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‘Dr. Harsh Vardhan brought message | AGARTALA, Sep 23 (TIWN): With the arrival of Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardan, State BJP leaders are in upbeat mood to strike CPI-M politically as scam-loving CPI-M Chief Minister failed to tackle rising poverty and suicidal deaths. Union Minister met BJP state president Sudhindra Dasgupta on Tuesday evening and discussed on 3 major issues affecting lakhs of people. State BJP chief while talking to TIWN over phone said that ‘Mudra Bank Yojna’ is an wise initiative taken by PM Narendra Modi to financially empower the poor people regardless of children, adolescent and grown-ups in family. “As Tripura is suffering due to CPI-M Govt.’s failure to make the state economically stable, so this scheme will be very much helpful to upgrade the financial condition of the poor people in stateâ€. However Dasgupta further added, this scheme is basically for needy and poor people and this will be provided to young people with an aim to become independent. BJP President Sudhindra Dasgupta on Tuesday announced that BJP State Unit’s Tapas Majumder will work as the main co-ordinator of scheme. He also said, “Within next 7 days in all Districts people will be taken under the scheme so that the poor people can become independentâ€. | 22-Sep-2015 |
CBI team headed by Jt Director Rajiv Sin | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, Sep 23 (TIWN): CBI Joint Director Rajiv Singh and DIG S Bagchi arrived at the CBI headquarters in Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar on Tuesday to take stock of the investigation conducted so far in the Rose Valley chit fund scam, sources in the agency said. The senior CBI officials reached Bhubanewswar at around 10 am on Tuesday and scheduled a meeting with the investigating officers of Rose Valley and CBI SP in Bhubaneswar Rajiv Ranjan to discuss the evidence gathered till date from the Shibamoy Dutta, Managing Director (MD) of Rose Valley group and Director & Tripura Operations Head Ashok Kumar Saha, who are in CBI custody for seven days. On September 17, a Special CBI court here had granted CBI permission to take Dutta and Saha on a seven-day remand to interrogate them about their alleged involvement in the multi-thousand crore chit fund scam. Earlier, a designated CBI court in Kolkata had allowed the agency to take Dutta and Saha on transit remand till September 17 to produce them in Bhubaneswar where the case has been registered by the agency, CBI sources said.CBI had arrested both the accused earlier for their active involvement in cheating the public and misappropriation of public funds. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Rupaichari block multi crore scam: DM go | AGARTALA, Sep 23 (TIWN): The entire district of South Tripura is under the grip of alleged scam of Rs 10 crore at Rupaichari Block. The district magistrate, reportedly extended his long leave after he was directed to appear physically in the court. The additional district also wants to go for long leave. For last few years, crores and crores of funds was siphoned off in blocks across the state.In the case of multi crore scam of Bishalghar RD block police have arrested some accused person. In the case of Rupaichari Block the government is acting as mute spectator. The district administration officials are having sleepless nights after PIL was filed in the High Court of Tripura demanding CBI investigation for alleged scams in blocks.To avoid appearance in court the officials are in rush to go for long leave. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Udaipur : deadly road accident left 8 in | UDAIPUR, Sept 22 (TIWN): In yet another deadly accident at Udaipur-Amarpur Road 8 people are presently admitted in Gomati Dist Hospital. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan visits | AGARTALA, Sept 22 (TIWN): Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Science Dr. Harsh Vardhan visited Udaipur Matabari on Tuesday morning and offered prayers to Maa Tripureswari. