Archive Detail
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| Tripura’s Mini ‘Pakistanâ | SONAMURA / JATRAPUR, July 22 (TIWN): Sonamura Indo-Bangla unfenced border is open for “Everyone†in exchange of little bribes to police and BSF. This is a bitter reality about NE state Tripura, which puts question mark on the duty of the BSF and police of Sonamura. Sources said that local auto drivers pass the passengers till Bangladesh without any permission. Police, drivers even also BSF are jointly involved in this crime of illegal tresspassing. Just in exchange of few hundred rupees, anybody can go to Bangladesh and anyone can enter from Bangladesh. SP Bishalgarh talking to TIWN over phone said, illegal Bangladeshi influx can’t be denied fully, but BSF and Police are jointly trying to control the crime there. ‘Fake passport issue also there, but it’s not only in Sonamura, but other areas under Bishalgarh are also reported with such allegations. Few days back a charge-sheet was filed against a fake-passport holder’, SP added. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| NHC, NH-44 went in pitiable shape | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): As vehicles are immovable on NH-8 (44), NHC road both---- so the agonies of Tripura has no end. Very shortly Tripura may suffer from extreme food crisis and more fuel crisis as there is no way left to enter into Tripura, it was said by Bhanulal Saha himself. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| No hope for DA : Employees are drastical | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Even after High court ordered to clear 31% DA to the state government employees, Tripura government once again in the cabinet meeting deprived its employees by giving only a paltry 4% DA. | 22-Jul-2016 |
| Bamboo Handicraft industry reels under c | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Tripura was once known for its huge cultivation of Bamboos and handicrafts, but now seeing the extinction of Bamboo-Handicrafts-Culture, due to the negligence of the state govt. initiatives in Bamboo cultivation. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Rapid Ganja cultivation, production goes | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Marijuana (Cannabis / Ganja) drug cultivation, sale, distribution although illegal in India, but plenty are available in Tripura with cheaper prices, spoiling the generations with drug addictions, causing deaths and damaging the society from the grass-root level. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| TMC claims to form government in 2018 in | AGARTALA/KOLKATA, July 22 (TIWN): Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday while attending the annual mass rally organized by the All India Trinamool Congress to commemorate the 1993 Kolkata firing as Martys' Day on July 21, gave a clamour that TMC will form government in 2018 Tripura Assembly election. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura MPs discuss various issues with | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): In a meeting Tripura MPs Jitendra Chaudhury, Shankar Prasad Dutta and Jharna Das Baidya discussed state’s various issues with MoRTH Minister Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Commerce & Industries, in her Parliamentary Office, in a press release by Govt. said this on Thursday. | 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 |
| Tripura’s mass- looter Manik Govt | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): 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. Tripura Govt. was ordered by High Court to pay 31 % DA unless the govt. doesn’t adopt any Pay Commission recommendations rather than Pay review committees. But the cunning Manik Sarkar instead of giving 31% DA challenging the High Court order by appealing in SC to deprive the employees further. After the order of High Court, 4% DA was released by the state government though nearly 50% more is pending. However CPI-M statewide now asked Govt employees to either pay Rs 800 for ‘Supreme Court’ legal fees or face blacklisting i.e. transfer to remote places. Manik Sarkar decided now to squeeze more out of State Govt employees in the name of Supreme Court fees even though all these crores of funds will enrich the Party funds. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| CM,DM Gomati witness public anger : Udai | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Tripura's pathetic situation exposed once again witenessed by Manik Sarkar as CM was lecturing Ministers Ratan Bhowmik, Naresh Jamatia, DM Gomati on various schemes. During Gomati District review meeting at DM office, in the presence of Chief Minister, common people blocked road infront of DM office asking reason behind fuel crisis. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| IAP held press meet, raise voice against | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Indian Association of Physiotherapist (IAP) and Physiotherapist forum of Tripura on Thursday in a press meet at press club said that Assam Down Town University is running professional courses including physiotherapy with illegal eligibility criteria. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Hike in vegetable price takes a toll on | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Poor condition of NH 8(44) has taken its toll on the pocket of the common mass with the price hike of the vegetables. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Massive unemployment under 23 yrs CPI-M | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Unemployment stands as serious problem in Tripura as young graduates have no place to search jobs other than enrolling names as CPI-M cadres in party offices. With the increase in number of pass out students, the number of unemployed is also raising high. The unemployed youths of the state, under the banner of All Tripura unemployed, survey and draughtsman association stage protest in front of Durga bari demanding jobs in the state for their livelihood. A group of unemployed students on Thursday raised slogans against the deprived policy of the state government towards the youths of the state as they are not recruited for the jobs. Failing to get jobs under the regime of CM Manik Sarkar, the unemployed youths raised voice and staged protest.Demanding to do recruitments under various vacant position in the departments, to eradicate the compulsory demand of HS(+2) qualification mandatory and making Madhyamik pass as the minimum criteria to apply into any job. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| TMC student union organised rally to pay | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Paying tribute to the martyrs, who were killed at West Bengal on the same date of 21st July, Trinamool student union on Thursday hoisted a rally at the premises of teh MBB College. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Belonia turns to be hub for crimes, hang | AGARATLA/BELONIA, July 21 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, a body of middle aged women was recovered in hanging condition from Barajgarh area under Belonia sub division. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Severe water crisis at Rupaichari RD Blo | SABROOM, 21 July (TIWN): Local peoples of Rupaichari Block area under Rupaichari RD Block are reportedly facing water scarcity for last couple of months. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Fuel crisis continues statewide : Fuel a | KAMALPUR, July 21 (TIWN): The crisis of petrol and diesel continues in different parts of the sub-division. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Teacher shortage hits School-Education s | SABROOM, 21 July (TIWN): Centering the issue of the transfer of teachers the students of South Hichacharra High school at Sakbari under the SabroomSub Division imposed a road blockade for Five Hours with the another student’s body locked down the school and backtracked from appearing for monthly test examination. The student’s body today demanded to withdraw their transfer order. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Flight fare continues to haunt people wi | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): There is no respite for the common people of the state. With only one source of travelling measure left, the flights have increased the flight fare to even Rs 10,000 for at least 45 minute distances. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Manik Sarkar- Bhanu joint effort to dep | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Maintaining its tradition for more than two decades Manik Sarkar led CPI-M Gov't in Tripura has decided to move to Supreme Court challenging the recent High Court's decision about the pending 31% DA to state gov't employees in three instalments. On 19th June Justice Subhasish Talapatra while giving his verdict instructed the state gov't to release pending 31% DA to the employees in three instalments. Justice Talapatra also suggested that in the state gov't can't provide the benefit in cash it can provide the same by depositing the amount of pending DA of 31% to the employees' General Provident Fund. But on Tuesday Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha while addressing the media in the state secretariat informed that in the Cabinet meeting state gov't has decided to challenge the HC's verdict in the Supreme Court. Thus, this decision once again brings out the Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's anti-employee attitude. Since 1998 when Manik Sarkar became the Chief Minister for the first time CPI-M Gov't has been depriving the state employees quite intentionally. | 21-Jul-2016 |
| DM Gomati success to get Inter Cadre dep | UDAIPUR, July 21 (TIWN): Arrogant DM Gomati Sonal Goel ultimately succeeded to obtain Inter Cadre Deputation to Haryana . On 20th July Addl Secretary to Gov't of Tripura vide his notification No.F.35(3)-GA(P&T)/09(Vol II) issued the order of her transfer as Inter Cadre Deputation from Manipur Tripura Cadre to Haryana for three years. Sonal Goel will soon leave the state and will report to the Chief Secretary of Haryana. Shri Raval Hamendra Kumar, IAS will be the new DM & Collector of Gomati District. A top level official of Gomati District told TIWN over phone ," SonalGoel likely to attend the meeting with the Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to be held on ThrusdayAnchor . And it is expected that after this meeting she will hand over the charge to Raval Hamendra Kumar. " Sonal Goel has never been interested to serve in Tripura. Earlier I the year 2014 she appealed for Inter Cadre Deputation from Manipur Tripura Cadre to Haryana . | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura MPs break slumber after 2 yrs : | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Tripura’s 3 MPs finally ended their long slumber, met Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday followed by shedding crocodile tears over NH-8 (44) ‘s dilapidated condition which these MPs have been witnessing over 2 years. Its not