Archive Detail
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| Police attained huge success against con | KAMALPUR, AUGUST 15, (TIWN): Kamalpur police attained a great success against contrabands widespreads, under the new OC Swapan Sengupta here on Saturday. | 15-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura sports council to provide specia | AGARTALA, August 15(TIWN): With the aim to brush up the sports level of Tripura and to provide some positive traits towards development in sports and sports infrastructure being built at the state capital Tripura sports council has decided to provide special training to the youths interested in the sports field. | 15-Aug-2015 |
| Meeting Of the North East MPs Forum held | NEW DELHI /Agartala, August 15 (TIWN):North East MPs Forum has unanimously resolved to request Govt. of India to constitute a Bamboo Board in line of Tea, Coffee, Spices, Rubber, Silk and other Commodity Boards under the Ministry of Commerce. More than 60% of India\'s total bamboo resources naturally grows in North East. Now a day’s bamboo is considered not only poor men\'s timber but as an important raw materials for industrial use. China\'s stake is more than 80% of total 1,000 billion dollar economy in the world. Whereas India\'s share is less than 4%, though resource wise India and China is equal. Bamboo based industry can generate couple of lakhs employment both as cultivator in the forest land and workers in the industry. Scientific use of bamboo can change the face of North East, more over it is eco-friendly. | 15-Aug-2015 |
| Trinamool celebrates 69th Independence D | AGARTALA, August 15 (TIWN): The celebration of the 69th Independent Day has been observed at the Trinamool Bhavan, Motorstandon Friday. | 15-Aug-2015 |
| TC demands resignation of Khowai Senior | KHOWAI, August 15 (TIWN): The Tripura Khowai District Trinamool Congress activists on Friday demanded the resignation of Senior Deputy Magistrate, Khowai Pankaj Chakroborty for allegedly updating a status making an adverse statement against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banarjee in a social networking site. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Railway minister assures for opening rai | NEW DELHI/AGARTALA August 15 (TIWN): In a meeting with the MPs from Tripura Jitendra Chaudhury, Shankar Prasad Dutta and Jharna Das Baidya, Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has assured the delegation to actively consider the proposals of creation of a new Division at Agartala and opening a new Centre of Railway Recruitment Board. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura mulls for imposing restriction | AGARTALA, August 15 (TIWN): Denying further slashing of the Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) tax in the Agartala sector despite the price of air ticket soars in, the Tripura government mulls for imposing restriction on the aviation companies to contain the rise in air tickets. “We urge the Govt. of India to think over it as the rise in air ticket is causing hurdles for the Tripura passengers,†said State Transport Minister Manik Dey. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| City bus service: State govt urges for m | AGARTALA, AUGUST 15 (TIWN): The state government wants more five months to start bus service in the capital Agartala. The request was made in written by the transport department to high court on Monday citing series of problem.It is mentionable here that after getting direction from High Court of Tripura, the state government decided to operate 100 new buses on the streets of the city and out skirts of the city within few days. Among the buses 10 are air- conditioned buses. The buses will be operated at Agartala and adjacent routs of the city, added the minister.The Central Government provided 70 buses under JNNURM project according to the demand of the state. However 70 buses are less in comparison to pressure of passenger in the streets of the city and adjacent areas. So the State Government demanded more 100 buses.Accordingly Centre fulfilled the demand of the state under JNNURM project. Out of 100 buses Tata Motors will supply 73 buses. Besides SML company will supply remaining 27 buses. The buses will have the capacity of being operated by CNG and diesel.The buses will be handed over to private parties to operate those. It was decided in the last cabinet meeting. Tripura Urban Transport Company will hand over the buses to the selected parties by calling tender from the parties. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| BJP Observer Sunil Deodhar criticizes th | AGARTALA, August 15 (TIWN): Raising voice against the rampant corruption and scam in the state, BJP on Friday criticized the Left-Front Government saying that CPI-M has been on a spree to build the second party office in the secretariat. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Minor girl kidnapped: Case filed with p | KAMALPUR, August 15 (TIWN): In a mysterious incident, the kidnapping of a minor girl got unearthed after 21 days when the father lodged a case with the Salema police station. The accused remained absconding yet. This happened at Khasiapunji of West Dalucharra village under Salema police station. The act of the father and family members came under scanner for so-much delay in filing case. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Legal Aid clinic set at Kamalpur sub-jai | KAMALPUR, August 15 (TIWN): In a move to extend the legal facility to the jail inhabitants, the legal aid authority set a legal aid clinic at Kamalpur Sub-jail on 11th August last. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| 120 complaints lodged,Mushrooming brick | AGARTALA, August 15 (TIWN):A total of 120 complaint was filed in Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) during last three financial years ( 2012 -13,2013 -14, 2014 -15), admitted minister for science, technology and environment Bijita nath in assembly recently. Replying to a question raised by ruling CPI(M) MLA Sameer Deb Sarkar she stated 42 in 2012 -13, 34 in 2013 -14 and 44 complaint was lodged. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| State remembers poet Sukanta on his Birt | AGARTALA, August 15 (TIWN): The Birth Anniversary of poet Sukanta Bhattacharya has been celebrated across the state in a befitting manner on Friday. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Democracy depends on free media, says Go | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday urged the media to maintain accuracy in the display of news items to ensure smooth and quick run of the state, during a discussion session at Vivekananda Bhavan, confirmed an official on Friday. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Police needs to gear up to curb bike the | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): The increased number of popularity of bike riding in Agartala has consequently created another trend, a rising number of bike thefts. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| NSUI demands to SFI from collecting subs | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): National Students' Union of India on Friday placed 6-charter points of deputation to the joint director of School Education Department Nikhil Biswas demanding to stop SFI from collecting subscription fees from different schools. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Loan recovery still a challenge for bank | AGARTALA, August 14(TIWN): To hasten loan recovery, an awareness camp on loan recovery and loan disbursement was held at TMCDCL office on Thursday. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| CM Manik Sarkar to unfurl the national f | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to unfurl the national flag at Assam Rifles ground to mark the occasion of Independence Day on Saturday. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| CM pushes for quality education | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Thursday while inaugurating the new building of Kamalghat School stressed on imparting quality education to the students and to build empathy relationship between the teachers and the students. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Security beefed up along Tripura border | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Security beefed up along bordering areas of the northeastern states of Tripura in wake of Independence-Day. The Army and the Border Security Force (BSF) have deployed additional forces to step up vigil in the state bordering with neighbouring Bangladesh just after the days ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, the Union home ministry has issued a massive security alert to all states of possible terror attacks, with special focus on Delhi, Mumbai, and the border states of Jammu & Kashmir and Gujarat. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Poor BSNL service irks 2.86 lakhs consum | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Despite several persuasions by the state government the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) had failed to restore the current situation of the poor BSNL services across the state so far. The Tripura Legislative Assembly had recently criticised the BSNL authorities for poor service which irked the consumers at large. Currently the BSNL has at least 2. 86 lakh consumers in the state. The state Information and Technology (IT) official said that despite the state government had taken up the matter with the higher authorities on several occasions the situation could not be brought restored so far. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Lack of manpower affects traffic managem | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): While Agartala grows in leaps and bounds, lack of man power in traffic department remains an eye sore to both residents and the authorities. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| BJP placed deputation to AMC Barjala War | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday placed deputation to the Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation demanding to renovate and develop the various roads and electricity connection in the ward number 1 area of Borjala. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| 10 people pledge for organ donation | AGARTALA, August 14(TIWN): In a camp organized by North District press club at Dharmanagar Vivekananda Bhawan on Thursday, 10 people registered their name for organ donation on Thursday. | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Centre funds Rs. 313 crore to Tripura fo | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Despite the irregular fund flow by the centre allegedly due to the mismanagement of the Public Fund Management System (PFMS) which has hit the payment of rega wages here in the state along with others the Tripura government had on August 3 received a fund of Rs. 313 crore with a total fund rested at Rs. 499.2 crore so far, said RD official. He said that the department had recently written to the Finance Ministry to get a nodal officer from the centre here in Tripura in view of getting a better communication towards simplification of the PFMS. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Minister Badal Choudhury inaugurates Sar | BELONIA, August 14 (TIWN): In order easily access education in Belonia sub-division, Sarashima schools have been upgraded into higher secondary school. Health & Family Welfare Minister Badal Choudhury has unfurled the inauguration ceremony on | 14-Aug-2015 |
| Governor extends wishes on Independence | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Governor Tathagata Roy greeted the people of Tripura on the auspicious occasion of the Independence Day on Wednesday. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| 248 BSF camps in Tripura fails to curb s | AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): Despite minimum distance of 1 KM between each Border Security Force camp (BSF) camps in the Indo-Bangla Tripura border area, intrusion and smuggling of contraband goods is on a rise. At present there are 248 BSF camp in Tripura along the Indo-Bangla border area. The BSF routinely seizes cattle headed for Bangladesh and arrests smugglers in Tripura but that is not making any noticeable dent on the business. The smugglers in Bangladesh resort to innovative ways to take away Indian cows across the border where they are in big demand for their beef and hide. Drug smuggling has increased along the India-Bangladesh border while the BSF of 248 camps appears to be silent over this issue.Plantations of cannabis are done on a large scale in the interior and inaccessible areas of the border region. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Binoy Badal Dinesh club grabbed the 13th | KAMALPUR, August 14 (TIWN): Binoy Badal Dinesh club grabbed the prestigious Evergreen Tournament by defeating their rival Kanailal Halam para by 2-1 in the final of the 13th edition of the tournament here at Kalibari ground this afternoon. Although both the teams lost many chances to score goals but poor defence of the opponent made Binoy Badal Dinesh victorious. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Cooking gas crisis hits Agartala, black | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): Gas crisis has worsened across the state, forcing the domestic users to hit the streets protesting against the acute shortage of LPG cooking gas cylinders at Banamalipur capital gas agency on Thursday. Consumers in Agartala are severely hit by the shortage of Liquid Petroleum gas (LPG) cooking gas cylinders over past many days. As a result, black marketing is on the rise, with consumers forced to buy cylinders at prices ranging between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 a piece. Long queues of people are seen outside Capital gas agency at Banamalipur from Thursday morning disturbing the swift movement of the traffic in the road. Common men are paying almost more than double to buy a gas cylinder. People have been left with no option but to buy the LPG cylinder from the open market by shelling out more money.These days hundreds of people are seen standing outside the gas agencies to seek a refill and to get their cylinder. Shortage of LPG has triggered spontaneous protests in many areas across the state.Taking full advantage of the current situation, black-marketers are making money by selling a gas cylinder almost double its price in the market. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Finally Tripura Govt. pitches against ed | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): Finally the state government sounding against the rampant education business in state had directed the concerned education department to probe the allegation raised by the opposition leader. The higher education minister was recently instructed to conduct an inquiry into the allegations of involvement of top policy makers in admitting undergraduate students of nursing in non-recognized institutes of Bengaluru being shortlisted by the Tripura government. The move has come up just after the issue of the education business had rocked the state monsoon assembly session. Opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman alleged that the education business with the state brokers engaged in it has rampant in the state whereas the government have been playing a negligence role towards restricting it. A large number of students are being victimised by those brokers who in exchange of hefty fees let the students admit in some of the non-recognised colleges outside the state which were also shortlisted by the state government. Barman alleged the department has shortlisted 24 such nursing colleges and five other technical colleges in Bengaluru despite bringing the matter to the notice of the chief minister two months ago. "They do not have recognition and minimum infrastructure," he said. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Over Rs. 100 crores of electricity bills | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): The Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) where continues to burden its power consumers to recover their losses and threatens them to disconnect their connection if they fails to submit their bill on time, it has failed to recover power bills amounting to Rs 47.36 crore from several government bodies. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Security beefed up in Agartala for Ind | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): The West Tripura Police has kept a hawk-eye vigil over the capital, especially around the Assam Rifles parade ground and the surrounding areas where Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will unfurl the national flag and will deliver speech on the Independence Day. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| 68th Independence Day: Rehearsal on pea | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): Preparation is on the full swing to observe the 69th Independence Day in great enthusiasm and national fervor. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Agartala wastes liters of petrol in tra | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): Construction of fly-over, day to day road blockade over several issues of crisis of water, LPG, electricity and others, the dwellers of Agartala witness’s traffic logjams at rush hour every day, unnecessarily holding up people who are in a hurry to reach their destinations at time. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Tripura to get more CNG station, Tapan | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): With the aim to turn Tripura into a green city, efforts are in full swing to run vehicles by compressed natural gas (CNG), and government is further planning to set up more CNG station in more 7 sub-division, said Industries & Commerce minister Tapan Chakraborty. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| State to celebrate Poet Sukanta Bhattach | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): To mark the auspicious occasion of the Poet Sukanta Bhattacharya Birth Anniversary on August 14, Information and Cultural Affair Department has taken an extensive preparation. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Rape convict sent to 10 years imprisonme | UDAIPUR, August 13 (TIWN): Udaipur District and session court on Thursday sent a 47 year old man to 10 years of imprisonment in allegation of repeatedly raping a minor girl at Rajdhar nagar area under kakrabon police station 1 year back. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| 15-year old went missing, no evidence ye | UDAIPUR, August 13 (TIWN): After prolonged search of 15-year old boy, RK Pure police could not trace any evidence, said the family member of the boy. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Jumbo threat hits life | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): In the wake of the recent elephant attacks on human habitat, the residents of Gandhari area at Udaipur-Amarpur road took measures to stop the elephants from entering into the residential areas. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Woman set herself on fire, suspect†| BELONIA, August 13 (TIWN): In a tragic incident, a 37-year old woman of Bollamuka under Belonia sub-division recovered critically injured with 95 percent burnt on Thursday. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Press Club donated blood: Annual program | KAMALPUR, August 13 (TIWN): Annual blood donation camp of Kamalpur Press Club got organized today. In this prescheduled program 20 donors donated blood. Before blood donation a brief discussion was held. In this discussion Press Club Secretary Supriyo Dutta and Dr. Malin Debbarma discussed in brief in the president ship of Uttam kumar Bhowmik. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Final rehearsal of Police parade at Assa | Final rehearsal of Police parade at Assam Rifles ground for Independence Day celebration. TIWN Pic Aug 13 | 13-Aug-2015 |
