Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Miscreants caused huge losses to the far | TELIAMURA, March 16 (TIWN) : In an blow a group of miscreants had damaged 11 ekar of vegetable filed at Kamalnagar Village, Ward No. 5. under Kalyanpur block (Teliamura). | 16-Mar-2016 |
| Indeed Golden Era : Physically challenge | KAMALPUR, March 16 (TIWN): A physically challenged youth although got enrolled for the pension schemes, but has not yet got a single penny of his pension in last six years. | 16-Mar-2016 |
| Residents of South Nachirnagar staged ro | BELONIA, March 16 (TIWN) : Demanding eradication of drinking water crisis, the residents of South Nachirnagar under Rajnagar RD Block organized road blockade. After passing one and half hour of the protest, the situation drew attention of the administration. The then, Police, BDO & Engineer of DW Department rushed to the spot and tackled the whole situation. | 16-Mar-2016 |
| Demand raised for setting up more Centra | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): MP Jiten once again raised a demand in Loksabha, to set up atleast 5 more Kendriya Vidyalaya & Novodoya Vidyalaya here in Tripura. | 16-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura to benefit from SC directive to | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 16 (TIWN): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to tell it if the scheduled private airlines were strictly adhering to policy of operating 10 percent of their flights in the northeastern region, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.Asking the DGCA to file an affidavit stating if the 10 percent of the total flights of scheduled private airlines were operating in these regions and other places, a bench of Chief Justice T.S.Thakur and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit also sought information on the monitoring of the implementation of this policy. The bench which had in the last hearing of the matter asked the government why private airlines were being allowed to operate on lucrative routes and allowing them to escape from flying on less profitable destinations, on Tuesday said: "There has to be a uniform policy requiring these (scheduled private airlines) airlines to fly to uneconomical routes." | 15-Mar-2016 |
| 'Only Congress can help CPI-M to wipe ou | AGARTALA, March 16 (TIWN): In a major development, Prakash Karat during his visit in Tripura declared that CPI-M is aligning with Congress at national level for 'political purpose' & 'social welfare'. | 16-Mar-2016 |
| LPG crisis hits common mass of Tripura: | AGARTALA, March 16 (TIWN): Once again state is severely hit with the massive backlog of more than one month. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| Modi's 'act east' policy BG Passenger tr | AGARTALA, March 16 (TIWN): As per projected plans, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is likely to run passenger train on the newly converted Broad-Gauge track in Tripura by upcoming April month. In all probability, the BG passenger train will be a gift from Modi Govt to the people of landlocked Tripura ahead of the Bengali New Year. Agartala BG passenger service may kick off at any moment as it is just waiting for green signal from CRS inspection. It is to be mentioned here that the BG freight train is continuously arriving in the state with goods from Assam. However, the sources from the Railway authority said that the track is all set to start BG passengers train but nothing can be done before CRS inspection as safety is top most priority. The source further claimed that there is no obstruction in running the freight train to Agartala railway station as regularly freight train is entering the state. Goods loaded train reached successfully to Agartala railway station and there were no hurdles while running the train in the newly converted BG track up to Agartala. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| 100th Birth Anniversary of Late CPI-M le | AGARTALA, March 15 (TIWN): Keeping eyes on the completion of the 100th Birth Anniversary of Late CPI-M leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet, a programme has been organized on Tuesday at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| BAC meeting held to finalize the agenda | AGARTALA, March 15 (TIWN): Keeping eyes on the upcoming budget session at the Tripura Assembly, BAC has conducted a meeting on Tuesday at the Tripura Assembly. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| 40 years man raped 9 years girl | DHARMANAGAR, March 15 (TIWN): In yet another jolt, a 40 years man has allegedly raped a minor girl of 9 years at Dharmanagar, North Tripura. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| Kamalpur: Teachers under Education Inspe | KAMALPUR, March 15 (TIWN): In the tenure of the Manik’s trumpeted ‘golden regime’, the teachers under the disbursal of Kamalpur Education Inspectorate spent the first half of March restlessly. And the situation became so as almost two thousands of teachers spent the first half of March without salary. Though it might seem unprecedented, but it actually happened here. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| A 15 years girl raped at Dharmanagar : 1 | DHARMANAGAR, March 15 (TIWN) : FIR has been lodged against Pratap Debnath, S/O-Sudhungshu Debanth for raping a minor girl at Dharmanagar. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| Agartala-Udaipur first broad gauge engin | AGARTALA, March 15 (TIWN): With an aim to inspect the railway tracks, amidst cheers and enthusiasm of the public, the NFR first broad gauge engine left for Udaipur on Tuesday from Agartala Railway Station. As the deadline coming closure, the progress in the work of the BG conversion is undergoing in full swing. According to the report, the journey towards Udaipur had started at around 1 pm. It is expected that within few months the people of Udaipur are going to enjoy the train service in full wave. However, on the occasion of the first broad gauge engine heading towards Udaipur huge interest has been observed among the people and sources said that people of Udaipur were eagerly waiting for the train to arrive there, as the people of Udaipur can take the passenger train service to reach Agartala. However, for the regular train service in the state, CRS inspection is necessary, as safety is the top most priority. Without the CRS inspection it is not possible for the regular train service to initiate. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| Massive fire breaks out in Government em | AGARTALA, March 15 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, Government employee’s housing complex located at Kunjaban Housing Complex burnt into ashes after massive fire broke out on Tuesday morning. Getting alarm about the incident, altogether two fire-fighting units rushed to the spot. After hours of tussle at the spot, fire brigade with the help of two tenders brought the fire under control. According to the sources report, it is suspected that the fire broke out due to short circuit in the quarter. Sources mentioned that with fire sparked from the short circuit, property worth lakhs estimated has been destroyed in the fire incident. Efforts were on for more than one hour to douse the flames at the Government employee’s housing complex. It is to be mentioned here that the people who were inside the quarter have narrowly escaped the blaze when massive fire broke out.Preliminary investigation says that the fire broke out in the quarter of Executive engineer Rajeev Majumder from short circuit and with the wind the fire got spread all across. Besides, the fire has destroyed estimated property worth lakhs. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| Cabinet resolves to increase 5 % DA for | AGARTALA, March 15 (TIWN): State Government on Tuesday announced additional five percent increase in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees. The much awaited DA has been finally released after a long meeting of the state cabinet held at the civil secretariat on Tuesday. It is to be mentioned here that despite of 5 % increase in DA, the State Government employees and pensioners are at loss, as the difference between the Central and State Government employees exists by 40 %. The cabinet on Tuesday decided to make the additional Dearness Allowance effective from January 2016. State government employees and pensioners had long been demanding to the State Government for increase in their DA so that it could be equal to that of central government employees. However, though after a long wait the DA has been finally increased by 5 % , yet 40% gap still remains between the Central Government employee and the State Government employee.However, when inflation has hit the state’s market, the five percent increase in the DA seems nothing. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| 27 years young boy missing from Kalyanpu | KALYANPUR, March 15 (TIWN) : Panic gripped Kalyanpur, after a boy has been reported as missing from more than a day. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| Demand-Day observed at Kalyanpur | KALYANPUR, March 15 (TIWN) : Along with the whole state Kalyanpur has also observed Demand Day with 12 charter points of demandS. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| Kamalpur: The Rationalist failed to find | KAMALPUR, March 15 (TIWN): The Science and Rationalist Association of Kamalpur probably received their severest jolt in their course. Even after the conclusion of the Village Committee election, the administration not moved an inch to nab the self-styled Shantikali alias Chaitra Debbarma who instrumented an attack on the activists at Mog Para under Gandacharra police station. | 15-Mar-2016 |
| CPI-M-Congress alliance in West Bengal t | AGARTALA, March 15 (TIWN): As alleged that Congress and CPI-M were forging an alliance in West Bengal to stave off their “crisis of existence", it is assumed that the alliance will also create an impact on the scenario of the upcoming 2018 Tripura assembly election. It is a crisis of existence for both Congress and CPI-M. Had it not been such a crisis, neither CPI-M would have sold its head off to Congress, nor would Congress have done so to CPI-M. Amidst talks of an alliance between the Marxists and the Congress in the ensuing Assembly election in West Bengal, the CPI-M and the Left Front seemed to be divided on the electoral tactical line in Bengal. As the West Bengal assembly election is coming near, a politics of compulsion is steadily pushing the CPI (M) and the Congress closer. The growing clamour for a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the CPI (M) is left in unsolved stage in Tripura. The much talked CPI-M and congress alliance somewhat remains unsolved after CPI-M has push the ball in the court of congress. It is to be mentioned here that CPI-M has given an indirect signal to the Congress on the alliance issue throwing the ball in the court of congress. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| MP Jiten asks Civil Aviation Minister fo | AGARTALA, March 15 (TIWN): Hurdles in travelling to other parts of the country by road, rail and air are increasingly prompting the people of Tripura to go to other parts of India. Several hundred passengers, including serious patients, job seekers, students, bridegrooms and tourists have been stranded in Agartala, Kolkata and Guwahati in view of the non-availability of air tickets for want of aircraft in the early hours of the day.In a DO Letter MP Jiten wrote to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusupati to urgently intervene for necessary permission by the Airport Authority of India(AAI) for operation of air traffic at Agartala Airport from the early hours of the day. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| SC / ST reservation policy violation for | TELIAMURA, March 14 (TIWN): Clash among SC and ST has created much turmoil in an ADC village at Teliamura, under Kalyanpur, on Monday, which has resulted into major fights between Bengali and Tribal people at there. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| State BJP pitched voice against sugar pr | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): As a part of the state wide protest, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit in Tripura once again pitched voice in Agartala on Monday against the state government's recent decision of hiking price by Rs. 6 for kilogram of sugar distributed through public distribution system (PDS). | 14-Mar-2016 |
| National level Handloom Expo inaugurated | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): National level Handloom Expo has been organized on Monday at the Urban Haat Complex. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| National School of Drama: Eight states o | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): National School of Drama TIE Wing’s Campus to organize five-day long festival, Bal Sangam at Nazrul kalashetra on March 16. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Bar Trinamool candidates from polls: Opp | KOLKATA / AGARTALA, March 15 (TIWN / IANS): The BJP, CPI-M and Congress on Monday urged the Election Commission to cancel the candidature of Trinamool Congress leaders in the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal in the wake of a sting operation that claimed several ruling party leaders accepted bribes. BJP leader Ashim Sarkar said the Trinamool's entire candidature should be cancelled. "The video has revealed the party's real face," he told the media after an all-party meeting with the full bench of the Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi. The full bench met nine political parties on a one-to-one basis on Monday evening. Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Rabin Deb said the party submitted the video of the reported sting operation to the chief election commissioner. "Some of the leaders shown in the video accepting bribes are contesting in the assembly polls. They should not be allowed to contest," Deb said.Alleging that the Trinamool was "trying to influence voters" by participating in the route marches conducted by central forces, CPI-M's Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharjee said the EC was informed of the ruling party's "wrong practices". | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Chief Minister & his ‘golden eraâ | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): Inauguration programme of ASHRAY, Kunjaban for the pensioners turned chaotic when the local residnents led by opposition congress leader Panna Dey raised slogans “CM Go-Back†and swayed black flag to Manik Sarkar due to shabby treatment of local leaders by ruling CPI-M. Opposition party got agitated over the issue of non-invitation of the congress leader Sudip Roy Barman in inauguration program of the housing complex at Kunjaban. Local residents and congress supporters swayed black flags in front of the stage and raised slogans “CM-Go backâ€. However, the protest has turned the inaugural program into a chaos due to lack of courtesy from CPI-M leaders for not inviting opposition. Later with the intervention of police situation was brought under control. Local people shown black flags to Chief Minister and raised slogans against him. Sensing the gravity of the situation, the security was tightened in the spot. Agitating protestors criticised CM Manik Sarkar and also alleged that why the opposition party was not invited in the program. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Internet bandwidth service can boost Tri | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): Economy of Tripura can get a boost if the service of the internet bandwidth is truly utilized for the development of the state. It is to be mentioned here that Tripura and other North-Eastern states have a tremendous scope to boost its economy, exploit its resources and attract investment, capitalizing the proximity with neighbouring countries specially Bangladesh. Tripura and other north-eastern states have resources and potentialities, but there must be a serious marketing about their scopes and prospects across the country and abroad to turn the mission into reality and government have to take active role in making the proper utilisation. The state would now be the information technology hub in north-east India and also play a vital role in eastern India as far as internet connectivity is concerned. It is a golden opportunity for the IT Industry and the economic roadmap of Tripura as the Indo-Bangladesh surplus undersea internet bandwidth lease agreement was signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka during June 6-7 in the presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Four day long 9th ONGC Agartala Manratho | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): The 4 day long 9th ONGC Maitri baton of Agartala marathon organized by Tripura player’s welfare association has left for Bangladesh of Monday. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Rs. 1.5 crore’s residential hoste | TELIAMURA (ADC Vill), March 14 (TIWN) : A 50 seated boys hostel has been made at an ADC area for North Maharanipur, under Teliamura Subdivision. The project for hostel construction costs atleast 1.5 crores, whereas the work had begun before 2 years. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Price-hike hits common lives across the | KUMARGHAT, March 14 (TIWN) : The price hike of sugar has affected the daily lives of common people in Tripura. BJP has placed deputation to the SDM of Kumarghat subdivision to take action against the price hike and to bring a relief from the sugar price. BJP also organized a huge protest rally at there on Monday. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| BAC meeting to decide the agenda of Budg | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): BAC meeting scheduled to be held on March 15 will finalize the final agenda for the budget session which will kick off from March 18. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Tourist visitors high in Trishna Butterf | BELONIA, March 14 (TIWN) : Trishna Butterfly Park , Wildlife Sanctuary, famous for housing rare species of animal- Bisons could be one of the ideal eco tourism designations in the state. This month tourist visited Trishna more than expected. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura High Court bar election: Distrib | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): Keeping eye on the upcoming Tripura High Court Bar election which is expected to be held on March 26, distribution of the nomination has begun on Monday. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| NFR railways speeds up work at Agartala | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): With the completion of conversion work of BG track up to Agartala railway station, the work concentration is laid to construction of the platform and railway station. Considering the commencement of the BG passenger’s railway service from Agartala, the city railway station to be developed as a model station, with all the modern facilities and the renovation work is underway in full swing. It is to be mentioned here that the conversion work of track is completed and the workers are now busy in shaping up the platform for the accommodation of passengers. The station would be widened and all platforms would be repaired to avoid any untoward incident during rush hours. Special care would be taken at the exit and entry points to avoid any chaos. Also, special arrangement would be made for hygiene and cleanliness and new foot over bridges are also constructed in the platforms.Officials say the aim of the project is to eliminate the bottlenecks at the entrance and exit gates of the station which result in huge traffic jams. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Kamalpur: Twist in Putiacharra NWDPRA sc | KAMALPUR, March 14 (TIWN): The much-discussed Putiacharra NWDPRA scam under the Salema Agricultural Sub-division, here at Kamalpur, took an interesting turn recently. The newly appointed VLW (Village Level Worker) in place of scamster and suspended Pradip Roy started to ensure the beneficiaries that, all the works would be done freshly. In the meantime, the officials could say nothing but to request the beneficiaries to not enquire any more about the RTI application they filed for having the complete information of the Project. | 14-Mar-2016 |
| Rs. 462 crores Agartala-Udaipur double-l | AGARTALA / UDAIPUR, March 14 (TIWN) : With the arrival of Modi Govt. in power, a ray of hope had been emerged in Northeastern states including Tripura, especially in the matter of Transport-system. Alongwith railway, the roadway also gained a special focus of the central Govt. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| Furious Mamata eyeing to shatter Manik S | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, March 14 (TIWN): Being furious over the ongoing power hungry ' friendly alliance ' between Congress and CPI-M West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to give a shock treatment to CPI-M party's 'Mr White ' Manik Sarkar & Co , sources very close to TMC supremo informed TIWN. The sources also revealed that soon after the completion of West Bengal assembly poll Mamata Banerjee will come to Tripura and address a mass gathering , where thousands of Congress workers and the majority of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committees' top leaders, seven MLAs will officially join Trinamool Congress with an aim to remove Manik Sarkar & Co from power. Mamata Banerjee is very much angry against Congress due to their ' immoral' alliance with the CPI-M and she is very keen to take revenge on both these parties in Tripura especially during the 2018 Assembly poll. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| Rampant rubber cultivation goes unchecke | UDAIPUR, March 14 (TIWN) : Although rubber-business is undergoing huge losses in Tripura due to slump-down of global rubber prices, but the rubber gardens created in past decades across Tripura are polluting the environment, lives of lakhs of people at a stake. Pollution by excessive rubber gardening is rampant at Gomati Dist. mostly, in ADC areas like Killa, Korbook, Jampui Jala, Raiyabari etc. The Rajnagar area at Udaipur, where the old royal palace is situated, is badly plagued by massive rubber plantations as CPI-M supporters occupied the Gomati river bank and converted it into rubber garden.It’s to be mentioned here, Tripura’s Forest Minister Naresh Jamatia and his family, resident of Killa, Gomati Dist, it is alleged that Minister is owner of many rubber gardens. Excess Rubber Plantations to be blamed for many negative effects on Tripura - its climate, drying up of rivers, soil erosion, diseases, destruction of eco system, natural habitats etc. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| No respite from continuous crisis of bas | AGARTALA, March 14 (TIWN): Just before the state could recover from the crisis of petrol, the state is once again hit with diesel crisis. It seems that the state will not get respite from the continoius petrol and diesel crisis in the state. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| Moderate earthquake (measuring 4.3 on th | AGARTALA / SHILLONG, March 13 (TIWN): A moderate earthquake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, rocked the country's northeastern states on Sunday, an official said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage.The tremor was felt at 4 p.m. with its epicentre located in Assam's Darrang district, said an official of the Regional Seismological Centre here.Seven of the northeastern states -- Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur -- are considered by seismologists as the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world.There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property.". 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. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| CPI-M holds press meet: Party head clamo | AGARTALA, March 13 (TIWN): After prolonged years of ruling in the state, the party has finally come up with a new agenda to make the party members more ideological. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| Nirbhoy demands to provide extended pens | AGARTALA, March 13 (TIWN): Despite of changes in the grade pay of the Tripura employees in the year 2015, on April, till day most of the pensioners did not receive their extended pay, claims Spokesperson of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee Ashok Sinha. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura Gramin Bank Retired Staff Associ | AGARTALA, March 13 (TIWN): Demanding to commence medical reimbursement facility for the pensioners, Tripura Gramin Bank Retired Staff Association on Sunday organized a 2nd biennial conference at TB Association hall. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| TGEA demands to appoint permanent Audit | AGARTALA, March 13 (TIWN): Demanding to take immediate action to renovate the National Highway, Tripura Government Employee Association on Sunday organized 6th biennial conference at PWD Office Complex. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura Home Guard Pension Association d | AGARTALA, March 13 (TIWN): Aiming to discuss about the irregularity in pension under State Government, central committee of the Tripura Home Guard Pension Association on Sunday organized a meeting near Jaganath Bari. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| Reckless driving left 2 injured : 1 seri | AGARTALA / TELIAMURA, March 13 (TIWN) : In yet another incident a woman left critically injured and admitted to GB, when a driver had hit her with his scooty. Another person named Ankit Sarkar has been injured due to the incident. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| HC Bar Association election: Counting ho | AGARTALA, March 13 (TIWN): Keeping eye on the upcoming Tripura High Court Bar election, distribution of nomination papers to commence on March 14. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| RS election: Both the nomination termed | AGARTALA, March 13 (TIWN): The nomination filed for the lone seat of Rajya Sabha election by both CPI-M and congress candidate were declared legal after the scrutiny of the nomination papers of Sunday. | 13-Mar-2016 |
| Embezzlement of funds under block level | AGARTALA, March 13 (TIWN): Embezzlement of funds under the blocks have erupted question in different section of the society. | 13-Mar-2016 |