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Congress stages Civil Disobedience Movem | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): Thousands of supporters of Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress on Tuesday staged civil disobedience movement against the misrule of Left Front government at IGM Choumuhani.The supporters were led by All India Youth Congress President Amrinder Singh Raja and Filmstar and MP Raj Babbar also joined the movement, Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress president Sushanta Choudhury, Congress State president Birajit Sinha and opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman assembled at Vivekananda Stadium and staged a rally in the city at IGM Choumuhani.The protest was so intense that the police had to use the water gun to stop the agitated supporters from massive protest.Besides, Police, Tripura State Rifle Jawans and Traffics were on duty to control the protest from morning itself.The traffic system was kept in control from the morning itself, police along with the traffic kept a strict vigilance for convenience movement.Raising voice against the growing cases of molestation and rape on the women and to start the National Food Security Law neutrally, the Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress committee has organized the civil disobedience movement. | 22-Sep-2015 |
RD department: 'Timer Scandal' tainted | AGARTALA, Sep 22 (TIWN): The rural development department of the state is reportedly expanding corrupt activities from grassroot to top level. Lack of planning in the department, one man show is paving the path to loot taxpayer’s money by section of officials. On September 11, a meeting was held in the office chief engineer of RD department. The meeting was chaired by Dr.Gomatham Srinivasa G. Ayyangar, Principal Secretary of RD department. Among others were present Rupan Debbarma, chief engineer, executive engineers, assistant engineers and superintendent engineers of the department. Various work of the department was reviewed in the meeting.In the meeting, Ayyangar reported to have said that from now on the department will procure some items directly from other state. He specified categorically – marvel, tiles, granite and electrical wires will be procured directly. All will kept in the store of RD department, later will be supplied to construction sites.At present, through tenders the department procures various construction and other items. As a result local traders and suppliers are benefitted. According to some, Ayyangar issued the fatwa only to start the commission culture in the department.Earlier there were report of extensive financial anomalies in the department. After the recent directive it will increase corruption instead of applying brakes to it. It will give new dimension to the corrupt officials.The Principal Secretary also directed senior engineers to supervise at least 84 works in a month. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Section 144 implemented in West Dist Ind | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): Aiming to maintain peace, stability and security at the Indo-Bangla border area of West District, section 144 has been imposed in around 500 meter area under the order of District Magistrate of West District. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Private tuition continues at large in th | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): Despite of High Court’s order to stop the private tuition, the saga of taking private tuition still continues in the state. | 22-Sep-2015 |
5 years service extension of govt. medic | AGARTALA, Sept 22 (TIWN): Few changes in the VAT tax has been brought according to the Cabinet decision here on Tuesday. Minister Bhanulal Saha said on the Cabinet meeting that 5 percent tax will be decreased in the case of old and second hand car purchasing. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Manik Sarkar “golden ruleâ€:2 | Agartala, Septeber 22 (TIWN): Around 2 lakh social pension holders belonging to under privilege section of the society are not getting pension for July last month. Although, the state government have decided to pay September salary them prepare for Eid and Durg Puja celebration. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Employees of State Government to get adv | AGARTALA, September 22 (TIWN): Keeping eye on the upcoming celebration of Durga Puja, Tripura State Government has decided to the pay salary of October month on September 23. | 22-Sep-2015 |
TSR:Court directs to promote four jawans | Agartalaptember 22 (TIWN), Se:Tripura State Rifles (TSR), called pride of the state but all is not well with the jawans . They are victims of extreme ignorance of state home department posted in different ranks, being deprived at all fronts. No stone was left unturned by the deprived jawans, they went pillar to post for justice. But the authority every time turned down their request. Having no other option, for getting justice the TSR jawans knocked the door of high court filed a writ petition. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Governor and CM greet people on the occa | AGARTALA, September (TIWN): Governor Tathagata Roy extended his warm greetings to people on the auspicious occasion of Eid al-adha or Eid ul-joha. | 22-Sep-2015 |
