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ONGC introduces hydro-fracturing, a big | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): For the first time in the history of the Left ruled Tripura, the Tripura unit of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has successfully introduced most advance technology of Hydro-Fracturing (HF) to intensify the exploration of natural gas to supply in different projects of the state ensuring giant gas reserve for the next 20 years. Talking to TIWN on Monday ONGC Director Onshore, New Delhi V P Mahawar said, “The ONGC had undertaken the hydro-fracturing method in Assam earlier this year to explore more natural gas. A similar system has been carried out in Tripura now.†| 15-Jun-2015 |
15 yr old schoolgirl raped in Udaipur | Udaipur, June 16 (TIWN): Udaipur infamously occupying the top slot of maximum number of rapes in Tripura. Police not yet fully started to investigate the previous rape files, but R.K.Pur Women Police Station has registered another rape case on June 15, Monday afternoon. This time the victim is a school student of 15 years. Reportedly the victim’s mother Sabita Das, from Fulkumari, Udaipur, has launched a written complaint against Satyajit Chanda (22), resident of Kakaraban’s Dharer Tilla, Udaipur. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Malaria hits at Khowai, this monsoon adm | KHOWAI, June 16 (TIWN): Seventy four kilometres from Agartala, Khowai district witnessing the malaria outbreak this monsoon on Monday after at least two has been admitted to Tulashikhar Block Primary Health Center with malaria outbreak. With no learned lesson from the previous episode here in Tripura where as many as villagers of the hilly terrain breathed their lasts effected with malaria germs, the state Left front government had failed to bring the epidemic down yet today. Though of course the number of patients has come down, but the outbreak still prevails in the remote villages of the state. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Crime against women has slightly decline | AGARTALA, June 16 (TIWN): Crime against women has declined by numbers in the state, says Chairperson of Tripura Commission for Women Purnima Dey on Monday. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Dire condition of FM radio relay centers | UDAIPUR, June 15 (TIWN): With an aim to energize state’s cultural ethos and to prompt the local artists to perform in a mass media level, before many years an FM radio relay center had been inaugurated at Udaipur Banduar area. It was the aim that the local singers and other artists related to this field of ‘art and culture’ will perform and exhibit their talents through this mass-media of FM. | 15-Jun-2015 |
4-year -old wild elephant recovered | UDAIPUR, June 15 (TIWN): A 4-year-old wild elephant was recovered from the 18mura forest area under Udaipur Killa Police Station on Sunday mid-night. | 16-Jun-2015 |
Crime spree in Tripura capital : high-t | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): In a daring attempt of robbery, the Paradise Chowmuhani branch of the United Bank of India (UBI) was robbed late on Saturday or Sunday night as per SDPO Sadar Rajendra Datta.Reportedly, it is so far uncertain that when the robbery at the bank took place as the bank was closed for holiday during the weekend on Saturday and Sunday.A police official said that the bank robbery took place under the cover of darkness. Taking advantage of the darkness, the robbers executed their plan and broke the lock of the bank door. The official further said that the bank robbery was a well thought out plan as the robbers came equipped with all the tools required to carry out the robbery. Reportedly, on Monday morning after opening the bank an employee noticed that one of the banks door was open and the employee immediately informed the police.Getting alarmed the police reached the spot and started investigation.Talking to SDPO Sadar Rajendra data stated that, the robbers mainly attempted to loot the cash from the bank but they failed in looting any cash from the locker. He further said that it is assumed by police that the thieves had mainly attempted to loot the banks cash locker but they failed to loot the cash due to strict security lock. Failing to steal any amount of cash from the bank locker the thieves have disconnected the electric power service and it is assumed that they might have also attempted to damage the functioning of the CCTV camera of the bank. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Manik forgets Ranjit's child selling : P | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): In one of his rare interviews to national media, Tripura Chief minister Manik Sarkar has boasted about poverty alleviation in his state and dismissed child selling as a 'thing of the past'. The country's only chief minister has thus conveniently overlooked the sale of a newborn child in Khowai's Mundabasti by a poor tribal couple earlier this month. The sale of their newborn child by Ranjit and Sima Tanti was widely reported even in the national media. Even the BBC ran a story on the child sale. A NGO has since recovered the child from the adopting couple. But as if this never happened, Sarkar told the Times of India without batting an eyelid : " During Congress regime, there were cases of parents selling children due to starvation. But these are things of the past". His boast continued : " We’ve provided highest MGNREGA employment in the country. Our literacy rate’s above 90% – topmost in the country. Investors are showing interest in Tripura. If we go by statistics based on people living below the poverty line, it’ll show a different picture because the survey was done way back in 1997. BPL population was 68% then. We’ve been requesting the Centre to conduct a survey but nothing’s been done. Statistics aren’t correct. They’d hover below 50% now." Manik Sarkar was on tougher ground when asked about the dwindling Left performance across the country. | 15-Jun-2015 |
PM, Tripura CM to discuss special statu | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN / IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday hold talks with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on retaining the special category status for the eight northeastern states. "The prime minister is eager to discuss the special category status issue with me first," Sarkar, a member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo, told IANS. He said all the chief ministers of the eight northeastern states had approached Modi for a meeting over their "joint demand of retaining the special category status for the eight states". "But the prime minister wanted to meet me first to discuss the issue," Sarkar said.Sarkar, who has been the chief minister of Tripura for more than 17 years, on Monday left for New Delhi where he will meet Modi on Tuesday.Cutting across political lines, the chief ministers of the eight states ruled by the Congress, Left and regional parties had earlier urged Modi to maintain the special category status. | 15-Jun-2015 |
BSNL broadband services to be improved | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): Deplorable Internet connectivity provided by BSNL has nailed the tag of Golden Era, where people have been experiencing acute disturbance in the internet facilities. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Permission needs to be taken before orga | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): After criticism loomed over the negligence of higher education department under the tyranny of left front, the department has finally slammed a rule over the authority of Education Fair organizer committee to take prior permission and registration from the state higher education department before organizing any fair in the state, said a highly placed official. | 15-Jun-2015 |
TSGUPA places 3 charters of demands | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): Tripura State Government Undertaking EPF Pensioner’s Association on Monday placed three charters of Demands to Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) Managing Director. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Teliamura: Poor condition of transportat | AGARTALA/TELIAMURA,June15 (TIWN): The only source of the transportation from Dashomighat Village to Baisgariya village at Teliamura is through a bamboo pane bridge over the Khowai River. Day after day the people are facing the threat of their existence while crossing the so-called bridge over the Khowai River. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Khowai: Corruption goes large at PWD dep | KHOWAI, June 15 (TIWN): Corruption looms large at Khowai PWD department; when the news of massive unprofessional conduct came forward from Khowai PWD department. | 15-Jun-2015 |
4years -old wild elephant recovered | UDAIPUR, June 15 (TIWN): A 4-year-old wild elephant was recovered from the 18mura forest area under Udaipur Killa Police Station on Sunday mid-night. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Pathetic condition of roads, Rs. 100 cro | KAILASHAHAR, June 15 (TIWN): Due to the negligence of the concern Authority, for prolonged days the deplorable condition of the roads of Unakoti District remained harrowing experience for commuter of the area. | 15-Jun-2015 |
BG conversion in Tripura in Oct, says NF | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): Broad gauge (BG) conversion of railway track in Tripura is scheduled to begin from October next, said a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official on Monday. The gauge conversion work on Lumbding-Silchar via Badarpur section is going on full swing. Some parts of the track have already been completed. An inspection by the Safety Commissioner is scheduled during June 18-23 next, the NFR official, who wishes not to be named, added over telephone. | 15-Jun-2015 |
INPT to form alliance with BJP | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): Majority of the leaders of Indigenous National Party of Twipra (INPT) are determined to form an alliance with BJP, said party’s assistant general secretary Rajeswar Debbarma on Monday over telephone. | 15-Jun-2015 |
