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| Indo-Bangla good relations to fuel growt | AGARTALA, August 7 (TIWN): With the possibility of economic enhancement towards the prospect of Northeastern states including Tripura, the second Tripura Conclave was held on Thursday at Agartala Rabindra Bhawan under the initiative of TIWN. The 2015 conclave has come up to introduce the 3rd international internet gateway in Agartala in an elaborate way which eyes forward to explore the land-locked Tripura as a hub to the Information Technology (IT) in NE India.Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Thursday had inaugurated the historical event at Rabindra Bhawan in presence of TIWN Editor Saumen Sarker, BBC's Former Correspondent Subir Bhowmik and other intellectuals.Addressing the programme Roy said, “The economic growth of the northeastern states of Tripura can be explored only by the India and Bangladesh bond which is growing fast to explore every possibilities globally.†Adding to that he said that extending the internet bandwidth to northeastern region of India through Cox Bazar Cable Landing Station of Bangladesh would be a boon to the Tripura which would soon in the global roadmap. | 07-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura assembly passes resolution to ab | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN/IANS): The ruling Left Front members and opposition Congress legislators unanimously passed a resolution in the Tripura assembly on Friday, urging the Centre to abolish the death penalty. | 07-Aug-2015 |
| Students, Guardian Forum demands to lega | AGARTALA, August 7 (TIWN): The Students’ Guardian Forum on Thursday demanded the Tripura High Court to legalise the private tuition by the government teachers for at least three years in view of better future of the student. However, hearing the case on Thursday the HC had decided to give the final verdict on its next hearing on August 20.The forum on Thursday was in opinion that lack of quality teachers in the government schools across the state had ruined the education system and had left the students move daily to the private tutors.They demanded the HC that in view of the interest of the students the private tuition is required for class 10, class 11 and class 12 standard students for at least three years.Besides, talking to TIWN in regard of the hearing held at HC on Thursday Advocate Dipak Kr. Biswas said, “The HC today said that it had not yet pronounced any order regarding the ban of private tuition by the government or the private school teachers.â€â€œHC also said that keeping the interest of the students in mind and about their future the HC would give its final verdict on August 20next,†Biswas told to TIWN. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| TTAADC: Engineer and doctor suspended | AGARTALA, Aug 7 (TIWN): An engineer was suspended for alleged report of sexual assault. The accused is Firoz Debbarma posted at TTAADC headquarter Khumwlng. CEO of TTAADC, Abhishek Singh confirmed the suspension. He informed that after getting complain from police the accused was suspended. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Agartala gears up for the celebration of | AGARTALA, August 7 (TIWN): Along with the Nation, Tripura will also witness the celebration of Independence Day at the Assam Rifle ground. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| BSF to put up tight security to plug loo | KHOWAI, August 7 (TIWN): In order to plug loopholes in the porous and unfenced borders 10bn BSF urged for a boat, saying that it would be easy to give security over the Khowai River where there is no fence which is near the Pohormura Area under Khowai Police Station if a boat is given by the administration. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Police nabbed three youths including a | KAMALPUR, August 7 (TIWN): Police succeeded to nab the culprits of sensational Gandheswari Bhander theft case occurred almost ten days ago as the thieves got trapped in effort to pocket money by selling stolen materials. Police got success as the local businessmen extended their co-operation to the police. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura Conclave: Global technocrats, G | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): In another major historic moment, Governor of Tripura Tathagata Roy on Thursday inaugurated the 2nd Tripura Conclave at Rabindra Bhawan to boost the economy of the state with the introduction of the 3rd Internet gateway in Agartala as IT hub in NE India. Gracing the occasion, Governor Tathagata Roy said that Tripura has the most educated population and has the political stability which can boost the IT sector in the state. Apart from the strength of the state, he also highlighted the loopholes lying in the state. He further stresses on the issue that the growth of Tripura is tied with the Indo-Bangla relationship.Addressing the conclave, organized by Tripurainfoway.com, Editor of TIWN Saumen Sarker who is also Vice President of Bank of America’s Global Network and Infrastructure Solutions said that Tripura it is a Golden opportunity for IT Industry and Economic roadmap of Tripura as India-Bangladesh surplus under-sea internet bandwidth (10 Gbps) sale agreement was signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic June 2014 visit to Dhaka in presence of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura, India's future IT hub? | AGARTALA, Aug 6 (TIWN/IANS): Tripura, known for juicy pineapples and high quality rubber, is now pitching itself as India's next IT hub. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Opposition gives new proposal for delimi | AGARTALA, Aug 6 (TIWN): Opposition on Thursday slammed the draft of the delimitation of the civic bodies by the ruling movement and gave a new proposal for delimitation of civic bodies and gheraud DM office. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura Conclave countdown begins : Glob | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): Just hours to go today before 2nd Tripura Conclave at 5 pm at Rabindra Bhavan with the initiative of Tripurainfoway, would be the first of its kind of visionary steps for establishing IT Industry in Tripura region. H.E. Governor of Tripura Tathagata Roy would grace the Conclave as the Chief Guest.Thanks to the much awaited accord penned by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on last June 6, 2015 which is to soon usher a new era of IT (Information Technology) driven economic development in India’s unexplored North East’s (NE) second most populous state Tripura. India-Bangladesh surplus under-sea internet bandwidth (10 Gbps) sale agreement was signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic June 2015 visit to Dhaka in presence of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. Many visionaries will deliberate upon the importance of IT Industry in a remote region like Northeast which can be flagged off and the potential for IT industry as a catalyst for economic transformation to be discussed. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Govt. welcomes HC’s interim verdi | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): Finally the Tripura’s 22 years stint in power the Left front government despite all odds managed to get the 85 years old palace in Tripura in shrinking lake, Neer Mahal, the lone lake palace in eastern India. The Tripura High Court on its interim order had stayed the verdict of the lower court which on its historical verdict announced Tripura Neer Mahal situated at Rudrasagar Lake to be in the name of royal family from now and has asked the state govt. here to hand over its tourist place of the palace to the royal family according to the 1949 Merger Act. However, PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury welcoming the recent decision of the HC said, “The state government challenging the verdict of the lower had produced all the documents in the name of Neer Mahal with the HC and the court finally accepted our appeal.â€Minister said the state government had spent crores of money for the ongoing retrofitting work of the water palace at Rudrasagar. The 85 years old palace in Tripura in shrinking lake to get new look very soon, he said. Adding to that he said that the state government had also planned to improve the road link in and around the Rudrasagar lake so that the tourists can take a view of the palace in the lake. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Monsoon session of Tripura assembly to b | AGARTALA, Aug 6 (TIWN): The monsoon session of Tripura Assembly is scheduled to commence from Friday. It will be a brief session which will be concluded within four working days. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| High Court gives judgment in favour of s | AGARTALA, Aug 6 (TIWN): Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited ( TSECL) yet again received a blow at the High Court for illegally depriving its employee. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Cast discrimination still exists, says M | AGARTALA, Aug 6 (TIWN): Paying tribute to the architect of the Indian constitution Dr. B R Ambedkar on his 125 Birth Aniversary at Chandrai Para H.S School on Wednesday, Welfare of Schedule Caste Minister Ratan Bhowmik said that Dr Ambedkar throughout his life fought for the eradication of social and economic inequality and discrimination of the suppressed Dalits, poor and women, said an Official on Thursday. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| TSU to celebrate 38th Foundation Day | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): On the 38th Foundation Day of the Tribal Students’ Union, the union has taken 19-day long initiatives to celebrate the occasion, said Indrajit Kalai, member of the union in a press conference on Thursday at Chatra-Yuva Bhavan. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Section 144 to be imposed at Khowai | KHOWAI, August 6 (TIWN): Aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the Indo-Bangla border area Khowai district administration to impose section 144 around 500 meter area. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Localities hits road for water crisis | UDAIPUR, Aug 6 (TIWN): Within a span of 3 days the residents of East Gokulpur at Udaipur again stormed the streets on Thursday at Udaipur kalitola road area. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura is grappling with an outbreak of | TELIAMURA, Aug 6 (TIWN): Tripura state found itself in the grip of an unprecedented malaria outbreak in Teliamura, Athara Mura area under Khowai District. Today one girl child was having malaria in Teliamura Hospital. Doctors and Health department are silent. However the child was reffered to GB hospital. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Doc played a good role: Restored a poor | KAMALPUR, Aug 6 (TIWN): When the doctors got often blamed for unruly behavior and cutting pockets of patients and patient-parties around the state, in such a time a Dentist of GBP Hospital, Dr. Sanjib kumar Das played a good Samaritan by restoring a poor girl of the sub-division to normalcy. The family of the poor girl got thrilled and overwhelmed by the humanity and service of that doctor. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Panchayat Secretary alleged the CPIM DC | KAMALPUR, August 6 (TIWN): The Panchayat Secretary of Singinala panchayat Dipali Roy complained in scribes against a DC member of CPIM Kamalpur sub-divisional committee and Pradhan of Singinala panchayat namely Ramani Das to the local committee of unruly behavior. But no action initiated against the leader yet. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Chambal fertilizer plant in Tripura yet | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): The Parliament was recently informed about the Chambal fertilizer plant to be set up in the land-locked state of Tripura. However, the project being undertaken by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited which signed a pact with the Chambal fertilizer is yet to get a nod whereas on the other hand the ONGC, Tripura Asset is eyeing forward to get the environmental clearance soon after which the exploration of gas would commence at the site, said official source.The official informed that a decision would be taken on the project based on the pre-feasibility study, which is underway, identification of land and ascertaining the availability of gas.Chambal Fertilisers has signed a pact with ONGC and the Tripura government to set up a urea plant in the state.Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. (CFCL) has informed the Parliament recently that a non-binding memorandum of understanding has been signed amongst Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), CFCL and Govt of Tripura to conceptualise and expand a gas based fertiliser plant in Tripura. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Govt. seeks centre’s intervention | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): In view of massive irregularity towards the wage payment to the REGA workers in Tripura under the centrally sponsored scheme of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) the state Rural Development (RD) department had sought centre’s intervention towards regularising the fund flow due to the lack of which the entire payment has been delayed, said RD Minister Naresh Jamatia on Wednesday.Jamatia along with three Tripura MP had met Union Minister for RD Birendar Singh at New Delhi on Tuesday centring the problems facing by the state REGA workers. The main problem for the delay of the payment is because of the irregular fund flow by the centre, said Jamatia talking to the newsmen at the secretariat holding a press conference on Wednesday.Jamatia said, “During the month of May and June this year no wage has been credited to the abnk accounts of the REGA workers and tom fill the gap the RD department had taken a loan of Rs. 60 crore from the state government.†| 05-Aug-2015 |
| State CPI-M shed crocodile tears over Go | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): Tripura governor Tathagata Roy's tweets on 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has at last evoked sharp reaction in the state CPI-M party office with Secretary Bijan Dhar saying that being a Governor once cannot make such unwanted tweets sitting in his or her constitutional posts. The Tripura governor Tathagata Roy on July 31 kicked up a storm dubbing those present at Yakub Memon's funeral in Mumbai as "potential terrorists" on Twitter.However Communist regimes all over world are known for ruthless executions - even in China a convict is usually shot dead right after the verdict. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| State Cong. protests against the suspens | KAILASHAHAR, August 6 (TIWN): Cong. at Kalishahar has come in mass demonstration against the decision of Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday to suspend 25 Congress Parliamentaries. Congress is observing it as a “black day†in democracy. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Range officer accused of stealing proper | UDAIPUR, August 6 (TIWN): Dinesh Biswas, Santirbazar Range officer is accused of stealing goods from Kakrabon area and allegedly he stored the stolen items in his office room. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| 22 files disappeared from BDO office, Co | KALASHAHR, August 6 (TIWN): After Congress surrounded BDO Anupam Chakraborty and voiced against continuous scams including Fishery, MGNREGA, Indira Awash Yojona since last few years, 22 files related to these departments have been found vanished from the BDO office, claimed cong. Cong. raised voice against all the Panchayats’ members of Kailashahar subdivision alleging their chief involvement in those scams. However talking to the Jilla Congress Shabhadipati Badujjaman over phone he said, many files found disappeared from the BDO office after they demanded all the information through RTI. However, within few hours Cong. is to again protest if BDO doesn’t help them to reveal the scams, said Badujjaman. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| INTTUC demands to set off Street Vendor | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): Demanding to set off Street Vendor Act 2014 in the state, Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress on Wednesday staged four hours mass demonstration at Paradise Choumuhani. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| ABVP staged road blockade over Head Mast | AGARTALA, August 6 (TIWN): Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Wednesday staged road blockade for one and half hour in front of the Kathaltali Higher Secondary School demanding to bring back the Head Mistress, enraged students also locked gate of the school out of furious. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Increasing power disruption on a rise, | AGARTALA / KAILASHAHAR, August 6 (TIWN): The opposition party has come up with 11 charters of memorandums at Kailashahar, protesting against the continuous power disruptions and digital meters’ faults which has become a matter of worry for the people of Kailashahar. Pradesh Congress Committee leaders as Rudrendu Bhattacharjee, Nirmal Malakar, Subrata Kumar Deb along with other members placed their demonstration before Plaban Das, Senior Manager of Power Division at Kailashahar on Wednesday. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Court relieves a convict with little fin | UDAIPUR, August 6 (TIWN): Accident cases seem very prominent issue in the state, which cause by transport system’s problems, as well as careless attitude of the drivers here. On August 5, JM 2nd Class, Court No-2 of Udaipur Gomati Dist has convicted an accused namely Sukesh Majumder and punished him with Rs. 5,000/-, for causing injuries to a 19 years boy due to his reckless driving in the year 2011. | 06-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura Conclave: Transformation of I | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): “In a historic opportunity to boost the economy of the state with the introduction of the 3rd Internet Gateway in Agartala as IT hub in NE India, Tripura will be playing a vital role in NE India†said Saumen Sarker, Bank of America Vice president (Global Communications and Infrastructure Solutions) in a press briefing held at Agartala press club, on Wednesday. With the aim to promote Agartala as the India’s 3rd Internet gateway after Mumbai and Chennai, Tripura infoway.com is scheduled to organize 2nd Tripura Conclave on August 6, at Rabindra Bhavan 5 PM onwards, added Sarker in the press communique. The conclave would hold discussion on ‘How to lay the road-map for Agartala as 3rd internet gateway and how to bring investment through this Internet gateway in the state to generate employment for growth of the state’.Sarker stressed on the issue that Tripura has an adequate amount of resources, political stability, electricity and young talent in the state who can establish the IT sector in full-fledged manner with the introduction of the 3rd Internet Gateway in Agartala. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura Govt. doctors finally resumes pr | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): Finally the state government doctors who were in tussle with the High Court opted to resume private practices just after the state health and family welfare department issued a fresh notification mentioning the conditions and the guidelines. Acting on behest of the HC’s direction the state health department on July 31 had issued a notification saying that the government doctors should not indulge in private practice but concentrate on government hospitals only. According to the fresh guidelines of the state government the doctors who apply for private practice shall have to submit details along with the prescribed application form, the doctors shall not do private practices for more than 3 hours on working days and 6 hours in holidays whereas the timings should be prominently displayed outside the private chambers. It was also directed that no doctors who opted for private clinic are permitted to sit or practice with any polyclinic, private nursing homes or laboratory. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Congress to put up the issue of Food Sec | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): Concerning the rampant corruption in various parts of the state, especially against the Food Security Act, the congress to raise the issue of Food Security Act at the monsoon budget session from August 7. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Miscreant damages ATM machine, failed to | KHOWAI, August 5 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, miscreants struck in an UBI ATM at the Puran Bazaar of Khowai sub-division and damaged the guard less ATM machine on Wednesday night. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Fencing of the pool broken for more than | KAMALPUR, August 5 (TIWN): The only pool at the heart of the town decorated and protected with iron and brick fencing remained in awkward situation for more than last two months. The situation turned so as a corner of the fencing was to be broken to rescue a bull from the pool. But still neither the Nagar Panchayat authority nor the administration got time to repair it although the pool situated adjacent to Nagar Panchayat office and SDM office. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| 2 NLFT extremists surrender in Tripura | AGARTALA, August 5(TIWN): Two extremist of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) have surrendered before DGP K. Nagaraj, at police head quarter (PHQ) on Tuesday. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Preparation on peak for historic ‘ | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): A centuries-old tribal custom in Tripura, Ker Puja permits no deaths, births or even recreation within a notified area. No outsiders are allowed to enter either, and anyone violating the rules has to pay. It starts 15 days after Kharchi Puja, another tribal festival in the State. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Decline in road accident deaths in the s | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): There is decline in the number of accident death in the state. According to report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in last five years, least number of casualties was registered in 2014.The report says, 188 person died due to road accident in 2014, 226 person died in 2013, 291 died in 2012. The highest number of causality was 453 in 2011 stated the report. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Teacher steals mid-day meal | AGARTALA/ MANU, August 5 (TIWN): Nothing can be more shameful than a teacher snatching food from the mouth of a student. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Delimitation of Nagar Panachayat wards s | KAMALPUR, August 5 (TIWN): On the eve of ensuing Nagar Panchayat and Municipal Council election, the delimitation of wards of 13 Municipal Councils and 6 Nagar Panchayat got settled. On 20th July last, the Urban Development department issued notification No. F.24 (1)-UDD/DUD/2010/3880-3924 in this matter. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Two Bangladesh-trained militants surren | AGARTALA, Aug 5 (TIWN/IANS): Two Bangladesh-trained extremists surrendered to Tripura Police with Chinese-made arms and ammunition, police said here on Wednesday. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| 100 oil tankers stranded at Dharmanagar | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): In view of the poor service by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and the rampant fuel crisis here at the capital city and other parts of the state the state Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha had written to the Ministry of Petroleum at New Delhi on Tuesday seeking to restore the irregularities by the IOC. He said, “Over 100 oil tankers arrived here in the state from Shilchar stranded at Dharmanagar currently.†Talking to the reporters here at the civil secretariat on Tuesday minister said that as the network server of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is down currently the IOC is unable to dispatch the stranded oil tankers without uploading the data in their site. “But as an alternate to that the oil tankers can be dispatched manually and later after the server is restored the IOC can easily upload the data in their site with which at least the crisis could be contained here,†claimed Saha.Besides, slamming the IOC authority Saha in view of the LPG cooking gas cylinder crisis said that the concerned authority is reluctant to sort out the problems of their workers who had tenure of only 2 years to work under the IOC in contractual basis. | 05-Aug-2015 |
| Employees’ body opposes Tripura G | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): Just after the state Left front government cabinet meeting had tied a nod to the direct recruitment process forming a board to fill up the vacant posts of the LDCs and Group D without referring to Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC), the state secretariat employees’ body on Tuesday has hit the secretary office opposing the cabinet decision announced on Tuesday. They claimed, “The state Left front government is on a spree to build the second party office in the secretariat.†Besides, the opposition congress on the very first day has called to withdraw the decision immediately saying that the decision of direct recruitment of the candidates without referring the TPSC would in future politicize the state secretariat taking the corruption rampant. The Tripura Mahakaran Karmachari Samiti on Tuesday opposing the state cabinet decision had claimed that the state government had so far not taken any necessary step towards filling up the 93 vacant posts of the total 182 and amidst this the government leaving no stone unturned had now tied a nod to the direct recruitment process. | 04-Aug-2015 |
| Construction of platforms in progress | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): Construction of platform work is going on in full-swing at Badarghat railway station. Days are not so far when Tripura will be connected with the map of Broad-gauge railway network system. | 04-Aug-2015 |
| Opposition leader criticizes the short s | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): Opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman has criticised the three – day Monsoon Assembly Session starting from August 7 next. The three – day session is very short duration to discuss important issues for the interest of the state. | 04-Aug-2015 |
| Poorna Sakti Kendra to empower women of | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): To ensure the socio-economic development of women in rural areas, Poorna Sakti Kendra was inaugurated on Tuesday at Sukanta Academy Auditorium. | 04-Aug-2015 |
| Former International Lawn Tennis player | AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): Former International Lawn Tennis player Joydeep Mukherjee on Monday met Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to discuss the issue of Dasharath Deb Sports Complex, said an official here on Tuesday. | 04-Aug-2015 |
| Students boycotted class demanding adeq | KAMALPUR, August 5 (TIWN): Resentment gripped the remote West Lambucharra High School as the students boycotted class demanding adequate teachers here at Kamalpur today. Although the Headmaster informed the Inspector of Schools about the situation but it yelled no fruit. | 04-Aug-2015 |
| One left injured after electrocuted | UDAIPUR, August 5 (TIWN): In a tragic incident, one Narayan Karmakar was left seriously injured after he was electrocuted on Tuesday afternoon. | 04-Aug-2015 |