4 Govt. officials involved in plan to bo | AGARTALA, Sep 22 (TIWN): In yet another blow, 4 Tripura govt. officers’ names have been found to be involved in planning blast Agartala City during 2015’s Durga Puja in October. This matter was unearhed during the investigation, after the 3 NLFT militants were nabbed by police on Saturday. However, during the interrogation of the NLFT militants, 3 Militants mentioned Tripura Govt.’s 4 officers names, who are allegedly involved in this deadly bombing plan, West Tripura O/C Milan Datta confirmed media on Sunday. However while talikng to the media, DGP K Nagraj said, “Police is trying its best to take a control over the situationâ€, added, “All NLFT millitants are sheltered in neighboring Bangladesh, not in Tripuraâ€.On Saturday, 3 NLFT militants were nabbed by police on who came to Tripura to execute a plan of creating violence during Durga Puja 2015. They planned to blast Agartala city and thus a 6 members’ team had been created to succeed the plan.It has been also known that a large number of milliatants are getting trained in the hilly parts of Chittagong Hill Tracts, under Bangladesh. That organization works as a chain and collecting more millitants from Tripura to involve them in that terrorist activity. | 22-Sep-2015 |
Transport Dept’s ‘double-ga | AGARTALA, Sep 22 (TIWN): CPI-M backed unruly auto drivers once again displaying their ugly colours after few days of the point-to-point auto fare enforcement by Transport Dept after dozen of complaints were lodged by the passengers. Although total 52 auto drivers have been suspended for extracting extra fare from passengers, but shockingly after few days of so called ‘enforcement’, the situation again back to square one. Attitude of the drivers seems never changed till the state govt. doesn’t care to take actions seriously. The matter has come to limelight once again when bundles of complaints started to gather from passenger victims. Being the Chairman of CITU himself Minister Manik Dey remained numb and shy not to utter any word against the rougue auto-drivers over excess auto fares. Reportedly on September 14, in total of 52 auto drivers were suspended for 3 months and their licenses had also been seized basing on the complaints gathered in last 1 month which were submitted to the Dept. by common people against the auto drivers. Then it was decided that these following auto drivers would not be allowed anyhow to drive at least 3 months on road.But unfortunately, maximum auto drivers belonging to CITU, which is a CPI-M’s Trade Union, so with political power they tend again to rob passengers. It seems in Tripura, goons are enriched everyday by CPI-M, rogue auto-drivers continue their coercion by flexing muscles. | 21-Sep-2015 |
All Tripura Lawyers protest rally: blame | AGARTALA, Sep 22 (TIWN): All Tripura Lawyers Association came in protest rally against the attack incident on Judge at South Tripura Dist. during the ‘All India Strike†on September 2nd. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Cong. to go for civil disobedience movem | AGARTALA, Sept 22 (TIWN): Tripura Pradesh Cong. on Monday held a press meet at Cong. Bhawan chaired by Tripura Pradesh Cong. State President Birajit Sinha. | 21-Sep-2015 |
MP Jiten calls for special Parliament se | New Delhi/Agartala, Sep 22 (TIWN):'Dalit Sansad', organised by Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch in Delhi. While addressing MP.Jitendra Choudhary demanded that the NDA Government call a special session of Parliament to discuss issues concerning Dalits, including reservation in private sector jobs and special plans for the community. | 21-Sep-2015 |
BJP’s 2 day conference at Unakoti | AGARTALA, Sep 22 (TIWN): 2 day long seminer had been held at Unakoti and Dhalai Dist. with the initiatives of state BJP. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Tripura Journalist Union met DM & SP of | KAILASHAHAR, Sept 22 (TIWN): Journalist Union on Monday met Unakoti DM Mrinal Kanti Nath and SP Jal Singh Meena placed and asked to take action against the accused who are involved in attacking 5 journalists on the night of Vishwakarma Puja. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugur | AGARTALA, Sep 21 (TIWN): Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Science Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Monday inaugurated a State Biotech Hub and a Bioinformatics Centre at Tripura University.After inauguration Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan walked around the hub and the Bioinformatics Centre to invigilate it and exchanged views with the faculties and others present over there. Vice-Chancellor of Tripura University Prof. Anjan Kumar Ghosh welcomed Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Science with a flower bouquet at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Shatabarshiki Auditorium of Tripura University.It has been mentioned that research work is going on in hub on several fields including to understand the microenvironment of cancer initiation and prevention, to screen different medicinal plants for different diseases, to study interaction of melatonin receptors and hsp70 in activation of immune cell in thermally stressed mice is going on.Besides, research on exploration of novel wild edible mushrooms of Tripura as neutraceuticals, genome wise association studies to find the host factors fir HPV persistence and to find out the toxic effect of toxic metals present in environment and its prevention.The State Biotech Hub is facility established by Tripura University, funded by Department of Biotechnology in 2011. Tripura Central University's progress in different fields are solely due to lack of dirty CPI-M politics in campus. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Northeast's biodiversity infrastructure | AGARTALA, Sep 21 (TIWN / IANS): Government would strengthen the scientific infrastructure to explore and exploit the bio-diversity and bio-technology in the northeastern region, a central minister said here Monday.The northeastern region and adjoining countries of the Himalayan region are considered as world's major bio-diversity hot-spot."The government would strengthen the scientific infrastructure to explore and exploit the bio-diversity and bio-technology in the northeastern states. The existing Bio-Technology Hubs and Bio-Informatics Centres in the region would be reinforced and new such centres would be set up," union Minister for Science and Technology, and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan said.​He said: "India is best among many developed countries in exploiting bio-technology like stem cells development, and DNA-related works. Two out of three vaccines for numerous purposes are being developed in India."The minister said that early tsunami warning was best in India among all the countries and within 10 minutes after a quake we can tell the country and across the world about the intensity of the tremor.The minister inaugurated the Bio-Technology Hub and a Bio-Informatics Centre in Tripura (Central) University for which his ministry had earlier provided Rs.3.70 crore.The aim of the Bio-Technology Hub is to increase the awareness of biotechnology by providing training and teaching to the students as well as teachers from school level to college level. | 21-Sep-2015 |
CM-CS meeting on Monday:misery Continues | AGARTALA, Sept 21 (TIWN): Altogether 165 workers under Rashtriya Madhamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA) remained unpaid since last 3 months when the central govt. stopped the allocated fund for the state. However, a meeting has been held on Monday morning between the members of governing body under RMSA, and Tripura Education Dept., chaired by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar himself. In this meeting Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty, Chief Secretary Yashpal Singh along with other officials under RMSA governing body were present, where various issues of Education dept. including RMSA wages had been discussed. But the impact of the meeting yet to be seen.From the govt. side it had been earlier declared that central govt. had stop to allocate funds for the RMSA employees. Therefore the state is so far failed to pay them. According to the reports, clerks and lab assistants who are working under RMSA, are unpaid since 3 months and presently their jobs are also at a risk.As a result tension prevails within the 156 workers. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Workshop on building a State GIS Vision- | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN): Tripura Space Applications Centre on Monday organized a one-day long workshop on ‘Building a State GIS Vision- Geo-enabling Tripura’ at Pragna Bhawan on September. | 21-Sep-2015 |
TSGUPA demands for introduction of CCS P | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN): Tripura State Government undertaking EPF Pensioners’s Association on Monday placed demand to CMD of Tripura Road Transport Corporation asking for introduction of CCS Pension 1972 scheme in Tripura Road Transport Corporation W.E.F 16-11-1995. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Students’ Community of Tripura pr | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN): Students’ Community of Tripura on Monday staged a protest rally from Vivekananda Stadium to Tripura Public Service Commission and placed a memorandum to the Chairperson demanding to cancel the unfair recommendation against the posts of the ST reserved for the appointment of assistant professors in Government Degree colleges (Higher education). | 21-Sep-2015 |
