Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rapist Panna Ahmed shelterd by CPI-M lea | AGARTALA, July 4 (TIWN): When the entire state is heated with the issue for arresting rapist Panna Ahmed a new controversy erupts over the appointment of Panna Ahmed as the Joint Director of Sports. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Govt hospitals still in pitiable conditi | AGARTALA, July 4 (TIWN): Despite of several tall claims by the authority to provide better health service to the people of the State, people face negligence in the major referral Hospital of the State, GB Hospital. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Slow Internet cripples Tripura but BSNL | AGARTALA, July 4 (TIWN): Telecommunication services in Tripura have deteriorated in the past few days because of poor internet connectivity and congestion in the network due to regular problem in links. On the one hand Tripura is getting poor internet service in the state, BSNL GMTD, Tripura J Ravichandra said that Tripura is getting improved internet service in the state and there is no problem in the service.Lack of expertise and BSNL’s failure comes in limelight with the frequent drop of internet service in the state. Neither the ministers nor the bureaucrats are taking any initiative for the development of the internet service in the state.It is to be mentioned here that, although BSNL high officials claim that it is providing high-speed internet service without any hurdles but the ground reality is that there is no difference in the telecommunication or the internet service in the state. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura CM's bluffs continue : loadshedd | AGARTALA, July 4 (TIWN): Addressing the felicitation program for the rankers in Madhyamik and Higher Secondary Exam, organized by TGTA on Saturday, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said that apart from IT Tripura comes first in any kind of development. | 04-Jul-2016 |
| Sunil Deodhar held press meet : asks Bad | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): Protesting against the comments passed by Tripura PWD Minister Badal Choudhury on July 1st, about the central govt.’s deprivation for Northeast, and Assam Govt.’s lethargy to renovate NH-44, BJP State observer Sunil Deodhar said, “Tripura PWD Minister Badal Choudhury would take back his words against Modi Govt. and Assam Govt. and also for confusing public, media with wrong information’. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Rations Fuel supply as condition | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): With the ongoing crisis of petrol in the state the authority has imposed the rationing system in distribution of petrol in the state. Rationing system imposed over the distribution of the petrol in the state from Sunday. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Freight trains service stopped in Tripur | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): With the collapse of NH44 along with the halt of freight train service in the state, state is facing huge crisis of goods in the state. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| AMC to evict illegally constructed Trina | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): Although Agartala Municipality has announced that if within 3 days TMC house is not breaking down then AMC will evict it. Although as per the Court’s notice TMC house to be evicted on Monday, but talking to Ashish Saha, he said, nobody can break down TMC house from its location, as it’s fully legally made. ‘Mayor Prafullajit is acting as the CPI-M psychopath’, said Saha. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Petrol crisis deepens in the state; cons | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): Petrol crisis continues to haunt the common mass of the state for the 12 consecutive days in the state due to the dilapidated condition of the NH44. Once again for the second time the petrol consumers of the state blocked the road at Bidurkarta chowmuhani in demand of petrol in front of Nabarun petrol pump on Sunday morning. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Austrian, German engineers help shore up | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN/IANS): The broad gauge lifeline of northeastern states is in danger and it's because of the loose soil beneath the railway track. So engineers from Austria and Germany are now working hard to find a solution even as the Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to divert parts of the track in Dima Hasao district of southern Assam. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Pradesh Congress to hoist essential meet | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): With the falling standards of Tripura Pradesh Congress party in the state, the party has decided to hoist an essential meet on July 5 with the aim to rejuvenate the standards of the party. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Bru terrorist Group’s name record | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): The terrorism dismay which is increasing day after day at North Part of Tripura, is fully collapsing the peace at there and security of the common people there is at peril. Atleast 4 terrorists have been arrested in last 2 months in Tripura and all of them were interlinked with each other and belonged to a same terrorist group under Mizoram based terrorist L V Charki. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Malaria gripping Gandachara again, Lack | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): Malaria has hit back in state, as Bhagirath ADC village is now under the threat of malaria. Many patients have been admitted in Gandachara Hospital . But lack of infrastructure has hit the health service in across the state. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Manik Sarkar’s ‘Golden Trip | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): Decades of CPI-M Govt’s deprivation fueled by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s apathy towards State Govt employees now erupted into volcano as pensioners revolted against the most unscrupulous CM in country who wanted his govt employees to remain in poverty in spite of 100% Central Govt fundings. Although central has advised states and released funds for latest pay commission recommendations but Tripura Govt. yet to launch pay-commission rather its draconian pay-review committee with the sole aim to deprive State Govt employees. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Govt fails to co-ordinate with A | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): The prolonged crisis of petrol and LPG cooking gas cylinder in the state is due to the dilapidated condition of NH44 especially in the Lowerpoa section of Assam, says Food and Civil supplies Director Soumitra Banerjee. Question arises if Assam government is responsible for the poor condition of NH44 what has state government done for past 2 years. Talking to TIWN correspondent, Food and Civil supplies Director Soumitra Banerjee said that the crisis is happening due to the bad condition of NH44 in the Assam section especially in the Lowerpoa side and the state has no role to play in it. He further said that if immediate steps are not taken for the renovation the situation will worsen more in the state.On asked for the supply of petrol in the state via other routes of train he said that the freight train are also not entering the state due to the disturbances in the track at Halflong area of Assam. The situation has worsened as train services between Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, southern Assam and rest of India remain cancelled for more than 45 days now, due to damaged railway tracks in the mountainous Dima Hasao district of Assam due to rains and landslides, he added | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Eight Mizoram girls rescued while being | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN/IANS): At least eight tribal girls from Mizoram were rescued from a car while being trafficked to Gujarat, police said on Sunday. As many as two tribal youths were also arrested in this connection, the police said. "They were rescued from a small vehicle on Saturday night while being trafficked to Gujarat via Guwahati," police inspector Ratanmani Debbarma told the media. "During interrogation the girls gave different versions about their journey. Seven of them are the inmates of refugee camps in Kanchanpur (in north Tripura) where tribals from Mizoram live. Another teen aged girl is a class nine student from Mizoram," he said. Debbarma said that to know the details the police have called the refugee leaders who said they were unaware of the girls' journey. "Their parents said they face acute poverty here. They were sending their daughters to Gujarat in search of jobs in beauty parlours. However, the parents could not give corroborative facts and other details. We are investigating the matter," the police official added. The girls were aged between 15 and 25 years while the two men are aged between 35 and 40. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| River Feni over bridge construction like | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): Construction work for River Feni over bridge is likely to get started by December, says PWD Chief Engineer Dipak PKumar Das. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| ‘Not Police, law and Court, but pr | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s controversial remark at Najurul Kalaskhetra on Saturday has erupted questions about what should be the role of police in society ! | 02-Jul-2016 |
| One chopped off in railway track at Mung | AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident one died after being chopped off in railway track at Mungiakami 41 mile area on Sundaymorning. | 03-Jul-2016 |
| BJP stages mass protest for rapist Panna | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): BJP staged protest in Agartala on Saturday evening for Police's inaction on nabbing rapist TCS officer Panna Ahmed. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| NHIDCL officials visit dilapidated NH-44 | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): At the initiative of BJP led Central Govt, Assam Govt, NHIDCL officials visited NH-44 on Saturday to take stock of highway’s transport worthiness. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar can manage plenty of time to fly to Hyderabad to console ‘unknown’ family of deceased Rohit Vemula but high-profile Tripura CM or his deputy PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury got no time to visit NH-44 or fly to Delhi or Guwahati to restore State’s lifeline at the earliest. A joint visit on Assam-Agartala NH-44 was held by NHIDCL (National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation) General Manager B K Sribastav, Regional Manager Bikash Palival, Tripura Chief Engineer Dipak Das, Dharmanagar Chief Engineer Subhashish Das. Talking to TIWN correspondent after they arrived at Dharmanagar, NHIDCL GM B K Sribastav said that on emergency basis maintenance Rs. 5 crores have been sought by the Assam Govt. and more 21 crores is in demand. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| CM expressed dissatisfaction about poor- | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar addressing the audience at Najrul kalakhetra organized by TGTA for felicitating of top-rankers in Madhyamik and Higher Secondary examination, expressed dissatisfaction about the poor Madhyamik and HS result in the year 2016. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Foodgrains, fuel for Tripura to be trans | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN/IANS): With Tripura remaining cut-off from the rest of the country for more than a month, efforts are on to transport foodgrains and fuel to the northeastern state through Bangladesh, a minister said here on Saturday. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Parimal Saha murder convicted challenges | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): All the convicted of Parimal saha murder case challenged the decision of the lower court and appealed the case in high court for re-hearing of the case in the new way. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| CM clamours high about Tripura Anganwadi | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): Although Tripura’s various Anganwadi centres are left in deplorable condition but Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Saturday during felicitation prgoramme to the Madhyamik, HS Students organized by TGTA claims, “Tripura Anganwadi centers are providing much better service in compare to the other states. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| NBCC Construction Company grabs more spa | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): As the fixing of iron guarder has expanded towards Battala the NBCC construction company has grabbed more space for carrying oujt the construction thereby giving tough time for the movement of vehicles. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Chief Minister Manik Sarkar felicitates | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): In a program organized by TGTA at Najrul Kalakshetra on Friday CM Manik Sarkar felicitates the students who ranked among top-10 in Madhyamik and HS examination held for 2016. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Dhaka terror strike: Home Ministry sound | NEW DELHI/AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): Alarmed by the terror attack in Dhaka in neighbouring Bangladesh, the government on Saturday sounded high alert in states bordering that country, including West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Rains bring another day of relief from s | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): Rain brings certain relief from the scorching summer on Saturday as high humidity levels made the sweltering heat unbearable for people. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| CPI-M’s lust for drug money, Sona | AGARTALA / SONAMURA, July 2 (TIWN): CPI-M’s lust for Sonamura-Boxnagar drug smuggling money forcing even Chief Minister cum Home Minister Manik Sarkar to close eyes in the sensitive case of arresting rapist Panna Ahmed. Sonamura’s Phensedyl & Drug smuggling king Roman Mia’s brother-in-law TCS officer Panna Ahmed not only was allowed to escape under the full view of CPI-M leaders but smuggler lobby made sure Panna is under safe custody along Indo-Bangla border area at Boxnagar. Tripura police passed 4 days in search(?) of rapist Panna Ahmed, but how come Tripura’s smart police is ‘clue-less’ about the career criminal Panna Ahmed ? CBI charge-sheeted Tripura’s DGP K Nagraj sitting in air-conditioned luxury but remained tight-lipped about the progress of Police in past 4 days. SP West Abhijit Saptarshi while talking to TIWN on Friday said, “Police is trying its best to catch Panna Ahmed, and various sources have been employed in this caseâ€. “Hopefully we will catch him soonâ€,SP added.It’s worthy to mention here that although SP West said that “Catching Panna Ahmed is the main focus of the whole West Police force†- but it seems that due to CPI-M’s political pressure, Sonamura-Boxnagar Islamic drug smuggling mafias influence is the actual reason behind this 96 hours delay in nabbing the culprit. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura's Fuel crisis cripples public tr | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): Tripura's common masses started direct revolt against CPI-M Govt's apathy in solving Petrol crisis as State's transportation crippled due to dry fuel pumps across State. There was no political party, but on Saturday the common people of Agartala City blocked Durgabari road for hours asking, ‘How the Tripura Ministers manage fuel for their vehicles whereas the whole state is suffering due to petrol crisis?’ According to the protestors, ‘Whatever the problem inside the state it is only the common people suffer, whereas the so called Political leaders Congress, BJP, CPI-M MLAs, Ministers never suffer’. Whereas the CM Manik Sarkar or his Ministers ride via Helicopter along with full security, the common people have to wait for hours in mile- long queues every day. Yesterday night till 12.30 am the petrol pump workers sold 1 litre petrol rationed to piled up vehicles at Agartala. Saturday morning protests turned violent so Traffic SP Smriti Ranjan Das alongwith protestors went to the inspect petrol pumps to check fuel-stocks to prevent black-marketing. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura BJP still shy to protest mass Hi | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, July 2 (TIWN): Tripura BJP leadership yet to jump into action against mass killing of Hindus in neighboring Bangladesh even though counterparts in Bengal much ahead in organizing protests.Bengal BJP on Friday warned of carrying out a sustained protest movement on the Indo-Bangladesh border and stop the Dhaka-Kolkata train if killings of Hindus in the neighbouring country did not stop.In the wake of a Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh's Jhenaidah, the BJP led by its West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh, took out a rally in the city in protest against the killings of Hindus in Bangladesh."We have had a good relationship with Bangladesh so far but it will remain so as long as the Hindus there live a secured life. If the brutal killings continue we will start movements at the bordering areas of Benapole and Petropole. We will also stop the Maitree Express," Ghosh said at the rally."The Maitree Express need not run if there is no Maitree (friendship)," said Ghosh adding that a state party delegation will talk to the central leadership for putting pressure on Bangladesh over the issue. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Busy Petrol pumps across the state : Tou | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): Fuel crisis continues to suffer the state with Long queues Or with board of ‘No Petrol’ hanging in front of the major petrol pumps even on Friday. The non-repaired heavily damaged part of National Highway which is causing hindrance for plying of vehicles to is yet left without solution increasing fuel crisis inside state. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| Doctors Day-2016 : Tripura Govt. Medical | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): Although Tripura Health Minister Badal Chowdhury claims high on Doctor’s Day-2016, but he was silent about the AGMC’s 34 doctor’s recruitment due to which High Court cancelled the job of those professors. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| Health Secretary Nagaraju’s comme | AGARTALA, July 2 (TIWN): Tripura Health Dept. Principal Secretary on Friday shocked the public during Doctor’s Day celebration at Sukhanta Academy with his insensitive speech against Tripura rural patients attitude against the rougue Doctors and miserable state of expired medicine stuffed Hospitals.Principal Secretary Nagaraju was blind enough to ignore the wrongdoings of 3 Doctors namely Manti Chakma (Child-specialist), Apritam Mohon Debbarma (Gynecologist) and Debashish Debroy .Mentioning about the 3 babies death recently at Dharmanagar Hospital, Nagaraju ignorantly commented, “The 3 babies were different kind of patients and their symptoms were differentâ€.“But without understanding, the people harassed the doctor, spoiled the atmosphere of the hospital which is against the principlesâ€, Nagaraju added. Question remains, How could Principal Secretary give lectures of ethics and principal in exchange of 3 innocent lives due to his Dept's failure to supply non-expired medicines, good medical service?†| 02-Jul-2016 |
| Hopeless Tagore! Statue covered with pol | KAMALPUR, July 2 (TIWN): The poet who once remained to be the prime target of attack as a ‘bourgeois poet’ to the leftist turned the most adorable one with the passing time. | 02-Jul-2016 |
| Bru terrorists network expands along Tri | Dharmanagar, July 1 (TIWN) : Increasing Bru terror causing unrest among the local Bengali inhabitants of North Tripura again. On Friday, Assam Rifles 30th Btn nabbed 3 Bru terrorists from Kalachara, North Tripura. Assam Rifles undertaken Tripura-Mizoram border anti-terrorist operation on June 29th and after 3 days three terrorists have been nabbed. Three terrorists have been identified as Kasrai Reang from Monachara under Khepachara P.S. Tripura part. Another Rajkumar Reang was caught who is resident of Konasib at Mizoram & Babulal Reang from Gandachara, Hailakandi. Union Home Ministry led anti-terrorist operation began 2 months back when the Chief Bru terrorist leaders were nabbed from the faction of L V Charki (the head of Bru terrorist group based on Mizoram). Even though CPI-M govt achieved success in controlling terrorism since two decades in Tripura, but recent surge of new terrorist groups in north Tripura disturbing communual balance along Kanchanpur Tripura-Mizoram border region. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| Agartala civic body to demolish Trinamoo | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN/IANS): Agartala Municipal Corporation has decided to demolish the Trinamool Congress headquarters building here as it was "illegally constructed", Mayor Prafulla Jit Sinha has said. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| Health Minister inaugurates Doctors' Day | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Minister Badal Choudhury inaugurates Doctor’s Day-2016 at Sukanta Academy on Friday. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| IPFT again raised voice protesting Funda | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Protesting against the continuous fundamentalist attacks at Bangladesh IPFT has held mass rally at Agartala. The rally began from Astabal Maydaan and protested before Visa Office at Kunjaban. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| SBI celebrates foundation Day | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): State Bank Day has been observed in Tripura in the presence of Minister Badal Chowdhury. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| “CM Manik Sarkar has forgotten the | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): With the formation of the TMC party in a new way in Tripura to bring a change in the political scenario of Tripura’s politics, said TMC VP Mukul Roy. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| TPYC placed deputation to West SP, deman | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Demanding immediate arrest of the rape accused Panna Ahmed in next 24 hours at the earliest Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress on Friday placed deputation to West SP Abhijit Saptarshi at police head quarter. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| Lonely PCC Chief Birajit Sinha cries ove | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Tripura Pradesh Congress President Birajit Sinha on Friday, placed deputation to Officer-in-charge at West Police Station to lodge an FIR and to recover a vehicle which has been taken by Dibakar Hrangkhawal during his time as President of Congress. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| Plight of PMGSY work: River erosion brok | KAMALPUR, JULY 1 (TIWN): Crores of rupees came to no long lasting use to the inhabitants in the PMGSY work at Ambassa. A road made under PMGSY project at Kulai came to the verge of extinction due to river erosion. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| State paid tribute to legendary physicia | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Senior doctors on Friday in the state paid tribute to legendary physician Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy at IMA house to observe Doctors day. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| Evacuation made a woman homeless at Kama | KAMALPUR, July 1 (TIWN): Administrative decision brought about pathos for a woman and made her homeless. And BJP stood by the victim woman to go to the root of the case. At the same time the role of the administration also remained perfect as the entire course was conducted abiding the law. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| CM inaugurates blood donation camp | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Chief Minister on Friday, inaugurates blood donation camp at Maharajganj Bazar, Agartala. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura CM’s patronage continues | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s suspicious role behind promoting rapist Panna Ahmed as Joint Director of Sports, then CM’s direct role in shielding Minister Shahid Chowdhury’s criminal activities, whose wife not only directly involved with Sonamura’s dreaded smuggling rackets, also Shahid Chowdhury, Panna Ahmed’s relatives like Roman Mia, who is known as the Phensydyl smuggling king of Sonamura. CM Manik Sarkar was forced to get rid of Shahid Chowdhury from 2008 CPI-M Ministry due to direct involvement of Minister Shahid with HUJI, Al Qaeda terrorist Mamun Mia. Shahid Chowdhury and his wife not only sheltered dreaded Bangladeshi terrorist Mamum Mia at their home, then arranged rented accommodation and financed HUJI Islamic terrorist activities. Rapist TCS officer Panna Ahmed, his brother-in-law Phensedyl smuggling mafia Roman Mia, HUJI terrorist Mamum Mia all belongs to Shahid Chowdhury’s Assembly constituency Boxnagar, Sonamura, also notoriously known for Tripura’s highest Ganja (Marijuana) productions. | 01-Jul-2016 |
| NARADA’s Rs 20 lakhs bribe taker | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Narada news channel sting operation exposed TMC honcho Mukul Roy accepting Rs. 20 lakhs bribe alongwith many other TMC leaders, so its no surprise that,TMC’s morally bankrupt leadership will stoop down to any level for votes. Agartala witnessed on Thursday afternoon the drama of TMC leaders to woo Muslim voters. Kolkata TMC leaders Mukul Roy, Prasun Banerjee’s filthy language, choice of vocabulary even made rickshaw pullers shy at Agartala. Trinamool Congress on Thursday afternoon blocked busy roads at Ujjayanta market, Tulasibati School to garner minority vote banks. TMC leaders Mukul Roy, Prasun Banerjee, Sudip Barman, Ratan Chakraborty decided to turn as minority for a day by changing their attire donning muslim skull caps. TMC leaders were using attractive words like “Adabâ€, “Salam†and “Jannat†to appease Muslim supporters. Hundreds of Muslim supporters were arranged as TMC leaders in minority attires could inaugurate the “Iftar†at Gedu Mia Masjid. Even Hindu Saint or Santa Claus looking Ratan Chakraborty flattered crowd by uttering, “People should die to see Jannat (heaven) in the name of Allah but Mamata will show you Jannat in 2018â€. | 01-Jul-2016 |