Archive Detail
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| Monsoon hits Assam-Tripura National High | AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Although Assam Govt. has taken charge to renovate the National Highway till Churaibari, but monsoon delays the renovation work, a Tripura Govt. official said on Saturday. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| CPI-M cadre led construction corruption | DHARMANAGAR, July 10 (TIWN): In 2002 the foundation stone of Dharmanagar Industrial Training Institute (ITI) College was laid by the then Industry & Commerce Minister Pabitra Kar (Presently Assembly Dy Speaker), Labour Minister Fayjur Rahman, Minister for Panchayat Subosh Das. In 2006 after inauguration, regular class started in that building but within one year of inauguration, various cracks started to develop inside the building due to the poor construction material used by the tenders. Reportedly, within two-three years the building turned into a death-zone due to multiple cracks along with breaking down of some parts of the building, but the Tripura Govt. took no initiative to renovate the college building further. As a result, the condition of the ITI College till 2016 has become worst and anytime it may be collapsed. But surprisingly, Govt.. is running classes inside the building amidst high risks. It’s said that if earthquake comes the building will be collapsed first in the whole district.Although Industrial Training Institute (ITI) is a part of skill development, but the present Industry Minister has no concerns about it. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Kerala Police probe IS links of 17 missi | Thiruvananthapuram / Agartala, July 10 (TIWN): Seventeen men and women are missing from Kerala's Kasargode district, and a police officer said on Sunday they were probing reports that they may have joined the Islamic State.Wheras PM 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 Chief Minister is however, never took terrorism as a serious issue. Many times ISIS or similar international terrorist was found in state, but still the Govt. and polce here wants to ignore the terrorist threat in Tripura. | 10-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Govt. officials inspected Lowair | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Although it was said that more than 100 vehicles entered into Tripura’s mainland via National Highway, but talking to the SDM of Dharmanagar P Acharjee he said that only 46 vehicles could enter via National Highway on last night, and on Saturday also the status is almost same, with around 300 vehicles' standing. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Panna Ahmed row: TMC staged protest rall | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Raising voice against the delay in the arrest of rape accused Panna Ahmed TMC leaders on Saturday staged protest rally in Agartala city demanding immediate arrest the accessed. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Indo-Bangla meet held under Rotary : Ban | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): In a programme held by Rotary which is an international organization, comprises of 11 countries, an independent organization dedicated for various social works---which deals with various developmental projects including initiatives as BBIN car rally held in 2015, a Bangladesh delegate named Abul Hossain Chotton, President of Comilla Rotary Club said, ‘From river bridge construction to rotary club building, India has helped its neighboring country always’. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| DM west Millind Ramteke held meeting, sa | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): DM west Millind Ramteke on Saturday in a meeting said that petrol tankers are regularly entering the state but why there is no sufficient supply to the consumers. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Another Murder rocks Agartala ! Body sen | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): In yet another shocking incident, a dead-body was recovered from an uncovered drain at Radhanagar near BOC on Saturday morning. West PS Police informed, the deceased has been identified as Gour Dey (45), S/O-Anil Dey resident of Radhanagar. Police further said, ‘Gour Dey belonged to a poor family used to work in a fast food shop as helper’. ‘His body was found in an uncovered drain and presently the body has been sent to GB Hospital for post mortem, till now police have that much information’, said West Police. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Reckless driving, dilapidated roads of T | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Reckless driving on Saturday morning claimed a life of one at Bisalgarh after a Maruti and the bike head on collided with each other. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Gramin Banks under huge losses, | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): An umbrella body of bank unions have called for a nationwide strike on July 29 to protest against the government’s banking reforms. Tripura MP Shankar Prasad Dutta during a mass convention held at Rabindra Bhwan said that the central govt. of India has consistently worked in support of private banks, whereas the Govt. banks are under huge loss. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Office of the MVI and the Taxes turned d | KAMALPUR, July 9 (TIWN): The long tenure of unrestrained power turned different departments and the employees obstinate enough. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| 26th Death Anniversary of Kanu Dey obser | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) observed the 26th death anniversary of martyr Kanu Dey at Agartala. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura CM’s corrupt IAS,IPS brig | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Due to Manik Sarkar’s two decades of paid media exercises and pocketing most of the Tripura based national media journalists with the lure of cash, showering Govt accommodation to jobs for their wives, so coconated ‘CLEAN’ image is created nationally about the “poorest†CM Manik Sarkar and his ‘peaceful’ State. However, since decades, behind all the “peace†there are massive corruptions engineered by Manik Sarkar’s pet IAS, IPS officials to benefit CPI-M party. Nationally tainted, blacklisted IAS officials like GSG Ayyangar, IPS officials DGP K.Nagraj, IPS Joydeep Nayak are all samples of massive corruption in Tripura Govt and backdoor patronage by Tripura CM. Vigilance probe found Principal Secretary GSG Ayyangar pocketed 4 crores in Hyderabad timer scam, DGP K.Nagraj was charge sheeted by CBI on March 29, 2007 for amassing crores in real estate, then corrupt IPS Joydeep Nayak vanished Rs. 88 Lakhs Govt SC/ST funds. These all tainted officials are hand-picked by Chief Minister to head various key posts in Tripura. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Unemployment spikes high : MBB state uni | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Keeping a few lakhs of youth unemployed in the state, MBB state university begins with the admission procedure for the academic session 2016-17. When there is no scope for employment in the state, state government is busy in promoting about quality education. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Illegal construction of TMC bhawan at Ja | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Steps will be taken soon regarding the demolition of the newly constructed TMC Bhawan, said AMC Mayor Prafullajit Sinha. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Drug trafficking, Narco-Terrorism poses | AGARTALA / NEWS DELHI, July 9 (TIWN): Massive Drug trafficking, hundreds of crores of Heroin, Brown Sugar smuggling across Northeast, Tripura’s border regions funding narco-terrorism which is a serious concern for Union Home Ministry. Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said drug trafficking poses a serious threat to global security and called upon the BRICS nations to come together to collectively fight against the menace. In past 2 days, BSF 159th Battalion confiscated brown sugar, contrabands worth Rs 1.5 crores from Silchar-Agartala train in Panisagar, North Tripura. Most of the pharmacy shops engaged in selling contraband items like phensedyl, correx, drugs, and tablets in broad day light without any prescriptions to drug addicts everyday. An investigation done by TIWN team found that all contraband items like phensedyl, correx, drug tablets are easily available over counters at most of the pharmacy shops in Agartala. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| Anti-Defection Law issue : Birjit Sinha | NEW DELHI/AGARTALA, July 9 ( TIWN): In an interesting move Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee President Birjit Sinha has gone to Delhi on Friday night to meet with AICC Vice-President as well as the experts of AICC Legal cell. A highly placed source in TPCC told TIWN over phone that Birjit Sinha will discuss the recent developments in Tripura politics with Rahul Gandhi especially the situation created after the 6 MLAs of Congress joined Trinamool Congress while Jitendra Sarkar resigned from his post . But the core issue of Birjit Sinha's meeting with Rahul Gandhi will be assess whether the Anti Defection Law may be imposed on 5 of the TMC MLAs namely Sudip Roy Barman, Asish Kumar Saha, Pranajit Singha Roy, Dibachandra Hrangkhal and Dilip Sarkar. | 09-Jul-2016 |
| ‘Skill development’ under B | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Despite of taking several initiatives by the Central Govt to develop skillsl of unemployed in state in crafting Bamboo products, it seems that State Govt is least bothered on issue of declining bamboo cultivation. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Crime against women has taken an ugly sh | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Tripura commission for women Chairperson Manika Datta Roy says that the rape accused should be given exemplary punishment once he is proved a convict. Crime against women is happening at rampant rate in the state, nothing is there to deny, added TCW Chairperson Manika Datta Roy. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Loopholes in police investigation delays | AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Even after eleven days of t he incident police is yet clueless about nabbing rape accused Panna Ahmed. Talking to TIWN correspondent, West SP Abhijit Saptarshi said that there is no clue so far about Panna, but police is putting its best effort for arresting the accused, but no information is received so far from any source. He further said that although a search advertisement was circulated regarding him but no concrete information received so far from any source. Although people are responding according from the advertisement but no concrete information is received yet, SP added. It is to be mentioned here that the Tripura government recently suspended a senior official for allegedly raping women at his private residence. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Tripura Police official suspended for mi | Agartala, July 8 (TIWN / IANS): A top Tripura Police official was on Friday suspended from service on charges of allegedly misappropriating Rs 88 lakh meant for training of tribal and scheduled caste students in Odisha, an official said here. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| NE Trains becoming paradise for Drugs, P | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Just after BSF 159th Btl had seized 1 kilo 365 gram Brown Sugar from Silchar-Agartala train at Panisagar on Thrusday, Silchar police have nabbed 4 culprits from Mizoram-Silchar border for transporting drugs to Tripura & other Northeastern states. Along with the arrested smugglers, Police also recovered 8 syringes of drug samples, 102 blank syringes, 340 gram of brown sugar and Rs. 8,000/-. The name of the 4 drug smugglers are : 1) Amanyaual (23), 2) Richard Lalbe Moughta (24), 3) Laldin Jera (24), 4) Mingchung Nanga (27). They were nabbed from BhajaBazar, Silchar Mizoram Border areas. These four young criminals were engaged in transporting drugs via a train on Thursday to Tripura. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Counseling for Tripura Joint Entrance-20 | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Counseling for Tripura Joint Entrance Exam has began on Friday, at Matangini Pritilata Hall. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| SIT’s silence over Chit fund scam | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Constant silence over chit fund scam by SIT sparked off controversy in the state. Among a total of 77 cases SIT has submitted charge sheet for only 8 cases. It is to be mentioned here that as in the last affidavit submitted on March 21, the head of SIT did not explain the steps taken to seize the movable property of the NBFCs in past one and half years. Earlier Tripura High Court has expressed its displeasure over functioning of Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to investigate the cheating cases of Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) in the state. A division bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice U B Saha, had directed the SIT to submit an affidavit again, detailing the estimations of movable assets of the companies and their top level functionaries. The SIT stated that only in 32 cases it could assess the amount of movable asset but did give detail about the estimation and value to the court. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| NH-44’s dilapidated condition hit | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): NH-44 restoration Project Manager Siteshar Barua who was given the responsibility for the renovation of National Highway has sent sample for soil testing to study the composition of the soil in the particular area. It is to be mentioned here that Project Manager Siteshar Barua has been specifically called from Mizoram to navigate the renovation of National Highway which is left in dilapidated condition for past few consecutive months. However, he has sent sample of soil for testing to study the composition of the soil of the particular and then construction measures will be taken accordingly. According to him, continuous monsoon for the year 2016 is delaying the repairing of National Highway road especially from Lowerpoa to Churraebari section. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| State to get slight relief from commodit | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Re-commencement of BG freight train in Tripura on regular basis to stabilise the flow of goods in the state and will also meet an end to the rise in price of the goods. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Festive season begins in Tripura : Trip | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): With the arrival of monsoon the festive temperament has once again came back in state as from now onwards every month there are some religious occasions in state. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Three labour unions held protest in Agar | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Atleast 3 labour unions held protests in Agartala City on Friday afternoon. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Dilapidated NH44 hits the travelling cos | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): Common people of the State have been massively hit with the sudden price hike in the flight fare. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Assembly Deputy Speaker paid tribute to | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): On the death anniversary of Arun Deb, a former CPI-M leader Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar paid tribute to him on Friday. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Aadhar number to be must in train ticket | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): In a major development it has been announced that Adhar number is going to be mandatory to book train ticket. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Indo-Bangla River-way project delays : M | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): ‘As soon as the fund will be allocated, state will work on Feni River bridge’, Tripura PWD Minister Badal Choudhury told TIWN. Asking the status of River Feni project, the PWD Minister Badal Choudhury said, “The total fund has not been sanctioned but hopefully it will be sanctioned soonâ€. “As soon as the fund is allocation the state Govt. will start to work on itâ€, said PWD Minister Badal Choudhury. Moreover there are 22 deals done by Modi and Hasina including Bus service, internet, power service, rail, water way etc—among all these the Feni river project comes. He added, “We sent sub-divisional officers to Delhi in this regard and they have taken the Detailed Project Report along with other designs, plans, and officials papers to the Delhi Ministry levelâ€. “Once their fresh DPR is accepted and fund is released, Tripura Govt. will not delay to start workâ€, said Choudhury. “As it’s two countries issue, it is taking timeâ€, he added. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| India to begin 2nd Anti-Drug BRICS summi | AGARTALA / NEWS DELHI, July 8 (TIWN): International drug cartels using Tripura as transit hub to smuggle hundreds of crores of drugs heroin, brown sugar from Myanmar-Bangladesh region to mainland India. On Thursday evening, BSF 159th Btn headed by BSF Commandant Kuljit Singh recovered 1 kilo and 365 gram of Brown Sugar worth Rs 1.5 crores from Silchar-Agartala train at Panisagar, Tripura. In the wake of Bangladesh terror attacks, Islamic Jihadi driven drug smugglings , overall spread of drugs across country is a major concern for authorities. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday will inaugurate the second anti-drug working group meeting of heads of Drug Control Agencies of BRICS countries at New Delhi. The meeting is being organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India. Besides the delegates from the member countries, the ambassadors of the respective countries also will attend the inaugural session, said an official statement. Tripura, Assam, Bangladesh border regions turned into narcotics smuggling hub due to lack of intelligence and co-ordination among State Police, BSF, Bangladesh authorities. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Bangldesh terror attacks are blazing the | AGARTALA, July 8 (TIWN): A high alert has been sounded on the Indo-Bangla border in the five states of West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and Mizoram in the wake of the terror attack in Dhaka with the Border Security Force (BSF) stepping up its vigil. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Vital north-east rail link back on track | SILCHAR (Assam)/AGARTALA, July 8 (IANS / TIWN): The broad gauge line of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) -- the lifeline of several north-eastern states -- was restored on Thursday, almost two months after it was damaged by heavy rains. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Brown sugar of worth Rs. 1.5 crores reco | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): In a successive attempt, BSF 159th btn on Thursday evening recovered 1 kilo and 365 gram of Brown Sugar from Silchar-Agartala train. Reportedly, the Silchar-Agartala train bearing number : 05665 had reached till Panisagar at 5 PM on Thursday. BSF 159th Btn headed by BSF Commandant Kuljit Singh getting informed via a secret source rushed to the spot and recovered the brown sugar packets, which were placed inside the train and almost were to enter Tripura’s mainland for sale. However, no smuggler could be nabbed as according to BSF, the Brown Sugar was placed inside the train in such a way that the smuggler would come and take it secretly. There was no scene of hand-to-hand exchange between smugglers. However, BSF had recovered the illegal items from the mentioned train in appropriate time. The brown sugar then handed over to GRPS, OC Indrajit Sinha. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| 30 families join TMC at Santirbazar | SANTIRBAZAR, July 8 (TIWN): 30 families of CPIM supporters joined the TMC in Santirbazar Sub Division under South Tripura District. | 08-Jul-2016 |
| Four more killed in Bangladesh during Ei | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): As four people were killed on Bangladesh's largest Eid congregation---Sholakia Ground in Kishoreganj district, just before prayers began, so vigilance has been further increased at Indo-Bangla border areas across the state. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with fervo | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated across Tripura today as men, women and children dressed in their best thronged mosques, shrines and Eidgahs across the State for special prayers to mark culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Amidst tight security BSF / BGB exchange | DHAMRMANAGAR, July 7 (TIWN): Although tension prevails on Indo-Bangla border areas across the state, but like every year BSF and BGB have exchanged sweets to bond the relation with neighboring country at Dharmanagar Ragna BOP, Yakub Nagar border on the occasion of Eid-2016 at morning 7.30 am. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Massive corruption under AMC in 2015-16 | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Amidst pollution across Agartala City AMC held cleanliness drive in Agartala. Reportedly, to save the water-body of Durga Bari lake AMC set few signboards across the whole lake with the notice not to do further fishing to prevent pollution into it. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Intoxicated auto driver hit OC’s | KAMALPUR, July 7 (TIWN): In a mysterious move Ambassa police not filed any case against the auto driver Madan Debnath who hit the vehicle of the OC of the Ambassa PS with his auto bearing number TR-04-3165 last afternoon around 5 pm. Though the police detained the driver at the instant but later on left him go from the police station. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Preparations in full swing for the tradi | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Preparation of 7-day long traditional festival ‘Kharchi Puja’ is in its full swing, which will start on July 12 at iconic Chaturdasha Devta Temple premises in Khayerpur, in the outskirts of Agartala. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| BJP Women forum constituted on Thursday | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): With the aim to rejuvenate the status of women empowerment in the state and fight for the rights of the women State BJP president Biplab Deb on Thursday constituted the BJP Mahila Morcha with Dipa Bhattacherjee as its president. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Jihadi outfits, Pakistan’s ISI sp | SONAMURA / AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Pakistan’s ISI spearheading anti-India activities via its local Islamic Jihadi modules in various towns across India-Bangladesh border region of Bengal, Assam and Tripura. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh held an emergency meeting on Saturday with Home Ministry senior officials, BSF to intensify vigil across Bangladesh bordering states. After Home Ministry directives, Tripura CM conducted a meeting with Chief Secretary, DGP, senior Police officials to take stock of State’s law & order. However, since 23 years rule of CPI-M Govt in Tripura, minority-appeasing politics resulted in massive influx of Bangladeshi Jihadi elements in Sonamura - Boxanagar, Kailashahar, Dharmanagar, Sabroom. Even capital Agartala’s South Ramnagar has become a Islamic Jihadi den where smugglers murdered on-duty BSF Jawan Sandeep Kumar on June 5, 2014. Manik Sarkar’s CPI-M Govt even though aware of nexus among Smugglers, Islamic Jihadis and politicians like Sports Minister Shahid Chowdhury but chosen to keep mum for the sake of minority vote-banks. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| ‘Eid celebration’ amidst â | RAGNA Indo-Bangla BOP (North Tripura), July 7 (TIWN): As Eid increased the chances of Bangladesh border cattle smuggling, illegal intrusions and violent-incidents, thus security has been tightened further across every Indo-Bangla border outposts. But as four people were killed on Bangladesh's largest Eid congregation -Sholakia Ground in Kishoreganj district, just before prayers began, so vigilance has been further increased at Indo-Bangla border areas across the state. Reportedly, witnesses said over 300,000 Muslims, who had gathered at Sholakia to offer the Eid prayers, were trapped in the middle of sporadic gunshots being fired between cops and the attacker militants.The blasts follow the deadliest terror attack in Bangladesh on July 1, the killing of 20 hostages, mostly foreigners, at an upscale restaurant in the heart of the capital’s diplomatic enclave. Although state has geared up to celebrate Eid, but tension prevails in every border areas as the neighboring country being attacked again by the HUJI, JMB Islamic fundamentalists. Eid although an occasion for celebration, but the terrorists however choose, these religious occasions for tools of violence. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Union Home Ministry to expedite investig | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, July 7 (TIWN Exclusive): 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. Tripura’s all top defaulter officials are close coteries of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) released latest data shows that 26 Tripura cadre IPS officers didn’t file IPR (immovable property disclosure) in 2015, in other words hiding their property and asset details. As per All-India Service (Conduct) rules, 1968, require officers to disclose these details when they join service and submit an annual property statement—listing properties and shares. Officers who do not submit property returns yearly in time will be “denied vigilance clearance†and will not be considered for promotion and empanelment (put on a short-list) for senior posts in Government of India, said a June 2012 home-ministry circular. Tripura’s all top defaulter IPS officials like DGP K.Nagraj, nominated IPS (originally TPS) Arindam Nath, Krishnendu Chakraborty al belong to close coterie of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. | 07-Jul-2016 |
| Malaria menace once again hits Dhallai d | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Malaria threats have once again hit the tribal hamlets of Dhallai district over past few days. According to the sources many are reported with malaria virus from different coroner of the Dhallai district. | 06-Jul-2016 |
| Natural Calamity, PWD Corruption halts F | AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Commercial train and National Highway, in both ways Tripura is handicapped now. There is no sign of progress in next 20 days also in both the transport system. | 06-Jul-2016 |
| Belonia moving bus Tribal housewife rape | BELONIA / AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): One more has been arrested in Belonia named Joydeb Deb, resident of Bhabanipur, under Sepahijala District with the allegation of raping a girl in Radhanagar on Monday midnight. Talking to TIWN Correspondent South Tripura SP Bhanupada Chakraborty mentioned that one Parimal Debnath who was arrested on Tuesday after producing before the court has sent for Jail Custody till July 18. Another Joydeb Deb has been arrested after police found his involvement in this rape incident. However, SP added, Joydeb Deb to be produced before the court on Wednesday. | 06-Jul-2016 |