Archive Detail
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Rashtra Bhasha Diwas observed at Kamalpu | Kamalpur, Sept 14 (TIWN): To commemorate the adoption of Hindi as the National language on September 14, 1949, “Rashtra Bhasha Diwas†was observed today at Harer Khola High School, Kamalpur. | 14-Sep-2014 |
ICAR gives consent to establish Agricult | AGARTALA, September 14 (TIWN): Nation’s apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has given its nod for founding of a seapartae new agriculture university in Tripura, informed Tripura Agricultural Graduates Association’s General Secretary Subrata Shib. While speaking on the occasion of 43rd Annual Session of the Tripura Agricultural Graduates Association the General Secretary said that the atmosphere of the agriculture college has been bettered during past few years. | 14-Sep-2014 |
Scam exposed in Industries and Commerce | AGARTALA, September 14 (TIWN): The Tripura Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDC) suffered a massive loss of Rs. 85 lakhs in revenue and interest in the last financial year. The loss was incurred due to improper investments of funds, a highly placed source in the Department of Industries and Commerce said.The source pointed out that the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) agreed with the idea. The report was found to have said that failure of the TIDC to incorporate an appropriate clause in lease agreements for recovery of lease premium and rent at revised rates had resulted in loss of revenue of Rs. 62.20 lakhs. | 14-Sep-2014 |
TVDA holds 46th annual general conferenc | AGARTALA, September 14 (TIWN): The 46th annual general conference of Tripura Veterinary Doctors Association (TVDA) was inaugurated by minister for animal resources development department Aghore Debbarma at Matangini Pritilata Sabhagriha here today. | 14-Sep-2014 |
BSNL service breakdown in South Tripura | Sabroom, Sept 14 (TIWN): Internet services of BSNL is out of order since a week. As a result each and every Blocks under South Tripuraare badly affected .In absence of Internet service, many Blocks like Silaichari, Satchand, Poangbari, Rupaichari, Jolaibari, Rajnagar, Hrishyamukh Blocks daily works are almost stopped. Data Entry works of MGNREGA works also badly affected. Different online works are also stopped since one week. SDM Sabroom already communicated General Manager BSNL Agartala but no such steps has been taken yet by BSNL to restore service. | 14-Sep-2014 |
Government Employees Coordination Commit | AGARTALA, September 14 (TIWN): ‘Tripura Karmachari Samannay Committee’ (Tripura Government Employees Coordination Committee) today staged a sit in demonstration here near Durgabari temple. Comprising Anganwadi workers, Helpers, Home Guards, Pensioners and construction workers the coordination committee had 10 charter points of demands. | 14-Sep-2014 |
No arrangement from Transport Department | Agartala, Sep 14 (TIWN): It is mandatory to test the CNG run vehicles in the state on a regular basis as safety measure to evade combustion, said lawyer Puruswottam Roy Barman, Secretary, Tripura Human Rights Organization (THRO). | 14-Sep-2014 |
CM suggests health minister to caution d | Agartala, September 14: In an act of acknowledgement of negligence of duties by doctors serving in the Tripura Health Services, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Sunday suggested Minister for Health and Family Welfare Tapan Chakraborty to caution and sensitize medicos on their duties. | 14-Sep-2014 |
INPT to flex muscles on Monday; ILP, ADC | Agartala, September 14 (TIWN): In an attempt to regain trust in the hills, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) would hold a rally in Agartala on Monday. The party would demand eight point demands including more power to the TTAADC, direct funding to the district council authorities, allotting all government departments till the Department of Higher Education to the TTAADC authorities etc. | 14-Sep-2014 |
FCI chief meets Tripura Chief Secy, assu | Agartala, September 13 (TIWN): Food Corporation of India Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) C Vishwanath today met Chief Secretary G Kameshwara Rao and other officials of the state government as a part of the assessment across all NER states ahead of the NFR Mega Block. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Arnab's arrest : BJP & TMC demands Judic | AGARTALA,September 14 (TIWN): After 8 days since the Joint Director of School Education Department Manabendra Chakraborty lodged an FIR against Cashier Arnab Chakraborty, police succeeded to arrest him from Barasat, West Bengal. But his arrest now raises many issues that too are crucial at this moment especially in this case as it is highly unlikely that State Govt will allow the State Police to investigate independently as this may bring many of Arnab's Godfathers( both inside and outside the Govt) under the scanner. Already BJP, TMC and INC raised their doubts that state police won't be allowed to enquire matter impartially and thus truth won't be revealed. | 13-Sep-2014 |