Futile attempts of OTPC MD to suppress f | AGARTALA / UDAIPUR, June 15 (TIWN): Uncertainty looms large over the future of northeast’s biggest gas based combine cycle 726 MW capacity Palatana project, as it developed a serious technical sang and stop generation for past three days.The first unit has been suspended generation a few weeks and the second unit of Palatana also got suspended production from Thursday (June 11) – after three days of it’s Managing Director Satyajit Ganguly contradicted the factual media report.Ganguly in his letter when argued that his present generation, strictly performing as per grid code in line with the requisition of NER constituents – the unit one of Palatana was not in production. He was threatened for legal notice unless the media did not make correction at his choice.However, Mr Ganguly might be forgotten, OTPC invested public fund to the tune of Rs 10,000 Crore in Tripura to produce 726 MW power from Palatana. But still OTPC did not issue public statement how many days they produces power at full capacity except speaking on non-sense with technical jugglery? On the day, when Ganguly issued letter – on that also one unit of Palatana was remained suspended in production. But even then he made his concocted statement to make readers fool. To cover up his technical and administrative failure to run such a mega project, Ganguly wanted to know – who assured for load shedding-free Tripura?The state which peak hour demands at the highest is only 280 MW and normally varies up to 250 MW, at that stage if Palatana produces 726 MW and Tripura will get 196 MW shares from it along with its own production of 130 MW – does it not enough to get an assurance the state will be free from load-shedding? | 15-Jun-2015 |
Blue print of Tripura fly-over done, age | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): The 117 years old largest city of Tripura and also the second largest city in North-east India, Tripura capital Agartala is all set to get its first ever fly-over. Talking to TIWN on Sunday State Public Work Department (PWD) Engineer in Chief Sunil Bhowmik said, the blue print prior to the construction work has already been done with the entrusted agencies; all set to kick off the construction work very soon. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar earlier this year laying the foundation stone pitched to complete the construction work of the first ever flyover in Tripura by 30 months. One of the leading construction company Nagarjuna Constructions is entrusted to take up the construction of Rs. 250 crore sanctioned project work of building fly over which would first of its kind here in the state.Bhowmik said, “The preliminary work of the construction had already been started since after the foundation stone was laid.†He also said, “The blue print and the design of the flyover have been made and the agencies were asked to bring all the equipments and tools for construction.†The ground survey is completed and the piling would start very soon, he said.He also said that the soil had already been tested prior to start the piling work. However, but the contractors would again cross check the soil test report ensuring safety to the pilings, said Bhowmik on Sunday."The project has gone to Hyderabad-based Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited through a national tender. Since they are already engaged in advanced construction works in Agartala like the NIT, we hope the work will be completed in time," Bhowmik said. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Indo-German IGDCP initiative : Bamboo h | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): The Indo-German Development Cooperation Project (IGDCP), Tripura on its ambitious project has taken an initiative to train as many as jhum farmers of the state in making traditional bamboo handicraft. On its first phase a residential advance vocational training for 2 months on bamboo crafts making (bamboo baskets of different shapes, colours & size, bamboo toys and lamps) is organized by IGDC Project for 40 villagers at Sipahijala District of the land-locked state Tripura. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Tax officials seize Rs. 8 lakhs of items | KHOWAI, June 15 (TIWN): Altogether Rs. 8 lakhs of items were seized by the tax officials of Teliamura Tax Department with an accusation that the driver did not pay any tax at Churaibari Check post on Sunday afternoon. | 14-Jun-2015 |
