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Tripura remembers Bhagat Singh on his bi | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Along with the nation, All India Youth League has also marked the celebration of the 109th birth anniversary of legendary revolutionary, Shaheed Bhagat Singh on Monday at Post office Chowmuhani. | 28-Sep-2015 |
Newly appointed Addl Governor of Tripura | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): The state is all set to welcome West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on September 30(Wednesday) as an additional Governor of Tripura, after he was handed over the additional charge of Tripura Governor due to absence on leave of Tathagata Roy for next one month. | 28-Sep-2015 |
6000 pending cases left without proper j | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Almost about 6 thousand cases are pending in Manik’s Golden state which are left with unsolved reslolutions, once again questions on the negligence of police in inverstigation procedure. However, Tripura police has defined such cases as sine-die cases, which means the cases which adjournmented without a day for hearing due to police’s failure to catch the accused. | 28-Sep-2015 |
Common men’s agony unknown to â | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Even though NH-44, only surface transport lifeline of Tripura with rest of country is in worst condition due to State Govt’s apathy and slumber of Tripura’s lameduck Transport Minister Manik Dey, however it never dampened the spirit of ‘poor’ CPI-M Ministers to travel around Tripura by helicopters at the expense of taxpayers money. Very recently Transport Minister Manik Dey was blaming the Central Govt for higher air ticket’s price, also in same vein Manik Dey kept on blaming the Assam Govt. for the pathetic condition of NH-44. However, it’s to be mentioned the deplorable condition or the bad shape of road-ways do not affect the Ministers’ lives at all as they prefer to travel by helicopters rather than highways. But surprisingly when common people are suffering due to the NH-44’s pathetic condition,CPI-M Political leaders prefer to fly in helicopters and resort to volley of lies blaming others. Unakoti Dist. is mostly affected by the bad road condition amongst all the districts of state. So called ‘poor’ CPI-M Ministers visiting districts by Helicopter rather than the road-ways. Minister Badal Choudhury in his last visit also reached at Unakoti Dist by helicopter. Moreover, locals allege that corrupt Minister Bijita Nath often travels to Dharmanager, Kailashahar only by helicopter. Former Rose Valley agent Minister Bijita Nath at least travels thrice in week to meet her relatives and other businesses.In every district, the miserable condition of National highway has crossed its all limits. The roads have become a death-trap rather than medium of transport. | 28-Sep-2015 |
TPSC : A spineless body, transparency sh | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN) : Did Tripura Public Service Commission ( TPSC) deprived the meritorious Phd students who won gold medals, selected for NET ( national eligibility test) and SET ( state eligibility test) from getting selected as assistant professors? Non – meritorious students were selected as assistant professors for subjects like - Philosophy, Education, Bengali, English, and Sanskrit.The public service commission have become spineless and puppet in the hand of CPI(M) leaders and ministers. On August, 2014 advertisement was given for appointment of 150 assistant professors for various subjects purely on merit basis and UGC guidelines.The merit list of the applicants was prepared on the basis of mark achieved in madhyamik, HS, graduates and post graduates. Besides additional marks for those who got gold medal, Phd and selected for NET and SET. No marks for interview.In Assam, assistant professors are appointed on merit basis. In Bengal only twenty marks for interview. This is done to maintain transparency in selection process. But TPSC all of a sudden three days before interview gave another advertisement on May 8, 2015 that all recruitments will done on basis of interview carrying 100 marks. The advertisement was not circulated anywhere, only in TPSC website. In state only 5 percent of people are accessible to internet, surprisingly it did not bear signature of any competent authority. | 28-Sep-2015 |
Pillaring for fly-over to gear up soon, | AGARTALA, Sept 28 (TIWN): With the on-going progress in the soil test and load test for the first ever fly over in Tripura, pillaring at the different spots for the fly over to begin soon, said PWD Chief Engineer Sunil Bhowmik. | 28-Sep-2015 |