‘No lawyer turned up for SLP at Su | AGARTALA, September 13 (TIWN): Trinamool Congress leader and veteran lawyer Arun Chandra Bhowmik today said that the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed in the Supreme Court against a verdict of the High Court of Tripura terminating 10,323 jobs of Graduate, Post Graduate and Under Graduate Teachers starting December, 2014. | 14-Sep-2014 |
Pottery heading towards extinction with | 14-Sep-2014 | |
Estimate Scam : Corruption in RD Dept Sa | Santirbanzar, Sept 13 (TIWN): Estimate scam is not new in RD Dept Santirbazar Division . Unwanted items are always included in every estimate to earn lakhs of money by few Junior Engineers and Santirbazar RD Division staffs. Few officers in all the divisions under South Tripura District are also involved for preparing such kind of unwanted estimate. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Now its turn of Ambassa : Cop seized rif | Ambassa, September 13 (TIWN):The seizing of illegal arms has suddenly become a success saga of the Police. And adding more to it, Ambassa police seized three country-made rifles from a tribal dominated habitat last night. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Education Department / RMSA Rs 5 Crore s | KOLKATA/ AGARTALA, September 13 (TIWN): Education Department’s scam fraudster Arnab Chakraborty is finally caught in the trap of police. A team of Tripura Police with the help of West Bengal Police finally succeeded to arrest him from Kolkata’s Shovabazar area on Saturday. Hopefully,the truths and other scams of Education Department will be revealed in details. As per plans, Police will bring Arnab to Agartala tomorrow morning i.e Sunday morning 7.15am flight from Kolkata after completing formalities. Police also may change plan and bring Arnab back on Monday as Police trying to catch few of his accomplices, but on 15th September Arnab Chakraborty will be produced before the court in Agartala. Arnab is still in the custody of 24 Pargana District Police. However, kingpins of this scam and Arnab’s godfathers are yet to be traced by Police in School Education Department. | 14-Sep-2014 |
High turnout in Tripura assembly byelect | Agartala, Sep 13 (TIWN / IANS) Over 88 percent of the 38,843 voters Saturday cast their ballot in the byelection to the Manu assembly seat in Tripura, officials said. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Medical seat scam: HC prepones hearing | AGARTALA, September 13 (TIWN): The High Court of Tripura would hear the case of mismanagement in medical seat distribution at the Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) on September 15 instead of September 17 as previously scheduled, court sources said.The High Court had sought reply of the Department of Medical Education on its decision of distributing seats of Medical Central Pool on the basis of reservation policy of the state in the context of a notification issued by the department stated that the seats of central pool would be distributed as per the reservation rule of state government.The decision was taken to facilitate timely completion of admission in MBBS curriculum within September 17 as prescribed by the Supreme Court of India, the source said.A division bench of High Court led by Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and SC Das earlier fixed September 17 for the final hearing. The High Court also asked to issue notice to the people interested in the case to be present in the next hearing. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Jute Mill employees facing deprivation, | Agartala, Sep 13 (TIWN): At a time when the employees of Jute Mill are going through a long-term deprivation regarding pay scale, the new office of CITU backed Jute Mill Employees’ Association was inaugurated today. | 13-Sep-2014 |
