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| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Congress accused BJP for establishing la | AGARTALA, Dec 31 (TIWN): Tripura Pradesh Congress on Friday accused State BJP for doing business with lands across the state. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| Increasing BJP vote-banks in Tripura wor | AGARTALA, Dec 31 (TIWN): CPI-M is least bothered about any other opposition party than BJP, which is day by day decreasing CPI-M’s vote banks across state’s constituencies. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| Bangladesh Developing radically : Dipu M | AGARTALA, Dec 31 (TIWN): Bangladesh is not only developing but it is successfully making its place in Global network, said former Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at Press Club on Friday. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| PM Modi’s demonetization hits bla | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI (TIWN): PM Modi’s demonetarization drive hits CPI-M hard as communist party’s black money reserve under massive threat of liquidation. CPI-M from Tripura to Bengal piled up thousands of crores black money. Stolen central funds to run the party’s political machinery. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Friday asked the government to immediately remove restrictions on cash withdrawals as the 50-day deadline given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expired. "Since the deadline of December 30 is over, all restrictions on the withdrawal of money by people from their own hard earned money in the banks must be removed forthwith," the CPI-M said in a statement. It said that since demonetisation has pushed the "beleaguered and stumbling Indian economy into a tailspin, causing immense misery to the poor and the downtrodden", who survive on daily cash earnings, some "corrective steps" need to be taken by the government. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| Mamata, Manik, Kejriwal attack Modi Govt | KOLKATA / AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (TIWN): At last all corrupt Chief Ministers started singing same tune to mount organized attack on Modi Govt for CBI investigations against black money, Chit Fund scams.Accusing the BJP of having association with a chit fund scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday dared the Narendra Modi government to arrest her and her party MPs and legislators in the wake of the CBI arresting party MP Tapas Paul in the Rose Valley chit fund scam. Paul was on Friday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the chit fund scam. "I don't care if they arrest all my MPs. Let them arrest me. At least I will get some time-off. I could write a book in my free time. I will not be surprised if they arrest all our MPs. Arrest all my MPs. How many MLAs will you arrest? You do need to summon us. We are ready to present ourselves," Banerjee said. Like Manik Sarkar, Mamata's rants continue all through the Friday after MP Tapas Paul's arrest by CBI. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| Bangladesh former Foreign Minister Dipu | AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN): Bangladesh former foreign Minister Dipu Moni arrived here in Tripura on Friday in a 2 day visit. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| BJP Tribal leader’s brutal murder | AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh condemned the brutal murder of Tribal leader Chan Mohon Tripura, who was ADC’s one of the top most leader at Dhalai Dist. On Friday, Biplab Deb met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to inform CPI-M’s crime-spree of eliminating rival political leaders. State BJP President alleged that CPI-M killed the tribal BJP leader. Pointing Police’s failure to arrest all the accused, Biplab Deb informed Singh, “…Chan Mohan Tripura’s killing was nothing but a political murder done by the ruling party…later, it has also be learnt that the investigating officer did not take any initiative to arrest the all accusedâ€. Biplab Deb further sought Home Minister’s direct intervention in this case (Case No. 34/ 2016 U/ S 302 of IPC). On 26th Dec, Chamohon Tripura was allegedly killed by 7 murderers led by Biswada Tripura and all of them are CPI-M party workers. Victim Chanmohon Tripura’s brother Ananda Mohon Tripura had lodged an FIR against 7 people at there for killing his elder brother. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| 50 day’s deadline for 'Re-Monetiz | AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN): Tripura Pradesh Congress members led by PCC Chief Birjit Sinha along with National leader Ramen Barthakur (now coordinator of Tripura in Demonetization-protest committee), held a press meet on Friday, after the completion of 50 day's deadline which was set by PM Modi as the 'ending of common people's suffering'. Along with the set of questions placed before PM Modi, Congress also accused BJP govt for many issues: as for keeping black-money in ‘tricky-ways’. Addressing the press meet Birjit Sinha said, “Due to the demonetization many people left work-less, income became slow, business receiving major losses. But Citizens gave the Central Govt 50 days and they were ready to suffer in those 50 days for the sake of Country’s development. But unfortunately in Tripura and other states the note-crisis has not been ended. What’s the reason behind it?†| 30-Dec-2016 |
