Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Gambling racket unearthed : 5 caught red | UDAIPUR, Aug 3 (TIWN): A gambling racket along with illegal liquor selling business has been unearthed at Udaipur on Thursday. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| 2 yrs baby drowns, dies | UDAIPUR, Aug 3 (TIWN): A two years baby has died by drowning in a pond on Thursday at Udaipur. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| Bangladeshi held in Tripura with gold | Agartala, Aug 3 (TIWN / IANS) Security personnel at the Agartala airport seized 1.20 kg of gold worth Rs 30 lakh from a Kolkata-bound Bangladeshi youth on Thursday, police said. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| Media-pressure led Health Dept Officials | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): After 48 hours of passage finally Tripura Health Dept Officials have visited the SSA teachers on Thursday to check their health condition, out of media pressure. However, asking the teachers they have strongly condemned Tapan Chakraborty's statement of Wednesday evening via a press conference. Whereas the Minister said that many states couldn't regularize the SSA teachers, the teachers said, "This is a total lie as the states those had asked the Central Govt to regularize the teachers, they have given permission and all states have regularized the teachers who crossed 5 years of their jobs. As per MHRD guidelines also state govt is bound to regularize the teachers". But surprisingly, no Education Dept official had visited the teachers who are sitting at hunger strike in Paradise Chowmuhani. The teachers also raised question, why Bhanulal Saha told the Central Govt and also in press conference that 'many teachers are paid on regular basis' ? | 03-Aug-2017 |
| Bangladeshi thief arrested, one escaped | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): One Kalu Mia was arrested in theft case, whereas his partner Anuara Hossain has managed to escape from police's hand. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| 43rd BJP Central Minister to visit Tripu | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): After Modi Govt came in power before 3 years already 42 central ministers had visited in Tripura. Now, on Aug-7 when Tripura Ex-Trinamool leaders will join in BJP , Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Kr. Pradhan and other BJP leaders to remain present. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| Indo-Bangla smuggling via Tripura at hig | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): Increasing Indo-Bangla smuggling cases have become rampant via Tripura as once again Airport officials have arrested one Bangladeshi with 40 pieces of gold on Thursday. The suspected person is a Bangladeshi citizen identified as Shah Alam. Alam was moving from Tripura to Kolkata via SpiceJet but during luggage checking the hidden gold pieces kept inside his luggage had been identified by SpiceJet employees. The SpiceJet was scheduled to leave at 10.10 AM numbered SG-277 that had arrived from Kolakta at 9.40 AM. A tension had emerged when SpiceJet workers caught the bag red handed and officials were questioning why he was bearing the gold. Airport police has rushed to the spot and the inquiry is going on. Most entrances of Bangladeshis are happening via Sonamura mostly. A source said that the 9 KM unfenced area has been a major reason behind illegal entrances, whereas legally people comes via Srimantapur checkpost. The source also alleged that there mafias the deal with the export-import mainly. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| Northeast India receives uneven rains | Agartala/Guwahati, Aug 3 (TIWN / IANS) The mountainous northeast India has so far experienced uneven monsoon rains even as Assam and other northeastern states witnessed flood fury, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| Arunachal CM to address 15000 BJP ST sup | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu to address Tripura ST BJP supporters on August 9, BJP Office said. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Section 144 has been extended for more 2 | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): Section 144 has again been extended for next 24 hours at Bodhjung Nagar on Thursday, said SP West Abhijit Saptarshi to TIWN. On Thursday 10 AM the Section 144's enforcement has completed 48 hours, whereas more 24 hours has been added for safety of the locals and only after inspecting the situation Section-144 will be withdrawn. Total four cases has been lodged against Bodhjung Nagar incident occurred on Tuesday morning : one case is from the industrialists whose industries, properties were burnt and damaged, another is for spreading rumour about the kidnapping of the women including Rabindra Debbarma. There are also cases about injuries, damages done by the people and search is going on who had spread the violence via whatsApp and Facebook. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| Police browsing on the rumourists : SP W | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): Strict actions to be taken against the the people who helped to spread rumours about Mallika Tripura’s kidnapping. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| IPFT’s organized violence : 12 mi | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): Election bound Tripura witnessing massive organized violence due to CPI-M Govt’s stern actions as IPFT’s unruly hooligans yet to face a single bullet from security forces even though a dozen of naked IPFT apes blocked Tripura’s lifeline NH-8 for 10 days successfully. In Bodhjungnagar arson & violence, total 10 persons (majority IPFT supporters, few CPI-M cadres) have been sent for jail custody and one Rabindra Debbarma have kept in police custody, whereas one person was released by court on Wednesday for being juvenile. TIWN spoke with SP West Abhijit Saptarshi and as per SP West, Police is taking strict actions and also total four cases had been registered linked with the Bodhjung Nagar incident, said Saptarshi. | 03-Aug-2017 |