TPEA announces a list of temporary suspe | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): Tripura Panchayat Employee Association announced a list of the temporary suspended members of the Association in a press conference at Sakhicharan School on Sunday. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Friends2support.org to promote for volun | AGARTALA, June 15 (TIWN): Friends2support organization in association with National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC), Ministry of health and family welfare under government of India has organized a National short film competition on voluntary blood donation. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Early monsoon delays the repairing of NH | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): Pre-monsoon for the year 2015 delayed the repairing of NH44 road, says PWD Chief Engineer Sunil Bhowmik to TIWN correspondent on Sunday. The deplorable condition of National Highway 44, the only road connectivity that links mainland India with the eastern part of Meghalaya, Barak Valley in Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura has for a long time now remained a harrowing experience for helpless commuters. Talking to TIWN reporter, PWD chief engineer Sunil Bhowmik stated that early monsoon has disrupted the repairing work of the road and has resulted to the terrible condition of the NH44. Now question arise, what has the department done for the past five months regarding the repairing of the road in different section. It is to be mention here that if the concerned department would have taken the necessary measures for the repairing of the road prior to the arrival of monsoon the situation could have been much improved. A vast number of commuters and drivers of the vehicles including night supers and goods carrying trucks are facing several problems due to poor condition of National Highway NH-44. The present road turned from its original shape to muddy and is flooded with water as incessant rainfall has clogged the roads resulting traffic jams and irregularities of transpiration. Unfortunately, commuters have no option but to travel through this long stretch of jumping road full of potholes and boulders, at times risking their own life, while on other occasions, putting their lives and safety in the hands of the driver. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Repatriation process of ‘bru†| AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): The proposed commencement of repatriation of Brus lodged in Kaskau relief camp in North Tripura district was cancelled as not a single Bru turned up for identification at the camp. However talking to TIWN official engaged to the process of the repatriation said, “The processing for taking back the bru refugees from Tripura would continue as per the scheduled date.†However the next identification process would begin at Kanchanpur relief camp bordering Mizoram under North Tripura District from July 13. The official said, “The process of identification prior to repatriation would take place as per the time table that had already been chalked out.†Adding he said that during the least identification process had not turned out for their registration following which the Mizoram Government was bound to cancel the entire repatriation process at Kaskau relief camp under North district of the state. The apex court had last month instructed the Centre and the governments of Mizoram and Tripura to complete the Bru repatriation process within six months. Following the court order, the Mizoram government prepared a road map for repatriation of around 3,500 Bru families during June to September 2015. | 14-Jun-2015 |
CM inaugurates World Blood Donor Day to | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): Tripura on Sunday celebrated 12th World Blood Donor Day to mark the birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner. Chief Minister Manik sarkar inaugurated the main programme held at Agartala Nazrul Kalakshetra in presence of State Health Minister Badal Chowdhury and other delegates. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Minister Bhanulal Saha slams centre for | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): Tripura Government Pension Association organized a 36th Annual General Meet at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan on June 14. Talking tough in the programme on Sunday, Finance Minister Banulal Saha stressed on the issue of replacing Planning Commission with National Institution for Transforming India Aayog (NITI). Criticising the regressive step taken by the Modi Government Minister Saha further stressed that this decision will not only kick in the stomach of the common people but also will hamper various progressive developmental project in the state. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Man-made destruction is leading to natur | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): Speaking at the two-day long seminar on Disaster-Migration and Management, Power, Urban Development Panchayat and transport department Manik Dey on Sunday stated that man-made destruction is leading to natural calamity. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Shisu bihar Alumni association observes | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar addressing the blood donation camp organized by Sishubihar Alumni Association on the occasion of World blood donor day, expressed gratitude towards the alumni association of the Sishubihar School for taking such an initiative in the state. | 14-Jun-2015 |
88th birth anniversary of Che Guevara ob | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): DYFI state committee along with SFI jointly observed the 88th birth anniversary of late Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara on Sunday at Battala. | 14-Jun-2015 |
