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| BG express train likely to chug into Tri | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): After crossing the deadline since March finally the BG Express train will begin its journey from July 31. However the flag off ceremony will be observed by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. Although it is decided to toll the train on July31but the train is likely to move through the diverted railway track of Migrendissa at snail pace of less than 5KMph as the mainstream track was damaged due to landslides. It is to be mentioned here that Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu likely to inaugurate the BG Agartala-Delhi Express train service onJuly 31 from Agartala railway station. Talking to TIWN correspondent, NFR construction official Pratap Singh said that it is still not clear when NFR will undertake work to restore the mainline which was damaged due to the landslides following the rain. But it is clear that work will not get completed by October. This means trains will run at snail’s pace of less than five KM per hour through the diversion line in Migrendisa. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Central Govt's Rs. 28 crores investment | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Central Govt’s crores of funding for Assam-Tripura road gone into waste as lack of security, corruption by local CPI-M contractors/ workers have become an obstacle in progressing the NH-44 renovation work. Corrupt State Govt officials, cadre led black-marketing of stone business is on the peak at Lowairpoa road even though central govt paid for all these road construction materials for filling work. But, in a planned manner stones are dumped on the day time, at evening CPi-M party cadres, miscreants stealing same stones by hired vehicles.TIWN visited the Lowairpoa-Churaibari Highway on Sunday, where such illegal activities were unearthed. The contractors is however not ready to use bricks as bricks cannot be sold again after it mixes with muds. But stones can be easily sold after washing with water. However, such illegal businesses are are going on since decades on Tripura-Assam smuggling route via Churaibari Checkpost. During dry season, at least 300 to 400 vehicles are entering Tripura daily without giving any tax to the state govt. by bribing Churaibari Check-Post officials, but due to NH-8 (44) pathetic condition, the business hampered for a while. | 25-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura’s 35 % unsealed Border is | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): 4 day long Indo-Bangla meeting has begun in capital Agartala, discussion began on pending border issues including long 158 KM unfenced Indo-Bangla border. Joint meeting may boost the Border’s remaining fencing work in Tripura. A 21 member team from BGB led by Regional Director Brigadier General Mohammad Habibul Karim arrived Tripura on Sunday and kicked off 4 day long meeting with BSF led by Tripura frontier Inspector General J.B. Sangwan. Under Tripura PWD’s lameduck officials supervision, the border fencing work is going in a snail’s space. North Tripura SP confirmed 12.5 KM unfenced border in his part, in South Tripura SP said it’s 16 KM in South border and in Sonamura it’s 9.5 KM unfenced border, which was confirmed by Sepahijala DM. Long unfenced borders along with many more unsealed small areas have hit Tripura’s internal security due to intrusion of Bangladeshi smugglers, terrorist elements. Moreover, there are various other issues like border crimes, smuggling, destroying fencing at zero points, cross-border movements by Bangladesh based miscreants. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Rs 800 ‘Donation’ collecti | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): When the entire state was hit with issue of state government collecting for Rs800 donation from its employees for filing case in Supreme court against the decision of HC for clearing the 31 percent DA, Education minister Tapan Chakraborty termed the entire issue as ‘baseless’. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Slums to get PNG connection: TNGCL assur | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Tripura Natural Gas Corporation limited has decided to provide at least 5000 PNG connection by this year to the slum area. It is to be mentioned here that with the initiative of TNGCL, the slums will also get PNG connection for the first time in Tripura. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Bangladesh-Border Management team arriv | AGARTALA / DHAKA, July 24 (TIWN): A 21 member’s team of Bangladesh Border Management has arrived in Tripura and held meeting with BSF at Akhaura-Check-Post, and in Sal-Bagan BSF Camp. Better days hopefully to come in Tripura as Border Security Forces from both India and Bangladesh have taken initiative to enclose the unsealed Indo-Bangla Border fully. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| CPI-M using Dalits as tools for party-p | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The political parties are busy to point out each other and for the sake of self promotion & thus keep on counting the mistakes of other parties and to prove ‘Who deprived the people most ?’ | 24-Jul-2016 |
