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| CPI-M leader denied anticipatory bail in | KOCHI / AGARTALA, Feb 11 (TIWN / IANS) CPI-M leader P. Jayarajan was on Thursday denied anticipatory bail by the Kerala High Court for the murder of RSS activist Kathirur Manoj, making imminent his arrest by the CBI. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| 26 years boy missing from Khowai : Poli | KALYANPUR, Feb 11 (TIWN) : Increasing crimes at kalaynapur has created much agitations among the locals. In yet another incident of missing case of a 26 year’s young boy gripped the whole area into tensions. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| VC election : Police held meeting with p | KALYANPUR, Feb 11 (TIWN) : All necessary measures have been taken to accomplish the Feb 24th village committee election. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| South Tripura VC Election: Door to door | SABROOM, Feb 11 (TIWN) : With the poll date near, most of the CP-IM candidates' door to door campaign gets momentum.From door-to-door campaigning, opening up election offices, distribution of pamphlets and displaying banners the candidates are taking several initiatives to woo the voters for the Village Council Election, which is scheduled to be held on Feb 24 next. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| Families are deprived of deserving facil | AGARTALA, Feb 11 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar where busy in attending election campaign on chopper, several families are yet deprived of various deserving facilities under Government scheme. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| Former HC Registrar published book: Elab | KAMALPUR, Feb 11 (TIWN): Former Registrar of Tripura High Court and a renowned personality in the arena of law as well as a proud son of Kamalpur, Subhendu Dasgupta published a book recently. The book was titled "Tripura Tenancy and Land Laws." The book was published by Sankhasubhra Dasgupta, his nephew. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| Failure of local leaders is blamed for C | AGARTALA, Feb 11 (TIWN): Political parties where gearing up to contest for the upcoming Village Committee, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee failed to place nomination paper in various area. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| Party office construction work blocked t | KALYANPUR, Feb 11 (TIWN) : Although among 51 seats Cong. didn’t submit a single nomination paper at Kalyanpur for VC election, but in the construction work of Cong. Bhawan, the party is creating much agonies for the common people of that place. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| Fuel crisis disrupts daily lives : †| AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN) : Petrol, which is the necessity of today's life, lack of petrol disrupting daily lives of Tripura public due to its crisis across the state. “No petrol†sign has become as if a kind of terror for bike riders and other vehicle users. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Khowai police seized over-loaded vehicle | KALYANPUR (Khowai), Feb 11 (TIWN) : Khowai police in a drive on Wednesday, has captured many vehicles including big trucks and bullock carts which were found over loaded. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| CPI-M, Congress honeymoon exposed : Beng | KOLKATA / AGARTALA, Feb 11 (TIWN): Its no secret from Delhi to Tripura that CPI-M always played the role of dedicated second half whenever Congress needed them at national level. Thatswhy CPI-M top honchos like Sitaram Yechury is more closer to Congress President Sonia Gandhi than the fellow CPI-M politburo members. Due to same reason, at State level in Tripura, Congress was instructed to play the role of mute opposition so that Manik Sarkar's CPI-M can hang on to power as long as the 'emperor' wants. Due to mutual political needs and profit sharing Congress in Tripura never wanted to win elections, also its a fact that Manik Sarkar led CPI-M showered all Congress MLAs more goodies than the fellow CPI-M MLAs. Congress - CPI-M mutual needs exposed the bare necessities in politics where ehics and principles are dumped in garbage in the name of political benefits. | 11-Feb-2016 |
| Poor internet connection and crippled NH | AGARTALA, Feb 11 (TIWN): Poor internet connectivity has led to fuel crisis in Tripura for the past consecutive days, forcing the state to suffer under severe petrol crisis.Hundreds of oil tankers from Guwahati have been stranded in IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation Limited) depot in Dharmanagar, the entry point to Tripura by road from Assam," an official source said. As the Internet connectivity is down, the IOCL officials are unable to get clearances online from their authorities in Guwahati and similarly poor internet connection is leading to continuous petrol crisis. In absence of clearances from the IOCL authorities, the hundreds of oil tankers, carrying petrol and diesel, are unable to move to different parts of Tripura including capital city Agartala, 200 km from Dharmanagar.The actual reason for the dry-out remains largely speculative and the petrol pump owner is not ready to speak anything regarding the crisis in the city.It is to be mentioned here that most of the petrol pump of the city area running dry and a long queue of people is seen from the early morning waiting in the petrol pump to collect petrol. Hundreds of vehicles were seen in queue in front of petrol filling station while many centres had hanged the board of no-petrol. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Arjuna Awardee Dipa Karmakar felicitated | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): On the occasion of annual sport meet of Henry Derozio School at Agartala, Arjuna Awardee Dipa Karmakar was felicitated as an icon of inspiration in field of sports in Tripura. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Uncertainty looms large over the fate of | AGARTALA, Feb 11 (TIWN): With no other progress in the case of 10,323 terminated teacher’s issue it seems like the case will keep on getting a next date for hearing. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Chief Minister released fifteen books | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): Just when counting days are left for the commencement of the 34th Agartala Book Fair, Chief Minister Manik Sakar on Wednesday released fifteen books at Sukanta Academy. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Cross border theft on a rise: BSF detain | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): With the joint initiative of Tripura Police and BSF 195 battalion, the BSF Jawans on Tuesday late night detained one stolen bike from west Joynagar area adjacent to Battala BOP. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Bangladesh Home Secretary visits Tripura | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): Bangladesh Home Secretary Dr. Md. Mozammel Haque Khan along with another dignitary of Bangladesh High Commission Musharoff Hussein visited Tripura on Wednesday.Tripura and Bangladesh are not merely neighbors, but two different nations with which both the countries share history, culture, civilization, and enduring links between people. The ideals of democracy, secularism, pluralism and rule of law also serve as a link between India and Bangladesh.Improved border management, increased trade with Bangladesh, Line of Credit, increased energy transfers; bilateral cooperation in Railways and Maitree Express vitalizes the fact that India Bangladesh relationship is a two-way street. With development in trade, market access, power, border management, development cooperation, infrastructure, man to man direct communication has given boost to the friendship of the Indo-Bangla relationship. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| State to get eight new rubber industries | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): Workshop on production and utilisation of rubber in the Tripura has been organized at Pragna Bhawan. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Bangladeshi smugglers roam free in Tripu | KAMALPUR / AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): The case of suspected four Bangladeshi smugglers nabbed from Halhali became interesting enough as their course of suspicious activities unearthed during police interrogation. And for further unearthing of the issue, police would demand for remand as they were produced before the Court on wednesday. According to police sources, during primary investigation, police somewhat successful to unearth many sensational informations regarding their disguised and illegal stay at India.Those Bangladeshi citizens entered India through Benapol border illegally. And then they scattered in groups in different parts of India mainly the north-eastern states. Acting on tip-off from the special Branch on Tuesday morning, police alongwith the Special Branch conducted raid at the house of some Kartik Das at Halhali and nabbed four Bangladeshi citizens namely Shahidur Rahaman (32) of Goplagunj district, Kalu Khan (28) of Narail district, Soheil Sekh (28) of Gopalgunj district and Jinnat Sekh (28) of Goplagunj district of Bangladesh. Police also seized Bangladeshi SIM cards, Indian Voter I/card, Indian driving license and Indian PAN Cards from those smugglers. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Prior permission required to use amplifi | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): With the ensuing Saraswati puja, officials of the Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) have already ensured that without any prior permission from the concern authority club or any other organization cannot play any amplifier. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Jewellery associations observe one day s | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): Along with the nation all major jewellery retailers like P C Chandra, Tanishq, Senco Gold and other jewellery association participated in the one day strike in Tripura on Wednesday. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| CPI-M attempts to sell 'golden era' to v | KALYANPUR, Feb 10 (TIWN) On Wednesday CPI-M organized a mega concourse centering the upcoming ADC village election at Ghilatali under Kalyanpur Block. Minister Khagendra Jamatia presided over the function. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| State observed first National De-worming | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): Along with the nation the State also observed the National De-worming Day on Wednesday at Muktadhara. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Tripura tops 2nd position in Northeast i | AGARTALA, Feb 10 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar certainly deserves a special 'national award' for converting Tripura as the most dangerous state for women as rampant crimes, child rapes happening across State daily. Lameduck CM entrusted Police administration in the hand of CBI chargesheeted IPS official K.Nagraj and State's bureaucracy, civic administration in the hands of nationally known corrupt IAS official G.S.G.Ayyangar. Tripura Police (Director General of Police) DGP K.Nagraj - a highly corrupt official who was chargesheeted by CBI in 2007 for amassing massive wealth of over 500 times of his known sources of income, CBI case is still in progress. Suspicious failures of Tripura Police raising questions as CPI-M’s blessing saving murderers, scamsters under tainted DGP Nagraj. Tripura has the second highest rate of crimes against women in the northeast after Assam at 1,615 in 2013, but no more than 13.8 perccent of cases awaited investigation in most of the cases either closed or not filed.A 14 yr old tribal girl was brutally raped in Tripura on republic day but Chief Minister or his coterie yet to take any actions or even doesn't care to visit victim's family. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Amarapur :CM Manik Sarkar’s blame | AMARPUR, Feb 10 (TIWN) : Around 300 families of Mailak Gram Panchyat are raising complaints of a poor quality of 90mtr Wood Bridge, thanks to the in cooperation of PWD officials. Sources said, the bridge was constructed almost a decade back. The people, especially the school children crosses the bridge everyday taking the risks of their lives, but the concerned PWD authorities did not take any positive initiative to construct a Foot bridge as per the demand of the residents. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Confused CPI-M cries for national attent | Agartala / New Delhi, Feb 10 (TIWN ) The government must scrap tax exemptions and concessions to corporates and the affluent and not add "iniquitous" taxes on retail cost of fuel, the CPI-M said on Wednesday. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Kalyanpur : Anti-Worms tablets distribut | KALYANPUR, Feb 10 (TIWN) on Wednesday morning anti-worms tablets been distributed among the students of all schools under Kalyanpur block. | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Tripura’s first flyover: Drilling | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): Aiming to end the construction work of the flyover on time, the construction agency has begun with drilling work at Battala near the shiv temple. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| Chachu Bazar rape victim faces the hit o | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): State’s referral hospital, GB once again hit the headline due to ill behavior with a rape victim survivor of Chachu Bazar area in Mohanpur on Tuesday for not clearing the bills of the hospital. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| CM kicks off election rally at Amarpur, | AGARTALA / UDAIPUR, Feb 9 (TIWN): Invoking the slogans of development and peace under the regime of left front, CM Manik Sarkar kicked off his first election campaign at Amarpur Chandibari School-field on Tuesday to woo votes ahead of Bi-election slated to be held on February 13.He was also accompanied by the top leaders of the party in the mass gathering along with Forest Minister Naresh Jamatia and candidate for the bi-election from CPI-M party Parimal Debnath. Rather than giving a moment to see the welfare of the common people the party is busy in holding rally and mass gathering.Eyeing forward clearly sweep in to the bi-election CM Manik sarkar himself addressed a rally at Amarpur Chandibari School-field on Tuesday. Where the Opposition party including, BJP and congress are still engaged in door to door campaign, LF has walked much ahead and Manik is all set to attend mass gatherings for the ensuing election. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| Crime against women on rise: House wife | AGARTALA, February 9 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar where claims that the Tripura is developing faster than any other State, on the other hand, women are yet unsafe in their own houses. Reportedly, in a bizarre incident on Tuesday early morning, a house wife has been brutally murdered after the miscreants have looted the commodities of the house.Getting alarm of the incident the police rushed to the spot and started with the investigation. However, the police suspect that the son of the woman is involved in the crime. Besides, investigation is going on in the area.Reportedly, the women were killed after her ears are being chopped.According to the reports, the name of the victim is Gouri Chakraborty who was brutally beaten in the broad day light. It is to be mentioned here that according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, Tripura ranked 4th especially in crime against women with 88 percent of crime against women. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| TBSE board exam for HS to begin from Mar | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): When just counting days are left for the commencement of the TBSE exam, preparation is going on in full fledged manner. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| Election ahead : left front busy in â | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN) : As the village committee election is knocking on the door all the political parties have been geared up to propagate their own parties. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| Red flags again to wave at ADC areas : L | KAMALPUR, Feb 9 (TIWN): In the ensuing VC election the dominance of the CPI-M led Left Front became evident once again here at Kamalpur. The dominance of the Left Front became stronger as the Front secured one VC namely Shimbukchak under Salema Block, without contest by winning five seats among the total nine. At another VC under Durgachowmuhani Block, namely West Lembucharra, CPI-M secured two seats among the total seven without contest. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| Artisans scurrying to meet Saraswati Puj | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): Aiming to meet the deadline of Saraswati Puja, the artisans are observed busy in preparing the idols and to finish the earth work so that they can deliver the idol by February 13. People all across the state celebrate the day in most of the schools and colleges including houses. There is a god or goddess for every virtue and every section of the society and every festival is celebrated with a festive fervour and religious harmony in the city.With Saraswati Puja round the corner, preparations are on in full swing in the city. The artisans all across the state are now having a busy time making clay idols of Saraswati – the Goddess of knowledge, music and arts. In many pandals and educational institutions the students organizes competitions of devotional songs. The puja in various pandals goes on for the whole day during the festival along with cultural programmes. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| Fire broke out at Kalyanpur | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN) : Panic has gripped among the locals of Kalyanpur, after fire broke out at a household in kalyanpur. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| CNG drivers irked over the policy of hyd | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): With the sudden impose of hydro-testing for the CNG vehicle has triggered panic among the drivers. Resulting, the number of autos plying on the road has also fall down. | 09-Feb-2016 |