ONGC uses new technique to find more gas | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN/IANS) The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has undertaken the latest multi-stage hydro-fracturing method to find more gas in Assam and Tripura, a top official said here on Sunday. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Deplorable condition of Post Office: Su | AMARPUR, June 14 (TIWN): At a time when most of the public of the state are getting connected with the Post Office services after they received betrayal from Non Banking Companies, the branch post office at Amarsagar is running under deplorable condition. | 14-Jun-2015 |
No farmer’s suicide in Tripura: A | BELONIA, June 14 (TIWN): With an ambitious plan to develop the Agricultural sector of Belonia Sub-division, a Deputy Director Office was inaugurated at the adjacent area of Belonia Government English Medium School on June 14. | 14-Jun-2015 |
First ever chess-boxing competition a | UDAIPUR, June 14 (TIWN): With the initiatives, taken by Tripura Chess Boxing Association, for the first time chess-boxing competition and campaign has been started in the state. FromSunday morning various chess series and boxing series would be performed by various state players in chess, as well as in boxing from all the districts. The events are taking place in Ramesh H.S. School’s auditorium. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Kamalpur: State Government ordered for M | KAMALPUR, June 14 (TIWN): In the sensational Bijoy Deb death case in the police lock-up of Kamalpur Police station, the State government ordered for Magisterial investigation in the case. The order issued on 09/06/2015 bore the number 21(2)-PD/ 2015(MI). | 14-Jun-2015 |
Tripura's proposed Feni bridge to boost | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): With the Land Boundary Agreement wrapped up, India and Bangladesh can look forward to boosting their trade and connectivity with the inking of milestone accords on coastal shipping and the opening up of Chittagong and Mongla ports in Bangladesh to bilateral commerce.On June 6, during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Dhaka, India and Bangladesh inked the agreement on Coastal Shipping for two-way trade through ports; renewed the 1972 Protocol on Inland Waterways Transit and Trade (PIWTT) for using their waterways for commerce; and signed an MoU for use of Chittagong and Mongla Ports for movement of goods to and from India.The Chittagong and Mongla ports, along with Kolkata port and Haldia dock system, are located in the Ganga delta. According to the agreement, the two Bangladesh ports can be used by India to ship goods to its landlocked states in the northeast - to Agartala in Tripura, to Dawki in Meghalaya or to Sutarkandi in Assam - either through waterways, rail or road,Bangladesh is now constructing a bridge with Indian help on the Feni river that will connect with Sabroom, in south Tripura district, on the India-Bangladesh border. The bridge will provide direct connectivity between Chittagong port, which has been upgraded by China, to Sabroom, about 75 km away, via a new road being built from Chittagong.Another connectivity link is the 15-km railway between Agartala and Akhaura in Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh, which is to be completed in 2017. Akhaura has a rail link to Chittagong too. Once the Agartala-Akhaura railway link is ready, goods brought to Chittagong port can be carried by rail directly to Agartala. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Chief Minister pitches for 100 per cent | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Saturday directed the authorities of health department to conduct regular inspections of the all the government hospitals and all primary health centres across the state and to submit the status report of the hospitals. Sarkar also stressed on spreading mass awareness on vector borne diseases like malaria, dengue and has asked the department to play a significant role as the messenger of the people of Tripura, especially in the remote hilly areas of the state in order to maintain good health.Besides, chalking out a plan to combat several diseases spreads across the rural areas in future Sarkar said, “100 per cent children of the state must be brought under the coverage of Japanese Encephalities vaccination.â€Sarkar was holding a review meeting with the state health department authorities in the presence of Minister Badal Chowdhury, Chief Secretary Yashpal Singh, state secretary for Health and Family Welfare M. Nagaraju and others. The meeting was held at Agartala Pragna Bhawan hall on Saturday.However, taking the issue into consideration, CM asked the authorities of the state health department to reach basic healthcare facilities to each doorstep and also increase the quality of treatment facilities in public hospitals and healthcare institutions in the remote areas of the state as the vector borne diseases often grip the people of those areas every year.Sarkar said, “All doctors and nurses would reach the patients with love and care in order to develop the state health care facilities.