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Food Corporation of India CMD to visit s | Agartala, September 08: Food Corporation of India (FCI) Chairman & Managing Director C Vishwanath would be visiting the state on September 12 to discuss foodgrain induction into the state post mega block of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) scheduled to set in from October 01 this year, official sources said. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Our goal is to achieve 100 percent liter | AGARTALA, September 8 (TIWN): Our goal is to achieve 100 percent literacy and we would attain that very soon, said Chief Minister Manik Sarkar at a function to mark the International Literacy Day-2014 at Nazrul Kalashetra here this afternoon. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Tripura to create elephant reserve at ow | AGARTALA, September 8 (TIWN): To arrest men-elephant conflict in foothills, Tripura government okays the plan to develop an elephant reserved spreading over 123.84 sqkm forest in Baramura and Debtamura hill ranges in south-eastern part of the state.The council of ministers recently has cleared the policy nod to establish the elephant corridor at it’s own funding after formulating strategy with all stakeholders, officials said here on Monday.Tripura has been persuading for an elephant conservation corridor at Atharamura-Baramura-Debtamura ranges but the amendment of Wildlife Protection Act 2003 has prevented the move. | 08-Sep-2014 |
CMO Gomati threatens to quit regarding s | UDAIPUR, September 8 (TIWN): Under severe criticism from from all corners regarding the shifting of Gomati District Hospital to Tepania from Tripura Sundari Hospital , Chief Medical Officer Dr Nirumohan Jamatia is learnt to be feeling guilty for not being able to do anything due to the one sided and simply dictatorial attitude of Medical Super Dr Debasish Roy. CMO is so much insulted and humiliated at this that he even threatens to quit his job. It is to be mentioned that District Hospital was shifted to Tepania as per State govt decision. But on 3rd September all on a sudden 151 patients had been discharged from Tripura Sundari Hospital under MS Dr Debasish Roy's instruction. | 08-Sep-2014 |
World Physiotherapy Day celebrated at Ag | AGARTALA, September 8 (TIWN): A huge rally was organized by Department of Physiotherapy, Tripura Institute of Paramedical Science (TIPS) to celebrate World Physiotherapy Day-2014 on the theme of fit to take part at Agartala here today. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Manu by-election: Election duty voters t | Agartala, September 8 (TIWN): Election Duty Voters (EDV) would be casting their postal ballot votes at a PB facilitation centre at the office of Returning Officer (RO) in Sabroom on Tuesday, Tripura Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashutosh Jindal said. | 08-Sep-2014 |
OTPC Palatana Unit-II : BHEL targets 3r | PALATANA, UDAIPUR ,September 8 (TIWN): After getting preliminary assurance from ONGC about Gas Supply to Unit-II of 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine(CCGT) Thermal Power plant of OTPC, BHEL officials are now targeting to start the trial run from the 3rd week of September. A BHEL official told TIWN on Sunday night," Already some of our Technical Experts have started to arrive in Palatana. We are hopeful to start trial run by the 3rd week of this month." However, he said that the final decision is likely to be taken on next week. It is to be mentioned that ONGC has recently installed a 16 inch pipeline to supply gas to Unit-II in Palatana. However, to start the trial run of Unit-II the shutdown in Unit-I is a must. | 08-Sep-2014 |
11.72 Lakhs Cheque Fraud Scam Cashier ab | AGARTALA, September 8 (TIWN Exclusive): TRIPURAINFOWAY.com back to back news on CM and CS book purchasing scam in fact rocked the very foundation of 'Organized Corruption' inside School Education Department. In order to prove CM 'Clean' top officials of School Education Dept have learnt to have been instructed from Melarmath to unearth the person who leaked the confidential matters to TIWN. On Sunday night an official close to Melarmath told TIWN over phone, " Two gazzeted officers known as 'Chakraborty Bothers' are now working as conduit between CM's Office and School Education Department." The situation has come to such that even Director P K Chakraborty is now under the scanner of Melarmath as Director himself is being suspected closely involved with a huge scam of more than Rs 1.39 crore under RMSA funds. | 08-Sep-2014 |
IM planned strikes during festivals: Pol | New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Terror group Indian Mujahideen planned to carry out attacks in Delhi and other states during the upcoming festivals, a key IM operative arrested from Uttar Pradesh has revealed, police said Sunday. | 07-Sep-2014 |