Nabbed NLFT sent to police custody; sets | Agartala, September 21 (TIWN): Acting on intelligence report, the security agency have managed to nab three alleged NLFT militants – Karnendu Debbarma, Binduram Debbarma and Rajesh Debbarma. After being produced in court on Sunday, all three were sent to three days police custody till September 23. All are now kept in separate cells of West Agartala police station for interrogation. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Shop-keeper’s brutal murder at Ma | Manu Bazar, September 21 (TIWN): Brutal muder incident has created turmoil at South Dist. The body has been identified as Manikdhan Tripura(30). | 21-Sep-2015 |
Increasing smuggling of Contraband bottl | AGARTALA, Sept 21 (TIWN): The Border Security Force (BSF) seized more than 21,400 bottles of Bangladesh bound smuggled cough syrup in Tripura. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Anti-social activity stands tall in Sabr | Sabroom, September 21 (TIWN): Gambling and illegal selling of liquor is relentlessly active throughout Sabroom Sub Division area, and the condition is more worsening day be day. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Malaria: State govt fails to spent sanct | Agartala, Sep 21 (TIWN): Due to unprofessional conduct of health department, last year about 50 lakhs of wrong malaria medicines was procured. More than hundred died due to malaria, 90 percent of deceased are indigenous mostly children.The centre have warned the state government stating the administration top to bottom have failed miserable to control malaria. Even after centre’s warning, the health department has not learned from last year mistake. | 20-Sep-2015 |
Ration shops to provide additional alloc | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN): Keeping eye on the ensuing auspicious occasion of the Durga Puja festival, special initiatives has been taken to provide food grains at the ration shops of the state. It is worthy to mention that the State Government has taken initiatives to provide additional allocation to the consumers of the Ration Shop. | 20-Sep-2015 |
Farmers deprived of rights in Manik†| Kamalpur, Sept 21 (TIWN): Although Tripura CM claimed “no farmer suicide†at Tripura but in actual, a large number of farmers are deprived of their rights and basic govt facilities which are they supposed to get from the govt. | 20-Sep-2015 |
'India's smart cities aligned with UN Su | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, Sep 21 (TIWN): With the announcement of 98 aspirants for India's smart cities and the government incorporating sustainability as a key component of the project, global consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) feels "the pillars of a smart sustainable city" are completely aligned with the proposed UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The SDGs, that will define the global sustainable development agenda post-2015, are a proposed set of global development targets to be adopted by governments around the world."The pillars of a smart sustainable city are also directly or indirectly aligned with the objectives of the SDGs," the report said."The closer the integration of sustainability into India's '100 Smart Cities' initiative, the greater will be the linkages with the SDGs," PwC said in a report titled "Making cities smart and sustainable".Under the government's 100 smart cities programme, each selected city will receive central assistance of Rs.100 crore annually for five years, driving economic growth. | 21-Sep-2015 |
Tripura's Education Minister demands mor | AGARTALA, Sep 21 (TIWN): Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s visit here in Tripura had created much pressure on Tripura Govt. as lots of corruptions in last few years had hit Tripura’s Education System. Whether Tripura’s schools suffer due to lack of infrastructures or teachers suffer due to fixed pay scales, Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty begged Union HRD Minister to release more funds for Tripura. Whether crores were looted in the name of RMSA or Mid-Day-Meal schemes, Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty remained numb regarding all of these scams and gave importance to other issues as fund allocation, no-detention policy