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| TSECL CMD clarifies why ‘reluctant | AGARTALA, May 31 (TIWN): What makes the growth story more interesting is that TSECL(Tripura State Electricity Corporation) has failed to bring the Agartala city and the rural Tripura under the coverage of so called “Load-shedding free stateâ€.Tripura run Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (TSECL) Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) S K Roy on Saturday expressing displeasure over the high power cost of NEEPCO Monarchak said, “TSECL cannot afford buying power from Monarchak at a very high cost.†Run by North East Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO), government undertaking gas based power plant at Monarchak at Tripura Sonamura Sub division is currently facing a loss with its power production as the government of Tripura run Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (TSECL) is reluctant to buy power from the plant due to high power cost as compared to other power plants in Tripura.Talking to TIWN on Saturday Roy said, “As compared to the power cot of other power plants in Tripura the NEEPCO Monarchak power cost is high.†Adding to that he said it is not possible for the state govt. here to buy power from the plant with a very high cost.Roy recently attended a meeting held at New Delhi called by Union Minister of power taking up the issue of the Monarchak power cost. Asked about it Rayon Saturday told to TIWN that no solution has been brought by the meeting held. | 30-May-2015 |
| Bangladesh may not get Teesta water this | AGARTALA, May 31 (TIWN): Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi’s visit will be considered a very significant one. His every move will be judged to know how his politics is different and will be helpful to improve India's relationship with its neighbours in the context of a change of mind and heart.Indian Premier is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a two-day visit on June 6. It to be mentioned that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not coming to Bangladesh in the best of times. The people are reeling under the wave of shocks and grief for the brutalities and killing of thousand of migrant workers who wanted to flee poverty but fell prey to illegal traffickers.The leader of the biggest democracy is arriving in Bangladesh when democracy is gasping for breath. Indian Premier 's visit will not be evaluated by how much concession India gets but also from how much fair India is to be helpful for the people of Bangladesh. Other just demands like sharing of Teesta water are also receiving his serious attention. In spite of Modi's sincere efforts it is not likely that the Teesta river water sharing agreement will be signed during Modi's presence in Bangladesh. | 30-May-2015 |
| Tripura govt. issues show cause to 4 DW | BELONIA, May 31 (TIWN): On yet another incident occurred on Saturday a section of officers had embarrassed the Tripura Left front govt. the state govt. on Saturday issued a show cause notice to at least four Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWS) department officers at Belonia. | 30-May-2015 |
| Gandacharra malaria : How Tripura is gra | AGARTALA, May 31 (TIWN): One hundred twelve kilometres from Agartala, the capital of landlocked Tripura, is the Gandacharra Sub Division under Dhalai District of the state has come to be known as a deadly malaria-prone zone in Tripura with it has now become a matter of concern for the State as well for the Central government and its administration to alleviate the fatal disease - malaria. | 30-May-2015 |
| CPI-M alarming campaign to win the by-e | Agartala, May 31 (TIWN): After the declaration of the candidate for the upcoming by-election in 13-Pratapgarh and 46-Surma constituency, CPI-M had started campaign into alarming height at the two centres to maintain the tradition of victory. Candidate Ramu Das and Anjan Das had gone to every household to attract the voters towards them. While Congress will probably announce the name of the candidate on June 4th, BJP had not yet given any hints for deciding the name of the candidate. | 30-May-2015 |
| Result of Madhyamik Examination to be pu | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Result of Madhyamik Examination and Madrassa Madhyamik and Madrassa Alim Examination of Tripura Board of Secondary Education will be published on June 3. According to the Board sources, the result will be published at 9 a.m. in the morning by organizing a press conference at Board Office. The result will be available in the following website such as www.tbse.in, www. tripuraresult.inand tripura.nic.in. | 30-May-2015 |