| Pistol, grenade bombs recovered from maf | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): Just ahead of Tripura preparing for Independence Day celebration, the Agartala Police on Wednesday recovered at least 2 foreign made live grenade bombs and one pistol from a mafia identified as a Goutam Chakroborty, resident of North Badharghat.The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at around 7:00 pm at Badharghat near the stadium complex after the accused mafia asking for money entered a living room of a widow and discovered a brutal attack on her and left her seriously injured, said police.According to the police, one Goutam Chakroborty known to be a broker and engaged in land deal business on Wednesday evening attacking the middle aged widow identified as Gopa Debnath of Bdharghat area, had threatened her showing foreign made pistol with at least 2 live grenade bombs on his pocket.Later, getting an alarm the locals rushed to the spot and managed to detain the accused mafia Goutam Chakroborty after disarming him and handed over with the police. The angry mobs also broke his 4 wheelers vehicle which accused Goutam Chakroborty carried with him. | 13-Aug-2015 |
| IWAI agrees to connect Tripura river wit | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): Finally after several persuasions by the state Left front government to revive the river lines of Tripura, the central body Inland Water Authority of India (IWAI) had agreed to connect the state’s one of the most important river, River Gomati with the Meghna river of the neighboring Bangladesh to pave the way for river transport to the neighbouring country through the northeastern state. According to the official source the state government had earlier send a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to the Ministry to get a nod to the water link which is expected to offer an immense potential for water transport among the two countries.The official said that the Inland Waterways Authority of India and the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority would be in charge of river transport after the project was implemented. “The state government which was made the nodal agency for the project would carry out the initiative to make the water level of the River Gomati at par with the River Meghna in Bangladesh,†official said.Tripura government had submitted a detailed project proposal for the development of navigable waterways on the Gomati and Howrah.The project costs were fixed at Rs 12.59 crore for the Gomati and Rs 11.19 crore for the Howrah. | 12-Aug-2015 |
| National awards for excellence in journa | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): The Press Council of India which has been mandated by an Act of Parliament to improve standards of journalism and maintain press freedom invites entries for national awards for Excellence in Journalism by September 30, 2015 from newspapers/news agencies/freelancers to recognize outstanding contribution of journalists/photo-journalists of Indian nationality in print journalism. | 12-Aug-2015 |
| When will the Govt. act on erring privat | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): Education is now becoming a way of minting money in the country and Tripura is not exceptional. The virus of commercialisation of education has allegedly entered through the private schools that have mushroomed in every nook and corner of the state and has become a cause of serious concern. | 12-Aug-2015 |
| DoNER Ministry sanctions Rs. 9.88 crore | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) had sanctioned a total of Rs. 9.88 crore fund for the northeastern states and Tripura for the financial year 2014-15, the recently concluded monsoon assembly session was informed. However, for the financial year the ministry had sanctioned a total fund of Rs. 126 crore for the proposed 10 projects in the state which was though not discussed in the assembly session.Replying to the question moved by the opposition MLA Ratan Lal Nath, the state Minister for planning commission Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said that during the financial year 2013-14 the DoNER Ministry had sanctioned Rs. 29.89 crore for 5 centrally sponsored projects in the state.Sarkar also informed that amongst the Rs. 29.89crore the state government has spend only Rs. 8.66 crore and the rest of the fund of Rs. 21.23 crore remained unspent.Besides, amongst the Rs. 9.88 crore sanctioned fund for the financial year 204-15 the state government had spend the entire fund for only 1 project being sanctioned for the state, Sarkar informed the assembly.However, despite the state government had in this financial year 2015-16 got a nod of Rs. 126 crore fund sanctioned by the DoNER for at least 10 centrally sponsored projects the recently concluded assembly was informed that no fund has been sanctioned for Tripura in this FY. | 12-Aug-2015 |
| ONGC drilled 199 wells in Tripura | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): When the successful rate of ONGC in drilling gas in India stand at 30 percent, Tripura alone stands at 44 percent, said Industries & Commerce minister Tapan Chakratborty.He further said that so far data revealed till 30 June, ONGC has drilled 199 well in the entire state. Among the 199 wells dug in the state, 164 are exploratory, 35 are development well, 91 well went waste and gas was found from 88 well, added Chakraborty.The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) will be drilling a phenomenal 39 exploratory wells and 23 developments well in the coming 5 years, which includes 0.4 million metric standard cubic meter every day. | 12-Aug-2015 |
| Work process of two rice mill units are | AGARTALA, August 13 (TIWN): Industries & Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty informed that work process of establishing two rice mill unit comprise of modern technology has been going on at Udaipur and Kumarghat. | 12-Aug-2015 |