†Adding to that Sarkar also laid a stress on regular check of the water stagnant near by the houses in the remote areas of the state with an aim to restrict the water borne diseases. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Tripura Govt. welcomes HC’s judge | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): The Tripura High Court has recently directed government doctors to restrict their private practices to a maximum of three hours daily during working days, however welcoming the decision and the verdict of the HC, the Tripura Left front government has said, “It was exactly what we were thinking for the past many months to decide the fate of those doctors.†It has been said that for the sake of the poor patients of the hospital, the court has given its verdict with which the present role of the doctors and their deeds would reflect the life and the carrier of the junior doctors and the doctors of the present generation.According to the official of the state health department, the present generation doctors especially the juniors, always back track from taking responsibilities towards the patients whereas another section of junior doctors are engaged in their role towards patients whole heartedly and it is only because a section of government doctors often remain absent in the hospital run by the government and are widely engaged to private practice. | 13-Jun-2015 |
Lack of officials hits Khowai Sadar PS | Khowai, June 14 (TIWN): Only a total number of 6 staffs are running the Khowai Sadar Police station over past many days. On the one hand crime rate is rising high, but to the cut the crime in the district there is lack of police personnel at Khowai district under Khowai Sadar PS. Only six police personnel are maintaining the law and order of the Khowai district. | 14-Jun-2015 |
ONGC successfully conducts second hydro- | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): For the first time in its history Tripura Asset undertook hydro-fracturing job in Khubal to assess actual reserves of the field and in Baramura to enhance production from tight sands. Though initially hydro-fracturing was planned to be undertaken at the three well of Khubal and to enhance the production of Baramura to fulfil commitments of TSECL, one well in Baramura field was also taken up.Public Sector Oil giant Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC) Tripura Asset which intensified gas exploration to create a recoverable reserve of gas for at least 20 years had successfully carried its second hydro-fracturing at Baramura under Teliamura sub-division of Khowai District. The first hydro-fracturing was conducted at Khubal under Unakoti district earlier. The actual potentiality of gas at Baramura and Khubal would be known after completion of certain tests at the drilled well, said OSD (Onshore) and Asset Manager V P Mahawar on Friday. V P Mahawar said that completion of these HF jobs as envisaged is the culmination of meticulous planning and coordinated efforts by ONGC – Tripura. Further, the results of the post activation jobs in these wells would provide a lead in assessing the reservoirs and way forward for the effective stimulation of these structures.ONGC Tripura Asset on Saturday has taken the media persons for a tour to Baramura drilling site and Baramura Gas Collecting Center (BGCC) to let know about the most advanced technology that ONGC Tripura asset has brought to carry the hydro-fracturing with its advanced tools and equipments. | 13-Jun-2015 |
CM holds review meeting on JE vaccinatio | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): ‘Lesson learnt’ from Japanese encephalitis, from at least 3 infants deaths recently. Due to brewing public pressure, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar held a review meeting on Saturday at Agartala Pragna Bhawan in presence of State Health Minister Badal Chowdhury. State Chief Secretary Yashpal Singh along with state health secretary M. Nagaraju remained present in the meeting. The meeting kicked off on Saturday taking up the issue of the precautionary measures to be taken for the summer diseases, said official.Several vector borne diseases like malaria, Japanese Encephalitis (JE), Diarrhea and other such diseases had taken a toll in this summer across the state especially in the remote areas of the state. However following this, the review meeting was held on Saturday. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar discussed certain issues like door to door awareness campaign regarding the diseases and to boost up the health care facilities at the remote areas of the state. However, this month a total of 3 infants died allegedly after being administered with the JE vaccination.Following the request of the State Government here, a central expert team had arrived here in state and conducted an inquiry to the deaths of those infants. But the central expert team had reported the State Government here to suspend the vaccination programme until the team files the final report.A total of 5, 13,000 children were supposed to be immunized. However, only 2, 26,492 children have been immunized as of now. | 14-Jun-2015 |