South Tripura : Srinagar H.S School Stud | Sabroom, Sept 8 (TIWN): Teachers lacking in most of the Classes of Srinagar HS School under Manu Sabroom Sub division. Moreover 8 teachers already transferred recently. Students are protesting through poster and slogan in the school campus. They want administration and the local leaders to improve their standard of education. Students said if the administration fails to provide teachers or stay the transfer order of those 8 teachers, then the students will boycott their school classes for long. Moreover teachers day was not observed in this School. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Poll campaign for Manu By-election reach | Agartala, September 8 (TIWN): The poll campaign for the upcoming Manu By-Election will be ended soon which will be going to conducted on 13th September. In the meantime six political parties had submitted their nominations to contest for the Manu by-election doing the round. All 46 polling stations spread across 38 locations in the constituency are currently undergoing vulnerability assessment. Six companies of central armed police forces would be deployed for maintaining law and order and security in the forthcoming by-election of Manu. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Anti-Polythene Bag operation : Tripura S | Agartala, September 8 (TIWN):Tripura State Pollution Control Board on Monday conducted the anti polythene bag raid in Marajganj Bazar. Today under the leadership of Dr.Das the Board raided at Golbazar shops to seize polythene bags. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Haj Yatris from Tripura leave for Mecca | Agartala, September 8 (TIWN): Haj Yatris from Tripura left for their religious journey on Monday. The total members in the group are 84. Amongst them 60 are male members and 24 are female members. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Science fair at Belonia inspires young i | Belonia, Sept 8 (TIWN): 3 day South Tripura District Level Science fair is inaugurated today at 11.30 by Sabhadhipati Sri Himanshu Roy. Chief Guest MLA Sri Basudev Majumder at Belonia Town Hall. District Magistrate Debasish Basu,IAS, Hrishyamukh Chairman Sri Asish Dutta ,BC Nagar Chairman Sri Nirmal Bhowmik ,Rajnagar Chairperson Smt Ratna rani Das was also attended as Special guest. Municiplitity Chairperson Dipankar Sen was in chair. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Cabinet Secretary to interact with Tripu | AGARTALA, September 8 (TIWN): Cabinet secretary Ajit Kumar Seth would be holding video-conference with chief secretaries of Assam, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura on September 11 to discuss about foodgrain requirement, induction status and plans to be adopted during the NFR mega block slated to commence from October 01, official sources said. | 08-Sep-2014 |
CPI (M) tribal students, youth wings opp | AGARTALA, September 7 (TIWN): The Tribal Students Union (TSU) and Tribal Youth Federation (TYF) today protested separate statehood demands of IPFT of Twipraland model and said that the political party was trying to create unrest in the state. Addressing a press conference at Agartala this afternoon, TYF president Pranab Debbarma said that the organization would launch a mass movement on September 10 against the demand of separate statehood from inside the state. | 08-Sep-2014 |
NDA Govt failed to fulfill promises, say | AGARTALA, September 7 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today lambasted the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the centre and said that the new government had failed to fulfill all its promises that propelled it to power. Speaking at a rally organized by the Tripura Motor Sramik Union at Agartala this afternoon, Chief Minister Sarkar said that the first hundred days of Narendra Modi government were as disillusioning as ever. “People voted for Narendra Modi and his party in an exceptional juncture of history when there were rampant incidents of corruption and extreme price rise and no solution in sight with the UPA government. The new government was voted into power to bring in a change and they have rather disinvested the nation’s assets furtherâ€, the Chief Minister said. | 08-Sep-2014 |
Ebola virus: Tripura, Mizoram take preve | Agartala/Aizawl, Sep 7 (TIWN / IANS) The Tripura and Mizoram governments have taken a number of preventive measures to check spread of deadly Ebola disease, officials from both the states said Sunday. | 07-Sep-2014 |
Sristi holds blood donation camp | AGARTALA, September 7 (TIWN): Calling upon new blood donors to donate blood generously, today Member of Legislative Assembly Ratan Das said that the state has earned a very important position in the country when it comes to blood collection through voluntary blood donation camps. | 07-Sep-2014 |
Udaipur : CM inaugurates Multicultural c | UDAIPUR, September 6 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inaugurated the multi-cultural complex Rajarshi in Udaipur at 4.25pm today. The cultural complex is built at Satyajit Ray Sarani involving a cost of more than Rs 22.67 crore. Urban Development Minister Manik Dey was the Chief Guest in this programme. Tourism Minister Ratan Bhowmik, Rural Development Minister Naresh Jamatia were present as Special Guests. | 06-Sep-2014 |