State prepares to brace diarrhea, typhoi | Agartala, September 13: After Malaria, Japanese Encephalitis and dengue, the state health department is now apprehending water borne seasonal disease to strike interior villages. The distant Primary Health Centre (PHC), Community Health Centre (CHC) and health sub-centers are already getting rising cases of diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, a highly placed source in the Department of Health and Family Welfare said. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Rebuked for using mobile phones, two gir | Agartala, September 13 (TIWN/ IANS): Two teenaged girls committed suicide after their hostel superintendent and parents rebuked them for using mobile phones, police said here Saturday. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Peaceful ballotting in Tripura assembly | Agartala, Sep 13 (TIWN /IANS) Voting for the by-election to the Manu assembly seat in southern Tripura began Saturday morning on a peaceful note with a quarter of the votes being cast in the first two hours, an official said. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Police recovered 350 litres of country | AGARTALA, September 13 (TIWN): Police recovered a total of 350 liters of country-made liquor at Bartala Bridge here today. | 13-Sep-2014 |
City gears up for the upcoming Viswakarm | AGARTALA, September 13 (TIWN): The city is all set and the stage is also in position to celebrate the Vishwakarma Puja on September 17. | 13-Sep-2014 |
UBIEU holds state level conference | AGARTALA, September 13 (TIWN): The two day long state level conference of United Bank of India Employees Union (UBIEU) Tripura State Committee was inaugurated by Minister for Information and Cultural Affairs Bhanu Lal Saha at Agartala Press Club here today. The conference will continue till September 14. | 13-Sep-2014 |
Efforts to make Party controlled Secreta | AGARTALA, September 13 (TIWN): With an attempt to hold party's supremacy over Secrets with Govt Files and Transactions, CPI(M) led Left Front Govt is initiating proccedings to keep the Secretariat staffs out of Cadre Service, said a top level official of Govt of Tripura. Already efforts are on to make a committee that will deal with all recruitments in future as far as Secretariat Service is concerned. The official remarked," This is sheer attempt on the part of the Melarmath to ensure that all staffs to be recruited in future are from Left parties wings." | 13-Sep-2014 |
Absconding Cashier Arnab's house sealed: | AGARTALA, September 13 (TIWN): TIWN investigation team found that even Minister Tapan Chakraborty, Secretary, Director were scared to take any steps against cashier Arnab Chakraborty even after the show cause notices issued by Addl Director Dilip Debbarma on 21st July, 2014 and Joint Director Manabendra Chakraborty on 5th August . Police investigation in Arnab Chakraborty's case has already revealed a scam of more than Rs 5 crore, which may even cross 10 crores in coming days. A top level police official told TIWN on Friday night, " Many cheques with fake signatures have been found which Arnab tried to produce before various banks. Presently special audit is going on Centrally sponsored RMSA fund but we haven’t got any status report yet." | 13-Sep-2014 |
Udaipur Ramesh School observed Chicago V | Udaipur, September 12 (TIWN): Two day long Chicago Vijay Divas and Teachers' Day celebration ended here in Ramesh Higher Secondary School on Friday. The programme was inaugurated by Swami Praneshwarananda of Ramkrishna Mission & Math, Tripura. The programme was presided over by the Teacher In charge Smt Sucharita Datta. This is the third year of such programme in which students and teachers contributed jointly by publication of Wall Magazine AAGAMEE and also organizing a voluntary blood donation camp and a painting exhibition on Swami Vivekanada - the Real Youth Icon of India. The programme started with the lighting of candle by Swami Praneswarananda Teacher In Charge and Gomati District Blood Bank In Charge Dr Sujit Roy. Sucharita Datta gave away the Welcome Address. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Two Tribal girls raped, killed, no arres | Agartala, September 12 (TIWN): In yet another serious question on the state’s safety and security, two teenage tribal girls were found dead near Takarjala South Higher Secondary School hostel at Takarjala. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Embezzlement of funds goes on in remote | Agartala, Sep 12 (TIWN): Embezzlement of school funds allotted for mid-day meal and other development works in schools have been going on in the remote tribal areas and a few ruling party leaders are allegedly involved in the embezzlement. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Journalist attacked by some unknown misc | Agartala, September 12 (TIWN): Unknown miscreants attacked a TV Journalist a short while ago in Agartala. He was seriously injured and taken for citiscan at GBP hospital, as advised by the doctors. | 12-Sep-2014 |