| Minister Badal Chowdhury calls for bette | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Health Minister Badal Chowdhury on Saturday addressing the 45th All Tripura Medical Conference at Agartala Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan had urged the govt. doctors here to undertake better treatment policy. The doctor’s conference was first held at TRIMACON office near Agartala Press Club, where the doctors of the state taken up several important and burning issues in their discussion. | 30-May-2015 |
| Indo-Bangla jointly organizes Lalon Utsa | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Aiming to disseminate the thoughts and to fabricate the thinking’s of Lalon Fakir among the people, today Lalon Utsav was jointly organized by Indo-Bangla at Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan. | 30-May-2015 |
| Tripura's shipments via Bangladesh river | AGARTALA /DHAKA / NEW DELHI, May 30 (TIWN): The union cabinet on Saturday approved the agreement on coastal shipping between India and Bangladesh for coastal movement of goods between the two countries. Tripura already immensely benefiting good relations between India and Bangladesh as Bangladesh allowed heavy equipment shipments for OTPC Palatana Power Project via Bangladesh Ashuganj Port. Apart from that Bangladesh helping Tripura by allowing rice shipments from Visakhapatnam, Chennai ports to Tripura via Bangladesh Ashuganj Port. "Exim trade between India and Bangladesh would be benefited by way of reduction in freight charges. It will also improve the utilisation of port capacities of Indian ports and open up new opportunity for Indian coastal vessels. It will also help in decongestion of roads especially at the land custom stations/integrated check posts at the Indo-Bangladesh boarder," an official statement issued here said.The Indian ports serving as trans-shipment ports for Bangladesh cargo will derive benefits by way of enhanced throughput as a result of Indo-Bangladesh coastal trade, it said, adding that both the nations shall render the same treatment to the other country's vessels as it would have done to its national vessels used in international sea transportation.India's trade with Bangladesh has grown rapidly during the past few years. Bangladesh is now India's largest trade partner in south Asia. | 30-May-2015 |
| Union Cabinet approves MoU with Banglade | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, May 30 (TIWN): The cabinet on Saturday approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh on the prevention of human trafficking and speedy prosecution."The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for signing of a MoU on prevention of human trafficking especially trafficking in women and children: rescue, recovery, repatriation and reintegration of victims of human trafficking," an official statement issued here said.The cabinet also approved an agreement on coastal shipping between India and Bangladesh.This has been done to strengthen cooperation to prevent all forms of human trafficking, especially that of women and children, and ensure the speedy investigation and prosecution of traffickers and organised crime syndicates in either country.It will also help in enumeration of preventive measures that would be taken to eliminate human trafficking in women and children and in protecting the rights of victims of trafficking and their expeditious repatriation. The home country will undertake the safe and effective reintegration of the victims, the statement said.In a boost to Tripura's future IT industry, Bangladesh has agreed to sell off its unused submarine Internet bandwidth to India's state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for $ 1.2 million ( Rs 7.7 crores) a year. | 30-May-2015 |
| Khowai : Lack of Medicine at Animal Reso | Khowai, May 30 (TIWN): Animal Resource Development Department at Khowai District Office tilla area lacks in storing medicines for the animal resulting sufferings for the residents of the area with their cattle’s in their houses. | 30-May-2015 |
| Tripura police welcomes repeal of AFSPA | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Welcoming the repeal of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) Tripura Police Inspector General of Police (IGP, Control Room) Nepal Das said, “Because the situation has changed now and new things awaits to come up here in Tripura the government has taken a decision to repeal the AFSPA.†Talking to TIWN on Saturday Das said, “Tripura Police welcomes the decision of the govt. and we thank the security forces for their major contribution in bringing the insurgency activities to wane.†Das said that it is nothing but the joint effort of the state security forces, police and the state govt. which succeed to take the 1997-2001 period of time into wane now. “State govt. and the security forces along with the police has brought the insurgency activities and violence by the NLFT and ATTF militants down by implementing integrated formulas and operation plants in the disturbed areas of the state.†The Act was implemented in 40 police station areas of the state in February, 1997. With declining insurgency, the administration, in June 2013 had earlier withdrawn the Act from nine police stations. Tripura's state government has withdrawn Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). The state government decided to lift the AFSPA after 18 years of its existence. | 30-May-2015 |
