Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Triple murder case accused Sushil†| AGARTALA, August 2 (TIWN): The Tripura High court yet again postponed the hearing of Ganadoot triple murder case accused Sushil Chowdhury’s bail plea and is scheduled to hear the case again on August 27 this year. The Public Prosecutor (PP) of the case had kicked off his argument on Saturday just after the defence lawyer Pijush Kanti Biswas finished his argument. The PP would continue his argument following which the court is scheduled to hear the Sushil’s bail plea again on August 27 and August 28 next. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Eastern India is not that prone to IS mi | AGARTALA, August 2 (TIWN): “We are already taking care and active while the political system is also acting pro actively to thwart any of the such exigenciesâ€, said DIG (BSF) of Tripura Frontier to TIWN last afternoon, when asked on state of preparedness to combat Islamic State (IS) extremists.DIG JB Sahana has said that no worth mentioning direction has been issued to the force to put any special measures in place to tackle the infiltration of IS insurgents from cross border. The DIG has further added that eastern part of India is not that sensitive when it comes to IS terror. Meanwhile, the home ministry has convened a high-level meeting to discuss the threat posed by the terror group IS. | 02-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura gets law secretary D M Jamatia i | AGARTALA, August 2 (TIWN): Finally after several appeal to the High Court the Tripura managed to get its law secretary Datamohan Jamatia in chair for another three months. The High Court on Saturday hearing the appeal of the State Minister for Law Tapan Chakroborty for the second time finally reserved the transfer order of Jamatia and had offered more three months to Jamatia in chair. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| India B’desh start historic land | AGARTALA, August 2 (TIWN): Having worked together to facilitate trouble-free movement of before the stipulated date of November 30, 2015 the India and Bangladesh government had kicked off the land swap programme from Friday mid-night with the Northeastern states of Tripura Muhurichar under Belonia sub-division all set to get merge with the Bangladesh territory. | 02-Aug-2015 |
| Locals of Kailashahar sub-division stage | KAILASHAHAR, August 2 (TIWN): Locals of Kailashahar sub-division on Saturday staged protest against the negligence of the police and demanded to take strict action against the thief who has looted their shop of Girl’s School road under Kailashahar sub-division on Friday night. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Resentment brewed after civilians snatch | KHOWAI, August 2 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, three women of Tabla Bari of Mahadeb Tilla under Khowai Police Station snatched an important file of police personals on Saturday at Khowai District Hospital after they had a quarrel over a post-mortem issue of their relative. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| TTAADC calls for holistic development | AGARTALA, August 2 (TIWN): TTAADC CEM Radha Charan Debbarma on Saturday at old council bhawan called for holistic development of ADC area to provide keen eye towards the development of various sectors including health, education, and drinking water facility in the coming days. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Youth Congress to place deputation | AGARTALA, August 2 (TIWN): Raising voice against the rampant corruption in various parts of the state, Youth Congress would place deputation to District Magistrate of seven districts of the state demanding to take a strict action to bring down the corruption and crime in the state. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Congress alleges discrepancy in the deli | AGRTALA, August 2 (TIWN): Alleging discrepancy in the delimitation of the civic bodies’ opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman on Saturday at Congress Bhawan said that the draft publication of the delimitation of the civic bodies was done according to constructive position of the ruling party. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| World Breastfeeding Week observed | AGARTALA, August 2 (TIWN): Like every this year also, World Breastfeeding Week has been observed on Saturday at CMO office, Conel Choumuhani. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Goods worth lakhs perish in fire, fire s | BELONIA, August 2 (TIWN): Goods worth 11 lakhs were burnt to ashes when massive fire broke out into the houses of Sudhamo at Pepariakhola area under PR bari Police station on Friday late night. | 02-Aug-2015 |
| SFI placed deputation to school HM | BELONIA, August 2 (TIWN): The student of Aryya colony HS School and SFI unit has placed deputation to Aryya colony HS School Head master Arun Das demanding to appoint teachers for Biology and Sanskrit within 7 days or else the student will boycott classes in the coming days. | 02-Aug-2015 |