unknown to these 3 MPs that NH 8(44) is Tripura’s lifeline which was in muddy condition since 2 years but this important issue was never raised to Parliament or taken up on war-footing basis with Modi Govt’s dynamic Ministers. Due to lack of maintenance and co-ordination between State PWD and National Highway (NHAI) authorities, NH-8 (44) turned into immovable mud trap. As soon as Tripura MPs met MoRTH Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday, Minister asked officials to send a technical team to the northeast region to restore Tripura's lifeline NH-8. NH connectivity to Tripura will be totally snapped as the condition of the so called NH44 (8) is a mud-field. At least few thousands loaded trucks are stranded for since 20 days and there is no one to look into the miseries of the truck drivers who is facing tough time due to the poor condition of the road. Talking to TIWN correspondent, Executive Engineer Malay Deb said that heavy rain is disrupting the daily repairing work but constructions underway. Labourers are engaged in the construction work amidst heavy rains. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| DM Gomati Sonal Goel’s lacklustre | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Gomati District has always been under the scanner following the lackluster attitude of Its former DM Sonal Goel as she was always negligent towards the development of the district. As DM Gomati always wanted to go out of Tripura so Sonal Goel never took the development of the Gomoti district in serious footings. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura’s food-grain crisis : fro | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Tripura’s food stock which was for 55 days have narrowed down to 40 days ringing alarms of food crisis in the state. Food consignments are unable to enter the state due to the poor condition of NH 8 (44).Talking to TIWN correspondent, State’s Food and Civil supplies director Soumitra Banerjee said that Essential commodities and fuel on trucks are stuck on National Highway after incessant rains damaged many portions of the arterial road. However, as the goods loaded truck are unable to enter the state it is posing an alarm to the state.Food & Civil Supplies further said that if the situation of the NH 8(44) does not improve, it will surely spike up food crisis in the state.The lack of movement of vehicles on the Assam-Agartala National Highway 8 (44) has caused widespread distress across the State, with reports claiming that petrol prices have shot up to Rs. 250 per litre in some areas of the State and spiking up the crisis of essential goods in the state. The long stretch of the Assam-Agartala NH 8 (44) at Lowerpoa in Karimganj district of Assam was badly damaged during floods and thousands of trucks carrying essential commodities and fuel are stranded. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| MBB state university to be inaugurated s | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): When there is no scope for employment in the state, state government is busy in promoting about quality education. What is the future of these students who will not get a chance to employee themselves. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Gadkari orders for central team to Tripu | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN/IANS): Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday asked ministry officials to send a technical team to the northeast region to restore Tripura's lifeline, National Highway-8, which has been badly damaged by rains of the past many weeks. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura’s most tainted DM finally | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, July 20 (TIWN): DM Gomati Sonal Goel’s journey to corruption began back in 2010 when this IAS officer cajoled upon Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, then Forest Minister Jitendra Chaudhury to accommodate her unemployed, inexperienced husband Aditya Singh Yadav to the coveted post of Company secretary in Public Sector TFDPC (Tripura Forest Development Corporation) in October 2010. Prior to that, Aditya Yadav was working as ordinary trainee at Red Sox Hotel in Delhi as search was on for a honeypot position via his wife’s mercy at Tripura. Quite surprisingly, dodging all norms and regulations, Tripura’s CPI-M Govt appointed Aditya Singh Yadav as Company Secretary on October 2010 contract basis with a monthy salary of Rs 20,000/- (official verification letter attached). Tripura Govt and TFDPC never published any advertisements, no selection process, no interviews, no normal process was followed in selection and appointment of Aditya Yadav as Company Secretary of TFDPC. Question arises what Sonal Goel did to impress upon Manik Sarkar and then Forest Minister Jiten Chaudhury to bag such a coveted position of Company Secretary Job without any experience in any Govt or Public Sector organization ? | 20-Jul-2016 |
| CPI-M’s name will be soon in â | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): A major clash had emerged between BJP and CPI-M parties after CPI-M State Secretary Bijan Dhar made a controversial comment against BJP. He called BJP as "Miss-Call-party". | 21-Jul-2016 |