GB Hospital building falters, employee h | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): The real picture behind the hyped public healthcare of Tripura was exposed on Saturday after the struggling old structure of apex hospital gave away and a hospital staff was injured from a large chunk of construction debri that fell off the roof in the Anesthesia room.The chunk of concrete fell off from the roof; the room is a part of the hospital’s old building, a highly placed source in the GBP Hospital said today.The incident could have led to larger magnitude of disaster had there been more people or patients inside, an eyewitness said. The eyewitness added that the hospital employee who suffered the debri, sustained minor trauma in his back and arms. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Malaria makes comeback, two more die | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): Two more were killed in the malaria parasite attacks in Tripura in a startling comeback. The final figure of deaths caused by the malaria parasite attack today crissed 89, total figures of identified malaria infection cases crossed 52,228 as on Saturday, an official communiqué stated. | 06-Sep-2014 |
SDM Sonamura, BSF, Police joint operatio | Sonamura, September 6 (TIWN): Setting an example of successful co-ordination among different Govt Departments, Today in two successive raids led by SDM Sonamura Subhasis Das, a joint team of Sonamura Sub-Divisional Administration, 158 Battalion BSF and Kalamchowra Police Station, have recovered huge amounts of contraband dried cannabis (ganja), codeine phosphate containing formulations of Phensedyl, and also sound emitting firecrackers. The raid started from 11 a.m., and it continued till 5 pm, spanning about six hours. | 06-Sep-2014 |
CM inaugurates Multicultural complex â | UDAIPUR, September 6 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inaugurated the multi-cultural complex Rajarshi in Udaipur at 4.25pm today. The cultural complex is built at Satyajit Ray Sarani involving a cost of more than Rs 22.67 crore. Urban Development Minister Manik Dey was the Chief Guest in this programme. Tourism Minister Ratan Bhowmik, Rural Development Minister Naresh Jamatia were present as Special Guests. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Government proposes for extension of Wim | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): The state government has forwarded a proposal placed by BSNL authorities of nearly Rs 41.49 crore to Union government for extending Wimax and mobile services to Gram Panchayats and Village Committees of the state. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Ramesh School awarded as the Best School | UDAIPUR, September 6 (TIWN): Udaipur Remedy Higher Secondary School has been awarded as the Best School in Gomati District for the year 2014. In the Central programme of 53rd National Teachers' Day held in the Rabindra Centenary Hall of Agartala School Education Department has handed over the prize to the authorities of the school. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Education/RMSA Dept Cheque Forgery Scam | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): Even after 22hrs of FIR, Tripura Police could not succeed to arrest the accused cashier Arnab Chakraborty, who stole Rs 11.72 Lakhs of RMSA funds by cheque forgery from Tripura State Co-Operative Bank. The highly powerful and politically connected accused Arnab Charaborty absconding from the Friday night.West Agartala Police started investigation of the unearthed scam of education department.Yesterday a FIR (File no- F.18(2)-DSE/CELL/2013) against the cashier had been logged by Joint Director of Education Department Manabendra Chakraborty. FIR No is 156/14 and the investigation is vested upon Sub-Inspector of West P.S Shyamaprasad Das. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Twipra Land, old wine in new pack, a ne | Sabroom, Sept 6 (TIWN):Election campaign in Manu(ST) Constituency in full swing.This week MP Jitendra Choudhury , former INPT Chief Bijoy Wrankhwal and other important political leaders took part in campaigns addressing people at Manu under Sabroom Sub- Division of South Tripura. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Blockade in Sonamura-Boxanagar Road on S | Agartala, September 6 (TIWN): Congress, Sonamura on Saturday blockade Sonamura-Baxanagar Road on the issue of political biasness of beneficiaries in the Food Security Bill. However blockade has been put off after 1hr. | 06-Sep-2014 |