| TIWN impact : OC registered case against | KAMALPUR, MAY 30, (TIWN): After the publication of news in TIWN about the ill-motives of Kumarghat OC Nayanmani Nama to register the case against the Deputy Director of YAS, Unokoti, Mr. Shimul Das and his close aide Physical Instructor of Kanchanbari School Tapas Dutta regarding the huge embezzlement in PYKKA scheme, the SP took initiative in the matter. And getting stringent message from the SP, the OC finally registered the case and started investigation. The case number as per the record of Kumarghat PS is 1041/15 under section 157(I) CrPC. | 30-May-2015 |
| CPI-M new faces in by poll create discon | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Fielding of two new faces in the by polls to the 13 Pratapgarh and 46 Surma Assembly constituencies of Tripura by ruling CPI (M) has given rise to some serious questions about the future tactics of the ruling CPI (M) in the state. The ruling CPI (M) which announced the names of Ramu Das and Anjan Das as their candidates for the ensuing 13 Pratapgarh and 46 Surma Assembly constituencies’ by polls respectively are facing dissatisfaction from the party’s long time comrades who were in the run for the tickets of the two assembly constituencies. The by poll for the two assembly constituencies of the state will be held on June 27 alongwith the rest of the country. The 13 Pratapgarh and 46 Surma assembly seats fell vacant after the death of the sitting MLAs Anil Sarkar and Sudhir Das respectively. Names of many potential candidates surfaced in the political circles for the two assembly seats but the decision to field the relatively inexperienced candidates in the two constituencies have demoralised many aspirants who were lobbying in different corners for getting their names cleared for the candidature. | 30-May-2015 |
| Rs. 70 lakhs,mobile medical van service | KAILASHAHAR, May 30 (TIWN): A total of Rs. 70 lakh went into vain when a mobile medical service remained non-functional after providing services for 2-3 times at the Kailashahar area, confirmed sources. | 30-May-2015 |
| TBSE announces the distribution schedule | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): The Tripura Board of Secondary Education has urged all the concerned principals and teachers of all the schools to distribute the Mark sheet, Exam Certificate, and result sheet accordingly from the school on the day of result. | 30-May-2015 |
| BSF takes initiative to familiarize sch | BELONIA, May30 (TIWN): 168th Battalion of Border Security Force (BSF) deployed at Belonia Sarasima border area under BOP organized a friendly get together on Saturday in the border area with an aim to make the school students of Belonia city familiarize with the functioning of border wire fencing between the countries. | 30-May-2015 |
| 46th foundation day of CITU observed at | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) 46th foundation day observed in the CITU office premises at Office lane on Saturday. | 30-May-2015 |
| 26 year old woman gave birth to triplets | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): A 26 year old woman gave birth to three children at TMC hospital of Tripura. All the staffs, doctors and nurses of the hospital are delighted by this miracle. However the condition of both the mother and children are stable now. | 30-May-2015 |
| By 2018 there will be no shelter less fa | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Addressing the workshop, Revenue Minister Badal Choudhury stated that the State government has decided to construct house for all the shelter less families by 2018. He further stated that aiming to develop the social and financial condition of Jhumiya families; the state government has undertaken various initiatives. | 30-May-2015 |
| Tripura HC curtails doctors' private pra | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN/IANS) The Tripura High Court has directed government doctors to restrict their private practice to a maximum of three hours daily during working days, an official said here Saturday. | 30-May-2015 |
| BJP rubbishes CPI-M’s allegation, | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Pradesh Committee on Friday rubbished CPI-M’s allegation, “Narendra Modi led BJP Government’s slogan of “Acche Din†turns into “Bure Din†in the one year’s tenureâ€. On Thursday CPI-M leader Khagen Das releasing the candidates’ lists for by-elections claimed that the one year rule of BJP govt. at the centre has only brought ‘bure din’ for the poor people of the nation. | 29-May-2015 |