| Resentment brews among the hawkers, plea | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): Condemning over the eviction drive at Battala, resentment brews among the hawkers. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Broad Gauge conversion work: Constructio | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): With an aim to meet the deadline and to complete the construction work on time, workers are continuing with the work in a full-fledged manner.It is to be mentioned here that Commission of Railway Safety is expected to complete inspection of the railway tracks before March to smoothly run the BG passengers train in the state in the given time.According to the reports, the history of railway in Tripura began in the year 1964 with the extension of 31 Km long railway line from Kalkalighat to Dharmanagar.Later, the track was extended to Kumarghat at a distance of 32 Km in the year 1990.However, by the year 1997 the new broad gauge railway line of 109 kilometres from Kumarghat – Agartala has been sanctioned.However, in Tripura Metre Gauge has started in the year 2008. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| MGNREGA scam kingpin Bimal Chakraborty m | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): Lacklustre attitude and pocket full bribe to police has made it successful in letting the Scamster BDO Bimal Chakraborty to roam free outside the bars.After months of the scam came into limelight, the main accused BDO Bimal Chakraborty is yet roaming free and it seems police is busy in filing all bailable section of IPC to save the blue eyed boy of Manik.Talking to TIWN correspondent SDPO Bisalgarh Arun Sarkar said that altogether 39 charge sheets are file so far and it also includes the kingpin Scamster BDO Bimal Chakraborty. In a drive to save the prime accused Bimal Chakraborty and also to earn good name to fool the public in the name of filing charge sheet section 409/420/468/471 /120b of IPC is filled against him. It seems that all the sections are bail able and even if the case is forwarded to HC the scamster will get bail easily. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Bi-poll: CM Manik Sarkar to kick off one | AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): Only to brainwash the mind of people ahead of election and woo the people for gaining votes in favour of left front, CM Manik Sarkar to kick start the poll rallies from Tuesday. Eyeing forward clearly sweep in to the bi-election CM Manik sarkar himself will address a rally at Amarpur Chandibari School-field on Tuesday.Where the Opposition party including, BJP and congress are still engaged in door to door campaign, LF has walked much ahead and Manik is all set to attend mass gatherings for the ensuing election.It is to be mentioned here, that these mass gatherings are organised to turn their black money into white. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Countdown begins for Book-Fair 2016 : Bo | AGARTALA, Feb 8 (TIWN) : Book publishing has been kicked off fully in Tripura as the highest book fair will be held just after 5 days. Everyday there remains book-publishing programmes and writers are launching their books for the upcoming 34th book fair. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| State will not gain sufficiency until an | AGARTALA, Feb 8 (TIWN): Addressing a Press Conference on Monday Opposition leader Ratan Lal Nath at Press Club stated that until and unless the state gets self sufficient the state will not gain sufficiency and had to depend over the funds of the central. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Udaipur police arrested a 34-year for st | UDAIPUR, Feb 8 (TIWN): R. K Pur police on Monday arrested a 34-year old man after he was allegedly trying to steal a bolero vehicle from Udaipur Rajarbag. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Tripura's roaring drug business: smuggli | AGARTALA, Feb 8 (TIWN): A team effort of Battala outpost police on Monday arrested one drug peddler and claimed to have busted a smuggling ring involved in selling drugs from one state to another.Suspecting to operate a smuggling racket in the state, Battala police on Monday arrested one identified as Nihar Ranjan Roy resident of Joynagar area.Allegedly Nihar Ranjan Roy was involved in selling drugs including brown sugar and other contraband items in the state. Police also stated that he is a local mafia and is also involved in the murder case of Dilip Ghosh. The localites of Joynagar said that he continuously sells brown sugar and also operates a smuggling racket.Police however, acting on a tip of secret information police arrested him from his residence.A highly placed source of police department said that the accused brought drugs from Mayanmar and supplied it in Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Manipur.On the issue of contraband goods, no amount of laws seems to be enough to reign in the production and distribution of banned substances. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Truck knocks down boundary wall of a hou | AGARTALA, Feb 8 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident a goods loaded truck knocked down the boundary wall of a local resident after it dashed into the wall due to reckless driving. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Ruling party calls for active participat | AGARTALA, Feb 8 (TIWN) : Keeping eyes on the upcoming election, CPM like every elections seems active this time too. Although CPM had won massively in the last Municipal election but there is no sign of lethargy within CPM members. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| ‘No Candidate’ of Cong. at | KALYANPUR, Feb 8 (TIWN) : In yet another shock not a single nomination paper has been submitted by Cong.at Kalyanpur. Among 7 villages’, 51 seats there have been found not any single candidate at Kalyanpur. As a result resentment has been brewed up among the local people of Kalyanpur. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Media workshop on National De-worming Da | AGARTALA, Feb 8 (TIWN): As a part of the observation of National De-worming Day of 2016, a media workshop has been organized on Monday at Agartala Press Club. | 08-Feb-2016 |
| Tripura turns to be a dystopia of abnorm | AGARTALA, Feb 8 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident a middle aged man was found dead in his own room at GB area on Monday morning due to drug overdose as claimed by the police. | 08-Feb-2016 |