| Political 'Goonda-raj' ! After Railway T | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Just one day after Trinamool Congress had blocked the railway tracks at Dharmanagar rail-station, in a press meet Asish Saha has announced that they will go for Chakka-Jam on July 23d, protesting against the continuous petrol/ diesel crisis in state. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Agitated Group D employees raise voice a | AGARTALA July 20 (TIWN): Tripura government group D employees on Wednesday staged protest followed by a massive rally at Bhuturia with their various demands. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura to move SC over order to pay hig | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN/IANS): The Tripura government will move the Supreme Court challenging the Tripura High Court verdict that it pay pending 42 per cent dearness allowance (DA) to its 209,000 employees and pension holders, a minister said on Wednesday. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| ISIS trying to spread its network rapidl | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): After Belonia, Jatrapur police under Sonamura on Wednesday on the basis of secret information arrested 12 number of youths from Kathalia under Jatrapur area suspecting them ISIS extremist.The arrested are yet to be identified. However, huge numbers of fake documents are recovered from the arrested persons. According to police they are the suspected ISIS agents who are planning their target in the state. It is to be mentioned here that ISIS, HUJI terrorist groups are expanding their network in the state through Tripura's Sonamura, Kailashahar, Belonia and other red alert area. However threat of extremism is progressing in alarming proportion. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group wants to expand its operations in Bangladesh to boost its image among local radicals. According to the sources Bangladesh extremists already set up bases in various cities in Bangaldesh, in addition to Assam's Silchar, Cacher region, Tripura's Sonamura, Belonia. Terrorist leader Al-Hanif also noted that Bangladesh is strategically important due to its proximity to eastern, northeastern India and Myanmar. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| 67 block level Vanamohatsav observed at | SABROOM, July 20 (TIWN) : MLA Pravat Choudhury inaugurated the 67th Blocklevel based Van Mahotsav at Satchand RD Block complex on Wednesday. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Poor power condition hits Tripura: Loca | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): The agitated locals of Bisalgarh Chelekhela area on Wednesday staged mass protest and blocked road in front of electric office after the area was reportedly hit with power crisis over past few days. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| CM inaugurates Shilachari RD Block | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inaugurated Shilachari RD Block under Korbook, Gomati Dist. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| NBBUSS to inaugurate 1st state level con | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbasu Samnnaoy Samiti held press meet on Wednesday. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Deplorable Amlighat Sabroom Road: No res | SABROOM, July 20 (TIWN): The deplorable condition of Amlighat Sabroom Road – the only road connectivity that links mainland Sabroom Belonia with the Southern part of South Tripura District HQ in Tripura – has for a long time now remained a harrowing experience for helpless commuters. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Flood hits state’s Highways, 5000 | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Passengers are facing hard-time as the Agartala-Udaipur road was blocked since last 24 hours due to the sudden flood’s arrival. Local passengers alleged that taking the opportunity of the roadway’s pathetic condition, the bus fare went upto 100 rupees for Udaipur-Agartala route. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Bidi became scarce in North, Unakoti and | KAMALPUR, July 20 (TIWN): The popular rural smoking option bidi turned scarce here in the markets of North, Unakoti and Dhalai districts using the opportunity of the dilapidated condition of the national Highway. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura’s massive earthquake risk | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, July 20 (TIWN): Tripura Govt preferred to remain silent even after April 13 massive Myanmar-India border earthquake measuring 6.9 in richter scale rattling Agrtala and rest of Tripura. The Central government on Tuesday said it works in close coordination with state governments to deal with any natural calamity and never delays funds meant for relief and rescue operations in affected areas. "Our intention is genuine (to deal with calamities). We are working seriously on it. Our aim is that no life is lost in any of the calamities," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha while responding to a calling attention motion on the floods in the country. "First, the state government concerned tells us about the situation and we work along with it to deal with the situation," he said. Union minister also said that the central government deposits some funds to deal with any disaster in advance with the state governments. "It's done to ensure that the state government concerned does not have to write to the Centre for funds when it is in trouble because of some natural disaster," Rijiju said, adding that he knew the funds deposited were not enough but the state can ask for more depending on the situation. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| NEEPCO 101MW Power Plant running into he | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Monarchak have been running into losses following the lack of power generation in the plant due to ONGC’s failure in supplying gas to the plant. Only thing is to wait till December as ONGC said they will be able to supply gas in December. Talking to TIWN correspondent, NEEPCO GM SR Biswas said that 101 MW gas-based Monarchak power plants in Sipahijala district at Sonamura sub-division has stopped power production after gas supply was stopped from ONGC. He further said that there is no problem with the turbines but it can only run if it gets sufficient amount of gas from ONGC. NEEPCO GM also said that recently, NEEPCO and ONGC high official held meeting where it is decided that ONGC will be able to supply gas from December and before that it cannot provide the sufficient amount of gas to run the turbines.Apart from this he also said that with lack of gas supply from ONGC, the power plant is running into heavy losses. Currently, the plant is not making any contribution to the power requirement if the state and the state is being supported by Palatana power generation and the other plants of the state. | 19-Jul-2016 |
| CPI-M's gameplan on rapist Panna Ahmed : | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Although after police remand court has now sent rapist Panna Ahmed to 14days of jail custody police failed to nab details related to the criminal activity done by rapist Panna Ahmed, said case I/O Olivia Debbarma.Talking to TIWN correspondent, case I/O Olivia Debbarma said that Panna is so far unable to satisfy the interrogators as to why he was absconding from the state soon after FIR was registered against him.When asked about the persons involved behind backing Panna, Case I/O said that no concrete details are available so far.I/O Olivia Debbarma further said, no concrete details is yet to be discovered from Panna so far. She further said Ahmed could not say yet as to why he was absconding from the state soon after FIR had been registered against him. Rapist Panna Ahmed was arrested on July 12 from Shivbari road under Karimganj District with the joint collaboration of Tripura police personnel Manoj Chanda and Karimganj Police.Panna was arrested on the basis of secret information at 1pm from shivbari road and now he is under judicial custody. However at present rapist is under jail custody for 14 days. | 19-Jul-2016 |
| Dipa Karmakar & Indian team's security t | Brasilia / New Delhi, July 20 (TIWN): The Brazilian government has announced increased security at the Rio International Airport, all across Rio city ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games slated to begin on August 5. | 19-Jul-2016 |
| Many households in Tripura yet deprived | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Observing the slow pace work of PNG service executed by the TNGCL to households in many parts of Agartala, the people have lost their faith over the assurance given to them by the state government to provide PNG service to moist of the houses. | 19-Jul-2016 |
| Heavy Rain disrupt BSNL's services in Tr | AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): Two days of downpour in the state has disrupted the Internet and other telecom services. Broadband services are down, and pre-paid services has been playing hide and seek with the subscribers and the Net users are finding it difficult to get connected .Tall claims of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) about providing world class Internet services in the state have proved to be a hoax. | 20-Jul-2016 |
| Karimaganj students burnt Pakistan flag | Dharmanager / Karimganj, July 19 (TIWN): Condemning the Kashmir attack by Pakistan base terrorists, student-units have shown agitation against Pakistan. | 19-Jul-2016 |
| Irresponsible Political drama creates ch | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): Tripura’s misery seems to have no respite from wrongdoings of Political parties as ruling CPI-M to opponent Trinamool resorting to public disruptions for the sake of instant political mileages. TMC chosen to raise demands for Silchar-Dharmanagar, Dharmanagar-Agartala and Agartala-Silchar local trains whereas Modi Govt already implementing those BG railway expansions in Tripura. Tripura is suffering from various crisis situations as NH-44 in dilapidated condition, petrol, diesel prices sky high in blackmarkets but it failed to stop Trinamool Congress enacting an irresponsible drama by halting railway service for hours at Dharmanagar. Thousands of hapless railway passengers had no other options than surrendering their fate to Trinamool goons as they blocked Dharmanangar NFR railway service. Modi Govt brought BG Train service to Tripura, so TMC leader (still holding Congress MLA seat) Bishwabandhu Sen’s Congress party did for 30 years in power in Delhi ? | 19-Jul-2016 |
| Damaged highway: Shortage of essential i | Agartala, July 19 (TIWN / IANS) The supply of essentials and fuel continues to be hit badly in Tripura for more than one-and-a half months now even as the state government sought the Centre's intervention to restore National Highway-8 which has been badly damaged. | 19-Jul-2016 |
| Bikers battling with weather for 1 liter | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): Amidst rain long queues observed before Petrol-Pumps across the state. | 19-Jul-2016 |
| CPI-M’s name will be soon in â | AGARTALA, July 19 (TIWN): A major clash had emerged today between BJP and CPI-M parties after CPI-M State Secretary Bijan Dhar made a controversial comment against Tripura BJP. | 21-Jul-2016 |