Alternative NH brings temporary relief t | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): With the opening of the alternative NH, goods loaded trucks have started arriving in the state, which were stranded for many days. About 250 lorries carrying petroleum products, another 300 carrying perishable items and a few hundred loaded trucks of other essential items were stranded at the roads for the past few days, which has finally entered the state through the alternative National Highway. | 28-Sep-2015 |
Facelift for National Highway- 44 before | AGARTALA, September 28 (TIWN): Days are not so far when the sufferings of the public will meet an end. The facelift of the National Highway- 44 is expected to get over by 60 percent before Puja, says PWD Chief Engineer Sunil Bhowmik on Sunday. | 27-Sep-2015 |
TTAADC: New CEM fails to rejuvenate the | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Tripura Tribal Autonomous District Council ( TTADC) change of guards have failed to stop the deploring condition health sectors in tribal areas. There are report of total breakdown of health providing agencies. | 27-Sep-2015 |
OTPC ‘Full Shut Down’ from | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s failure to manage power situation in Tripura due to lack of advance planning and management once again proved with the OTPC plant, the single largest plant with the investment of approximately $575m once again going for shut down from September 29, at least for 6 days. TIWN spoke to Mukul Banarjee, General Manager of OTPC Palatana at Udaipur over phone he confirmed, “OTPC’s both the Units are going for shut down from September 29thâ€. Earlier Minister Manik Dey confirmed that, Palatana plant’s unit 1 would be shut down for 6 days, but on Saturday Mukul Banarjee said, “Not only the unit 1 but the Unit 2 also altogether will be shut downâ€. Talking to Palatana officials, he said, “The shut down is necessary for the mentenance of Gas Pipe Lines, but the work might be delayed at least for 2 days as CMD Satyajit Ganguli visited Palatana on Sunday. It’s only after September 28 that work will be started and followingly shut down of units tooâ€. CMD Satyajit Ganguli’s visit at Palatana OTPC has brought a fully busy environment at Palatana, said officials.. It’s to be mentioned that including other power plants of Tripura like NEEPCO, Palatana power plant is badly suffering from production outage since its commissioning of both Units. Earlier it was boasted by CM Manik Sarkar himself that with Palatana’s Unit I & II inauguration, Tripura will be called a load-shedding free state, but in reality after years of passing Palatana Power Plant is badly failing to generate the actual power which it promised to produce earlier to keep State loadshedding free. From President Pranab Mukharjee to PM Modi visited Palatana Power Plant in its different inauguration progarammes. Although CM shared the dais with them in all the programmes, but till day he has failed to bring any change in Tripura’s daily misery of load-shedding. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Congress to block NH44, CPI-M criticize | AGARTALA / DHARMANAGAR, Sep 28 (TIWN): To mark its protest against Centre and state’s apathy over the miserable condition of NH44 inside Assam and Tripura congress is all set to block the NH44 on Monday morning. However CPI-M led Left Front govt has gone out to project Congress led Assam govt as well as the Union govt solely responsible for the situation in NH44. PCC president Birajit Sinha who personally monitoring the protest programme, on Sunday blamed the Manik Sarkar led govt for the present crisis. ‘The state govt did nothing to repair the NH44 which has been taken over from the union govt last years only to misuse fund and to engage its labourers in the NH44 maintenance work’. The transfer of NH44 to state has deprived roughly 10 thousand people from getting work they used to get when GREEF was in charge of NH44. The politics over the NH44 will certainly continue up to ensuing municipal election slated to be held in December next. PCC president briefing the media today said blockade will be build up in 16 places along the NH44 inside Tripura. When he will led his workers at Khayerpur, CLP leader Sudip Roy Barman, a staunch foe of Birajit Sinha turning to be a close friend, lead congress workers at Karamchera and Sinha’s close associate Biswabandhu Sen look after Churaibari blockade. The blockade will start at 11 AM in the Momday morning and continue till 2 PM unless the administration uses force to clear the life line of Tripura.Ruling CPI-M on Sunday criticized the Assam govt in its mouthpiece ‘Daily Desher Katha’ saying that Assam govt has constantly evade its responsibility and unmask its anti people attitude. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Poor condition of NH-44 leads to petrol | AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): The poor condition of the NH44 has lead to endless sufferings for the state people. Starting from transportation problem, now the people are facing the threat of price hike in the state. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Kamalpur: Police inhumanly ransacked the | KAMALPUR, Sept 28(TIWN): Often the ‘men with the uniform’ forgot that they got deployed for the service and protection of the commoners. And police still could not jerk off the manner of the British days when they were used to curb the freedom fighters. Even after 68 years of our independence, police could be so inhuman that not finding a person at home the cops could ransack the furniture. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Smuggling on its crest in Tripura : brib | AGARTALA, Sept 28 (TIWN): After Bisalgarh and Sonamura the smugglers have now opted for an alternative road through Sadar (North) to carry out their smuggling racket of contraband goods. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Six accused of same family produced befo | AGARTALA, September 27 (TIWN): Demanding strict action against the accused, East Women Police on Sunday produced the six accused of same family before the CJM court in allegation of murder of a house wife (Purnima Roy) for dowry in their own house on Saturday morning.Reportedly, the accused were identified as Bunty Saha, husband of Purnima Saha, Father-in-Law Swapan Saha, Mother-in-Law Anita Saha, Brother-in-Law Dipankar Saha, Sister-in-Law Iti Saha and Rupa Saha, all are the resident of Subhash Nagar Nripenpalli.It is to be mentioned here that deceased Purnima Roy (Saha) has been identified as the resident of Subhash Nagar Nripenpalli and her parental address is of Nutannagar.She has been married to Bunty Saha five years ago. By profession accused Bunty Saha was a fish trader at Maharajganj Market. After two years of marriage the couple had a baby boy and gradually the husband family started to pressurise and even bitten the deceased Purnima Roy (Saha) several times for dowry. Hurt and terrified with the brutal behaviour of the accused husband and his family members, most of the time, deceased Purnima use to visit to her parental house and bought money for them. Reportedly, getting hefty amount of money the accused husband use to spend all the money with both his hands by giving party to his friends. Once the money was over, he and his family use to get going with their heinous crime against deceased Purnima. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Free check-ups for World Heart Day | AGARTALA, SEPTEMBER27 (TIWN): With the aim to promote healthy living and maintain healthy heart condition, IMA building has organised a 'Heart Care Campaign' to encourage residents to take better care of their heart. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Triennial General Meeting of SBI Officer | AGARTALA, September 27 (TIWN): State Bank of India Officers Association, Tripura region has taken good initiatives for the pensioners, said Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha on Sunday in a Triennial General Meeting at Press Club. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Manik Dey inaugurates Sabroom Bus Stand, | Sabroom, September 27 (TIWN):Sabroom New Bus Stand has been inaugurated by Transport Minister , Manik Dey today afternoon . Mr Minister inaugurated Bus Stand by lightning the inaugural lamp. The previous temporary bus stand building had collapsed from the heavy wind and rain recently causing difficulty for the public who wait for buses. | 27-Sep-2015 |
ATHLA organizes Bi-Annual conference | AGARTALA, September 27 (TIWN): All Tripura Health and Laughing Association on Sunday organized Bi-Annual conference at Matangini Pritilata Hall. | 27-Sep-2015 |
District Level Book fair inaugurated at | Santirbazar, September 27 (TIWN): Dakshin Tripura Zillasabhadhipati Himanshu Roy inaugurated 4 days South Tripura District Level book fair at Santirbazar HS School Field in Santirbazar on September 26th. Working executive of Nagar Panchayat delivered the welcome speech. The fair was organized with the initiatives of the Education Department Govt of Tripura . The fair will continue till September 29th. Himanshu Roy in his speech focused on the importance and need of the book fair in our daily life. He said education brings awareness and this awareness avail us to raise voice against superstitious. Book fair also attract the new readers towards it. And to increase the number of reader's book fair should continue. SDM Santirbazar said book fair provide us the opportunity to select the book of our choice. Chairman Santirbazar Nagar Panchayat Maya Bhattacharya said books help people to be aware about the world. District Education Officer Kalimohan Jamatia, Chairman Bokafa Panchayat Samiti ,Tripura Book Sellers Association members were also present. The programme was presided over by Chairperson of Santirbazar Nagar Panchayat Maya Bhattacharya. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Tripura's Sarkar to attend Kejriwal-conv | Agartala, Sep 27 (TIWN /IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar would attend the chief ministers' meet called by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on September 30, an official said here on Sunday. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Belonia : Badal Inaugurated Karuna Roy | AGARTALA, Sept 27 (TIWN):Belonia Municipality offered land, housing to 32 poor families. Ahead of the Municipality polls, the Belonia Municipality has decided to provide 2(Two) Kani land with housing facilities to people living below the poverty line (BPL). Electricity, Sanitary facilities were also provided for those houses. BPL families like Janadhan Das,Suman Saha,Priyabala Debbarma were very happy having those houses. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Politics of U turn ? Two political bitte | AGARTALA, Sep 27 (TIWN):CPI-M politbureau member and Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and his bitter political rival West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will share same platform soon. This was made possible by senior Aam Aadmi party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Both will attend a seminar titled “ The straining of Centre-State relations and the need to strengthen cooperative federalism “convened by Kejriwal at Delhi on September 29. The meeting will also be attended by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The first meeting of anti - BJP and anti-Congress ruled states according to political analyst is a first step towards an alliance. Earlier also several meeting of this kind was held to form an anti – BJP and anti – Congress alliance. Whereas, the September 29 meeting is of great significance due to sharing of platform two bitter political rivals Manik and Mamata . Ahead of the seminar, Kejirwal had one to one meeting with both chief ministers at Delhi. At the meeting it was decided to have an anti – BJP and anti – Congress alliance. Manik Sarkar during meeting with Kejriwal did not confirm of his presence in the meeting.Later a series of meeting was held with CPI-Mgeneral secretary Sitaram Yechury and Kejriwal. Then it was announced Manik Sarkar will attend the seminar. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Road mishap left 31 injured | KAILASHAHAR, Sep 27 (TIWN): In an tragic incident altogether 31 person have been injured when a Maruti Van losing control turned over at Bhatter Bazaar area, under Kailashahar on Saturday | 26-Sep-2015 |
Kakraban : 37th Fire Service of Tripura | UDAIPUR, Sep 27 (TIWN): Minister for Home (Fire service) Khagendra Jamatia inaugurated the 37th Fire Service Centre of Tripura on Saturday at Vill-Kushamara, of Kakarabon, under Udaipur Sub-division. Earlier Udaipur had only 1 fire service centre at R. K. Pur area. | 26-Sep-2015 |
BG Conversion: Union Railway Minister to | AGARTALA, Sept 27 (TIWN): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is likely to visit the state in the middle of October to lay the foundation stone for BG Conversion work and to discuss about the work process and progress.However, the passenger train (Meter Gauge) has suspended on Sunday last. The shutdown has been called due to the construction work of the 'Mega Block' for conversion of railway line from meter gauge to broad gauge. Therefore, both goods trains and Passengers trains will be stopped between Agartala Section and Badarpur.Reportedly, Transport Minister Manik Dey had requested the Union Minister to release 6- percent of fund for the land acquisition for Agartala – Akhaura rail link so that the work for the land acquisition work could be taken up immediately.After the NITI Aayog decided to elevate the corridor up to avoid land acquisition as less as possible, altogether an amount of around Rs. 96/97 crore would be required for it.Earlier, a proposal of a total amount of Rs. 302 was given to acquire 97 acres of land for Indo-Bangla Rail project.However, this initiative of ‘Mega Block’ has been taken in order to facilitate faster conversion of Railway from meter gauge to broad gauge track. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Safai Abhiyan launchs by Kunjaban Townsh | AGARTALA, September 27 (TIWN): Aiming to ensure cleanliness in the area, officers and the workers of the Kunjaban Township Quarter Complex on Sunday set Safai Abhiyan. | 27-Sep-2015 |
Poor road condition hits villages | AGARTALA, September 27 (TIWN): The only source of communication for 700 to 800 families of Bhanupara, North Akcherri and bangali Para along with Rahu Para with Nutan Bazar is the only kuccha road, and the box culvert on the kuccha road is lying collapsed since 2 to 3 months. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Unidentified burnt body of a woman recov | AGARTALA, September 27 (TIWN): Despite of several tall claims by the authority that the crime against women has decreased here in Tripura, on yet another incident an unidentified burnt body of a woman has been found on Saturday from Subhashnagar Nripen Palli Area. | 26-Sep-2015 |
