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Tripura CM finally says ‘Welcome A | AGARTALA, Oct 24 ( TIWN Exclusive): CPI-M Politburo member & Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar runs his Govt with a dictator’s hammer to such precision that even a mighty IAS officer or a Minister cannot operate independently without master’s signal. In a bizarre turn, Manik Govt hosting a musical night on Monday(Oct 24) evening at Agartala to please US Govt Consulate General Craig Hall. After Modi Govt curtailed central funding of various projects from 2014 due to CPI-M’s rampant corruption, so Manik Sarkar led Tripura CPI-M taken up new avenues to attract foreign funding into State so that major portion of those funds can be diverted into CPI-M’s cash-reserve. Otherwise why Manik Sarkar’s ICAT Dept will spend lakhs of rupees to entertain U.S. Consulate General Craig Hall in Rabindra Bhavan on Monday ? What is Manik Sarkar’s interest in arranging a ‘Rabindra Sangeet’ cultural show with Tripura & outside artistes just for the sake of pleasing Craig Hall as US Consulate General’s wife Meeryung Hall is a ‘Rabindra-Sangeet’ lover ? | 23-Oct-2016 |
PM Modi urged Indians to send messages t | NEW DELHI /AGARTALA, Oct 24 (TIWN): The respect and admiration that Indians have for the armed forces, will be expressed this festive season through a campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The #Sandesh2Soldiers campaign has been launched to invite people to send letters and messages to the armed forces, an official statement said here on Sunday. "The campaign gives every citizen an opportunity to spread happiness among the Indian Armed Forces, who are guarding our nation's frontiers, far from their loved ones on Diwali," it said. Leading this effort, the Prime Minister shared through social media, a special video featuring his appeal to the people to send messages to our brave armed forces personnel. People can send messages to soldiers on the Narendra Modi App through MyGov.in, and also through All India Radio.Doordarshan is also going to mount a programme to share people's emotions with the armed forces. A special module has been launched on the Narendra Modi App to enable people to send greetings or their hand-written messages to the armed forces. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Mukul Roy appeals public for votes in bi | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): TMC Leader Mukul roy in a programme held at Sukhomoy school at Ushabazar Agartala urged the masses not to vote for BJP, CPI-M or Congress but to vote for TMC. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Congress declared candidates’ nam | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): Tripura’s broken party from which maximum have converted as Trinamool, has finally declared its candidates name for bi-poll. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Dead body recovered from Agartala | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): A dead body was recovered from ILS Hospital area on Sunday. | 23-Oct-2016 |
State BJP held 3rd Executive-meeting | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): Tripura BJP led by Party Vice President Subal Bhowmik held an executive meeting at BJP Party Office in Agartala Krishnanagar. | 23-Oct-2016 |
PWD Minister inaugurates TTEA’s G | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): A programme was organized by Tripura Technical Employee’s Association on the occasion of its 50 years completion. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Urban Development Minister inaugurates C | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): Urban Development Minister Manik Dey inaugurated the 6th Sadar Sub-divisional Conference at Maharani Tuslibati Girls School on Sunday. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Four-cornered contests likely in Tripura | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN / IANS): The by-polls to two assembly seats in Tripura will see a four-cornered contest, giving an advantage to the ruling Left parties. | 23-Oct-2016 |
India records world's highest number of | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN / IANS): India records the world's "highest number of cases" related to electoral malpractices, Tripura High Court Justice Subhashish Talapatra has said. | 23-Oct-2016 |
CPI-M held mass convention ahead of bi-p | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): CPI-M held mass convention ahead of Bi-Election in Tripura. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Buddhists observed auspicious Kathina-Ci | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN) : The Buddhist community celebrated their kathina civara offering ceremony in Buddho Mandir near kunjaban area. | 23-Oct-2016 |
TIWN Special Coverage : What makes BSF b | AGARTALA / DHARMANAGAR, Oct 23 (TIWN): BSF Jawans maintain tight security along Border areas for 24 hours dedicatedly where dedication and discipline rules the roost. In comparison, State Police even though filled with good officers & dedicated TSR Jawans but fail to act in most cases due to CPI-M’s Political interference and lack of leadership by corrupt DGP (CBI charge-sheeted IPS officer K.Nagraj). TIWN Dharmanagar Correspondent undertaken a drive to find out the root cause of BSF’s dynamic action in comparison to State Police’s lameduck performance. A normal civilian if spends a day disciplined BSF, then only he / she can understand what is the difference between a normal person who sleeps at night but a BSF Jawan lives with passion, discipline and dedication. BSF’s continuous trainings , practice, hard life style, discipline, surgical strikes would not be possible also for a police personnel in India, that differentiates BSF from Police. TIWN correspondent, photographer covered a 24 hour's time-line interview with BSF 159th Bn at North Tripura border to record the tough lives of the Jawans in India. The drug trafficking mainly occurring using roadmaps of North Tripura and many illegal items are entering due to the loose security led by Tripura police, reported TIWN. | 23-Oct-2016 |