etc. Intentionally State Govt. chalked a busy schedule of Smriti Irani so that BJP members would not meet her to expose corruptions, alleged BJP. But it was Smriti Irani who invited BJP leaders and accordingly they raised 3 issues which are related to State’s hefty corruptions in last few years. However, HRD Minister asked BJP to send every details of state corruptions related to Education.Tapan Chakraborty avoided TIWN questions on 5 crores RMSA scam, alongwith the CPI-M cadre cashier Arnab Chakraborty’s misdeeds on RMSA scam, and CM-CS books scam involving June 2, 2014 Govt Order asking Schools to buy private books which authored by Chief Minister (CM) and former Chief Secretary S.K.Panda by using RMSA funds. | 20-Sep-2015 |
No hope for justice to rape victims in M | AGARTALA, Sep 21 (TIWN): In Manik’s golden era “safety of women†has become a NON-Issue. Everyday rapes, women murders including minors doesn’t panic the so called 'clean' image of Tripura CM. | 20-Sep-2015 |
Raising voice against various corruption | AGARTALA, September 21 (TIWN): Raising voice against the various corruptions in the state and demanding to set CBI investigation in all the blocks, Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress committee has scheduled to stage civil disobedience movement at Agartala on September 22. | 20-Sep-2015 |
NLFT’s plans to bomb Agartala dur | AGARTALA, Sept 20 (TIWN): 3 NLFT Militants were nabbed by police on Saturday who were allegedly involved in a plan to blast Agartala city during Durga Puja 2015. Alike 2008, this year also NLFT planned to create violence in Tripura and a 6 members team had been planned to make to succeed the blast incident. Sources say that in the hilly parts of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), those youths had been trained and thus selected for this mission and more 6 members team were to made, especially for this blast.At first, police caught 2 persons namely Kanendra Tripura and Binduram Tripura when they were entering Ananda Bazar via Mayani Reserve forest. Sources say that, they are members of NLFT and getting trained by NLFT’s camp based in CHT. Police got information through sources and caught the suspected terrorists. After arrest and police interrogation, found another NLFT Militant Rajesh Debbarma, resident of Bisramganj. Later, it was known that to take 6 members for training under this mission they had come to Tripura. Already NLFT made plans to create violence, bombing during Durga Puja season at Agartala.However, 3 of them are under Police Custody and police is further investigating the case. | 20-Sep-2015 |
Two Bangla nationals among three NLFT mi | AGARTALA, Sep 20 (TIWN / bdnews24.com): Three militants of a banned NLFT group including two Bangladeshis were arrested in Tripura police said here.Two militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) who had crossed into India from Bangladesh were arrested from Kanchanpur in North Tripura on Saturday afternoon.Based on information provided by them during interrogation , one more was arrested last night from Sutarmura in Sepahijal around 260 km from state capital Agartala.The Bangladeshi militants have been identified as Kanendra Tripura and Binduram Tripura. They are residents of Old Jupui under Bagaicherri police station in Rangamati in the Chittagong Hill Tracks.The third militant is an Indian national from Tripura , one Rajesh Debbarma , inspector Milan Chandra Datta of West Agartala police station told bdnews24.com. Datta said that the arrests were carried out on specific information from the Special Branch (SB) of Tripura Police that two militants are crossing the border to escort back six newly recruited NLFT militants to Thangnang base camp in the CHT in Bangladesh. | 20-Sep-2015 |
Vehicle drivers staged protest alleging | AGARTALA, September 20 (TIWN): Agitated vehicle drivers on Sunday protested in front of the Bardowali BOC (Rajdhani Petroleum) alleging sale of adulterated fuel in the outlet. | 20-Sep-2015 |
27th Foundation Day of the Adyasakti Mah | AGARTALA, September 20 (TIWN): To mark the auspicious occasion of the 27th Foundation Day of the Adyasakti Mahila Seba Kendra on Sunday, an exhibition of Handicrafts and blood donation camp has been organized at Press Club. | 20-Sep-2015 |
CM inaugurates self-help garment centre | AGARTALA, Sept 20 (TIWN): Subasan sewing training and production of ready-made garments center organized a programme as a part of self-help organization. CM Manik Sarkar inaugurates the programme here in Agartala on Sunday. | 20-Sep-2015 |
