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‘No Political Party works for Beng | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): Neither CPI-M, Congress nor BJP, no political party works for Bengalis at all. Today it clear after local Bengalis left homeless who once helped Brus to stay in Tripura’s Kanchanpur and Bengalis themselves now have become refugees but no political party is standing with them, such has been alleged by Amra Bangali Party in a press meet. | 21-Jan-2020 |
Unemployment problem spikes up in Tripur | AGARTALA, Jan 21 (TIWN): CMIE’s monthly data has topped Tripura in unemployment rate once again with 28.6%. After Tripura, it is Haryana which is the second topper in unemployment rate with 27.6% unemployment rate. But, on the other side, being unable to provide promised 50,000 Govt jobs in first one year and keep almost promises given before Assembly Election 2018, BJP left with no other option except claiming tall during speech and leaders continue to claim a “knock down†of unemployment with increasing job creators. Thus Chief Minister Biplab Deb has continues his claim that there is no job-crisis in Tripura and youths have happily chosen to become job creators instead of running after Govt jobs. When Tripura tops in unemployment rate according to CMIE report, CM said, from 7.5 lakhs the unemployment rate under BJP era has downed to 1.70 lakhs as many became job-creators.Deb said that when under CPI-M era, the unemployment rate was 7.50 lakhs now, it is downed to 1.70 lakhs in last 21 months of BJP Govt. | 21-Jan-2020 |
Tripura to take action against illegal r | Agartala, Jan 20 (TIWN) The Tripura government will take action against the hundreds of rubber growers who illegally cultivated natural rubber on more than 21,019 acres of government land, a minister announced in the state assembly on Monday. | 20-Jan-2020 |
BJP’s majority in Parliament burn | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): Reacting over the attitude of Deputy speaker of Tripura Assembly Biswabandhu Sen, former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has slammed BJP’s style of ruling which always tries to impose own thoughts in the name of “majorityâ€. | 20-Jan-2020 |
Chaos in Tripura Assembly over Custodial | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): Opposition leader, former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Monday has slammed the BJP and accused Tripura Assembly Deputy speaker Biswabandhu Seng for manipulating the chair-power as the speaker. A chaos hit the Assembly on Monday followed by walking out of the opposition from the Assembly centering a recently occurred custodial murder of Sushanta Ghosh who was arrested in ATM fraud case. Also, Chief Minister cum Home Minister Biplab Deb failed to give any proper statement over the murder case. Manik Sarkar condemned also CM’s role when even after such a murder incident no police official was suspended amid CCTV footage was not found. Manik Sarkar, said, earlier the Opposition’s reference about the issue was accepted in the Assembly by the speaker. | 20-Jan-2020 |
Chief Minister fails to visit Custodial | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): So far Chief Minister Biplab Deb has failed to visit custodial murder case victim Sushanta Ghosh’s home although he continues to visit people’s home and attend invitations, lunch, dinner etc. Neither Judicial probe was given nor any special investigation was conducted. Also, no arrest of police official was done, indirectly raising finger at the Govt’s intention and alleged nexus with the murder. Amid demands for Judicial probe by opposition and common men in Sushanta Chakraborty custodial sensational murder case, BJP Govt has been strict to Magisterial investigation yet. Today West DM Sandeep Mahatme has visited West Agartala Police station, talked to the police officials and has checked across on January 16. However, Subrata Chakraborty was seen active during the visit, who was the OC of West Agartala PS during Sushanta Ghosh’s murder, keeping the CCTV camera off and still existing in the same position as no action was taken against him. Nevertheless, he was OC even when Badal Choudhury, the former CPI-M Minister was forcefully brought from ILS hospital to West Agartala PS on 30th October, 2019 and it was Subrata Chakraborty to push Badal Choudhury into lockup and to leak that CCTV footage of Badal Choudhury inside lockup in social media of BJP IT cell members. | 20-Jan-2020 |
India’s unemployment rate is high | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): At least two in every five young Indians are not part of the workforce or have no link with education or any form of training, a UN report has said, putting the country behind Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka on these parameters.The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020 report, released here on Friday, said over 40 per cent of Indians aged between 20 and 34 were Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) for the period between 2010 and 2018. On the other side, Tripura tops in unemployment rates among all Indian states. CMIE’s monthly data has topped Tripura in unemployment rate once again with 28.6%. After Tripura, it is Haryana which is the second topper in unemployment rate with 27.6% unemployment rate. The rate has increased 20% in last 21 months.Nationally unemployment rate is 7.7% which is also very high CMIE, or Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, is a leading business information company. It was established in 1976, primarily as an independent think tank. | 20-Jan-2020 |