SDM Sonamura, BSF, Police joint team con | Sonamura, September 12 (TIWN): In another example of close co-ordination among Govt Depts, In two consecutive raids, substantial amounts of contraband Phensedyl Syrups, dried cannabis (ganja) and illegally stored domestic cylinders were recovered yesterday by a joint team of Sonamura Sub-Divisional Administration, 29 Battalion BSF and Kalamchowra Police Station, from Madhuban area of Sonamura-Melaghar road and Boxanagar area. | 12-Sep-2014 |
10,323 teachers termination case in Supr | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, September 12 (TIWN):10,323 teacher termination case hearing was adjourned due to the shortage of time. The next date of hearing will soon be declared by the Supreme Court. The case was first heared in the month of August. After that today i.e. 12th September is scheduled for the next hearing.Tripura High Court on May 7th issued an order for the termination of services of 10,323 teachers as the State government didn't follow the justified process for their selection. | 12-Sep-2014 |
TTAADC denounces demand of Twipraland | Agartala, Sept 12 (TIWN): The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) took charge on Indigenous Peoples Party of Twipra (IPFT) and the demand of separate statehood of Twipraland and said that such interest groups of were trying to create unrest in the state. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Two criminals arrested with pistol, bull | AGARTALA, September 12 (TIWN): Police arrested two hardcore anti-social elements from Vidhyasagar area near Hindi School with one pistol and five live bullets setting an alarm bell ahead of Durga puja. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Withdraw AFSPA from the northeast, say r | Guwahati/Shillong, Sep 12 (TIWN / IANS) Human rights organisations from different parts of the northeast states have yet again reiterated that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), giving special powers to the armed forces, should be withdrawn.A few NGOs met in a convention against the AFSPA in Guwahati Thursday and passed a resolution to mobilise people against the act and engage with other movements opposing "the draconian law". They also decided to lobby with the MPs from the region to take up the issue in parliament.The act is in force in most parts of the region. Many human rights activists and NGOs have criticised it, complaining of custodial torture, extra-judicial killings, and sexual harassment of women because of the special powers with immunity the act gives the security forces. | 12-Sep-2014 |
CAG performance audit blames state govt | AGARTALA, September 12 (TIWN): A performance audit report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said that computer education to students in schools failed due to failure to achieve targets, unfulfilled objectives and lack of monitoring.The latest report from the CAG revealed that the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) scheme implemented by the Education (School) Department till March, 2013 involved a cost of Rs. 21.90 crore.The implementation process was plagued by inordinate delay leading to non-achievement of targets, non-fulfillment of objectives, inadequate utilization, lack of monitoring, zero follow-up action on the report of NIT. | 12-Sep-2014 |
State level Science Fair 2014 begins | AGARTALA, September 12 (TIWN): The four day long state level science fair-2014 organized by state council of education research and training, government of Tripura started today at Maharani Tulsi Bati girls higher secondary school. | 12-Sep-2014 |
INPT supporters were misled to join Twip | AGARTALA, September 12 (TIWN): The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) today denied credibility to the demands of separate statehood raised by IPFT and said that the party would never support such demands. INPT supremo Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl today said that thousands of INPT supporters were made to believe that he would be present in the IPFT rally held in Agartala recently owing which the rally could exhibit a large gathering. | 12-Sep-2014 |
All set for 39 Manu(ST) Assembly By-poll | Agartala, September 12 (TIWN): All arrangements are ready for 39-Manu By-Election.Voting officers already reached to their counting halls. Police & TSR were deployed for Election duty. | 12-Sep-2014 |