Northeast people fed-up with insurgency | KOHIMA / AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said the people of Northeast, Nagaland were weary of insurgency and their resolve for peace remains unshaken.Singh, who was in Nagaland on a day-long visit, met Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang. The two later attended a joint meeting of the state cabinet and senior officers, according to an official statement.The union minister also met different social and political groups and civil society representatives including from the Naga Mothers' Association, the Naga Hoho, the Eastern Naga Peoples' Organization, the Eastern Naga Women's Organization, Nagaland GB Federation, Naga Students Federation and Eastern Naga Students Federation. In his meetings, Singh sought to dispel the impression there was any change in the central government's policy for the state.He said the government appreciates the common aspiration of the people to progress with "mainstream India" in an atmosphere of peace and it was responsibility of all the stakeholders to convince "different operating groups" about merits of such a course and being part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission of development.People of Nagaland deserve peace by all means and said all sections of the Naga society should be engaged in this mission.Referring to attack on an army convoy in Manipur earlier this month, Singh said it was eveyone's duty to ensure that such incidents do not take place again. | 13-Jun-2015 |
Export from Tripura to Bangladesh declin | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): When the border haat has come as a boon for the land-locked Tripura, the exports volume from Agartala to Bangladesh have been on downward spiral since the last couple of years and has missed the target of its own status. Tripura exported goods of Rs 0.41 Cr in 2013-14 and 2012-13 whereas it was Rs 1.55 Cr in 2011-12. Concerning over the issue the state government has been now eyeing towards the trade at newly set up border haats. However, but the trade volume at the state Land Custom Stations (LCS) has declined, said official source. According to the official of the Agartala Akhaura Integrated Check Post (ICP) since the last couple of years the export from Tripura to Bangladesh has declined whereas the goods from Bangladesh are arriving here daily with at least 30 to 40 trucks. Out of eight land custom stations (LCS) along Tripura-Bangladesh border, three are in operational for trade between these two countries and Indian government pursuing with Bangladesh counterparts to upgrade the trade infrastructure in other side of border; as well as to pump fund for the development of LCS in Indian side. | 13-Jun-2015 |
Timber smuggling rampant in state | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Smuggling of expensive timber has rampant through the State with the failure of concern authorities comprising of Forest Rangers, DFO and the ministerial authority of the ruling Government. | 13-Jun-2015 |
State Higher Education department circul | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): After opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman demanded for CBI probe on illegal college admission business that has been rampant here in the Tripura, State Higher education Department after around four years has taken the pain to circulate a press note for informing the newly pass out class 10 and 12 students and their guardians, not to enroll their children’s blindly in the private institutions of different states, which are campaigned and promoted through the “Education-Fair†in the state. | 13-Jun-2015 |
Tripura Tourism Development Forum held p | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Addressing the press at Somraj Hotel on Saturday, Tripura Tourism Development Forum president Ajit Kumar Paul stated that they had successfully attended the 3rd annual International tourism fair, organized by Bangladesh Federation of Tourism Development at Dhaka from 21st to 23rd May, 2015. | 13-Jun-2015 |
ATEA conducted Central Committee confere | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Demanding to confer promotion to the Ex. Engineers of 412 posts at the Public Works Department (PWD), All Tripura Engineers’ Association (ATEA) on Saturday conducted Central Committee conference at T.B Association hall on June 13. | 13-Jun-2015 |
Enriching experience for teachers at Ras | New Delhi/Agartala, June 13 ( TIWN / IANS): The 31 teachers' from central universities across India who participated in an in-residence programme of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday described their experience as "enriching" and "fulfilling". | 14-Jun-2015 |
PCA to provide free computer coaching to | AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): With its ambitious plan, Popular Computer Academy is all set to provide free computer coaching to twenty BPL card holder students of the state. | 13-Jun-2015 |