3 CPI-M workers injured in BJP led attac | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): 3 CPI-M workers have been injured in BJP led attacks in Kamalpur, hospitalized in critical conditions. | 20-Jan-2020 |
‘Alternative Jobs for 10323 are gu | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN):When 10323 teachers are undergoing massive tensions in last month, Tripura Education Minister Ratanlal Nath had promised that alternative jobs for 10323 teachers. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Poverty gripped family sold 1-day old ba | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): In another instance of poverty rattled economic conditions in the rural Tripura, an incident of baby-selling was reported once again. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Why Biplab Deb, Ratan Lal silent over BJ | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): When 21 months old BJP Govt in Tripura has failed to fulfill all the given promises, more 40 months left to complete it but even the basic promises are far from fulfillment either SMART phones or Regularization of Govt employees. But, when Chief Minister Biplab Deb and Education Minister Ratanlal Nath are talking about world-wide issues, totally silent on BJP Govt’s forgotten promise of 50,000 Govt jobs in 1-year. 21 months old BJP Govt in Tripura has failed to provide the expected jobs, rather hope of the unemployed youths finished with restrictions in the Govt jobs, although promising 50,000 Govt jobs in the first one year the BJP came in power. It is written in the Vision Document that once BJP comes in power, 50,000 Govt jobs will be given in first one year. In first year the data was only 1377 Govt jobs were given whereas maximum were appointed in teaching via TET. BJP Govt turned most unpopular in Tripura’s history after committing massive frauds via Jumla promises before 2018 Assembly Election. | 20-Jan-2020 |
Exposed : BJP, IPFT’s Divide and | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): Ahead of ADC election, BJP-IPFT led “Divide and Rule†policy was exposed, after Joint Movement leaders briefed how they were insulted recently by calling to Delhi by BJP Govt and after that not meeting them. The indigenous leaders were waiting for the meeting but at last moment they were ignored and totally insulted. | 19-Jan-2020 |
TIWN's Prediction proven True as Anti-CA | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): Tripura CAA protestor Leaders got taste of JUMLA which was predicted by TIWN back in Dec’2019. Regional parties led ‘Joint Movement Committee’ which started a massive protest across Tripura against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) since December 9, 2019 for indefinite time, after 3-days of continuous protests had upset the agitators. They had disappointed the agitators after withdrawing their protest suddenly followed 'cups of tea' with Amit Shah in exchange of BJP’s JUMLA promises and deceived successfully by State & Central BJP leaders. After more than a month, the regional party leaders announced before media on Sunday how they were fooled and how in last few days they were insulted again by calling them to Delhi but not meeting them. They alleged, they were called at Delhi but the Union Home Minister never met them. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Pulse Polio Drive held in Tripura | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): Lakhs of children below the age of five were administered pulse polio vaccine drops throughout the country on Sunday. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Tripura former Minister Badal Chowdhury | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): Tripura CPI-M former Minister Badal Chowdhury is admitted in GB trauma centre who fell sick in Bishalgarh jail, where he was sent in custody. | 19-Jan-2020 |
BJP Govt starts Renaming of Places in Tr | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): After renaming Kolkata Port with Shyama Prasad Mukharjee port in Bengal, now Tripura BJP has started renaming of places, which however needs no Central Fund but can buy sentiments at free-of-cost. While addressing on the Kokborok Day, Chief Minister Biplab Deb said that in respect of Kokborok language our Govt has done this and this is the auspicious occasion to announce this when the state is celebrating Kokborok Diwas. IPFT Minister Mebar Jamatia said that total 5 names will be changed and the BJP-IPFT Govt will go through a ‘historical revival’. Mebar Jamatia said, yesterday 5 names were offered in the Cabinet but due to emergency situations and short of time, only one was approved. He thanked Chief Minister Biplab Deb for this saying, more name changes ahead. While addressing media, Biplab Deb praised Central Govt for solving Reang issues at Rs. 600 crores of package, although when the package will be allocated it was not told by him. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Kokborok Diwas celebrated in Tripura | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): Like every year, the Kokborok day was celebrated here in Tripura, which is the 42nd of it. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Customerless situations in vegetable mar | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): Lack of customers, high vegetable prices have hit the customers and sellers both in Tripura. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Commodity price hikes, losses blow small | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): It was found during economic surveys based on public comments that from Rickshaw drivers to tea sellers in the capital city Agartala, all have complaints of slowdown and loss in business, inability to pay off the loans taken from Banks like Bandhan Banks, the Bank which turned poor people's reliable investment path once. Along with MGNREGA works' massive downs under the ruling BJP Govt in Tripura, worklessness situations have hit the daily earners’ lives here. The regular rickshaw drivers who are paying Rs. 200 per day the rickshaw owners are unable to earn Rs. 300 per day, said survey in the capital city Agartala whereas in rural and semi-urban areas the situation is worse. Same conditions are being faced by vegetable, fruits, flower sellers in the city. As slowdown affected the common men and businessmen, so workers’ demands are too at low, witnesses a massive decrease of demand of daily workers by households and businessmen. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Dead-body recovered on Railway tracks at | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): A dead-body of youth was recovered on railway tracks at Sabroom, South Tripura. | 18-Jan-2020 |
BJP’s promise of distributing fre | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): Before the Assembly Election, BJP made promises to the youths by providing smartphones in Tripura, but after 21 months of rule no youth was provided with SMART Phones. | 18-Jan-2020 |
Eminent personalities in support of JNU, | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): The Indian Peoples Theatre Association(IPTA), Jana Sanskriti Mancha (JSM), Progressive Writers Association (PWA)and Indian Society For Cultural Co-operation & Friendship (ISCUF) on Saturday held a Solidarity cultural meet in Support of JNU Students movement and Shaheen Bagh movement led by Women at the Agartala City Center zone. | 18-Jan-2020 |
Amid various corruptions in recruitment | AGARTALA, Jan 19 (TIWN): When High Court led various verdicts have confirmed massive corruption in various departments either in recruitment or in termination / recruitment cancellation, BJP Govt’s decision of recruitment via outsourcing has raised eyebrows on the Govt’s intentions. On Saturday while addressing in a protest rally CPI-M’s youth wing DYFI Secretary Nabarun Deb said, “The new recruitment not only will cause deprivations, but also to add corruption which has already infected various departmentsâ€. A massive rally followed by mass-deputation to Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL) was staged in Agartala by CPI-M units against the privatization mode of recruitment in the Govt departments. The protest rally was marched by DYFI, TYF, SC-Coordination Samiti.While agitating, the leaders said that outsourcing employment by corrupt means and calling tender to identify qualified jobs aspirants is totally illegal and in govt dept such recruitments can not be done. Around 3,000 to 3,300 posts will be reportedly being filled by Tripura Govt in various depts by this mean from TSECL to Social Welfare Dept. CPI-M as pre-announced has stated protest against it. | 18-Jan-2020 |
House panel on N-E visit to review TADCs | Agartala/Guwahati, Jan 19 (TIWN) A parliamentary panel is on a three-day visit of the northeastern states to study the functioning of the 10 tribal autonomous district councils (TADC) in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Sudip Roy Barman met Priyanka Dasgupta, | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): BJP MLA Sudip Roy Barman has felicitated Priyanka Dasgupta for her excellent achievement and winning of gold medals recently. | 19-Jan-2020 |
‘Our future now depends totally up | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): Reacting over media queries on the actualization of given promises by the State and Central Govt to the Bru community, the leaders returned from Delhi said that this is up to the State and Central Govt how the futures of the Brus to be shaped. | 19-Jan-2020 |
‘Recruitment via outsourcing will | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): A massive protest rally followed by mass-deputation to Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL) was staged in Agartala by CPI-M units against the privatization mode of recruitment in the Govt departments. | 19-Jan-2020 |
Rs 8,802 cr tribal development project s | Agartala, Jan 19 (TIWN) The BJP-led Tripura government has submitted, to the Union Home Ministry, a Rs 8,802 crore project for the social, economic, cultural, linguistic and other development of indigenous tribals, who comprise a third of the state''s four million population, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Sunday. | 19-Jan-2020 |
