Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Neighbouring Assam’s NH issue hik | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): The ongoing Fuel crisis in Tripura from last 20 days has fully dried up state’s petrol pumps and initiated black marketing in various parts of the state. | 13-Jul-2016 |
| Children selling Petrol, but BOCs left | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): On the one hand the state is suffering since last 21 days from acute petrol crisis, on the other hand the continuous black marketing in Tripura has hit the law and order of the state. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Malaria once gain grips Gandacherra, lac | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): On the peak hour of summer, many people in the tribal hamlets are still fighting for life against Malaria. | 13-Jul-2016 |
| Water-Meters to be launched by AMC | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): AMC has aimed to receive more income tax with the Water Tax system launching from this financial year. As per the meter public have to pay the tax for water. | 13-Jul-2016 |
| Rapist Panna Ahmed to be produced before | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Tripura police is not missing any chance for applauding themselves after they have arrested Panna Ahmed on Tuesday from Karimganj district of Assam but now question arises how Panna reached Assam did and manage to take escape arrest for attest 3 weeks from the hand of police. Who was backing Panna? How did he arrange rent in an unknown place? What is his relation with the rent house owner Shefali Deb? How did he get source for rent house? Question prevails in the mind of people. However, form the scenario of Panna’s arrest it appears that it was pre planned story to arrest Panna for saving the good name of police in the state as pressures from the other political party to arrest Panna was worsening and police was in deep dilemma. | 13-Jul-2016 |
| How Rapist Panna Ahmed vanished to Assam | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN): Major allegations against CPI-M leaders for sheltering Panna Ahmed at Karimganj with the direction of Sports Minister Sahid Choudhury, a reliable source informed TIWN on Tuesday. Whereas nobody can pass through Assam Tripura National Highway due to it’s pathetic condition, neither by Train as red alert was all over Tripura for rapist TCS officer. Panna Ahmed raped a woman at his own Agartala residence. Police claimed that they went to arrest Ahmed at his home but he was absconding. Now question arises, just after the rape incident how Panna Ahmed vanished for Assam’s Karimganj? However, most likely Panna chosen Train to vanish, but if North Police was much alert then such incident would not have occurred. Surprisingly, when TIWN asked North Tripura SP Manik Lal Das on Tuesday about Panna’s returning back in state he said, “I am transferred to North Tripura, so the Panna matter I do not know.†Question arises if SP doesn’t know anything then what was the meaning of so called the ‘red alert’ to nab Panna? | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Rape accused Tripura official held in As | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN/IANS): A senior Tripura government officer, missing and on the run for a fortnight after rape accusation, was arrested on Tuesday in neighbouring Assam's Karimganj, police said. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura witnessed another shameful incid | AGARTALA July 12 (TIWN): Just within a few days of the brutal rape of women in moving bus at Belonia, Tripura again on Tuesdaywitnessed another shameful incident where a middle aged man molested a minor girl in a moving vehicle at Agartala. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Rapist TCS officer Panna Ahmed arrested | AGARATALA, July 12 (TIWN): After a struggle of almost 3 weeks, Karimganj police on Tuesday arrested the rape accused Panna Ahmed who was on run after raping a mother of 2 child in Tripura on last June 26. Talking to TIWN correspondent, West SP Abhijit Saptarshi and Karimganj OC Shankar Mandal confirmed to TIWN that the rape accused Panna Ahmed was arrested on Tuesday from Shivbari road under Karimganj District with the joint collaboration of Tripura police personnel Manoj Chanda and Karimganj Police. Karimganj OC Shankar Mandal further said that Panna was arrested with the inputs on secret information at 1pm from shivbari road and now he is under the jurisdiction of Karimganj police. He further said that he will be handed over to Tripura police after the moral formalities and he will be send to Tripura on Tuesday itself. However, it is to be mentioned here that allegations have been raised against the former SDM of Sonamura for raping a mother of two sons in his own residence near western club and yet CPI-M is silent. Apart from raping the women he has also threatened the victim after he was posted as the joint Director of Youth and sports affairs. The victim further said that she came to meet Panna Ahmed at his home in search of rent at Agartala Ramnagar. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Kharchi 2016 brings message to ‘Fi | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN): A voice raised on the occasion of Kharchi 2016 against the increasing demand for Twipra land along with condemning against the Dhaka Café attack, and also the attack during Eid. Both the Ministers Manik Dey and Manindra Reang talked about the importance of ‘peace’ and asked the people of Tripura to live in unity rather than fighting in the name of a particular religion. Minister Manik Dey said, “Tripura is known for its tribal/ no-tribal unity. But unfortunately in the name of demands people have started to dream about a separate state, which is nothing but inviting major clashes in societyâ€. Giving example Manik Dey said, “Today in fair the state Govt. had to arrange a huge security as the terrorist-threat consist everywhereâ€. “In the name of religion few barbaric people are killing innocent people, recently which held in Dhaka café and following on the occasion of Eidâ€, he added. He further added about the present critical condition of Jammu and Kashmir. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Centuries-old Kharchi Puja begins in Tri | Agartala, July 12 (IANS) It's that time of the year again when 14 Hindu deities are out in full glory, worshipped by thousands of tribals in Tripura. It's time for the Kharchi Puja -- the annual festival meant to cleanse the sins of mortal souls. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| BSNL employees union raise voice against | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN): With 6 charters of demand, BSNL employees union on Tuesday staged protest at Kaman Chowmuhani in front of BSNL office to press higher for their demands. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Anti-Bengali people to go for Mass-demon | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN): The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) announced a major agitation demanding more power to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), Inner Line Permit (ILP) for district council areas among other demands. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Minor girl raped at Kamalpur: Police nab | KAMALPUR, July 12 (TIWN): Adding to the list of the continuous crime against women in the state, another incident of rape took place here at Kamalpur last evening. Police nabbed the culprit and booked him under a case. The incident, however, brewed resentment among the locale. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Superstitions yet occupies the mindset o | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN): yet in the age of 21st century superstitious is yet successful in occupying the mindset of people who still believe in barbaric practice of animal sacrifice to please the god and goddess in the state. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura CM cum Home Minister yet to adop | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN) : Modi had asked the state govts to follow the international obligations to defend Terrorism and already international policy against terrorism are getting advanced day after day. But Tripura’s lameduck Chief Minister is however, never took terrorism as a serious issue. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Anemia disease taking bad shape at Tripu | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN): Although under NHM scheme, sufficient funds from the Central Govt. comes in Tripura, which are meant to preserve the health in rural areas people, but under Tripura Health Dept. to get the benefit of the service is a distant dream. Although Govt. claimed that in compare to the other states, diarrhea has been lessen in Tripura but criticism raised during the programme held on World Population Day-2016, at Rabindra Bhawan about the increasing various diseases as Anemia in rural areas, which occurs due to lack of iron, proper nutrition etc. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Transport Minister begs for trib | AGARTALA, July 12 (TIWN): Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey on the occasion of Kharchi inauguration-2016 said in Khayerpur (Old Agartala) that under CPI-M Ministry a rapid development has come in Tripura in last 2 decades. To indicate the so called ‘Rapid’ development of Roadway, he mentioned that this Khayepur area was almost a barren land, and people from other parts avoided to come here due to the pathetic condition of roadway. As an example Manik Dey said with an emotional tone, “I still remember my childhood days of Kharchi-Mela, when I used to come with my mother to enjoy the fairâ€. “That time there was no proper transport-system, and one had to pass via water-way only and many people died due to the bad condition of the transport system on that timeâ€. He slowly came to the point and said, “The Khayerpur area is almost un-recognized in 2016 in compare to those days. | 12-Jul-2016 |
| Traditional Kharchi puja begins in Chatu | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Traditional Kharchi Puja has begun with Festive temperament at Old Agartala, Khayerpur. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Massive fuel theft on NH-44 : Tripura-As | DHARMANAGAR, July 11 (TIWN): Whereas the whole state is suffering from acute fuel crisis, on the other hand Black-marketing spiked up at North Tripura bordering Assam-Tripura Churaibari NH-44 corridor. Demand for petrol is so high that truck drivers stealing petrol from their own tankers and selling at black market, in turn black-marketers making lakhs of cash everyday. TIWN correspondent visited Churaibari and investigated this theft on Monday. TIWN correspondent taken pictures on Monday where the local black marketers cum shop-keepers are fetching petrol from the trucks via thick pipes. TIWN spoke with few truck drivers and black-marketers and found that fuel theft at Churaibari is a daily ‘business’ as usual in front of bribe-happy authorities. The trucks which come from Guwahati stand before few shops and openly in broad day light selling fuel to the local black-marketers. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| ‘Using contraceptives causing crim | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Tripura Health Minister Badal Choudhury should come out from his low class mentality and learn to talk like a Minister, and then only he can lecture the masses about social issues. Badal Choudhury on the occasion of World Population Day-2016, when the health dept. officials mentioned about contraceptives to prevent increasing population, Minister said, ‘properly take care about contraceptive distribution as this is a prime reason behind increasing (sex) crimes’. Badal Choudhury’s comment however proves his ordinary mentality of relating contraceptives with increasing sex crimes, as he talked just like an ordinary villager that condoms are causing mass-social problems. Surprisingly, Minister was silent about the increasing rapes, torture on women, and many women’s deaths due to plenty children production in rural Tripura.Whereas in 20th century, people began to put forward the effect of population control as a justification for regulation of fertility, independent of economic concerns, Tripura’s 21st century’s health Minister’s speech over contraceptives created controversy. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Govt fails to send updated Chit- | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, July 11 (TIWN): CBI’s ‘go-slow’ policy on Tripura’s Rs 1172 crores Chit-Fund scams by Rose Valley, Sarada, Basil, Waris kind of Chit fund companies raise the important question – why CBI going slow on Manik Sarkar’s CPI-M empire whereas CBI fast tracked Bengal’s chit fund scams, even locked Sports Minister Madan Mitra behind bars since 2 years ? Is Tripura is being treated ‘specially’ by CBI to benefit Manik Sarkar just because Northeast Zone CBI head Rajib Singh( also a Tripura cadre IPS officer) is a close confidante of Tripura CM ? Rajib Singh worked as IG of Tripura Police during his earlier stint at Tripura. CBI, Orissa, Bengal Govtsfiled over 900 cases against illegal non-banking financial entities for cheating people under various false promises of higher returns while over 1500 people have been arrested so far. However Tripura Govt yet to declare any such claims as CPI-M Govt opted to ‘close eyes’ for Chit Fund related scams in Tripura due to heavy involvements of CPI-M party cadres and leaders like Minister Bijita Nath, Gautam Das etc. In 2016,TripuraGovt also failed to submit ATR (action taken report) to Central Govt on various Chit Fund lootings. West Bengal-based Rose Valley group cheated investors of Rs 17,000 crore, the CBI has confirmed, making the chit-fund scam seven times bigger than the Saradha scandal. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| World Population Day 2016 : Badal Choudh | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): After having one round of speech by Tripura Health Department heads, Tripura Health Minister Badal Choudhury and Principal Secretary of Health Dept. kicks off a rally from Rabindra Bhawan on Monday morning 10.30 am. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| TMC eyes for North Tripura vote-banks | DHARMANAGAR / AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Atleast 1000 people gathered at Dharmanagar Kalibari road amidst rainy atmosphere to join Trinamool mass gathering. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Northeast India receives deficient monso | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN/IANS): Except Mizoram and Sikkim, most parts of northeast India have so far experienced deficient monsoon rains, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura BJP, Congress observe Papai Saha | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Papai Saha’s death anniversary was observed by Tripura BJP and Congress in their respective parties offices. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| TPP staged rally demanding 10kg rice for | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Demanding 10kg rice per head free of cost for the people of ADC areas under the food security act, Tripura People party on Monday staged rally at Agartala. The rally began from Press club in the name of raj Bhawan Abhiyan. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| LPG crisis have taken worst shape in the | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): As the bullets are unable to arrive in the state LPG crisis have taken a bad shape over past few days. Consumers are seen waiting outside the agencies for collecting their cylinders but as the bullets are not arriving in the state the agencies are unable to supply the cylinders to the consumers. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Old equipments and lack of staffs hit th | KAMALPUR, July 11 (TIWN): The service of the TSECL turned a matter of public-wrath and discontent. Moreover, the transmission lines also turned dangerous as often the wires found to be broken at different places. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Manik’s blessing over RD Dept. le | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN) : Atleast 36 blocks are left without audit in Manik Sarkar’s regime in Tripura. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| MGNREGA wages created chaos at Baligaon | KAMALPUR, July 11 (TIWN): The pending wages of MGNREGA work done in the month of December, 2015 & in several other works at this fiscal created chaos and pandemonium at the Baligaon Panchayat this morning. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Brahmhachara (Udaipur) Tribal womanâ | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Gomati District continue to be plagued by lawlessness, rampant rape & murder under the regime of District Magistrate Sonal Goel and SP Sarswati. Sonal Goel's tenure as DM Gomati likely to be remembered as the era of most crimes against women. Over a year have been passed since a hapless tribal woman was brutally murdered (allegedly after rape) in a forest zone at Brahmhachara near Udaipur on May 8, , 2015. For her family, she went to collect bamboo shoots like everyday but she hasn't returned alive. Her dead-body tied up with ropes with several injuries on her was returned to her husband and children, but till now Gomati District Police could arrest only one accused, although FIR was lodged against multiple persons. Poor victim from ADC area was murdered a year long back, and already investogator Udaipur SDPO was also transferred. So tibal victim's case has almost dumped into files as a blind case and Tripura’s medias focus may also moved away from Udaipur Bhrahmachara murder case. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Celebration begins for Kharchi -2016 | AGARTALA, July 4 (TIWN): Old Agartala designed with lights, decoration for ‘Kharchi -2016'. The Chaturdash Devta Temple at Khayerpur is almost set to inaugurate Kharchi-2016 on Tuesday. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Security tightened, 600 police personnel | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): The seven day long Kharchi festival which is scheduled to begin from July 12 will be inaugurated by Panchayat Minister Manik Dey in presence of Minister Manindra Reang as the chief guest. | 11-Jul-2016 |
| Gramin Bank and Co-operative bank to sta | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): Gramin Bank and Co-operative bank to stay out from the bank strike called on July12- 13 by AIBEA and AIBOA. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Uncertainty looms large over Indo-Bangla | AGARTALA, July 11(TIWN): Although the BG conversion work in Tripura is almost completed and the Express train service can start at any moment but no major progress is witnessed in the extension project of the Indo-Bangla rail link so far. It is to be mentioned here that centre has sanctioned money for acquiring land and for laying of five km long tracks on the Indian side. However, there is no major progress in the Indo-Bangla rail link but will catch the speed in the coming days. However it is to be mentioned here that earlier the state government could not undertake land acquisition process as the centre had not placed funds but even after sanctioning funds of Rs.580 crore no progress is made in the indo-bangla rail link so far.The Indian government has sanctioned around Rs 1,000 crore for a 15-km India-Bangladesh railway project, the source informed. Central govt has recently communicated to Tripura that it had sanctioned Rs 580 crore to lay the rail tracks and acquire required land in Tripura.Indian and Bangladesh governments have decided to start a new rail link to ease surface transport. India will build a 15-km railway tracks linking Tripura’s capital Agartala with Bangladesh’s southeastern city of Akhaura, an important railway junction connected to Chittagong port, resource-rich Sylhet and Dhaka. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Manik Sarkar’s ‘golden era | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Tripura reeling under acute crisis of petrol, diesel since 4 months but helicopter-totting Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and his fat IAS officials are yet to rattle up their slumbers to fix Tripura’s pathetic ‘Civil Supplies’ Dept. Food & Civil Supplies Director Soumitra Banerjee, Secretary S.K.Rakesh yet to convene a press meet announce State Govt’s response to this massive crisis. Apart from lameduck claim of 50 days buffer stock of fuel in state, nothing substantial steps were taken to fix the crisis. Hapless people for the third time had blocked the road at Motorstand on Sunday morning in demand of petrol in front of Motorstand petrol outlets. Petrol crisis continues to haunt the common mass of the state due to the dilapidated condition of the NH44. It is to be mentioned here that the consumers on Sunday has hit the state following the immense crisis of petrol in the state.As regular vehicle movement is yet to begin smoothly on the crippled NH-44, state is facing acute crisis of petrol in the state. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Governor lauds Bangladesh's ban | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN / IANS): Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh Governor Tathagatha Roy on Sunday lauded Bangladesh government's decision to ban controversial preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV."Bangladesh has banned Zakir Naik's highly peaceful Peace TV. Long live Sheikh Hasina. She acted as befits Bongobondhu's daughter," Roy tweeted. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known as "Bangobandhu (friend of the people of Bangladesh)".Earlier in the day, the Bangladesh government decided to close down Peace TV. Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said his ministry will evaluate the issue and adopt administrative measures to take the channel off air on Monday."Peace TV is inconsistent with Muslim society, the Quran, Sunnah, Hadith, Bangladesh's Constitution, our culture, customs and rituals," Inu said. The ban came in the wake of the recent bloody terror attacks which rocked Bangladesh. For the infamous July 1 Dhaka siege, two of the seven young militants, who struck at an upscale cafe in Dhaka's diplomatic Gulshan enclave, were reportedly inspired by the Salafi tele-evangelist's speeches. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| ‘No petrol’ sign hits Tripu | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Whereas no petrol sign has hit Agartala City, there is no respite from continuous black marketing of fuel. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Kamalpur : more than thousand people rem | KAMALPUR, July 10 (TIWN): The trumpeted demands of the present state government of unrestrained and true development and the stride to make so-called ‘more developed’ Tripura seemed a mockery to many of the inhabitants of the state who never found any practical presence of the development in their locality. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| CPI-M’s preference over blacklist | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): On his maiden visit to Tripura’s first flyover construction site on Sunday, PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury pampered the blacklisted NCC Company stressed on maintaining the quality of the work in the flyover construction. State PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury on Sunday visited Tripura’s flyover construction site for the first time and laid emphasis of maintaining the quality of work as it is the vital need in any construction for public forum.When CPI-M has already preferred a black listed company for construction it in itself is a question on the quality and now the stress on maintaining the quality of the work is a total mockery. Rs 300 crore Agartala Flyover Project in now ongoing but no one knows how much Nagarjuna Constructions paid to ruling party funds in exchange of compromising quality of construction ? If Kolkata flyovers are collapsing due to substandard work by Hyderabad based tainted companies, then same may happen in Tripura too in future, for which Manik Sarkar Govt will be fully responsible. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Monarchak not making any contribution to | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): The 101 megawatt gas-based thermal power project at Monarchak in Sipahijala, commissioned by NEEPCO, is ready for generation at any moment, but cannot be made operational due to non-supply of gas by ONGC, an official said today. 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. He 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.However, it will take time to resume the power generation and nothing can be said now added NEEPCO official. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Chaos in IGM Hospital ! Guards brutally | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): On Sunday, the female staffs of IGM hospital were brutally beaten up by guards, and left as critically injured. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Flight fare hiked upto Rs10, 000 for Kol | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): With no express train service and the dilapidated NH44 people in the state are facing problem to travel outside the state. Common people of the State have been massively hit with the sudden price hike in the flight fare. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| PWD Minister Badal Choudhury first time | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): PWD Minister Badal Choudhury atlast woke up from deep sleep and managed time to visit Tripura’s first Flyover construction site for the first time. Badal Choudhury on Sunday began from Fire Brigade Chowmuhani visited various spots of flyover construction at Agartala. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Finance Minister inaugurates state-level | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): TGEA, HGB road held state level cultural convention at Muktadhara. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Governor gets additional charge | ITANAGAR/AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN/IANS): Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was on Sunday sworn in as acting Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| District Administration wake up: Food I | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Finally after making way for the black marketers to capture the market, the district administration on Sunday woke up from Yawning siesta and took step to monitor the equal distribution of petrol to the consumers as every day at least few good number of oil tankers are arriving in the state. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| 20- 30 Tankers entering state per day, s | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Although on Saturday a meeting held at DM office, about increasing black marketing in state, but there is no respite from petrol crisis in state, and petrol pumps are busy with long queues of bikers. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Congress leaders still in the party at K | KAMALPUR, July 10 (TIWN): The present political situation of emerging of TMC and BJP in the state and Congress being diminished day by day remained something unchanged here at Kamalpur. Especially, the leaders of the Congress party clung to the party. And the supporters still remained in dilemma as what to do. | 10-Jul-2016 |