| Uncertainty over pending projects in Tri | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Despite the visit of Ministry of Railways, Railway Board team here in Tripura, uncertainty dogs over the track-laying work for the Agartala-Akhaura rail link. Earlier it was pointed out that India is keen to finish the work as soon as possible to expedite affordable and reliable connectivity between the northeast and Bangladesh. But Railway Board Executive Director (Traction) Vivek Kumar during his recent visit to the state stated, “Central govt. has not yet sanctioned the fund for the Agartala-Akhaura rail link project.â€Bangladesh government is also keen to set up the Railway link soon to improve trade relations with India. But the delay by the central govt. has brought an uncertainty over the project work, said state govt. official here. A delegation of Railway Board led by ED (Traction) Vivek Kumar has visited Agartala Railway Station and taken a stock of the situation of undergoing BG conversion work here in Agartala. However, asked about the Agartala-Akhaura rail link project Vivek failed to provide any updates on it.The project will be funded by Central Govt and is expected to cost around Rs 271 crore. The railway link will not only facilitate transhipment facilities between the two countries, it is also expected to increase trade volumes. | 30-May-2015 |
| BJP welcomes repealing of AFSPA, says â | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): The decision of the Left front govt. to repeal the Armed Force Special Power Act (AFSPA) has come after the conclusion of the elections to the tribal council. However, welcoming the decision of the Left front govt. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said, “Everyone have congratulated Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for deciding to repeal AFSPA but the credit should go to Union Home Ministers of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and Prime Minister Narendra Modiâ€.Talking to the newsmen at party office on Friday BJP State President Sudhindra Dasgupta said, “Due to high contribution of Rijiju and Modiji the insurgency has come to a halt here in Tripura.†Rijiju had a talk with the insurgency activists and asked them to shun violence and return to their normal life following which the militant outbreak has declined here in Tripura, said Dasgupta. He said that several political parties has demanded the state Left front govt. here to impose the act to contain the insurgency activities following which the govt. has acted on behest of containing insurgencies. “Killing of people was rampant here in Tripura under the Left regime and it has turned worst alongwith the passage of the days,†Dasgupta said on Friday. Adding to that he also said, “During the year 2000 I met with Atalbihari ji and L K Advani ji took up the issue of rampant the insurgency violence in Tripura. | 30-May-2015 |
| 22 years stint-in-power : Left govt. see | AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): In the local parlance of the princely state Tripura, Jhumia is a tribal who practises shifting cultivation or jhuming. Several jhumia families in the rural Tripura yet today manage to live their daily livelihood in Tong houses erected in the hilly terrains of the state. One cannot deny to the fact that the Tripura government has arranged plenty of barren lands available for the jhumias for jhuming. Over the years the jhum economy has undergone many changes like land available for jhuming has decreased; leading to a shortening of jhum cycle and fall in incomes and many other. Govt. has also made some efforts at resolving the problems of jhumias. | 29-May-2015 |
| Churaibari Police seize contrabands wort | Churaibari, May 30 (TIWN): Churaibari Check post Police seized a huge amount of contraband articles- phensedyl, illicit foreign liquor worth Rs 10 lakh from Kadamtala North Tripura on Friday afternoon. | 29-May-2015 |
| Khowai Block Congress placed deputation | KHOWAI, May 30 (TIWN): Khowai Block Congress on Friday placed a 21 charter of demand to Khowai Municipal council Executive Badal Roy. | 29-May-2015 |
| Police recovers 15kg rubber sheet from K | KHOWAI, May 30 (TIWN): Khowai police personnel on Thursday night at around 12 detained approximately 15kg of rubber sheet from Bolero Max Truck from Khowai Tath Chowmuhani area. | 29-May-2015 |
| Udaipur : Court convicts 2 rape accused | UDAIPUR, May 30 (TIWN): Two convicted in a gang-rape of a minor girl at Habuq Maakami area under Udaipur Killa PS were on Friday awarded 12years rigorous imprisonment by Udaipur court. | 29-May-2015 |
