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Woman jumps off GB hospital, serious Agartala, Aug 19,(TIWN) Mental agony. And this has led to the ‘attempt’. 19-Aug-2013
INPT to march for Raj Bhavan Agartala, Aug 19,(TIWN) Indigenous National Party of Twipra (INPT) will expedite the Raj Bhavan on the coming September 28.This decision has been taken in the extended convention of the party, sources said. 19-Aug-2013
Central Committee meets in Dec, at Agart Agartala, Aug 19, (TIWN) For the first time in the political-graph of the state, this ‘indicator’ will come into picture. 19-Aug-2013
BSF and BGB initiative on Global Warming Agartala, Aug 18 (TIWN) Instead of gifts and sweets, Indian and Bangladeshi border guards have exchanged saplings to green the areas that they guard, and mark India's Independence Day 18-Aug-2013
Eviction drive by AMC Agartala, Aug 17, (TIWN) The Agartala Municipal Council is on an eviction drive to demolish illegal building within the City. Last Friday, nearly 30 building and construction were demolished at Dim Sagar area under the West Agartala police station. 17-Aug-2013
State NIT Director to leave chair Agartala, Aug 17, (TIWN) The Director of Tripura NIT has been ‘sacked’ from his chair. Professor P. K. Basu issued numerous orders to post his ‘loyal’ persons in different key position in the institute. 17-Aug-2013
Tripura Government writes to MHRD Agartala, Aug 17, (TIWN) the state government has written letter to the Union Minister for Human Resource Development seeking relaxation of norms in relation to Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) and recruitment of under graduate teacher in the School Education department. 17-Aug-2013
Bangladesh War Movies Festival in Tripur Agartala, Aug 16 (TIWN) A three-week long Bangladesh film festival will begin in Tripura capital Agartala Sunday depicting the neighbouring country's liberation struggle of 1971, a Tripura minister said here Friday. 16-Aug-2013
Agartala to have the first fly-over Agartala, Aug 13, (TIWN) The conceptual plan of fly-over is scheduled to be on table by first week of September. If this happens, this would be a mega ‘Puja gift’ for citizens of the state. 16-Aug-2013
Mizoram CM praises people for state†Aizawl, Aug 15 (TIWN) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalthanhawla, on the occasion of Independence Day, Thursday praised the people for helping maintain peace in the state. 15-Aug-2013
Blast in Assam, one injured Guwahati, Aug 15 (TIWN) Suspected Bodo militants belonging to NDFB (Sangbijit faction) Thursday tried to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations in Assam by triggering blasts in which one person was injured, police said. 15-Aug-2013
Rains end I-Day event in 10 minutes Agartala, Aug 15 (TIWN) Heavy rains Thursday ended the Independence Day celebrations in Tripura in just 10 minutes, with Chief Minister Manik Sarkar finishing his speech in a record two minutes. 15-Aug-2013
Mizoram CM praises people for state†Aizawl, Aug 15 (TIWN) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalthanhawla, on the occasion of Independence Day, Thursday praised the people for helping maintain peace in the state. 15-Aug-2013
Blast mars I-Day celebrations in Manipur Imphal, Aug 15 (TIWN) A powerful bomb blast Thursday marred the Independence Day celebrations in northeastern state of Manipur, as Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh appealed for peace in the state. 15-Aug-2013
Blast in Assam, one injured Guwahati, Aug 15 (TIWN) Suspected Bodo militants belonging to NDFB (Sangbijit faction) Thursday tried to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations in Assam by triggering blasts in which one person was injured, police said. 15-Aug-2013
Independence Day in Tripura Agartala, Aug 15 (TIWN) Incessant rain led to cancellation of Independence Day programme in Agartala. 16-Aug-2013
Free bicycles to boost women's education Agartala, Aug 14 (TIWN) Left Front government in Tripura would give free bicyles to 50,000 poor girl students in a bid to boost women's education and reduce the school-dropout rate, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Wednesday. 15-Aug-2013
Two more markets on Indo-Bangla borders Agartala, Aug 14 (TIWN) Two more "border haats" (bazars or markets) will be set up this year end along the India-Bangladesh border to boost local trade and people-to-people contacts between the two countries, a Tripura minister said Tuesday. 15-Aug-2013