TSR holds blood donation camp | AGARTALA, September 12 (TIWN): Donate Blood! Save A Life. Keeping this objective moving Tripura State Rifles 10th battalion organized a blood donation camp at Sidhi Ashram here today. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Veteran Journalist and Freedom Fighter J | Agartala, Sept 12 (TIWN): Veteran Journalist and Freedom Fighter Jiten Pal passed away at the age of 101. Minister of Information & Cultural Affairs Bhanulal Saha, Opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman, MLA Asish Saha, Gopal Roy and Social Activist Panchali Bhattacharjee went to his house and pay last tribute to this veteran leader. He is survived by one son and one daughter. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Tripura Bar Council Election: congress L | Agartala, Sept 12 (TIWN): The first round counting of the Tripura Bar Council Election votes ends with the senior lawyer Pijish Kanti Biswas of congress Legal & Human Rights department sweeping the election with a majority vote of 64. | 12-Sep-2014 |
NFSM irregularities in Kamalpur | Kamalpur, Sept 12 (TIWN): NFSM a flagship scheme of the Central Govt. aimed to provide guaranteed food to the citizens has turned into nightmare here at Kamalpur for alleged extreme political nepotism in the selection of beneficiaries. Gram Panchayats and the Nagar Panchayat are selecting beneficiaries solely on the basis of political identity.It may be mentioned here that, alongwith the whole country the National Food Security Act is being implemented shortly in the state. For this the selection of beneficiaries is on at full swing. Interestingly, the ruling party is solely influencing the producer in favour of their party. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Education Dept RMSA Scam over 5 crores: | AGARTALA, September 12 (TIWN): Over the years Arnab Chakraborty has succeeded to create an image of him in the department that he has very close links with Melarmath boss and top level persons in the State Govt. Utilizing this influence Arnab has been dealing his official works over telephonic instructions given from Kolkata. | 12-Sep-2014 |
Health minister admits delay in Govt rea | Agartala, September 11 (TIWN): Health and Family Welfare minister Badal Choudhury today admitted that delay in reacting to the malaria outbreak caused fatal damage to the control mechanism. “We fell short of proper information from the grass root level during the initial phase of the outbreak. We have always admitted that the intensity of the outbreak could have been avoided if we could have reacted in proper timeâ€, Choudhury said. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Manu by-polls : Indo-Bangla border seale | AGARTALA, September 11 (TIWN): The Indo-Bangla international border was sealed from Thursday as a part of the standard security measure ahead of the by-election at 39 Manu assembly constituency. CRPF and other central para-military forces are holding foot-patrols and mobile-patrols in the Manu assembly constituency area, Border Security Forces (BSF) jawans were set on high alert, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashutosh Jindal said. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Excessive expenditure of Rs 2 crores on | Agartala, September 11 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, known for his Spartan lifestyle and extreme low assets, spent over Rs. 1.95 crore for his personal security in the last financial year. The figures rested at Rs. 1.60 crores in 2012. Highly placed sources in the state police said that the expenses are further on the rise in the current financial year. A highly placed source in the state police today said that the Chief Minister, known for his nationally acclaimed poverty and Spartan lifestyle, was increasingly growing paranoid of security threat possibilities since the past five years. | 11-Sep-2014 |
New Suspense burst out of scam of Educat | AGARTALA, September 11 (TIWN): New suspense broke out involving the scam of Education Department / RMSA. Police had successfully seized the seven bank accounts of the absconded cashier, Arnab Chakraborty.. The amount stored in those accounts will be nearly 4 crores - says the Investigative Officer SDPO Sanjay Biswas.Speaking to TIWN Mr. Biswas informed that the 7 accounts of accused Cashier of Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA) were seized by the police. Total near four crore rupees has been recovered. Still the Police hoped that the information of other accounts will soon be uncovered by Police. The State Bank of India and Tripura State Co-operative Bank had extended their helping hands towards the Police and Authorities. | 11-Sep-2014 |
Termination case of 10,323 teachers agai | Agartala, September 11 (TIWN): The fate of 10,323 teachers again led in the court on Friday tomorrow. Earlier in the month of August the Supreme Court had issued a stay order in the termination of teachers. The question arises now is whether Supreme Court raise a new ray of hope for these teachers or they will dissolve in the dark night on next hearing ? | 11-Sep-2014 |