| Khowai : Two arrested for gambling | KHOWAI, May 30 (TIWN): Two were arrested on Friday evening at around 5 pm near Lal Tilla Bazar under Khowai PS, accused of gambling. | 29-May-2015 |
| Trial run of shorter route of Agartala-K | Agartala, May 29 (TIWN / IANS) The trial run of a bus service between Agartala and Kolkata via Bangladesh that would reduce the journey by over 1,000 km will be held on June 1-3, a minister said here on Friday. | 29-May-2015 |
| 'Tripura govt. doctors cannot run privat | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): On yet another barrier to the private chamber service of the Tripura Government doctors Tripura High Court (HC) on Friday putting a ban on the govt. doctors running private chambers for the maximum period of time ordered that no govt. doctors are allowed to run their private chambers more than 3 hours during the working days, whereas during the holidays they can run private chambers maximum upto 6 hours. However, the next hearing of the case would be again on the month of July this year.The court under the division bench of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhashish Talapatra on Friday has also put a ban on any kind of engagement to the private hospitals or nursing homes by the Govt. doctors here. According to the court order, the govt. Doctors can charge maximum of Rs. 200 from the patients in their private chambers and along with the doctors would need to provide receipt of it to the patients. Besides, if same patient visits the doctor for the second time than the doctor would have to charge Rs. 100 only, court ordered on Friday. Besides putting a ban on certain issues related to the govt. doctors and their private treatment the court also ordered that the govt. doctors would have to set up their private chambers in their own residential houses or if doctors reside in the rented house than the chambers would have to opened in the rented house. A large number of senior Doctors, including Assistant Professors and Associate Professors of AGMC, have allegedly been doing private practice during duty hours, said a senior health official. | 29-May-2015 |
| India PM's Bangladesh visit : Agartala-K | AGARTALA / DHAKA / NEW DELHI, May 29 (TIWN): Indian Prime Minister's upcoming Bangladesh visit on June 6 is strategically important for both countries, as well as an opportunity to counter China's growing influence in South Asia region.Bangladesh has agreed to sell off its unused submarine Internet bandwidth to India's state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for $ 1.2 million ( Rs 7.7 crores) a year.India and Bangladesh will sign a pact on sharing Internet bandwidth as a result of which the submarine cable providing Net to Bangladesh will travel to Agartala from Cox's Bazar via Brahmanbaria. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would likely take border settlement and water sharing deals to Bangladesh next month as part of his drive to erode Chinese influence in South Asia, although Dhaka is likely to remain dependant on Beijing for military equipment. India, which has had an uneasy relationship with China for decades, has long fretted over Beijing's military cooperation with its South Asian neighbours, especially Pakistan.
 It is also worried India that China is creating a so-called "string of pearls" across the Indian Ocean by funding port developments in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh. | 29-May-2015 |
| Four wanted thieves caught red handed by | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): It has nearly become impossible to leave behind an empty house. Keeping the police administration on toes, the theft incidents are increasing at Agartala in an alarming rate. Recently, police personnel of East Agartala Police station have nabbed four wanted thieves from By-Pass road along with a car on Thursday night. | 29-May-2015 |
| Honesty shows a right path: A rickshaw p | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): Society’s ray of hope still blinks when persons like Mithun Ghosh lives in this city. Ghosh is a rickshaw puller by profession from Moloynagar, Sahah Para on Friday returned Rs. 9,220 and a filled checkbook alongwith other necessary documents on Friday to Police. | 29-May-2015 |
| Trial run on June 1-3 of Agartala-Kolkat | Agartala, May 29 (TIWN / IANS) The trial run of a bus service between Agartala and Kolkata via Bangladesh will be held on June 1-3, a minister said here on Friday. | 29-May-2015 |
| Project underway to make Agartala airpor | Agartala, May 29 (TIWN / IANS) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is upgrading Agartala airport to international standards by providing world-class facilities, top official said here. | 29-May-2015 |