Road mishap claims one | Santirbazar, September 20 (TIWN): A 45-year-old Jumia Tribal Satiram Tripura died after a High Speed commander Zeep lost control over the vehicle and dashed him 20ft from the collision spot. | 20-Sep-2015 |
25th Foundation Day of the TSR 2nd Bn ce | AGARTALA, September 20 (TIWN): On the auspicious occasion of the 25th Foundation Day of the Tripura State Rifles 2nd Bn on September 19, an exhibition of items made by the Jawans at the parade ground, a blood donation and eye donation camp was organized in the Battalion’s headquarter at RK Nagar, confirmed an official here on Sunday. | 20-Sep-2015 |
62nd Cooperative Week to be celebrated | AGARTALA, September 20 (TIWN): Along with Nation, Tripura will also celebrate the seven days long 62nd Cooperative Week. The programme will initiate from November 14 and will continue till November 20. | 20-Sep-2015 |
Muhuri Char issue panics Belonia Border | AGARTALA, Sep 20 (TIWN): For long 3 months Indo-Bangla border area at Belonia under South Tripura has been imposed with section 144. Including Muhuri Char area, in total 4 km area has been has been identified given red alert with the risks in border area are increasing day by day. | 19-Sep-2015 |
'Once Train stops running from Sept 20, | AGARTALA, Sep 20 (TIWN): “NH-44’s continuous deplorable condition may bring crisis within the state, ‘except food’, as Tripura has atleast 3 month’s food storageâ€, said Transport Secretary Samarjit Bhowmik while talking to TIWN on Saturday evening. According to Transport Secretary, Tripura has enough food storage for 3 months, other daily commodities items like vegetable, oil crisis may escalate with NH-44’s worsen condition partly due to Assam Govtâ€. Bhowmik further said,†NH-44 renovation work under progress, but all works are done on temporary basis, as rainy season needs to be ended; and during winter season the road will not be stressed so muchâ€. He also mentioned, DM North had confirmed that the NH-44 repair work has been started but it may take 2-3 months more to be complete as the damaged roads are being filled on temporary basis, so no permanent solution till the wet season is over. Agreeing to the fact that NH-44 needs to be renovated urgently he said, “we do not have any control over Assam Govt. Moreover rail-line is going to stop from Sunday for next 6 months, which will create more pressure on NH-44â€. “Road will be the replacement of rail from September 20; naturally NH-44 has to be used as the supplement of Rail-lineâ€, said Transport Secretary Samarjit Bhowmik. Bhowmik also said, if the road had been done metaling earlier then the State Transport System would not have suffered so much. “However. in the last letter I received from DM North, it was said that initiatives have been taken for NH-44’s repair on urgent basisâ€, added Bhowmik. | 19-Sep-2015 |
Tripura Govt Depts’ Outstanding P | AGARTALA, Sept 20 (TIWN): The various departments of the Tripura government owe a staggering Rs 47.36 crore to the Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL)- these power bills are pending till July 15, 2015.The power bills of around 41 government departments are unpaid for the past two years†said an official of TSECL requesting anonymity told TIWN. According to a status report on power bills prepared , the DWS j Department tops the list with around 15.27crore closely followed by the Irrigation (Panchayat Department) with `7.72 crore.The Home Department owes around 6 crores.The TSECL official, however, clarified that despite the stunning figures of pending bills, power connection to the departments will not be cut as most of their services come under the emergency category. Government departments with multiple connections usually don’t pay bills on a regular basis because of budgetary constraints. Most of them pay only when they are granted funds by the State government. The TSECL officials hope to get the bills cleared after the budget allocations of 2016.From private consumers an amount of Rs 52.27 crore and from central government department Rs 4.48 are pending. At various undertaking government departments Rs 5.02 crore is pending. One might think, hundreds of crores of unrealised bills may burden the company but officials think otherwise. “These bills don’t affect us much because revenue keeps pouring in from private and industrial connections,†explained the officials. | 19-Sep-2015 |
Mafia-Raj starts before Durga Puja : Gov | AGARTALA, Sep 20 (TIWN): Like every year with the arrival of Duga Puja tension has been mounted among the common people regarding puja donations. Coercion regarding puja-donation at Manik’s golden era state has become a part of Traditional Durga Puja since decades, due to which common people are suffering so far. | 19-Sep-2015 |