. TIWN local correspondent reported that the situation is very tensed and the mob-anger is at high. Two persons have been arrested so far in this rape case and public have demanded capital punishment of the culprits. In last 48 hours two rape cases have shocked the state, whereas one rape was ended by brutal murder of a 6 years girl. When 2 persons were arrested in 6 years girl’s gangrape and murder at Dharmanagar, at the same time another 53 years old man arrested for raping a 12 years old girl at Kadamtala. After police’s immediate action and successful drive, people have demanded capital punishment of the rapists. Today, Dharmanagar Police caught two rape accused persons in connection with a 6 years girl’s rape and murder. | 19-Jun-2019 |