| BREAKING : Biplab Deb meets Rajnath Sing | 30-Dec-2016 | |
| 3rd State Police Duty meet held in Tripu | AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN): Tripura police organized 3rd Tripura Police Duty meet on Friday. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| Cashless : Centre to launch mobile app f | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN):To promote and make digital transactions easier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a mobile app on Friday. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| SFI observes 47th Foundation Day | AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN): The Students Federation of India (SFI) has observed its 47th foundation day on Friday. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| Demonetisation: Last day to deposit scra | NEW DELHI / TRIPURA, Dec 30 (TIWN) The deadline to deposit old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in banks ends on Friday. From next week onward, those still holding the scrapped currency can deposit it only with the Reserve Bank of India till March 31, 2017. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| BSF-BGB held flag meeting, discussed bor | AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN): A meeting was held between BSF and BGB regarding border-security at Kailashahar on Thursday. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| 1.5 crore LPG connections issued to BPL | AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN): Target of 1.5 crore connections fixed for the current financial year for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) has been achieved within a span of less than 8 months and the scheme is being implemented now across 35 States/UTs. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| CBI investigation hits uncertain future | AGARTALA, Dec 30 (TIWN): Manik Sarkar’s penchant for corrupt officials continue as Tripura CM hell-bent on hiring pet officials to cover-up various scams under CPI-M’s 23 years rule in Tripura. In a shocking development it has been unearthed that after CBI chargesheeted corrupt DGP K Nagraj’s rule, now its turn for IPS officer & CBI Joint Director Rajib Singh, who is most likely to become the new DGP of Tripura under Manik Sarkar’s patronage so that CPI-M Govt’s all chit-fund related scams can remain under wraps. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| NSS Special Camp organized by Manu Class | SABROOM Dec 30 (TIWN): The students of the Manu Class XII School conducted cleanliness drive at Manu PHC complex. The drive was undertaken as a part of the week-long special camp of NSS. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| ‘Tripura Govt cannot give more tha | AGARTALA, Dec 30 TIWN): Tripura State BJP President Biplab Deb on Thursday accused the CPI-M Govt for publishing fabricated data about revenue generation from Tripura to fool Central Govt and State population.Asking about the 5 % DA hike, Deb said, “How can the govt give more DA as it has zero income, no revenue generationâ€.“Nothing will happen under this Govt. It has no initiative to generate more revenues so that the income of the state govt would increase. So how it will hike the DA more than 5 %â€?, Deb added.“This DA hike with 5 % is just a show-off and to hide to failure of the state govt to benefit the Govt employeesâ€, said Deb. It’s worthy to mention here that earlier in a shocking revelation it was known that the one and only CPI-M long ruling state Tripura’s GDP growth rate is only 7 %, which is the lowest in the whole country even worse than Jharkhand and any North East State. | 30-Dec-2016 |