CPI-M staged protest over Violation of R | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): A massive rally followed by mass-deputation to Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL) was staged in Agartala by CPI-M units against the privatization mode of recruitment in the Govt departments. The protest rally was marched by DYFI, TYF, SC-Coordination Samiti. While agitating, the leaders said that outsourcing employment by corrupt means and calling tender to identify qualified jobs aspirants is totally illegal and in govt dept such recruitments can not be done. Around 3,000 to 3,300 posts will be reportedly being filled by Tripura Govt in various depts by this mean from TSECL to Social Welfare Dept. CPI-M as pre-announced has stated protest against it.CPI-M said when BJP promised to 50000 jobs in 1-year, now to appoint own party people, Govt has started to recruit in illegal means. On the other side, around 1,100 “Gram Sevak†to be recruited but again the process could not be known. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb recently has announced that around 1,100 Gram Sevaks will be recruited in the state soon. | 18-Jan-2020 |
Wages of Tripura Tea garden Workers not | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): Salary of Tea Workers is not raised till now, though the apprized date has passed long back. Similar is the condition of the staff working at the gardens. The condition of the Tea Workers is so poor that they find no direction to demand their basic rights. The prime reason behind this is that none of the Tea Workers Association’s are working presently. | 18-Jan-2020 |
Preparations on peak for Republic Dayâ | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): Along with the whole nation, Northeast state Tripura has been geared up to celebrate Republic day, which will mark on January 26. | 18-Jan-2020 |
Retired Tripura Health Dept employee die | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): Retired Health Dept employee named Mrinal Kanti Chakraborty died in an accident. | 18-Jan-2020 |
Approx 6 months needs to resettle Brus | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): A day after the signing of an agreement that puts an end to the Bru refugee crisis, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday said it will take at least six months to resettle the 34,000 odd members of the community who are living here for 23 years. | 18-Jan-2020 |
SSA teachers asked Tripura Govt to regul | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): SSA teachers have demanded regularization at the earliest which the BJP had earlier promised before election. | 17-Jan-2020 |
Tripura SEZ along Bangladesh to be multi | Agartala, Jan 18 (TIWN) The Rs 1,550 crore special economic zone (SEZ), to be set up along the Bangladesh border in Tripura, would be a multi-sector SEZ and not just agro-based food processing SEZ, official said here on Saturday. | 18-Jan-2020 |
Resentment over ‘No ST member†| AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): Resentments fueled among public over no place kept for any ST in the newly formed Tripura Cricket Association Committee. | 17-Jan-2020 |
26% Tax-Burdens on Northeast State Tripu | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): When Northeast state Tripura was promised by a big-size Vision Document it was never imagined that the Vision Document is not related to Central Funding leading uncontrolled tax imposition on the common men. So far fuel, electricity, trade license, municipality, health services, pensions, water-taxes are subjected to be taxes in addition of slowdown of markets and Govt’s inability to provide rural mandays. Thus, the tax collection now at 26% whereas GDP is low at 5% nationally. Reacting over the scrapping of free-medical-services, Congress party has asked Chief Minister Biplab Deb to focus on Govt hospitals instead of focusing on lunch-invitations. Congress said, almost in all Govt hospitals medical and medicine services are almost free in other states but here in the name of health cards etc, people’s basic health services rights are snatched. | 17-Jan-2020 |
Unemployment rate alarming 7.7% national | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): CMIE’s monthly data has topped Tripura in unemployment rate once again with 28.6%. After Tripura, it is Haryana which is the second topper in unemployment rate with 27.6% unemployment rate. | 18-Jan-2020 |
Amid 2000 TET Qualified youths left Jobl | AGARTALA, Jan 18 (TIWN): The total numbers of unemployed who are job qualified is 1926, however, Education Minister Ratanlal Nath has announced that at least 7 years their certificates validity will remain. When around 2000 TET qualified unemployed youths left jobless, recently Chief Minister Biplab Deb questioned about the quality of Tripura youths who are unable to pass TET examination. CM said he can give 5000 jobs in teaching but passing students are only 1,100 whereas 2000 TET qualified are left yet jobless. Tripura now has over 2000 TET Qualified unemployed youths but jobless.Resentments erupted due to alleged tough question-papers and few out of syllabus. Education Minister Ratanlal Nath informed, STGT exam was conducted and total 450 candidates got officers and 10 PGT got offers. Out of TET qualified job aspirants of September-2018 total 269 candidates of GT and 142 UGT will get their offers shortly. | 17-Jan-2020 |
Ruckus in Tripura House over Ex-Minister | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN) The winter session of the Tripura assembly began here on Friday amid an uproar by the opposition Left legislators over the arrest of senior CPI(M) leader and former minister Badal Chowdhury. | 17-Jan-2020 |