| NC Debbarma accuses CPI-M's student wing | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): IPFT leader N C Debbarma condemned Tripura Police's claim of IPFT's attack at Bodhjung Nagar PS. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Inglorious welcome of Team Sudip in BJP | AGARTALA, Aug 3 (TIWN): At last date of 6 Ex-TMC MLAs has been fixed and this time Central BJP does not seem to be interested in giving this joining programme a historic one . An authicated sources in the state BJP confirmed TIWN over phone on Wednesday night that the joining of the 6MLAs popularly known as Sudip brigade will be held in front of Rabindra Bhaban . And thus it will be like an ordinary political rally not the one held in Vivekananda Ground in presence of TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee when the same Sudip brigade joined TMC . This time it is almost certain that Union Petroleum Minister (MoS) Dhamendra Pradhan will address the rally on behalf of BJP to welcome the 6MLAs in BJP . It is to be mentioned here that earlier rumors were spread by a section of Sudip's lobby that BJP National President Amit Shah will remain present in a hiatoric rally to be held in the Vivekananda Ground to welcome these MLAs . But after the date and venue has been fixed in Delhi it becomes clear that it won't be such a historic rally as it was campaigned . | 03-Aug-2017 |
| Tapan refutes SSA teachers' allegation, | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty has finally dumped the regularization of SSA teacher's issue to the Central Govt. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Ex-TMC MLAs joining on Aug-7 | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (TIWN): Ex-Triamool MLAs of Tripura will join on Aug -7 in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in front of Rabindra Bhawan. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Birjit meets Hunger Strikers | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): PCC Chief Birjit Sinha has met the SSA teachers on Wednesday who are holding hunger strike since 2 days. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| SSA teachers write letter to Prime Minis | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): Volte faced CPI-M Govt's cold response to SSA teachers hunger strike since two days, in a move for solution the SSA teachers have written letters to the Prime Minister asking central govt's intervention to the complex SSA teachers' issue of Tripura about regularization. In the meanwhile, the SSA teachers also sent a letter to the Governor of Tripura Tathagata Roy depicting about the deprivation done by the state govt. In the letter the SSA teachers informed the Prime Minister as well as MHRD and Governor about the hunger strike conducting by them. In the letter the agitators said, "We have been sitting in Hunger Strike till death at Orient Chowmuhani from Aug-1st, 2017 for regularization of SSA teaching and non-teaching staffs. On last 25 July we have met with the state Project Director, Tripura Rajya Mission to place our charter demands with proper documents in favour of regularization. But the Dept doesn't take any proper decision in favour of our regularization demand. That is why we are compelled to sit in hunger strike till death at Orient Chowmuhani, Agartala". | 02-Aug-2017 |
| CPI-M protests against IPFT attack | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): CPI-M has organized a protest rally at Agartala condemning against the IPFT barbaric attack held at Bodhjung Nagar issuing a rumour. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Krishna temples decorated for Jhulan Yat | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): Krishna temples across the state is being decorated for Jhulan-Yatra. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Why No medical aid for Hunger Strikers ? | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): A total 44 SSA teachers have been continued their hunger strike on day 2 with a huge response from the SSA teachers working across the Govt schools. Total 44 teachers are in strike, whereas many SSA teachers are coming to meet them and delivering speeches to encourage them. But surprisingly, the role of Tripura Govt is just empty here. Talking to the strikers demonstrating at Paradise Chowmuhani, they alleged neither any political party members nor any govt official has been visited there eventhough the strike was held amid the full knowledge of the state govt. Minimum health service or visit of a doctor is expected when public are in hunger strike. But instead of doing that rather rumours are spreading that the hunger strikers are eating full plate foods, whereas SSA teachers have been seating for day-night on the spot. There are 44 people who are having no food since 2 days, but no govt official bothered to meet the SSA teachers even though their demands are truthful. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| 11 month long disrespect of Supreme Cour | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): It has been long 11 months that Tripura Govt is not paying the unpaid wages to the employees and pensioner even after Supreme Court's verdict. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Water Crisis : Sonamura-Agartala road bl | SONAMURA, Aug 2 (TIWN): In demand of drinking water facility, locals blocked Agartala-Sonamura way at Ranga Matia area on Wednesday. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Rain brings relief from extreme heat | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): Rain has certainly brought reliefs from the extreme temperature on Wednesday, however disrupting the normal lives to some extend at Agartala. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| CPI(ML) places deputation to DM Gomati | UDAIPUR, Aug 2 (TIWN): Tripura State Committee representative from CPI(ML) has placed deputation to Gomati Dist DM Ravel Hemendra Kumar. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| BJP blocks road | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): In demand of a road repairing , BJP has blocked road in the capital city. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| MLAs yet to meet Amit Shah : ‘Conv | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): After one day has been passed the Trinamool left MLAs couldn’t meet Amit Shah till now, said MLA Asish Saha to TIWN on Tuesday afternoon. “We will tell media once the meeting is done. Right now conversation and meeting on issues are going onâ€, said Saha over phone. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Is CPI-M in Tripura preparing the ground | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN) : Almost seven months still away when the Assembly Poll in Tripura is likely to be held . But pre-poll violence seems to have already started with back to back killing and attack on opposition party workers and leaders are being targeted in as many ways as the ruling party can . Opposition BJP has already placed the demand before the Centre to declare the state as Disturbed Area and this demand has sent CPI-M to a bit back foot . There is no denying of the fact that at present anti-incumbency factor in very high and if BJP can cash on it , it may create by removing the CPI-M from power . And with so much corruption , massive fund looting , break down of law and order and violence against women becoming an everyday affair , CPI-M is now under tremendous threatof losing the power in the state. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Raid at Agartala Muslim Guest house in m | AGARATALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Police arrived at Melarmath Office Lane’s Moulana Abul Kalam Azad Guest House on Tuesday night 11.30 PM. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| CPI-M's mass deprivation, Central Fund l | AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): CPI-M’s organized Central Fund looting, mass deprivations forced SSA teachers to continue ‘hunger strike till death’. Eventhough media focus had turned towards Bodhjunagar on Tuesday and media didn’t stand beside the SSA teachers for long, even some popular TV channels didn't mention about SSA teachers for a second too but the spirit of the SSA teachers remained high. When people at home had glued on their TV sets for IPFT cadres Bodhjung Nagar rampage but many senior citizens were spotted discussing about SSA hunger strikers future after long deprivation. Many common people gathered at Orient Chowmuhani to hear the plea of the SSA teachers and across the Orient Chowmuhani area public kept focus and joined the hunger strikers to support them morally. CPI-M’s 24 years long deprivation in education sector, denying regularization payscales even after State Govt regularized SSA teachers on paper for fetching Central funds, finally forced SSA teachers to undertake this extreme step of ‘hunger strike till death’. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| IPFT's barbaric politics cause chaos in | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): After SP West Abhijit Saptarshi's media briefing it's clear that it was none other than the barbaric IPFT political party caused the mass violence, whereas centering whom (Mallika Devi Tripura) the violence developed, she has fully denied to have been kidnapped by anyone. Mallika has also confirmed media that she was not kidnapped. However police will investigate where she was on yesterday night and how she went to her brother's house. SP Abhijit Saptarshi said, "IPFT supporters since yesterday night was gathering here and spreading rumours via social media and alteast 300 to 400 violent youths are hired to gather here. IPFT supporters were bearing rods, sticks and we had been requesting them to allow us to work, but they didn't follow Police instruction". | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Truth : IPFT's activity was worse than t | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): At the end of the day's tension and panic it has been known that Mallika Devi Tripura is safe and nobody kidnapped here at all. Tripura police met her in the afternoon and she told police that nothing happened as 'claimed' by the protesters. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Hunger Strike Day 1 : What stopping Trip | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): SSA teachers deeply believe that once central govt is asked by Tripura Govt to regularize the contractual teachers, it will surely permit for it. But in such a sitaution, what is stopping the Tripura Govt to raise the demand to the centre ?, the SSA teachers said on the 1st day of hunger strike. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| 30 Tripura policemen injured in attack b | Agartala, Aug 1 (TIWN / IANS) Over 30 policemen were injured in Tripura on Tuesday when activists of a tribal party attacked them, alleging a woman has been abducted, the police said. | 02-Aug-2017 |
| Passing out parade ceremony programme of | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): With the completion 10-month long of different indoor and outdoor training, passing out parade of Cadet Sub-Inspectors (2nd batch) of Tripura police was concluded at Police Training Academy ground here on Thursday. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Deodhar compares Tripura Govt with 'Gabb | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Comparing with Sholay movie's Gabbar Singh, Tripura BJP State Observer Sunil Deodhar said, "Like Gabbar Singh, Tripura Govt takes commission from everything". | 01-Aug-2017 |