| Lack of doctors at Udaipur Tripurasundar | UDAIPUR, May 29 (TIWN): The aim of providing quality care to the common man has got severely hit by acute shortage of doctors and specialists at Udaipur Tripurashundari Sub-Divisional hospital. The hospital has only 3 numbers of doctors assigned for three different shifts of morning, evening, and night. | 29-May-2015 |
| Khowai : Farmers protest in fencing work | KHOWAI, May 29 (TIWN): Farmers in Khowai are going to obstruct the BSF to work in the border area, if their demands are not fulfilled soon. According to the sources, near to the Khowai Police Station in total of 927 meter areas, was given fencing, without leaving a proper gate-way opened for farmers. As a result, 40 farmers’ in total of 250 Ekar fields, which are their agricultural lands, are getting out of their range. Poor farmers have to walk more than 1 km. to reach in their destination due to lack of proper gate way system. | 29-May-2015 |
| Minister Manik Dey held discussion at He | AGARTALA/HEZAMARA, MAY 29 (TIWN): Panchayat Minister Manik Dey addressing the discussion meet at the conference hall of BAC at Hezamara stated that the main aim is to get more number of people employed in the work of MGNREGA and to give the deserving wages to the people working under the scheme of MGNREGA. He also stated that it is very important develop the block areas, for the improvement of the society. | 29-May-2015 |
| 150 farmers are deprived of agricultural | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): Fields are on the verge of devastation due lack of proper water supplying in 3 areas under Mohonpur, affecting 150 farmers, taking 500 Ekar fields. A tube well which could not be arranged by the govt. is damaging fields and as a result poor farmers are unable to continue their agriculture over that area. | 29-May-2015 |
| Discussion meet held on various developm | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): A meet was organized to discussion about the various development programs in the Poyangbari Block area at the Poyangbari Community hall. | 29-May-2015 |
| Expansion work of Agartala Airport would | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): Airport Authority of India (AAI) Chairman R K Srivastava alongwith his team arrived at Agartala on Thrusday and held a meeting with Chief Minister Manik Sarkar taking up the strategy of Agartala airport expansion work. Transport Minister Manik Dey had also attended the meeting held at secretariat building. Other Transport Dept officials of the state also remained present in the meeting. Talking to the reporters after the meeting at the civil secretariat, Srivastava said that the expansion work of the Agartala Airport would be commenced very soon.He also said the design for the expansion work of the Agartala airport would be made and consultant would be recruited soon. “We will try our best to start the expansion work as earliest as possible,†Srivastava added. However, later talking to Minister Manik Dey who had also attended the meeting on Thursday at the secretariat said, “The state govt. has asked them to take up the work as soon as possible without any further delay.â€The AAI team visited the state on Thursday to take a stock of the situation, status of land for the construction of new terminal building as per the airport expansion project.Earlier Dey said, “The AAI has not yet tendered the project work despite the state govt. here has readied the land for it.†Minister said there would not be any eviction to the additional land as there was found no habitants residing across the 4.6 acres of land. | 29-May-2015 |
| Tripura govt. unwilling to buy power fro | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): Run by North East Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO), government undertaking gas based power plant at Monarchak at Tripura Sonamura Sub division is currently facing a loss with its power production as the State Govt run Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (TSECL) is reluctant to buy power from the plant due to high power cost as compared to other power plants in Tripura.Talking to TIWN on Thursday, a highly placed source of Monarchak power plant said that the state govt. has refused to buy power from gas based power plant at Monarchak as the power cost of the plant is comparatively high than Palatana power plant.Asked about the power cost of Monarchak power plant, the official said that at present the cost is Rs. 4 per unit of power. Adding to that he said the only reason behind not buying power from Monarchak is because of high power cost.The official said on Thursday a meeting was held at New Delhi between the Union Minister of power and NEEPCO Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) P C Pankaj. TSECL CMD S K Ray had also attended the meeting on Thursday. | 28-May-2015 |