After stopping ration supply, causing 6 | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN): Pradyot Manikya’s initiatives with Amit Shah brought the Bru issue to a solution whereas BJP-IPFT Govt mercilessly stopped ration supply to Kanchanpur based Bru people which caused 6 starvation deaths and over 50 hospitalization. Chief Minister Biplab Deb who previously twice told media that Brus will never get residentship of Tripura and stopped ration supplies, could not strict to his statement as Reang community’s united protest led by regional parties, specially Royal scion Pradyot Manikya who challenged the Govt, bound BJP Govt to change decision ahead of ADC election. However, ignoring all the previous facts, Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Friday after returning form Delhi said that the Bru settlement was done after continuous efforts from the BJP-IPFT Govt and its Ministers’ continuous followups. However, CM said, the families who already went to Mizoram will not get Tripura residentship and the Brus in Tripura yet free to go Mizoram but from now no pressure will be given. | 17-Jan-2020 |
‘Displaced Bengali families of Kan | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN) Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Friday while addressing media after returning to Tripura along with Deputy CM Jishnu Debbarma, Law Minister Ratanlal Nath, Minister NC Debbarma said that the de-sheltered Bengali families also will get equally rehabilitation package and shelters with the Reang. | 17-Jan-2020 |
'BJP will Win 60 out of 60 seats in next | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN): BJP Yuva Morcha State President Tinku Roy on Friday has claimed that BJP will get 60 MLA seats out of 60 in the upcoming 2023 Assembly Election. | 17-Jan-2020 |
Opposition walked out of Tripura Assembl | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN): Opposition CPI-M MLAs today have walked out of Tripura Assembly in protest against cases registered against former CPI-M Minister Badal Chowdhury in a PWD construction. | 17-Jan-2020 |
Run for Unity under Fit India Movement O | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN): The 21 Assam Rifles organised 'Run for Unity' under Fit India Movement at Swami Vivekananda Stadium, Agartala here on Friday. | 17-Jan-2020 |
Tripura’s unemployment 27.6%, hig | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN): CMIE’s monthly data has topped Tripura in unemployment rate once again with 28.6%. After Tripura, it is Haryana which is the second topper in unemployment rate with 27.6% unemployment rate. But, on the other side, being unable to provide promised 50,000 Govt jobs in first one year and keep almost promises given before Assembly Election 2018, BJP left with no other option except claiming tall during speech and leaders continue to claim a “knock down†of unemployment with increasing job creators. Thus Chief Minister Biplab Deb has continues his claim that there is no job-crisis in Tripura and youths have happily chosen to become job creators instead of running after Govt jobs. When Tripura tops in unemployment rate according to CMIE report, CM said, from 7.5 lakhs the unemployment rate under BJP era has downed to 1.70 lakhs as many became job-creators.Deb said that when under CPI-M era, the unemployment rate was 7.50 lakhs now, it is downed to 1.70 lakhs in last 21 months of BJP Govt. | 17-Jan-2020 |
CPI-M’s youth wings protested aga | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN): CPI-M’s student wings DYFI, TYF TSU, SFI staged a protest in Agartala, raised voice against BJP Govt for alleged conspiracy and fabricated case filed against former CPI-M Minister Badal Choudhury. CPI-M top leaders as Pabitra Kar, Sankar Prasad Dutta also remained present on that occasion. | 17-Jan-2020 |
Tripura tops among all Indian states, Go | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN): CMIE’s monthly data has topped Tripura in unemployment rate once again with 28.6%. | 17-Jan-2020 |
‘No Chargesheet could be filed yet | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Jan 17 (TIWN): Reacting over the continuous jail custody of former CPI-M Minister Badal Chowdhury, former Minister cum MLA Tapan Chakraborty mentioned, when police failed to file even a partial chargesheet against Badal Chowdhury why has the court ordered his jail custody for a long time. Tapan Chakraborty said that this is a totally politically motivated case against Badal Chowdhury to hide BJP Govt’s own failures. The Leftist MLAs also boycotted the first day of Tripura Assembly in protest against case registered against Badal Chowdhury on October 13 night which caused huge tortures upon him for a long time. After boycotting the Assembly, addressing media, former Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty said that his party is sorry to reject the Assembly but it was necessitated as the oldest winning MLA of Tripura is in jail in a fake case. Tapan Chakraborty also hit the BJP Govt for its total failure to fulfill the Vision Document. | 17-Jan-2020 |
1,891 registered 'Crime against Women' c | AGARTALA, Jan 17 (TIWN) Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais said here on Friday, in his customary speech on the opening day of the first session of the state assembly in the new year, the Governor said that in the past 20 months, 722 cases have been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and 1,241 people were arrested for trading in and smuggling various types of drugs. | 17-Jan-2020 |