‘BSF dominating Indo-Bangla borde | DHARMANAGAR, Oct 23 (TIWN): Border security force troops are maintaining a high degree security at border in Dharmanagar area of North District in view of Kali puja to avert any attempt of Drug trafficking and smuggling of other contraband items. The border is dominated 24X7 in order to ensure zero percent infiltration and smuggling, said L S Dhaiya, Commandant of BSF 159th Bn to TIWN on Sunday.The troops of BSF are highly motivated and sacrifice their personal comfort for the sake of giving peaceful nights to the Indian citizen.It is observed that troops hardly get to sleep during night in order to maintain tight security on border.159 BN BSF has seized brown sugar of crore of rupees on two occasions and a truck load of Ganja and also a full truck load of phensydril during last six months, said Dhaiya.Troops are so well trained that they execute the operation in such a professional manner that the smugglers find it difficult to accomplish their nefarious design, reported TIWN from North Tripura. BSF is doing well in area of Dharmanagar and its adjoining area.Beside this,159 BN BSF also earned the local support with their substantive civic action programs and Border Area Development programs. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Tripura Urban Development Minister estee | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): Whereas crisis of job, low incomes of public, massive black marketing of important commodities in Tripura have put the common people here under heavy trouble; the urban development minister propagated his backdated communist ideology in a programme organized by CITU. Whereas CITU has turned the lives miserable for passengers under CPI-M era and their DADAGIRI force the passengers to give extra charge to them, but the CPI-M Minister there found to praise THE trade union led by Communists. Addressing the mass, Manik Dey said, “Whereas the TMC led Auto rikshaw union fights against the increasing auto fares, but they are silent about the petrol price hike in Countryâ€. But shameless Manik Dey didn’t mention about the low income of people where they are unable to manage daily lives with this increasing price hike of fare and daily commodities. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Political chaos ahead of Assembly electi | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): The political disorder which has recently emerged in Tripura, just before 1 year of the Assembly Election, is the prime focus of public across the state. | 22-Oct-2016 |
Police arrested one for raping minor | AMBASSA, Oct 23 (TIWN): Cops arrested one Ranjit Paul (25) of Chandraipara locality here after FIR was lodged against him in local police station. | 22-Oct-2016 |
Fuel Crisis Era : After petrol, shortage | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): Crisis has become a part of Tripura in left front era, as after petrol the LPG & Kerosene crisis are hitting the public here. During petrol crisis time people came on road in protest which had hit the cabinet, but unless & until the LPG is not creating riot in state, the ministers would not wake up. Recently, report revealed that as Northeast does not have LPG pipeline network, thus supply of LPG is made through road transportation; but for Tripura the blackers or the brokers are looting the public with double or triple price.Taking the opportunity of the govt’s silence the black marketing has spiked up like anything.Along with LPG, the black marketing of kerosene is also hitting the state. Tripura is reeling under tremendous LPG crisis since few months, which has created much resentment among the common men. | 23-Oct-2016 |
PM’s Modi’s Digital India | AGARTALA, Oct 23 (TIWN): In the name of Capacity building, Tripura Govt. has failed to line up digital connectivity even after 8 years. Now the BJP led Central Govt. has increased the deadline upto 2017. The Capacity Building (CB) is a Project which was sanctioned by the Govt. of India for Tripura initially for 3-year period at a total cost of Rs.7.36 crores on 26th February in 2008, which had been extended till Jan 9, 2015. But, now the project has been further extended up to March 2017.Tripura Govt. which keep who is extending the project years after years, it’s doubtful whether the project will get a shape by 2017 or not. Tripura Govt. also claims that under Capacity Building scheme, Govt. of Tripura has appointed an advisory body called State e-Governance Mission Team (SeMT) to assist the state in the so called Capacity Building. | 23-Oct-2016 |