High Court's fear forces Tripura Police | AGARTALA, Sep 26 (TIWN): With the initiative to curb the dadagiri of the unruly auto drivers on the streets, the traffic police has finally manage time to give a check on the auto drivers. Months after the violation of the High Court decision to fix point-to-point auto-rickshaw fare chart in the autos, the traffic police on Saturday came forward to check the implementation of the decision by the auto drivers.Finally after several months of the decision, the traffic police were found verifying the auto permits and were warning the auto drivers to fix the point to point fare rate charts in the autos.The decision is simply violated by the auto drivers in a broad day light and was openly charging high fare from the passengers. Even if some passengers asked the auto drivers to keep the fare as per the point -to-point fare the drivers harasses the passengers and misbehaves with them.As per the direction all the drivers to paste the point to point fare rate chart in their auto but hardly some counting drivers has pasted the rate chart in their autos. Interestingly, those who have pasted the point-to-point rate chart it is just for the namesake and none of them has effectively implemented the fare of the rate chart and are continuously demanding hiked fare from the passengers, said traffic police.It is to be mentioned here that even after the Tripura High Court’s Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhasish Talapatra has directed to install point-to-point fares along auto-permits, none of the auto drivers has implemented this point-to-point auto fares. Rather showing a thumb finger to the HC order and Violating the law and order of the Tripura HC, the unruly auto drivers across the capital city are found charging high fares as per their whims and fancies. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Two-day long 1st Triennial (9th) State C | AGARTALA, September 26 (TIWN): Tripura Government Educational Officers’ Association on Saturday organized a two-day long 1st Triennial (9th) State Conference at Nazrul Kalashetra. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Disproportionate assets case: CBI raids | SHIMLA / NEWDELHI / AGARTALA, Sep 26 (TIWN): The CBI and the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday raided the residences of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in the hill state and in Delhi following the registration of a disproportionate assets case against him, officials said.The officials, with vehicles of Chandigarh and Punjab registration numbers, reached Virbhadra Singh's private residence, Holly Lodge, located in Jakhu hills in Shimla in the morning."Searches were conducted at 11 locations in Himachal Pradesh and Delhi," a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer said in New Delhi.He said the preliminary inquiry against Virbhadra Singh and his family regarding alleged possession of disproportionate assets has been converted into a regular case under the Prevention of Corruption Act.The raids were also carried out simultaneously at the chief minister's residences in Rampur and Saharan, his native places in upper Shimla, besides Delhi.The CBI had on June 18 initiated a preliminary inquiry against Virbhadra Singh and his family over allegations of corruption and acquiring disproportionate assets during his tenure as union steel minister. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Minister Tapan Chakraborty urges student | AGARTALA, SEPTEMBER 26(TIWN): Addressing the birth anniversary of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar on Saturday at Rabindra Bhawan, organized by School education department, Minister Tapan Chakraborty said that Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is a towering personality that still shines bright. | 26-Sep-2015 |
27, 200 new policies achieved by the LIC | AGARTALA, September 26 (TIWN): Altogether 27, 200 new policies has been achieved by the LIC Agartala Branch-2 during the current financial year, said Zonal Manager of East Zone Hemant Bhargava while addressing a Press Conference on Saturday at office of LIC Agartala Branch-2.Speaking in the Press Conference, Zonal Manager mentioned that their next target on Single Premium is Rs. 17.5 crore and Rs. 11.90 crore on Non-Single Premium.Besides, Bhargava also mentioned that LIC has pinned the Udaipur area for providing awareness on insurance policy and its benefits.During the programme, Chief Engineer S. Elango and Senior Divisional Manager D. P Banerjee were also present.The work progress of LIC in Tripura has been going very well and is being appreciated all across the nation.Life Insurance Corporation of India is the only public sector Life Insurance Company in India. | 26-Sep-2015 |