| Maga Health Camp held at Belonia | BELONIA, Dec 30 (TIWN) : Belonia Sub Divisional Hospital organized a Mega Health camp at Ratanpur PHC. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| ‘Modi-Govt's bold initiatives to f | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): In a historical bold initiative, Modi Govt likely to end decades long deprivation of State Govt employees in salary disparity by CPI-M Govt in Tripura. "Due to Narendra Modi led Central Govt's bold initiatives, there will be no DA, Salary gap between the state and central govt employees as from the next Financial Year Tripura Govt employees will receive their deserved salary directly from the Centre", Tripura BJP state President Biplab Deb talking to TIWN on Thursday said that no need of 5 % DA from the ‘poor CPI-M govt’, which has no revenue generation, no income, only rampant corruption. From now on, direct beneficiary system to end all the problems of Salary gaps, which the Tripura Govt employees had been facing since 23 yrs. “Instead of giving full pay scale to the Govt Employees, Tripura Govt has been distributing that fund to other party bearers and temp job holders", Deb said. "So many unnecessary jobs were created by Tripura Govt just to gather the public supports, vote banks, mainly to benefit CPI-M families, but the money actually belong to the regular employeesâ€, Deb added. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| Tripura gears up to welcome 2017 | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): Tripura has geared up to welcome another year. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| Finance Minister inaugurates workshop fo | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): Ahead of New Year, Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha inaugurated a workshop for the working journalists at Sahid Bhagat Singh Hostel. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| Dead body found near railway tracks | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): A woman’s dead-body was found near Ranir Bazar railway lines on Wednesday. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| Housewife killed by poisoning | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): A housewife was brutally killed with poison at Amarpur. The victim has been identified as Rupali Begam. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| ‘Landlocked’ Tripura becom | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): India-Bangladesh Maitri Fair has begun at Bangladesh Moulabi Bazar where Tripura Industry Minister Tapan Chakraborty along with Govt officials were also present. In April 2016, central Govt had approved fund for 2 border haats in Tripura. It was announced that Tripura will have six more border haats (markets) along its 856km long border with Bangladesh to boost trade and commerce between the two countries. Earlier, two border haats, one in Srinagar under Sabroom sub-division of South Tripura and the other in Kamala Sagar under Bishalgarh sub-division of Sipahijala district, have been functioning. Six more border haats had been planned, out of which 2 have gotten momentum now. Earlier, Tripura Industry Minister Tapan Chakroborty said, "Projects worth Rs 2.88 crore and 2.92 crore have been sanctioned by the Union ministry of commerce and work on the projects is likely to begin soonâ€. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| Tripura Govt ‘back’ to sens | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): Anti-Nationalist CPI-M finally changed it regular track of denying monetary benefits to martyrs as 2018 election is close-by. Tripura Govt. has declared to give atleastRs. 5 lakhs to each of the martyrs families and a job to their one qualified family member. Under Manik Sarkar’s era, the Martyrs were disrespected in the Assembly’s first day when instead of remembering State’s Martyr ShambhuSatmura&Chittarnajn Debbarma,Tripura Assembly dedicated 2 minutes of silence to a foreigner 1920’s Communist Revolutionary Fidel Castro. Apart from Fidel Castro; JaylalithaJayaram and Kanpur train accident victims were also remembered and in total 6 minutes were dedicated for them, but nobody bothered to remember the 2 brave soldiers of India. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| Manik Sarkar deprives State Govt employe | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): Whereas the State Govt Employees of Tripura are eyeing for 7th Pay Commission’s implementation so that pay will be doubled on par with Central Govt employees but Tripura Finance Dept. announced on Wednesday that a mere 5% DA bonaza as ‘new year’ gift for State Govt. employees. Manik Sarkar’s CPI-M Govt created a DA gap of 42 % and now it stands at 38 %, which will be addressed after the 7th Pay Commission implemented in Tripura. The opposition parties of Tripura are planning for more protests demanding Central level pay scale but showing a thumb to the oppositions the ruling CPI-M has ended like last time with 5 % DA hike. It was expected that Tripura Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha would hold a talk about the Pay Commission’s implementation in Tripura during the last Assembly Session. But, the whole winter Assembly session was ended dry without holding any discussion on pay-Commission’s implementation. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| CPI-M’s decimation continue natio | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, Dec 29 (TIWN): Manik Sarkar led CPI-M’s uninterrupted rule in Tripura produced more corruptions than any developments, causing left party’s gradual decline across Tripura. Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress' resounding win in the assembly polls, the Singur case verdict that further strengthened the ruling party's position and the once invincible Left Front's continued marginalisation were the highlights in the action-packed political theatre of West Bengal in 2016. On the flip side, graft emerged as a major issue, with top Trinamool leaders allegedly seen accepting money in a sting operation, while a "faulty" under-construction flyover collapsed in a congested street -- crushing scores of unsuspecting people and vehicles under tons of steel and concrete. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| PCC adopted roadmap at Special meet on F | KAMALPUR, Dec 29 (TIWN): “The Youth Congress should be strengthened against addiction, corruption and anti-national activities. Women wing must move against women related crimes. NSUI, Block Congress and the entire PCC must move against leftist misrule and atrocities of the Centre on common people.†proposed PCC President Birajit Sinha at PCC’s special meet at Kamalpur Town Hall, on Wednesday. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| Tripura announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia fo | Agartala, Dec 29 (TIWN / IANS): The Tripura government announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh and government jobs to the families of two soldiers who were killed last month in Jammu and Kashmir, a minister said here on Thursday. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| 5% DA hike for Tripura employees | Agartala, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS) The Tripura government on Wednesday announced an additional five per cent dearness allowance (DA) for its 209,000 employees and pension holders. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| Tripura Govt hiked 5 % DA for Govt Emplo | 28-Dec-2016 | |
| Tripura’s 2 Districts selected un | AGARTALA, Dec 29 (TIWN): Tripura State BJP President met Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment at Delhi on Wednesday. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| Award Distribution programme under Small | AGARTALA, Dec 28 (TIWN): Tripura Finance Dept organized an award distribution programme for the lucky drawers under Small Savings Incentive scheme. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| Joint Indo-Bangla meet held at Banglades | AGARTALA / MOULABI BAZAR, Dec 29 (TIWN): A joint Indo-Bangla meet was held at Bangladesh on Thursday at Bangladesh Moulabi Bazar. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| 'No further violence & anarchy' : CPI-M | KORBOOK, Dec 29 (TIWN): In the face of attacks unleashed by the Modi government, the CPl(M) and the Left champions the rights of the tribal masses, said MP Jiten Choudhury in Tribal Youth Federatin's at Karbookr Sub-Divisional Conference. | 29-Dec-2016 |
| More misery ahead for CPI-M as DYFI lead | AGARTALA, Dec 28 (TIWN): After number of CPI-M and RSP leaders like Mrinmoy Sen, now DYFI leader Hanif Mia has come under serious allegation for raping a 28 yrs woman. Although rape-complaint was registered against the DYFI leader before a week, but no arrest was done by East Women Police yet. Manik Sarkar's Police Force's ignorance in registering serious crimes caused huge resentment among the opposition Trinamool so Wednesday TMC gheroued the women Police Station. Trinamool leaders alleged that on Monday also, they tried to hold a protest at there, but the CPI-M women leaders backed by Women Commission in the attire of “local women†blocked them before they could stand for protest. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| Tripura’s declining party Congres | KAMALPUR, Dec 28 (TIWN): Mammoth rally with Priyadarshini Indira Rath and decorated elephant and thousands of workers from different parts of the district and PCC members marked the state level observation of 131st Foundation Day of Indian National Congress here at Kamalpur on Wednesday. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| Ministry of Railways Doubles Compensatio | NEW DELHI /AGARTALA, Dec 28 (TIWN) : Ministry of Railways has decided to revise the amounts of compensation payable in respect of Death & Injuries to the passengers involved in Accidents and Untoward Incidents. In the revised compensation rules the amount in all the categories have been doubled with respect to the existing amounts. This has been done by amending “The Railway Accidents and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Rules, 1990â€. The new amended rules are being now referred to as “The Railway Accidents and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Rules, 2016â€. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| DSO observes 62nd Foundation Day | AGARTALA, Dec 28 (TIWN): All India Democratic Students’ Organization (DSO) observed 62nd Foundation day on Wednesday. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| Congress celebrates 131st foundation day | AGARTALA, Dec 28 (TIWN): Along with the whole Nation Tripura Pradesh Congress also observed the 131st party foundation day with full enthusiasm. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| BJP called strike receives mixed respons | KAMALPUR, Dec 28 (TIWN): The 12 hours’ Dhalai district strike called by BJP in protest of the murder of their elected member of Old Dalapati VC at Gandachara namely Chanmohan Tripura, bore mixed results in the sub-division. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| Seventy Per Cent of Tribal Affairs Budge | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, Dec 27 (TIWN) : Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Jual Oram has said that 70% of his Ministry’s budget for the year 2016-17 has already been released. Addressing a press conference about the achievements of his Ministry during the year 2016 in New Delhi today, the Minister said his Ministry has paid special attention to proper implementation of Forest Rights Act. He said as per information received from State Governments till October 2016, about 16.78 lakh individual (Forest Rights) titles have been granted over an area of 55.43 lakh acres of forest land. Further, 48,192 community (Forest Rights) titles have been distributed over an area of about 47 lakh acres of forest land. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| BJP-called shutdown hits life in Tripura | Agartala, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS): Normal life was affected in Tripura's Dhalai district on Wednesday due to a 12-hour shutdown called by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in protest against the killing of one of its local leaders. | 28-Dec-2016 |
| Elected BJP leader murder in Gandacharra | GANDACHERRA, Dec 28 (TIWN): Biswada Tripura, who killed Chanmohan Tripura, is mentally retarded, the police have said. A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was beaten to death by a man at a tribal-dominated village in Tripura’s Dhalai district on Monday evening, police said on Tuesday. | 27-Dec-2016 |
| BJP leader Chanmohan-murder case : Polic | AGARTALA, Dec 28 (TIWN): BJP brought serious allegation against CPI-M for Chanmohan-murder, who was the chief of the party’s Janajati Yuva Morcha, Gandacherra Mandal committee and also an elected member of Dalpati ADC village committee. | 27-Dec-2016 |
| Political circus : CBI summoned WB Trina | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, Dec 28 (TIWN): Chit fund tainted political parties CPI-M, TMC exchanging blows over Chit Fund fundings and huge corruptions involving key political leaders. In Tripura, ruling CPI-M involved with Chit Fund scams involving key Ministers and leaders like Bijita Nath, Gautam Das whereas Bengal TMC Ministers like Transport Minister Madan Mitra, various TMC leaders had jail stints for corruptions with Chit Funds.Trinamool has again and again raised questions on why CBI inquiry is not being conducted in Tripura against chit fund cases involving CPI-M leaders. Whereas in West Bengal all the ruling party leaders are being chased for their intimacy with the chit fund groups, but in Tripura even-after the State CPI-M and Chief Minister’s direct involvement in patronizing Rose Valley, I-Core,Basil Intl Chit Fund companies, no CBI investigation was held. | 27-Dec-2016 |
| Demonetization : ‘Cash-Crisis' (?) | KOLKATA / AGARTALA Dec 28 (TIWN): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) announced multilayered protest demonstrations in the state at the beginning of the new year against the Narendra Modi government's demonetization move. CPI-M which have been abandoned from rest of India and anyhow kept its last mantle alive in Tripura and partly at Kerala with ‘time-pass’ so called protests and anti- national propagandas. CPI-M's strike against demonetization was only effective in paralyzing Tripura as it’s the ruling party, but now the party is planning for various protest-programmes in coming days. But question raises, whereas bundles of political protest held against the cash crisis in the country but the political parties are happily managing time and money to waste in party campaigning, mass rallies and various seminars. | 27-Dec-2016 |
| Tripura gets Trinamool state unit | Agartala, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee has constituted the Tripura Pradesh unit of her party with Ashish Saha as its president, a party leader said here on Tuesday. | 27-Dec-2016 |
| CPI-M observes Literacy Day | AGARTALA, Dec 27 (TIWN): Tripura CPI-M observed 72th Janashiksha Diwas (Literacy Day) on Tuesday. | 27-Dec-2016 |