Tripura’s opposition parties decl | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): Doesn’t matter how much capacity the opposition parties have in Tripura, but Congress, BJP have declined to be with Trinamool Congress in this bi-election. Rejecting Sudip barman’s proposal, Tripura BJP has not only announced its candidates names but doing campaigning in full fledge manner. On the other hand BJP State President has become almost invisible since many days and now he is visiting at Dhaka ahead of the crucial moments of election, instead of visiting rural areas. But clamours of winning the election is high on behalf of BJP, Congress and Trinamool. The oppositions were heard for discussing about mutuality, it was cleared after Sudip Barman held a press meet at Trinamool Bhawan on October 17. Tripura Trinamool Congress led by Sudip Roy Barman in a press meet said that TMC has talked to the other opposition parties for not to submit candidates’ names in this upcoming bi-election. However, Sudip Roy Barman said, if other political parties also compete in that election then CPI-M will not be defeated and the result will be as same as Simna Tamakari. | 22-Oct-2016 |
Work begins on Agartala-Akhaura Railway | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): Making another history India & Bangladesh relation was strengthen in Modi Era, which is now boosting with the rail line expansion on Tripura’s soil. While the Indian side is being funded by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region while the MEA is financing it for the Bangladesh side. However, it is to boost state’s economy which was not possible in long 23 years of CPI-M regime. After the Indo-Bangla joint meeting on international railway service was held, the first door to Southeast Asia Gateway has been opened for Tripura. Tripura became landlocked after partition was done in 1947 and during the gap of 70 years from Independence to 2016, Tripura had been at a corner only cut almost from the whole country. The geographical location of Tripura, is called as the drawback of the country, but after the BJP Govt came in power in 2014, the location instead of a drawback has been used as the plus point for Tripura. | 22-Oct-2016 |
BJP starts door to door campaign | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): BJP has started door to door campaigning for the bi-election. | 22-Oct-2016 |
7 days left for Kali-puja | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): Just only 7 days left for Diwali-2016. | 22-Oct-2016 |
Jhumu Sarkar in full action before bi-el | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): Addressing the press conference at TMC Bhawan on Thursday, TMCP leader Sushanta Chowdhury said the candidates who have been selected for Barjala & Khowai public will show their choice of candidates by their votes but political parties should not interfere in media’s freedom.Jhumu Sarkar’s activity which have become much popular after media published the truth, when he was found to beat a woman at there. | 22-Oct-2016 |
Dharmanagar likely to be a new Railway D | AGARTALA Oct 22 (TIWN): 'Railway division may be setup at Dharmanagar Tripura in place of Silchar'. | 22-Oct-2016 |
3 convicts escape from Tripura Central J | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN/IANS): Three convicts, all serving life-imprisonment since 2012, escaped from the Central Jail in Tripura, police said on Saturday. | 22-Oct-2016 |
NSS Special Camp organized by Barpathari | BELONIA/BARPATHARI, Oct 22 (TIWN): The students of the Barpathari Class XII School conducted cleanliness drive at their School complex. The drive was undertaken as a part of the week-long special camp of NSS. | 22-Oct-2016 |
Tripura Mizoram Bilateral Meeting on rep | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): Marking of Mizos to begin from November 2nd, TIWN reported from Kanchanpur after the successful meeting was held between Tripura & Mizoram officials. A meeting held on Mizo repartition between Miroram Officials & Tripura Officials at Kanchanpur, North Tripura. In that bilateral meeting 3 DMs from North Tripura, Mamith Dist (Mizoram) & Kalashir Dist(Mizoram) attended. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Tripura’s massive unemployment to | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): Already in Simna Tamakari CPI-M was to loss if the divided opposition parties would not stand separately. Resentment against CPI-M is much evident, which is spreading at grasswood levels also, TIWN informed. But the awareness about left front govt led deprivations either it’s MGNREGA or PMAY, has not fully affected the rural, ADC areas whereas in town areas much awareness has been emerged. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Accidents increase dramatically in Tripu | SABROOM, Oct 22 (TIWN): Tripura Traffic Police department and Tripura Police Department have been facing a very tough time to prevent the number of road accidents in the state which are allegedly claiming life of several people for last few months. | 22-Oct-2016 |
BJP declared its candidates name | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): The candidates' names were finally declared after crucial meeting held at BJP Party office led by BJP state president Biplab Deb. | 21-Oct-2016 |
3 convicts bribed Jail authorities, esca | AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN) : Three convicts escaped from fortress kind newly constructed ‘Bishalgarh Jail’ on Friday evening seriously raising the questions about Manik Sarkar Govt’s seriousness in dealing law & order in a State where corruption money can buy any criminal’s ‘freedom’. Tripura police being blasted from all corners for their lackluster attitude in filing proper charge-sheets and failure of police dept under lameduck DGP K Nagraj who himself was chargesheeted by CBI in 2007 for various scams. State opposition leaders from BJP, TMC, Congress while talking to TIWN mentioned that the present ruling govt. as well as the Police dept. both are sheltering criminals as Bimal Chakraborty, Sushil Choudhury by not submitting any strong charge sheets against the criminals. As a result, accused murderers like Sushil Choudhury or MGNREGA scamsters like Bmal Chakraborty are enjoying freedom even the after various crimes. | 22-Oct-2016 |