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripat | AGARATALA, SEPTEMBER 26(TIWN): West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi is given the additional charge of Tripura Governor due to absence on leave of Tathagata Roy for next one month. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Section 144 imposed at the Indo-Bangla b | AGARTALA, September 26 (TIWN): Aiming to ensure peace and stability at the Indo-Bangla border area of South District, some rules has been imposed under section 144 at the four kilometres area of Indo-Bangla border. | 26-Sep-2015 |
AAI grants Rs.438 crore for Agartala air | AGARTALA, Sep 26 (TIWN/IANS) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has approved a Rs.438 crore project to upgrade the Agartala airport to international standards by providing world-class facilities, union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Deplorable road condition at Kamalpur: P | KAMALPUR, September 26, (TIWN): When hundreds of villagers suffering daily through deplorable road-way, the elected Panchayat authority and its heavyweight leaders are busy in preparation for planning the road construction. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Alternate NH44 opened, CPI-M to demonstr | AGARTALA, Sep 26 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has plenty of time to attend Cultural programs to Quiz programs, Club camps and other useless events but no time to visit and see Tripura's lifeline NH-44's miserable condition. ‘Amidst strong condemnation of inaction of Assam Govt to repair NH44 on its part’ Tripura today opened the alternate National Highway 44 via Kukital-Kurti to end month long wait of Tripura bound goods vehicles to reach to their destination. The decision was taken by the Finance department on the advice of state PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury camping in Dharmanagar. Meanwhile CPI-M has called for Agitation programme against the Congress led Assam Govt on 27th September at Loarboa. The party Unit of CPI-M is organizing the programme, the CPI-M Noth-district Secretary Amitava Dutta informed the media.Soon after the Tripura govt’s decision to open the Kukital-Kurti alternate NH44 nearly 600 vehicles with fuels and essential commodities crossed the area after a month long halt. State Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha today informed the reporters that the alternate NH44 shall remain open for 1 month till the plying through NH 44 is become trouble free. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Centre assurance on Tripura's proposal t | AGARTALA, Sep 26 (TIWN): State government demanded the improvement of rail and air connectivity. Addressing a press conference on Friday at civil secretariat after his arrival from Delhi, Dey said he met union railway minister Suresh Prabhu and civil aviation minister Ganapati Raju urged both to take initiative for improving both air and rail connectivity.On September 21, he called on Ganapati Raju drew his attention about the importance of air connectivity and modernization of Agartala airport said Dey. The state government has already given land for modernization of the airport. The civil aviation minister informed the centre has sanctioned Rs 438 crore for modernization, the construction work will start from February next year.The minister demanded international tag of Agartala Airport, additional and evening flights, controlling the price of air tickets. On international tag the centre is preparing a policy paper it will be placed before the union cabinet for approval. The centre is willing to have air connectivity with Dhaka, remarked Dey quoting the union minister.On increase of additional flight Raju informed he will take initiative to increase the number of flights, However controlling the price of air ticket will not be possible.The state government has allotted about 72 acres of land to Airports Authority of India (AAI) to facilitate the Agartala airport up gradation project. | 25-Sep-2015 |
Increasing insurgent threats in Tripura: | DHARMANAGAR, Sep 25 (TIWN): A suspected spy to Islamic Mujahedeen from Yakubnagar border area has been arrested by troops of 159 Bn BSF. Dharmanagar CJM court on Thursday sent a Bangladeshi to jail under Indian Passport Act. The Bangladeshi has been identified as Sabuj Ahmed (25), allegedly involved in Terrorist activity. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Delayed MGNREGA Payments drive worker to | Sabroom, Sep 26 (TIWN): Delayed NREGA payments drive workers to suicide in this Manik Golden era. Poor people here engage themselves in MGNREGA works with the hopes that the employment guarantor will help them to get two meals a day. One worker namely Rita Mala Tripura(50) of Nalsing Sardar Para of Kaladepha Gram Panchayat under Satchand RD Block hanged herself, due to unpaid wages of her which created much financial crisis at her family. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Tripura reels under LPG crisis | AGARTALA, September 26 (TIWN): The acute crisis and rampant black-marketing of LPG cylinders in the state as consumers made a beeline for cylinders in front of dealers’ offices. | 26-Sep-2015 |