AR denies handing over killer jawan to c | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): The Assam Rifles authorities have denied handing over the jawan who shot a woman for not complying to have sex with him on September 04. AR officials have informed that jawan was injured himself and was undergoing treatment, Officer-in-Charge of Sidhai police station Manik Debnath said.Local sources said that Rashamala Debbarma, local jhumiya woman from Dash Gharia area, was approached by Mongru Au for physical relations; a proposal which the latter readily denied. The jawan reportedly shot the woman in her right leg which led to grievous injuries.A big contingent of police today visited the spot at Dash Gharia under Sidhai police station of Mohanpur sub-division and tried to assess the situation. OC Manik Debnath said that the police is expecting to get the Mongru Au, jawan of 8 Assam Rifles in custody by the next 2-3 days. | 07-Sep-2014 |
Twipraland demand attempt to create unre | AGARTALA, September 6 (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.Speaking at the monsoon session of the Tripura autonomous district council at Khumulwng, Chief Executive Member (CEM) Ranjit Debbarma said in response to a question moved by MDC Sabitri Debbarma that few interest groups were trying to create unrest in the name of separate statehood.He criticized the IPFT and said that a party which didn’t move on a specific ideals of their own couldn’t possibly give any direction to any state. He alleged that a recent rally organized by the party at Agartala called for ethnic genocide. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Innovation is the fuel of corporate long | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): “Innovation is the first commercial use of new technologyâ€, said Member ofParliament Jitendra Chaudhury said speaking in the inaugural session of the 30th National Convention of ` Chemical Engineers and National Seminar on “ Recent Trends in Research, Developments & Innovations in Chemical Industries†organized by The Institute of Engineers (India), Tripura State Centre, in collaboration with NIT, Agartala and TIDC here today. | 06-Sep-2014 |
6th joint circle conference of BSNL empl | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): General Secretary of BSNL employees union P. Abhimanyu inaugurated the three day long 6th joint circle conference of BSNL employees union, Assam, NE-I and NE-II at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Youth Hostel, Kherjurbagan here this morning. The conference will be continue till September 08. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Kamalpur Police nabbed murderer after 22 | Kamalpur, September 6 (TIWN):Acting on a tip of information, the ASI Goutam Pal of Kamalpur P.S. nabbed a murderer from Golakpur Tea Garden last night. According to police some Bijoy Tanti(32) of Madanpur, Mahabir under the P.S. was killed by the neighbor Sujit Karmakar and his two sons Gour and Nitai way back in 1992 regarding land disputes. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Indo-Bangladesh trade reduced in Tripura | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): Volume of import and export between Bangladesh and Tripura has reduced in last financial year compared to previous years, revealed commerce minister of the state Tapan Chakraborty.Chakraborty however, said out of eight land custom stations (LCS) along Tripura-Bangladesh border, three are in operational for trade between two countries and Indian government pursuing with Bangladesh counterparts to upgrade trade infrastructure in other side of border, besides, pumping fund for development of LCS in Indian side. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Major scam unearthed in Education Depart | AGARTALA, September 6 (TIWN): Tripura is witnessing another major scam. This time it outbreaks in Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA) under Education Department. Government of Tripura has already filed a FIR against the cashier of RMSA. However police could not arrest him. Joint Director of School Education and Additional State Mission Director, (ASMD) RMSA, Manabendra Chakraborty lodged a FIR (File no-F.18(2)-DSE/CELL 156/2014) against the cashier Arnab Chakraborty on Friday night at around 8p.m at West Agartala police station. | 06-Sep-2014 |
Scam tainted School Education Dept targe | AGARTALA, Sept 6 (TIWN): Unfortunately, plans to cover-up corruption is not working as planned by concerned officials after suspending Dy Director Ambalika Datta, who was suspended after news of June 2 Govt order to all Schools in Tripura to purchase books from a private publisher (written by CM, CS) by using Central RMSA funds. Corruption needs nexus and co-ordination among all like minded parties. Among corrupt kingpins in Education Dept, politically connected cashier Arnab Chakraborty's criminal act of check forgery and withdrawl of Rs 11.72 Lakhs from Tripura State Co-operative Bank on 3rd September raises many questions of underground corruptions. It is learnt that Dy Director Ambalika Datta has become the target of political bosses, higher ups in Dept ever since she started protesting strongly against cashier Arnab Chakraborty's wrongdoings. | 05-Sep-2014 |