| AMC manipulating Modi Govt.’s SMA | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): AMC has violated Modi Govt.’s SMART City Mission by taking extra tax in the name of SMART City project. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Rapes, murders, crime-rate spiked up in | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): In a protest rally Tripura Trinamool Congress condemned over the increasing crime against women. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Election shortly: Rival parties scrimmag | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Two rival party leaders were seen together when CPI-M Minister Badal Choudhury and opposition TMC MLA Asish Saha had joined in a blood donation camp. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| AMC Mayor planted tree on the occasion o | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Van-Mahotsav, which is an annual tree planting festival in the month of July was held in Agartala Suryasen Baloari Centre, under AMC Wrd No-21. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Mondal Executive Body meet held at Kulai | KAMALPUR, July 24 (TIWN): The Executive Body meet of the BJP Ambassa Mondal Committee was held today at the Kulai Thakurpally School. The meet began at 10 am this morning. And in the evening a street corner would be arranged at Kulai market. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura tribals all set for Ker Puja to | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN/IANS): There is no place for death, birth or recreation in centuries-old Ker Puja in Tripura. Steeped in intricate, time-honoured rituals, this mega tribal event is about well-being and warding off evil spirits. And this 31-hour-long festival is all set to begin from Monday. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| India, Bangladesh border forces discuss | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN/IANS): A four-day long Inspector General level meeting between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) began here on Sunday to discuss and resolve border issues between the two neighbouring countries. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Sudip claimed CPI-M attack pre-planned a | KAMALPUR, July 24 (TIWN): After the political clash between TMC and CPI-M at Halhali during the chakka jam and the following clamor at Hospital, TMC leader Sudip Roy Barman visited Kamalpur last night along with Dipak Majumdar. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| City being decorated for Bengali’ | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): As the Durga Puja is ahead, the Agartala city has geared up to welcome Goddess Durga. The city has been geared up for Durga puja which begins from September 30 this year-2016. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura IPS officer Joydeep Nayak†| AGARTALA / BHUBANESWAR, July 24 (TIWN): Odisha Vigilance Department sleuths on Saturday arrested Tripura cadre IPS officer Joydeep Nayak, who had allegedly siphoned off Rs 88 lakh government funds from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, an official said. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has expedited cases relating to disproportionate assets and corruption registered against Indian Police Service (IPS) officers that have been pending for over 10 years. state Director General of Police (DGP) K. Nagraj, who was handpicked by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in 2014, has a disproportionate assets case pending against him in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Tripura DGP, K Nagraj, handpicked by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in 2014, is among several senior IPS officers being investigated for corruption and disproportionate assets by the CBI, whose cases have been fast tracked by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.Nayak, an Inspector General rank officer and of Manipur-Tripura cadre, was recently suspended for his alleged involvement in siphoning off the funds meant for computer education of SC/ST students and self help groups (SHGs) in Odisha, where he was on deputation to the state police's Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC). | 24-Jul-2016 |
| CCF Prabir Bhattacharjee finally nailed | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): BSNL close aid has immensely made it successful for CCF Prabir Bhatacharjee to escape punishment from the hand of law even after vigilance committee has raised allegation of massive loot by him. Although the issue was represented in Tripura Lokayukta court taking reference of Tripurainfoway news yet no concrete action is taken against him. Even after vigilance report filed against Corrupt stained Forest Officer Prabir Bhattacharjee which proved massive financial loot by him he yet managed to get an easy escape from the clutch of the law. The allegation includes illegal building of house on BSNL land in Agartala, disproportionate asset from known sources of income, appointing forest guards in exchange of money by manipulating the process, taking money from field level officers allocated for raising of forest, misappropriation of public fund, illegal logging permit and womanizing activities openly in the office chamber. Besides Bhattacharjee who still maintains luxury livelihood status near Melarmath is found to be the close aide of BSNL authority here in Agartala. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Bi-election on 23 August: LF announces c | AGARATALA, July 24 (TIWN): Tripura Left Front government on Sunday in a press meet at CPI-M party office announced the name of the candidate for Bi-election to be held in Simna-Tamakari ADC constituency. LF has announced Kumud Debbarma as the candidate for the Simna-Tamakari ADC constituency. However, addressing the press meet CPI-M state secretary Bijan Dhar said that the election will be held on August 23 under this constituency. However, strict security will be maintained on the day of election and necessary steps will be taken for the smooth conduct of the election, added Dhar. The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an independent council administering the tribal areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away from Agartala, the state capital. In the 2005 elections to the TTAADC the Left Front won 24 seats out of the 28 elected seats and the National Socialist Party of Tripura four. The Left Front and NSPT had contested within the framework of an electoral understanding. Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) Act 1979 was passed by the Indian parliament after a series of democratic movements launched by the Indigenous people of Tripura, under the provision of the 6th scheduled of the Indian constitution. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Assam-Tripura NH-8 (44) resumed vehicula | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Union Minister (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari’s order to fix NH-44 on war footing basis showing brisk results as few hundred vehicles moving slowly towards Tripura through the muddy roadways. Tripura’s dilapidated NH-44 resumed transportation with bare body infrastructure but no guarantee that when rain may fully shut off vehicular movements. SDM P Acharjee talking to TIWN said that the vehicular movements via Kathaltali (NHC) and NH-44 both have been resumed on Saturday and 300 vehicles are entering in state per day. But TIWN North Tripura correspondent couldn’t travel same stretch of road via bike as muddy roads are posing challenge to all kind of small vehicles. However, the pathetic pictures of NH-8 (44) depicts the reality of false claims by Govt authorities. Severe Fuel crisis since a month has fully dried up Tripura’s petrol pumps, triggered black marketing in various parts of the state by CPI-M cadres. Supply from neighboring Assam by tankers has almost stopped due to irreparable condition of the NH 8 (44) in Assam-Tripura border. NH-44 miseries are nothing new as its repeating in every rainy season due to disability of corruption ridden State PWD Dept. TRIPURA INFOWAY suggests Tripura MPs and their helicopter-hopping CM Manik Sarkar to undertake a car journey from Agartala to Dharmanagar to witness the hell under CPI-M’s rule. | 24-Jul-2016 |
| Tax hike becoming a hot issue for opposi | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The tax increasing issue has become a Hot-topic for the opposition parties, as BJP, Trinamool had hit AMC office and whole Agartala City on Saturday. The oppositions screamed, shouted before AMC Agartala but AMC didn’t bothere to answer opposition agitation. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Suspended Tripura IPS officer Joydeep Na | AGARTALA / KOLKATA / NEW DELHI, July 23 (TIWN): Orissa Govt Vigilance arrested suspended Tripura cadre IPS officer, Joydeep Nayak from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on Saturday. Nayak is facing charges of misappropriation of Government money to the tune of Rs 88 lakh. He remained elusive since June 23 after he was named as the prime accused in a corruption case in the SC and ST Protection Cell. Nayak was on inter-cadre deputation to Odisha and posted as an IG Police of the Cell.Nayak was produced in the Ghaziabad CJM’s court which his transit remand. A Vigilance team will be escorting him to the State Capital today, sources said. Nayak has been booked under Sections 13(2), 13(1)(c) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 467, 468, 409 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.Nayak, who headed the SC and ST Protection Cell, is charged with showing undue favours Axis Computers, a Cuttack-based private firm, which imparted training to 6,000 SC and ST students of Nuapada. The private firm allegedly furnished fake documents such as bills while utilisation certificates were also fabricated, he added. Orrisa Vigilance was asked to inquire into the matter after a special audit ordered by the State Government found glaring loopholes in the computer training project. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Rain flooded Tripura’s capital : | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): After the ruling of left front party in Tripura since last 23 years, the people of Agartala City suffer everyday from waist-level water. Still ruling party claims that it has brought massive development. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Interrogation progressing at snail pace, | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Police is conducting detailed interrogation to nab the person involved behind rapist Panna who backed him to escape from the state and police is also working on the charge sheet, said west SP Abhijit Saptarshi. Talking to TIWN correspondent, West SP Abhijit Saptarshi said that at present Panna is in judicial Custody after the lower court has sent him to 14 days of judicial custody and police is conducting regular interrogation to dig out concrete details.When questioned about involvement of other person behind supporting Panna, West SP stated that so far no concrete details is available about the supporters backing Panna but police will carry out interrogation timely and strict action will be taken against those supporters too.However, talking about Panna’s hidden shed in the house of one identified as Shefali Day at Karimganj West SP said that so far no details is available about her but she will also be interrogated along with Panna if she was aware about Panna’s crime since beginning. West SP further said that police is now working on filing Charge sheet against Panna Ahmed case and police is also trying to submit the charge sheet in the court as early as possible. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Suresh Prabhu to start work on new India | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN/IANS): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will lay the foundation stone for a new India-Bangladesh railway project and flag-off the Agartala to New Delhi passenger train service on July 31, a Tripura minister said here on Saturday. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Tax hike becoming hot-issue in Agartala | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): With the tax hike by Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC), the opposition parties have hit AMC on Saturday. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| CPI-M-TMC clash continued to Hospital at | KAMALPUR, July 23 (TIWN): The bloody clash between CPI-M and TMC supporters spread even to the BSM Hospital. Amidst the presence of hopeless police the patients got in panic. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Minister Manik Dey visits Agartala Railw | AGARTALA, June 23 (TIWN): To prepare a road map for the flag off ceremony of Delhi-Agartala BG Express railway service Minister Manik Dey along with NFR Chief Engineer Harpal Singh visited Agartala railway station on Saturday. Visiting at Agartala railway station Minister Manik Dey along with NFR official took a note of the arrangements for the flag off ceremony of express train service. Minister Manik Dey was accompanied by Chief Engineer Harpal Singh, Transport Secretary Samarjit Bhowmik, Chief Secretary YP Singh and others. After a passage of few months, there is a ray of hope that people of Tripura will finally hear the whistle of BG express train on July 31. If everything falls in its right place, the BG Express train will chug into the soil of Tripura on July 31. Transport Minister Manik Dey said that Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is likely to inaugurate the first BG Express train service from Agartala railway station and he will also lay the foundation stone for the Indo Bangla rail service. He further said that Union Minister Suresh Prabhu would be arriving in the state on July31 for the inauguration of the Delhi-Agartala railway service. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Kamalpur: CPI-M goons attacked TMC suppo | KAMALPUR, July 23 (TIWN): Once another incident of party-hooliganism got staged here at Halhali during the chakka-jam program of TMC around 10-45 am. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| TMC’s flop Chakka-Jam held on Sat | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Although via press meet TMC MLA Ahish Saha told media about the Chakka Jam to be held on Saturday, but across the state Trinamool has failed to jam the traffic so far. The gathering of Trinamool in various spots ended with 20/ 25 persons. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Contradiction hits the flyover construct | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Due to some technical disturbances, construction agency is unable to do some concrete works at Bordowali and there by delaying the work over past few days. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Lake-City-Udaipur suffering from acute w | UDAIPUR, July 23 (TIWN): Since 48 hours a large portion of Udaipur City is disconnected with water-supply, but there is no hurry to recover it. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Political drama: TMC’s baseless | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Political drama of Trinamool Congress by staging one hour Chakka jam on Saturday against the dilapidated condition of the NH8(44), has disrupted the traffic movement in the state during the office hours. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Rs 10.52 crores massive looting of Centr | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Tripura CPI-M Govt’s massive corruptions once again exposed by the mass looting of Rs 10.52 crores of Forest Dept funds under the excuse of ‘Jatrofa’ cultivation. Lokayukta Justice P.K.Sarkar issued an order on July 18,2016 against 3 culprits PCCF Sanatan Talukdar, CCF Debashis Chakraborty, Accounts Officer Amalendu Debbarma for embezzlement of multi-crore Forest Dept funds. Justice P.K.Sarkar ordered full-fledged investigation against 3 corrupt officials according to the provision of Section 7 of the Tripura Lokayukta Act, 2008. Accordingly, Tripura Chief Secretary expected to issue order for full investigation and suspension of these 3 officials. Court also mentioned the misuse of central funds to the tune of Rs 10.52 crores was master-minded by the PCCF Sanatan Talukdar, who was hand-picked for PCCF Post by former Forest Minister and present MP Jitendra Chaudhury. Former Forest Minister was fully accountable to deny PCCF post to deserving & honest IFS official Atul Gupta, so the coveted post was assigned to a tainted Sanatan Talukdar. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Lokayukta Court mentions TRIPURA | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): TRIPURAINFOWAY's bold journalism even got special mention at Lokayukta Court as TIWN investigative news items were submitted as evidences at court. CCF Forest officer Prabir Bhattacharjee is close to Chief Minister Manik Sarkar as well close to former Forest Minister. Apart from that PCCF Sanatan Talukdar never took any actions against corrupt PCF Prabir as PCCF,CCF all were hand-in-glove with corruptions. Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) under state forest dept Prabir Bhattacharjee illegally acquired BSNL land and constructed palatial house without Municipality plan, another allegation against him over influencing departmental vigilance against this tainted official.Most surprisingly CCF Prabir Bhattacharjee, against whom the allegation was raised for illegally acquiring the land of BSNL authority, was also alleged to be involved in influencing the investigation report framed against him. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Rs 800 ‘Donation’ row: Educ | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): When the entire state is hit with issue of state government begging for Rs 800 donation from its employees for filing in Supreme court against the decision of HC for clearing the 31 percent DA, Education minister Tapan Chakraborty termed the entire issue as ‘baseless’. Talking to TIWN correspondent, Education minister Tapan Chakraborty said that it is totally baseless and it is simply a rumour to misrepresent the good image of the CPI-M government. He further said that the financial expenses for filing the case in the Supreme Court against the decision of the High Court will be entirely bear by the state government and the employees don’t have any role to pay in it. Further, terming this move as a rumour he said that it is totally baseless and illogical. It is simply done to spoil the good name of the party. It is alleged that Manik Sarkar’s CPI-M manipulating High Court’s order of disbursing 31% long pending DA to hapless Govt employees as a tool to pile up crores of Party funds in the name of fighting case in Supreme Court.However, commenting over the status of filing case Minister Tapan chakraboty also said that the preliminary work is almost done, Finance movement has already moved the file and the rest of t eh thing will be done in the stipulated time. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| AMC to shallow 10 times more Taxes now- | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): After Tripura Govt. had taken Rs. 250 crores of loan.to clear various unpaid power bills, the Govt. has now planned to gather the amount from common people. Tripura Govt. on the one hand paying poor 4% of DA, poor pay scale to its employees, on the other hand, via Municipality Govt. has decided to loot the public fund. In a press meet BJP spokesperson M K Deb told media that Municipality is changing various rules to grab more public funds. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Govt. seeks more Rs. 958 crores | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Whereas the central sponsored rural development projects in Tripura have been failed to bring out development across the state, Tripura Govt. has asked the central govt. to sanction the remained fund which the central govt. yet to release for RD Dept. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| Panna yet to reveal the names of the per | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Hundreds of questions are being raised like who was backing Panna Ahmed, who helped Panna to escape from the state but even after raising questions there, is no answer for this question. Rapist Panna Ahmed who is under custody is yet to reveal the names of the accused persons. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Out of 8 only 2 border haats are functio | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Out of total 8 proposed Border Haats the Central Ministry has given approval for 4 four only in first phase, of which only 2 are sanctioned. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| Tension as woman shot dead in border vil | Agartala, July 22 (TIWN / IANS): Tension prevailed after a 24-year-old Muslim woman was found shot dead on Friday in a border village in Sepahijala district of Tripura as BSF troops fired at some cattle smugglers who failed to obey an order to halt, officials said. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| AMC's Property Tax hike erupts controver | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): In a major jolt for Agartala people, the property-tax has been increased. AMC has also declared that in compare with WB the tax is very less. But AMC didn't mention about people's poor salary under state Govt, less source of Income, and economic bad condition of state. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| NE cities Agartala, Guwahati at highest | AGARTALA / GUWAHATI, July 22 (TIWN): Agartala, Guwahati, Shillong are the three Northeast Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake of 8 to 9 magnitde in Richter scale, also 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to Indian government data. Guwahati and Agartala fall in what is called “very severe intensity zoneâ€, or zone V, the highest-risk earthquake zone. Efforts are on by Indian seismologists and geologists to jointly carry out studies with Bangladesh and Myanmar and form a common geodetic network to verify fresh data and sort out discrepancies over earthquake-related research in the region. Tripura’s earthquake preparation almost NIL as State Govt failed to follow Centre’s directives on disaster management. State administration and concerned departments are telling that they arranged mock drills once in few years to aware the people about the preventive measures to be taken at the time of disaster, but all these insufficient trainings may go into vain as most of these buildings may completely collapse at the time of earthquake. "The Indo-Bumese arc, the north-south oriented mountain chain, passes through Bangladesh and a major portion of India, Tripura, NE region and Myanmar. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| BSF firing kills a woman at Sonamura, ac | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, a 25 year old woman died on the spot when a BSF jawan of 145Batallion fired at her at Sonamura Tarapukur area on Friday afternoon. The deceased is identified as Maya khatun, resident of Sonamura tarapukur area who is also a mother of two children. Talking to TIWN correspondent, case I/O Amal Chakraborty said that the incident occurred at around 12.30 in the afternoon when a BSF jawan of 142 Battalion fired at women and left her dead on the spot and ran away.However, getting alarm the locals of Sonamura Tarapukur area reached the spot and immediately informed the Sonamura police. However, police reached the spot and found that the women died after she was fired by a BSF Jawan. Police suspects it to be outcome of personal dispute between the jawan and the woman, added Case I/O Amal Chakraborty. I/O further said that the accused jawan is yet absconding and security is tightened in the area. | 23-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura’s education system has sh | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Amidst poor condition of Education System in the state, Minister Manik Dey on Friday inaugurated the new office building of Sishu Nikentan HS School at Ranir Bazar . | 22-Jul-2016 |
| Belonia Petrol pump running dry for past | BELONIA, July 22 (TIWN): Highway woes have now even taken its toll on the sub-divisions too. It is to be mentioned here that when the entire state is hit with prolonged petrol crisis, Belonia petrol pump is running dry without petrol and diesel for past 9 days. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| State observed 152th birth anniversary o | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): The state on Friday celebrated the 152th birth anniversary of Colonel Mahim Thakur, a visionary with versatile talents. The highly acclaimed member of royal family first paved visit of Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore and other laurels to the erstwhile princely state. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| Pensioners largely deprived under the re | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Attending the organisational meeting on Friday at TB association hall on Friday All Tripura pensioners association on Friday demanded payment and stated that they are being deprived of the rights. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| Union Minister of Rural Development met | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Jitendra Chaudhury along with Shankar Prasad Dutta and Jharna Das Baidya met Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Rural Development, on Thursday. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| Northeast railway collects Rs 12 crore f | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN/IANS): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) registered 171,578 cases of ticketless or improper travel in the April-June quarter, collecting Rs 12.06 crore in fines, said an official on Friday. | 22-Jul-2016 |