| Tripura seeks fund for NH-44 land acquis | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): State Public Work Department (PWD) Minister Badal Chowdhury attending the programme of flyover foundation stone laying ceremony demanded the central govt. to tag the concerned highway road of Kukital – Sabroom, Khowai-Aqartala, Kamalpur-Belonia corridor as National Highway as earliest as possible. He said that despite drawing the attention of the central govt. in this regard no development has been brought by the Ministry. | 28-May-2015 |
| Modi Government’s slogan of 'Acch | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): Narendra Modi led BJP Government’s slogan of “Acche Din†turns into “Bure Din†in the one year’s tenure, claimed CPI-M. Criticizing the role of Modi Government, Left Front Committee’s Chairman, Khagen Das said that during the one year reign of Modi, the claims that BJP Government calls about the welfare of the citizen affects people the most. | 28-May-2015 |
| Regularization of SSA teachers: Sarba Si | AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): The State Government’s irresponsible behavior in the matter of regularization of teachers of Sarba Siksha Abhiyan had forced the newly constructed organization namely Sarba Siksha Teachers Welfare Organisation to file case in the High Court very soon. The leaders of the organization said that despite several pleas by the teachers, State Government turns a deaf ear to the problem. | 28-May-2015 |
| Kumarghat: Case filed against Unokoti YA | KAMALPUR, MAY 29 (TIWN): In another setback for CPI-M led State Govt, a case was filed against the Deputy Director of YAS Unokoti with Kumarghat police station the day before for embezzlement of 15, 00, 000 rupees in centrally sponsored PYKKA scheme and other projects. The Physical Instructor of Kanchanbari School Tapas Datta also came under the grip of the complaint. But the Kumarghat Police Station like the Kailasahar Police Station yet not registered the case. However, the petitioner decided to inform the CM about the embezzlement in minute details shortly. | 28-May-2015 |
| Agartala-Kolkata Bus Service :Kolkata bu | AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN): Bus service from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka to commence very soon after formal inauguration at Dhaka by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 6. As part of the trial run Kolkata bus would arrive here in Agartala via Dhaka on June 2, said Minister Manik Dey on Thursday. Later another meeting is likely to be held between the Govt. of India and Bangladesh Government, he said.Talking to the reporters here at the secretariat on Thursday State Transport Minister Manik Dey informed that West Bengal Government has recently informed the state govt. issuing a letter to the Transport Secretary that they would ply a bus from Kolkata to Agartala via Dhaka as part of the trial run before the bus service commence.Dey said, “A bus bearing number WB-23D-1203 would arrive here in Agartala Akhaura Check post on June 2 from Kolkata via Dhaka as part of the trial run".The bus would start from Kolkata on June 1 with the transport officials of West Bengal along with others. It would enter Agartala Akhaura check post at 11:00 AM. Dey said that the TRTC Managing Director (MD) was asked to make all necessary arrangements to keep the Kolkata bus at its station. “Govt. of Tripura is also planning to seek permission from Govt. of India to ply a bus from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka as part of trial run,†Dey adding said that no information has come from the Govt. of India in regard of the bus service as of now. | 28-May-2015 |
| Railway Board Executive Director visits | AGARTALA, May 28 (TIWN): Ministry of Railway Board Executive Director Vivek Kumar alongwith NFR officials visited Agartala Railway Station to take stock of ongoing BG (broad gauge) expansion works of Agartala- Silchar line. Earlier Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a budget allocation of Rs.2,362.74 crore for the Northeast and promised to bring the region into the mainstream."I have allocated Rs.2,362.74 crore for the Development of North Eastern Region(DoNER). Special priority is being given to the region's development. The development process includes two visits of prime minister (Narendra Modi) and launch of important infrastructure projects. Northeastern part of the country will be brought in the mainstream," Jaitley said while presenting the union budget 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha.Ministry of Railway Board Executive Director Vivek Kumar along with his 12 members’ railway team visiting the North Eastern region to monitor the pace of Railways BG conversion infrastructure projects.Apart from 2362 crores, an extra sum of Rs.1,000 crore was also allocated for rail connectivity and Rs.2,000 crore for road connectivity in Northeastern region. | 28-May-2015 |