Militancy affected displacement victims | Agartala, September 5 (TIWN): Militancy affected displaced people from West Tripura and Sepahijala district today submitted a deputation to District Magistrate (Sepahijala) Prashant Kumar Goel demanding propr rehabilitation for the displaced people living in rented houses or occupying khas lands over the years. | 05-Sep-2014 |
EVMs to be commissioned for Manu by-poll | AGARTALA, September 5 (TIWN): Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for the forthcoming by-election at 39 Manu assembly constituency would be commissioned at Sabroom SDM office on Saturday, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashutosh Jindal said. | 05-Sep-2014 |
Teachers Day lesson learnt in the Modi w | AGARTALA, September 5 (TIWN): As the nation watches the prime minister addressing students on the occasion of 53rd Teachers’ Day 2014, with eyes glued to the television sets for a change, the students faced a new challenge ahead.Schools have been clearly directed by the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry to ensure the presence of classes VI to XII from 3 pm to 4.45 pm on their premises to hear a speech by the prime minister, to be telecast on Doordarshan and educational channels, as well as webcast through YouTube.Like other parts of the country, 31 government schools along with 8 private institutions, 6 Kendriya Vidyalayas and 4 Jawahar Navoday Vidyalaya schools have been enlisted in Tripura to telecast the prime ministers address live in the state. | 05-Sep-2014 |
CAG report exposes gross faults in State | AGARTALA, September 5 (TIWN): A recent report of the Auditor and Comptroller General (CAG) of India revealed gross deficiencies in the state government’s propaganda of economic progress and said that the state PSUs were running terrible losses due to faulty planning and execution.Referring to the Tripura Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited, the CAG report on economic sectors of Tripura stated that the company had ‘no vision and planned prientation in achieving its stated objectives’. The system of forming MOUs between the company and the state government wasn’t effective as the annual targets fixed under there weren’t based on any scientific studies, the report said. | 06-Sep-2014 |
State observe 17th Death Anniversary of | Agartala, September 5 (TIWN): Mother Teresa’s 17th Death Anniversary observed in Tripura on Friday. On this occasion Sisters of Nirmala Sishu Bhavan organized a programme to pay tribute to Mother. | 05-Sep-2014 |
CM pays tribute to Sarvepalli Radhakrish | AGARTALA, September 5 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today paid tributes to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on the occasion of 53rd Teachers' Day 2014, saying the late President still remains an inspiration for the entire country at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan. | 05-Sep-2014 |
Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF | Agartala, Sep 5 (IANS) A three-day Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) began here Friday. As many as 30 award winning films from seven countries are scheduled to be screened at the gala. | 05-Sep-2014 |
Corruption charge against TSECL DGM, cas | AGARTALA, September 5 (TIWN): TSECL empanelled contractors have been fuming over the role of DGM of TSECL Division –II Bimal Ghatak for awarding a contract to a prominent contractor flouting basic guideline at Dharmanagar. | 05-Sep-2014 |
ECI imposes restrictions on poll surveys | Agartala, September 5 (TIWN): The Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced restrictions on opinion polls, poll surveys or any forms of election matter displaying possible results of the exercise would be prohibited from 48 hours before the polls. | 05-Sep-2014 |
Badharghat CNG Station shutdown: creates | AGARTALA, September 5 (TIWN): Shutdown of Bhadharghat CNG Station created troubles for CNG vehicles. Agartala has five main CNG refilling stations, they are located at Radhanagar, TRTC chowmuhuni and Badarghat. But since few days the Badarghat CNG station was shutdown due to technical problems. All the CNG vehicles across the city has to run to TRTC chowmuhuni and Radhanagar CNG station for refilling. Today hundreds of CNG auto-rickshaws and other vehicles waited from TRTC Chowhumani to Orient Chowhumani for hours to get CNG. The queue soon crossed Rabindra Bhavan Chowhumani- says driver Anil shil. | 05-Sep-2014 |
South District Police administration con | AGARTALA, September 5 (TIWN): With the initiative of South District Police administration, a blood donation camp was organized along with the police personnel of South district at SP South Conference Hall here today. | 05-Sep-2014 |
Teachers’ Day celebration at Kama | Kamalpur September 5 (TIWN): 53rd teachers day was celebrated with great enthusiasm here at Kamalpur today, along with other parts of the nation. | 05-Sep-2014 |
Tripura Bar Council Election held today | AGARTALA, September 5 (TIWN): Tripura Bar Council’s election held today in a peaceful manner. About 500 voters casted their votes till 3.00 p.m- as informed by a polling officer. | 05-Sep-2014 |