Manik Sarkar's golden Tripura : Road Blo | AGARTALA / BAGMA, Sept 26 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's so called golden era turning whole state as looters paradise as CPI-M and corrupt Govt officials looting public money in every Dept. Due to water scarcity and frequent power cut agitated people of Bagma blocked NH-44 for long 2 hours on Friday. | 25-Sep-2015 |
Alternative way to NH-44 opens from Frid | Agartala, Sep 26 (TIWN): Although lately, but state govt. has finally decided to open the only alternative way of NH-44 by which goods may be exported and imported here in the state easily. Although Tripura has another alternative way of entrance, still since long days goods had been found rotten on Assam-Agartala road, as vehicles were stranded along the NH-44 highway. | 25-Sep-2015 |
NH-44 pathetic condition : Congress to g | KAILASHAHAR, September 26 (TIWN): Demanding to renovate the Assam-Agartala National Highway, District Congress is going to stage a road blockade for continues 2-hour on September 28, said PCC President Birajit Sinha on Friday while addressing a press conference at Kailashahar Congress Bhawan. | 25-Sep-2015 |
Earthquake hits India's Northeast region | AGARTALA / GUWAHATI, Sep 26 (TIWN): An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted India's northeastern states and parts of Bhutan on Friday night, officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property."The quake, measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale, occurred at 10.27 p.m. and had its epicentre in Assam's Darrang district bordering China," said an official of the meteorological department.The earthquake was felt in some parts of Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, and adjoining areas of northeastern region, besides parts of Bhutan. It lasted for about 10 to 12 seconds.India's northeast is considered the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world. Guwahati, Shillong and Agartala are the three Northeast Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data. Guwahati and Agartala fall in what is called “very severe intensity zoneâ€, or zone V, the highest-risk earthquake zone. Tripura is very vulnerable to earthquakes as it is situated on seismic zone-V and has higher probability of occurrence of big earthquakes measuring magnitudes 8 and more on Richter scale.The capital of Tripura is having high risk potential in any major earthquake with possibilities of massive collateral damage in the form of casualties and mass injuries. | 25-Sep-2015 |
CBI's go-slow policy on Rose valley inve | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, Sep 26 (TIWN): The special CBI court in Bubaneshwar sent Shibamoy Dutta, Managing Director (MD) of Rose Valley group and Director Ashok Kumar Saha, arrested by the CBI in connection with the multi-thousand crore Odisha chit fund scam, to judicial custody.Meanwhile, the CBI has gathered some important information from the accused during their interrogation while they were on seven-day remand. B Ghosal, investigating officer of Rose Valley chit fund scam case in CBI, said the duo along with the owner of the Ponzi company Goutam Kundu, had collected Rs 14,000 crore from the investors in India by opening 21 zonal offices and 800 branch offices located at various locations in different states. “The company has immovable assets like land and building in Kharvela Nagar (Jagannath complex) in Bhubaneswar, Puri, Dhenkanal, Nabarangpur, Balasore and Rourkela,†Ghosal said. The CBI officer said the accused had duped investors of a total of Rs 5,500 crore through various schemes launched by the company.In Odisha, Rs 450 crore has been collected by the company from investors in Balasore, Puri, Dhenkanal, Khordha and Rourkela, he added. CBI earlier arrested these two directors of the West Bengal-based Rose Valley Group for alleged complicity in the chit fund scam. | 25-Sep-2015 |
100 taken ill after taking prasad | AGARTALA, Sep 26 (TIWN):At least one hundred people were taken ill after eating 'prasad' , an official said today. The condition of ten people reported to be serious and undergoing treatment at Kailashsahar district hospital. | 25-Sep-2015 |
TECC to organize 12th State Convention | AGARTALA, September 26 (TIWN): Tripura Employees’ Co-ordination Committee is going to organize four-day long 12th State Convention at Ranidra Satabarshiki Bhawan on October 1, said the member of TECC on Friday in a press conference at TECC office. | 25-Sep-2015 |