| How Manik's lameduck Police turn Hercule | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Tripura CPI-M controlled Police Force has been never given power to take action in time even during IPFT led National Highway Blockade, how overnight they became so powerful, question raised after Budhjung Nagar incident. Although police has claimed that the tension was since yesterday night, but even when a fire breaking incident took place at Budhjung Nagar R S Foam industries (on Monday night) media had visited those areas and the scenario was quite peaceful. On Tuesday's protest by tribal community had begun when they just gheraoed the police station but immediately TSR, Police at huge number had been deployed with full power given to them. The lathi charges that held by police was also more than the need, TIWN reported. On the other hand, when media wanted to talk to the victim families, they didn't allow media to talk with them. Moreover, SP Abhijit Saptarshi has accused IPFT behind this chaos, whereas no IPFT leader was seen on the spot. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| One convicted for hurling attack on Gov | UDAIPUR, Aug 1 (TIWN): LD. Judicial Magistrate 1ST Class Court No-03, Udaipur, Gomati Tripura, has convicted 01 (One) accused person namely Tapan Das(43) S/o Lt. Laxmi Charan Das of Murapara, PS R.K Pur , Gomati District, U/S- 353/447 IPC. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Tripura SSA teachers begin 'Hunger Strik | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): With a massive faceloss for Tripura Govt, SSA teachers have sat in hunger strike demanding their regularization-notification on Tuesday. While sitting in hunger strike the teachers said that they are ready to die for their demands. The main question they raised was, why instead of showing them regular to the central govt, the notification has not been released officially to the teachers ? A huge number of hunger strikers have sat in strike demanding for their rights. Addressing the press meet, the teachers informed that SSA teachers have already been regularized whereas the notification kept hidden by Tripura Finance Dept, with its ill motive of drawing regular salary of the teachers from centre. However, with valid documents SSA teachers disclosed that they have been regularized in 2015 already and that was accepted by the finance minister Bhanulal Saha when central govt asked the state govt to give details about regular paid salaries. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Total 90 lakhs farmers’ relaxed f | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Amid hitting allegations brought by Congress, CPI-M against Modi govt for being anti-poor, anti-farmer party, BJP national leader Binod Sankar said at Agartala atleast 90 lakhs of farmers loans have been relaxed by the BJP Govt after it came in power. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Why 'stone' comes in protest ? | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Tripura youths have developed a fashion to use stone like Kashmiri youths that leads huge problem for troops to control the situation. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| BJP buying voters in Tripura: CPI-M | New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) As many as 33 lakh new taxpayers have been added to the tax net post demonetisation, parliament was informed on Tuesday. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Rural roads left pathetic | SONAMURA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Dilapidated roadway has turned lives miserable of 200 people at Kalamkhet, Sonamura. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Lathicharge, Tear-gas after mass attack | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Police, TSR controlled the situation by lathi charge and tear gas after the angry mass attacked the police with stones and sticks in hands. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| Woman Missing : Angry mass attack Police | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Tension has erupted at Budhjung Nagar on Tuesday when local people have attacked on police and gheraoed Budhjung Nagar Police Station. The angry locals' attack upon police left some police personnel injured at there. Immediately around 250 TSR jawans and police have been deployed there, but when the attack was turning violent police controlled the situation with tear gas. Talking to Bodhjun Nagar police station official, she mentioned that police high officials including DIG, SP are on the spot and nothing can be said now about the actual cause of the incident and why such circumstances aroused. However, TIWN on the spot was complained by angry mobs that a couple yesterday went to TRS camp with TSR Rabindra Debbarma. But after coming at Rajarbag area there was a clash and later the wife has been missing. Asking police about that, they remained tightlipped and said, 'nothing can be said right now'. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| PM announces Rs 2,000 crore to combat no | Guwahati, Aug 1 (TIWN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced Rs 2,000 crore for northeastern states to deal with the damage caused by recent floods that killed 76 persons in Assam and affected millions. | 01-Aug-2017 |
| CPI-M's Mega Education Scam : SSA teache | AGARTALA, July 31 (TIWN): With a major jolt Tripura SSA teachers on Monday has revealed biggest scam, in a press conference held in the afternoon ahead of 'Hunger Strike till Death' that will be staged by SSA teachers from tomorrow morning 10 AM. Addressing the press meet, the teachers informed that SSA teachers have already been regularized whereas the notification kept hidden by Tripura Finance Dept, with its ill motive of drawing regular salary of the teachers from centre. However, with valid documents SSA teachers disclosed that they have been regularized in 2015 already and that was accepted by the finance minister Bhanulal Saha when central govt asked the state govt to give details about regular paid salaries. In an RIT filed in 2015 Jyoti Pahwa, Under Secretary to the Govt of India said in the No. F. - 7/ 2016-EE.B, "SSA funds for salary is provided for regular and contract teachers as informed by the State". | 01-Aug-2017 |