| Students of Gandacherra Sub-division mee | AGARTALA, August 2 (TIWN): As a part of Civic Action programme of BSF on Friday, a total of 19 tribal students from the schools of Deshraj area and Raishabari area under Gandacherra Sub-division which includes Raishabari Residential School, Shukhraicherra J B School and Raishabari HS School have visited the Raj Bhawan to meet Governor Tathagata Roy, confirmed an official here on Saturday. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Agartala reels from “Komen†| AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): The depression spawned by Tropical Cyclone Komen coupled with an unusually high tide on Saturday and steady overnight rains left large parts of Agartala struggling on Saturday. | 02-Aug-2015 |
| Private clinics shutdown from Aug. 1, Do | AGARTALA, August 1 (TIWN): Finally the Tripura government doctors had shutdown their private clinics from Saturday saying ‘No’ to the private practises from now. The decision has come up just after the High Court on its interim order had put a ban on doctor’s private practises. Despite the HC had directed the doctors to submit an affidavit with the court the government doctors who opposed the ban on private practises had not acted towards placing the affidavit. The last date of submitting the affidavit was July 31. The HC on May 29 this year putting a ban on the private practises said the government doctors would not be allowed private practice at chambers for more than three hours on weekdays when they perform duties in hospitals or government-run health centres. On holidays, the government doctors will be allowed to practise for a maximum of six hours. Besides, a doctor cannot charge more than Rs 200 from a patient on the first day and then not more than Rs 100 on each subsequent day. No doctor would be allowed to set up a chamber in any private nursing home, pharmacy, pathology centre or diagnostic centre for private practice. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Facebook connects 'fighters' in Indo-Ban | KOLKATA/AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN/IANS): A group of youth, who alerted the world to the plight of people in the India-Bangladesh enclaves by uniting under the 'Facebook Fighters' banner, are now busy raising a toast to their new found 'freedom'.As celebrations began at the stroke of midnight on Friday with the much-awaited exchange of enclaves (chhitmahals) between India and Bangladesh, the youth marked the momentous occasion online. Aged between 18 to 25 years, the youngsters who were residing in the enclaves on both sides of the border, rejoiced in the success of their massive online campaign by sporting white tee-shirts with the orange logo 'ff' signifying 'Facebook Fighters' with the initials of Bharat Bangladesh Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee (BBEECC) etched beneath. United by internet and smartphones, the group includes members from all the 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in India and has representations from the residents of Indian enclaves in Bangladesh. Be it Bishnu Barman, Rousan Sarkar, Jaynal Abedin or Atik Hassan Atik (whose family has opted for Bangladesh citizenship), Facebook proved to be a valuable and relatively inexpensive medium to get the word out across the border enclaves and connect with each other.Facebook provided them a distinct identity at a time when they were in 'nowhere land'. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Rejoicing for 50,000 people on India-Ba | KOLKATA/DHAKA/AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN/IANS): Cheers went up, national flags were hoisted and candles lit, but there were some tears too, as India and Bangladesh swapped 162 small enclaves of land in each other's possession at the midnight hour - ending nearly 70 years of statelessness for over 50,000 people residing there.The 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in India were swapped as per the Land Boundary Agreement and the 2011 Protocol, instruments of ratification of which were exchanged during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka in May.For the around 14,000 people living in 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in Indian territory, and the 37,000 residing in 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh, they now have a country of their own. As the clock struck the midnight hour on Friday night, the 51 Bangladeshi land enclaves in Coochbehar district of West Bengal, and the 111 Indian enclaves located in the Bangladesh districts of Lalmonirhat (59), Panchagarh (36), Kurigram 12 and Nilphamari (4) were amalgamated with the main land. Since partition in 1947, the inhabitants of the enclaves remained where they were - residents of one country but located in pockets in the other. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| HC sits for final hearing on life term i | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): The High Court of Tripura sits on Saturday for the final hearing of Ganadoot triple murder case mastermind Sushil Chowdhury’s bail plea, who was imprisoned for the life term by the lower court earlier. The final hearing on Sushil’s plea had begun from Friday and would continue till Saturday where the court is expected to pronounce its final decision. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| TGTA holds 3-day long conference | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Three-day long conference has been organized by the Tripura Government Teacher’s Association on Saturday at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| AGMC in verge of getting affiliation can | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): The Medical Council of India (MCI) eyeing strict towards the improper infrastructure of the Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) had issued a notice to the authority of the AGMC recently to place the report of the infrastructural status of AGMC Post Graduate Medical Course. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Digvijaya urges president to sack Tripur | NEW DELHIi/AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN/IANS): Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday urged President Pranab Mukherjee to dismiss Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy for spreading "communal hatred". | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Headmasters/ Headmistresses have given | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Only after five days training 125 headmaster\ headmistresses were given posting. For giving posting to newer ones, around 50 existing headmaster and assistant headmaster were transferred. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| India, Bangladesh exchange enclaves, peo | DINHATA (West Bengal)/TRIPURA, Aug 1 (TIWN/IANS): Crackers were burst and people rejoiced as India and Bangladesh exchanged enclaves at the stroke of midnight on Friday-Saturday, ending the 68 years of stateless existence for over 51,000 enclave dwellers. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Political parties gears up for upcoming | KAILASHAHAR, Aug 1 (TIWN): Keeping eye on the upcoming Municipal Corporation election of the state, political parities of Kailashahar gears up for the election which is expected to be held by December. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Negligence hits education system of Kail | KAILASAHAR, Aug 1 (TIWN): The infrastructure of the kailasahar Fultali senior basic school has been running in pathetic condition for prolonged days, confirmed school Head master Ranjit Sinha. The school lacks the key amenities and proper infrastructure, he added. In last storm, the roof of the school building was blown away by heavy wind. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Roads filled with ditches, inconvenience | KAMALPUR, Aug 1 (TIWN): The reluctance of the PWD(R&B) authority turned the movement painful and damaging here at Kamalpur. Not only the Kamalpur-Ambassa road but almost all the roads including the Fulchari-Kamalpur bye-pass road also became a nightmare for the pedestrians and vehicle riders. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Nagar Panchayat Park left in deplorable | KAMALPUR, Aug 1 (TIWN): Town Kamalpur seriously lacked of any sort of public amusement facility for long. The border adjacent town had no multiplex, science auditorium or modern cyber café here. And the town also lacked for a park where the youths, children and aged persons could spend their time. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| India, Bangladesh to exchange 162 enclav | AGARTALA, Aug 1 (TIWN): Finally after 4 decades the India and Bangladesh is all set to exchange a total of 162 enclaves as per the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) being ratified by the Indian Parliament on May this year. Between July 6 and 16, a joint survey was conducted and people in the enclaves were given the option to choose their country. As per the agreement, the disputed Chandan Nagar village under the Dhalai district of Tripura would join with the Indian territory whereas Muhri Char of Belonia under South District of Tripura would merge with the Bangladesh territory. However, the door would be finally opened for over 50,000 virtually stateless people to finally get a national identity. India will hand over 51 enclaves, comprising 7,110 acres to Bangladesh whereas the neighboring country will give India 111 enclaves comprising around 17,160 acres. Tripura government had produced all papers related to Chandannagar and Bangladesh have left Chandananagar for Tripura because the families residing there are Indians and used to do cultivation but in case of Muharichar they are raising various questions, said official.According to the sources Bangladesh and India will implement the LBA of 1974 and the enabling Protocol of September, 2011, in a phased manner over the next 11 months. | 01-Aug-2015 |
| Locals of Mailak Area demands for concre | UDAIPUR, Aug 1 (TIWN): The locals of Mailak Area of Amarpur sub-division on Friday demanded to construct a concrete bridge over the Gomati River after a five-member team of MLA visited the area to look around the necessity and problems. | 01-Aug-2015 |