CPI-M’s decimation continues in B | KOLKATA / AGARTALA, Oct 22 (TIWN): Communists last baston tiny Tripura remained as last hope for anti-national party as corrupt Chief Minister Manik Sarkar led CPI-M continue to fund party’s national expenditures. However anti-national communists, China-Pakistan supporter CPI-M’s support base diminishing at record speed with no options left other than party’s senior leadership jumping out to BJP and Trinamool Congress to save their political existance. Expelled CPI-M leader Lakshman Seth, a prime accused in the 2007 Nandigram violence case, on Friday joined the BJP at Tamluk in East Midnapore district.Seth was welcomed into the Bharatiya Janata Party fold by its state unit president Dilip Ghosh at a brief function. Seth, a former MP and Communist Party of India-Marxist frontman in the Nandigram movement, was expelled in March 2014 after he attacked ex Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and called the party "autocratic". Seth had spent 118 days in police and judicial custody after the Mamata Banerjee government cracked down on him for allegedly plotting violent incidents in Nandigram in 2007. CPI-M leaders hapless situation indicates party's rout in upcoming elections as masses see CPI-M as anti-national due to closeness with China and Pakistan. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Three prisoners escaped from Bishalghar | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): Three prisoners scaled the walls of a Bishalghar jail and escaped at 8.15 PM, officials said. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Election Commissioner held press meet ah | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): Ahead of TTAADC Election, G.K Rao, Secretary of State Election Commission held press meet for Lefunga RD Block and Satchand RD Block which is to be held on 19th November. The last date of making nomination is 31st Oct, last date of withdrawal of candidates is November 3rd and counting of votes will be held on November 21st. | 21-Oct-2016 |
20th Triennial Conference to kick off | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): The conference which was to hold on July 10-11,has been rescheduled with fresh dateline of 23-23 Oct. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Golden Era’s Pre-Primary Educatio | DHARMANAGAR, Oct 21 (TIWN): Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath can no more claim herself for doing welfare as under her regime, little innocent children’s lives are in peril. Due to her negligence, what is going on in the name of Anganwadi centres across the state nobody knows. She is also ignorant about the Western Side Angwanwadi Centre, where children are consuming poisonous water made food everyday. The wells remained without maintenance since many years, Dharmanagar eye witnessed correspondent told from the spot. Reportedly, the Anganwadi Centre in Deoan-Pasa is under heavy challenge due to Panchayat’s too much interference in it, TIWN reported. The Panchayat Pradhan named Sobha Devi, when came to the spot, after agitated public stopped class in that mentioned pre-primary school, she said the Anganwadi has water supply system but later she miserable failed to show any water-supply inside it. Then she realized no water supply is there inside the Anganwadi centre. This is the condition of Golden Era, where the leaders are leading such pathetic level of knowledge about own areas. TIWN correspondent reported from Deoan-Pasa that the land of the Anganwadi centre was also occupied from public property. | 21-Oct-2016 |
BJP, Congress rebuff Trinamool call for | Agartala, Oct 21 (TIWN / IANS) Dismissing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) proposal to form an alliance to defeat the Left Front in the November 19 bypolls to two assembly seats in Tripura, the BJP on Friday announced its candidates.The Congress too rejected the TMC appeal and will announce its nominees on Saturday. The Election Commission will hold the by-elections on November 19 in Barjala and Khowai assembly constituencies in Tripura.The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded former Tripura Civil Service Officer Shista Mohan Das for the Barjala seat and Tapan Kumar Paul in the Khowai constituency."No alliance of non-Left parties will be formed. TMC, unilaterally declaring its candidates, urged all non-Left parties to form an alliance to defeat the candidates of ruling Left Front in the next month's by-elections," BJP vice-president Subal Bhowmik told IANS."The TMC leadership did not discuss on the issue with us, probably with no other parties. We also want to fight strongly against the ruling Left Front," he said.The TMC had urged opposition parties to field united candidates for the bypolls to defeat the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CMI-M)-led Left Front in the state. | 21-Oct-2016 |