World's best Gas-yielding zone in Tripur Agartala, Aug 14 (TIWN) India’s northeastern state of Tripura has possibly the world's highest success rate when it came to yielding natural gas, a top official of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) said Wednesday. "ONGC has been striking gas in one out of every two wells drilled in Tripura, while the average ratio worldwide is one out of every three wells," ONGC’s group general manager Ved Prakash Mahawar said. 17-Aug-2013
Rainfall may affect crops Agartala, Aug 13 (TIWN) Rainfall is inadequate and so the Kharif crops may be damaged, sources from Agricultural department of the state, said today. 14-Aug-2013
Chicken pox spreading at remote village Agartala, Aug 13, (TIWN) Number of people have been attacked by Chicken pox and fever in one of the remotest parts of the state. Few villages of the Gandacherra sub-division are facing this issue. 14-Aug-2013
Rs 300 Crore Released for Railway in Tri Agartala, Aug 13, (TIWN) Central Railway Ministry sanctioned a fund of Rs.300 for conversion of railway line from Lumding to Badarpur.This is another way ahead,where railway in North-Eastern part of the country is concerned. 14-Aug-2013
Tripura govt infrastructure enlarging Agartala, Aug 13, (TIWN) At least 13 new blocks and four Nagar Panchayats are coming up in the state. Decentralizing the entire administration is the main aim, behind this Cabinet decision. 14-Aug-2013
Nayanbasi sent back to ‘home†Agartala, Aug 12 (TIWN) Supreme of the almost defunct National Liberation Front of Tripura(NLFT), Nayanbasi Jamatia, has been sent to Teliamura for treatment. 13-Aug-2013
E-Service starts; Tripura lawyers happy Agartala, Aug 12 (TIWN) The official website of the High Court of Tripura was unveiled and a Cyber Forensic lab was also inaugurated at the Court premises on last Saturday. 13-Aug-2013
Tripura’s first woman minister di Agartala, Aug 12 (TIWN) Tripura’s first woman Cabinet Minister and senior Congress leader Basana Chakraborty died at her Joynagar residence after a pro-longed illness at the age of 84. She breathed her last at around 10 pm, last Saturday. 16-Aug-2013
Bangladesh freedom fighters to look for Agartala (TIWN) : Freedom fighters from Bangladesh will visit the Indian state of Tripura to locate graveyards in the northeastern state where soldiers of the 1971 Liberation War were buried, officials of the two countries announced here Friday. 12-Aug-2013
Some Tripura royals had tried for merger Agartala : A section in the then ruling Tripura royal family had tried to merge the northeastern princely state with East Pakistan, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar revealed here recently. 12-Aug-2013
BSF helps children with cleft lips smile Agartala (TIWN) : Its personnel guard the borders in rain and shine. Now the Border Security Force (BSF) is touching the lives of people in the east and northeast in a rather unique way - by teaming with the Indian branch of a US-based medical NGO to treat children with cleft lips and palates to bring smiles to them. 12-Aug-2013
Transporting food grain for northeast In Agartala (TIWN): Transporting food grain for the mountainous northeastern states of India via Bangladesh will soon begin, and the first consignment is expected to reach Tripura within the next two months, officials here said. 12-Aug-2013
Tripura shrinks scope of AFSPA Agartala (TIWN): The Tripura government recently reduced the area under which a stringent law that gives sweeping powers to paramilitary troopers could be deployed, a top official said. 12-Aug-2013
Imphal, Agartala airports to go internat Agartala (TIWN) : Imphal airport in Manipur would soon be notified as an international airport while Agartala airport in Tripura would have international standards by 2015, a top official said here. 12-Aug-2013
Digital village - Government at people's Agartala (TIWN) : Thirty-eight-year-old Abinash Das is excited. From his doorstep he will soon be able to get any government certificate and permit within an hour and will also be able to file a police complaint - thanks to the government's Rs.20,000 crore "digital village" project that will eventually cover all the 250,000 gram panchayats. 12-Aug-2013