2 persons presented before court for woo | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): Atleast 2 persons were presented before court on Friday with the allegation of exporting Agar-woods to Assam from state Tripura. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Recovery of old lady's dead body hits Ka | KAMALPUR, Oct 21 (TIWN): The mysterious death of an aged lady at Choirmaster created much controversy here at Kamalpur. | 21-Oct-2016 |
BJP placed deputation to Chief Engineer | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): Protesting against the urban body’s pathetic road condition BJP placed deputation to the Chief Engineer B P Das, who is also the project director of SIPMIU, Agartala. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Tripura-Mizoram Bilateral meet on Bru re | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): Once again a meeting kicked off on Mizo repartition between Miroram Officials & Tripura Officials at Kanchanpur, North Tripura. In that bilateral meeting 3 DMs from North Tripura, Mamith Dist (Mizoram) & Kalashir Dist(Mizoram) attended. On the other hand uncertainty of repatriation of tribal refugees to Mizoram again became visible after a high-level meeting at the Union Home Ministry in Delhi, officials. Earlier North DM said that the reparation is sure on November, but with that meeting held at Delhi again doubt raised regarding the issue. Sources said that Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) for repatriation of the refugees, chaired by Union Special Secretary (Internal Security) Mahesh Kumar Singla, Mizoram government officials wanted to start the repatriation from January next year instead of pre-scheduled in Nov as the Union government urged.However, may be delayed but the reparation is sure within few months indeed ! Or it may be held on Month of November / January-2017 also. However, nothing can be said presently as the outcome of the meeting yet to come. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Tripura celebrates Martyrs' Day | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): Northeast state Tripura led by Tripura police has celebrated Martyrs' Day at AD Nagar Ground. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Will Tripura opposition parties align be | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): Nothing is sure and anything is possible in Politics. However, in Tripura everyone is now eyeing for what will be the result of 2018 Assembly Election ! Will the oppositions align together to beat CPI-M ? ‘The downfall of CPI-M is really hard in Tripura independently & without alliance’, it is the report about public views gathered by TIWN. The oppositions are now discussing about mutuality, it was cleared after Sudip Barman held a press meet at Trinamool Bhawan on October 17. Tripura Trinamool Congress led by Sudip Roy Barman in a press meet said that TMC has talked to the other opposition parties for not to submit candidates’ names in this upcoming bi-election. However, Sudip Roy Barman said, if other political parties also compete in that election then CPI-M will not be defeated and the result will be as same as Simna Tamakari. | 21-Oct-2016 |
INTTUC held one day conference | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): INTTUC held one day conference at Red Cross Society on Friday. | 21-Oct-2016 |
South Tripura enjoying Pre Diwali Festiv | BELONIA, Oct 21 (TIWN): South Tripura is enjoying Pre-Diwali Festival through various cultural programs. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Investigation of seized PDS products res | KAMALPUR, Oct 21 (TIWN): The investigation conducted to unearth the real saga behind the source of black marketing of PDS goods seized on Tuesday last resulted into mysterious result. | 21-Oct-2016 |
Tripura’s poor health service : | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): When patients show their agitation against Doctors, then Health Minister, Health Secretary place their objection and utter in support of doctors, but when comes to the practical ground, no major operation as Brain-Operation, Complicated delivery cases can not be done by Tripura Doctors and thus patients they are referred to other states for operation. | 20-Oct-2016 |
Indian Railway put up 'concept note' on | AGARTALA, Oct 21 (TIWN): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu recently has declared that central govt has focused on to draw more investors, so that Indian Railway Dept can expect the ‘Regulator to be set up’ in Tripura. “We put up a concept note on the Rail Development Authority (RDA) in public domain for comments. The next step is to prepare a draft billâ€, said Prabhu. “We are deliberating on the feasibility of setting up the RDA through a Cabinet decisionâ€, Prabhu added. However, In a recent report it has been known that large amounts of momentary resources are being earmarked for funding developmental projects in NER.The Present Govt has allocated a total of INR53,706 (USD8.9 billion) for the FY 2014-2015 for the largey underdeveloped regions of North-east India.Moreover, it has been said that most of the Central govt ministries are compulsorily required to earmark 10 percent of their budget for expenditure in the NER.India has already been considered as the 5th biggest railway networks, in the world with 1.3 million employees. | 20-Oct-2016 |
Tripura Muslim Men not to support Union | AGARTALA, Oct 20 (TIWN): Tripura Muslims led by Mufti Tayebur Rahaman, Jamiat Ulma State president has declared on Thursdaythat they do not abide by Union Govt’s decision on Triple Talak. If they are forced to do that they will make tensions across the country. | 20-Oct-2016 |