Archive Detail
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| Tripura can have two more Airports | AGARTALA, March 1 (TIWN): As Agartala is claimed as the 2nd busiest Airports in Northeast, so chances are there that Airport Authority of India may think about 2 more non-functional airdrome in Tripura which can be converted into Airports with better facilities. These 2 Airports will be : Kamalpur and Kailashahar. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| BJP sharply reacted over CPI-M's stateme | AGARTALA, March 1 (TIWN): CPI-M State Committee Statement which mocked at all the allegations raised by State BJP about Chanmohon Tripura's murder (by CPI-M), was counter attacked by State BJP on Tuesday. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Erstwhile Rajdhani Yatri Niwash getting | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): The Erstwhile Rajdhani Yatri Niwash at Kujaban is getting demolished and soon it will be developed into a 4 star hotel, claimed Tripura Govt. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Central Minister witnesses 'Modi-Craze' | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): 'Prime Minister Modi's love for Tripura and Tripura people's love for him is much visible from the crowd here....', said Union Minister Shripad Naik during his one day visit at Dharmanagar. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| 'PM Modi eager to fulfill all demands r | KAILASHAHAR / AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): "PM Modi during a cabinet meeting with his Ministers instructed all to have special focus on NE and time to time inspect the developmental works going on here", Union Minister for State in AYUSH Shripad Naik said on Tuesday at Kailashahar. Naik who has arrived Tripura in his two day long visit directly went to Kailashahar to visit the Ayush Hospital there. During his speech at Kalishahar Vivekananda Hall he said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed all the Ministers to visit Northeast's every states in every 3 months of gap and to take reports of the developmental works there. Modi Ji has also asked us to take proper care about Northeast zone, which need special focus and any proposal comes from Northeast it should be implemented at the earliest". However, the Minister also said that as per PM Modi's plan, every Districts of India would have one AYUSH Hospital, but Tripura Govt yet to send any proposal regarding this. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Assembly Day 7 : Incomplete audit report | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): Irritated by opposition's inquiry about audit report CM Manik Sarkar said due to various problems audits remain incomplete. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Jobless-Youths holding banners of Red-Re | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): Amidst 7,08,941 unemployed youths in state, CPI-M backed unions are waving red flags in state. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Speaker dilutes Rose Valley controversy | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): When 'Rose Valley' issue was pinching CPI-Ms in Assembly, Speaker asked opposition not to raise the topic again and again as it was discussed so many times earlier in the Assembly. However, opposition MLA Ratan Lal Nath immediately asked, 'why CPI-M becomes so intolerant hearing Rose Valley' topic. Basically, 3 questions were asked in the Assembly by Ratan Lal Nath. The questions were : 1) How much entertainment tax had been received from 2013, 2014, 2015? 2) When Rose Valley Park was attached by Tripura Govt? 3) From when Rose Valley Park authority had stopped to give Entertainment Tax to Tripura Govt? How much tax yet to get from that park? Following this conversation it was revealed that in 2015 'No-Tax' was taken from Rose Valley Entertainment Park. When asked the reason, Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha said that everything is going as per law and Tripura Govt is acting as per the Court's order.It was also informed that after 18 month of the case, court ordered to seal the properties and thus the Govt had sealed them. But there is no intension of Tripura Govt to save Rose Valley culprits. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Central Minister visits 10 bedded AYUSH | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): Union Minister for State AYUSH Shripad Naik on Tuesday visited 10 bedded Aush Hospital at Kailashahar. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Central Ministers' visits irk resentment | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): A Central Minister is also equally liable to respond the miseries of every state's people. But unfortunately during UPA Era Central Ministers although flied to other states, but as they didn't count Northeast at all as their voting zone, so they never had interest to visit here. But with the coming of Modi Govt at Centre, one after one Central Ministers are arriving in Tripura either for inauguration of Railway Service or Highway. Apart from that Ministers are now also sent here from Centre to take reports from Tripura with their 2 / 3 days long visit-schedule. Thus on Tuesday also Central Minister for AYUSH Shripad Naik arrived in Tripura and directly flied to Kailashahar. However, since the morning CPI-Ms mouthpieces are mocking at the Central Ministers arrival in Tripura and criticizing why one after one Central Ministers are coming in the state? After Union Ministers Babul Supriya and Rajiv Pratap Rudy's visit in Tripura, CPI-M state secretary Bijan Dhar commented at Melarmath Party Office, ".........the Digi-Dhan fair was not at all important for which 2 Central Ministers have to come". On the other hand Babul Supriya expressed unhappiness for the absent of all of the Tripura Ministers, as nobody joined these 2 Union Ministers in that programme. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Tripura Assembly Day 7 begins | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): Out of total 9 days kept for Tripura Assembly session-2017, the 7 day has kicked off at the Assembly. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Left front Unions paralyzed Banks, ATMs | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): Although holiday for maximum bankers, widening scope for party backed bankers to come in limelight with various protests, but public had heavily suffered due to the immovable banks across Agartala. 24 hours strike received a heavy success in left front ruled Tripura, as the protest was against demonetization and Central Govt's Economic and Banking policies. But panic erupted more when 99 % ATMs were found non-functional. Report says that Agartala's maximum ATMs have remained cashless , offering endless miseries to common men. Not a single bank was opened on Friday including HDFC, Axis and all private banks also had been closed. Mostly, the cashless ATMs created the huge resentment among the common people. Calling banking reforms as "anti-people banking reforms' and demanding for compensation to employees for extra work done on account of demonetisation of high value currencies since November 8, 2016, and booking loan defaulters... demonstration was placed across Tripura. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| One-day strike hits banking services in | Agartala, Feb 28 (TIWN /IANS): Banking services were badly affected in the Left-ruled Tripura on Tuesday as most of the major banks remained closed due to a nation-wide employees' strike. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Hindu devotees thronged to Ramakrishna T | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): Thousands of devotees thronged to Agartala Ramkrishna Temple, Dhaleswar on the occasion of 181st birth anniversary of Sri Sri Ramakrishna. Apart from that across Ramakrishna temples (Maths) this occasion was celebrated with much enthusiasm. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Shooting over running vehicle; 8 lakhs l | UDAIPUR, Feb 28 (TIWN): 8 lakhs rupees were looted from a vehicle at Atharobola, Udaipur. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| CPI-M's 'Poll-vault' over BG Railway ex | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): Narendra Modi led Central Govt's mass-infrastructure development across Northeast region causing heartburns for Manik Sarkar's CPI-M Govt as communists continue to claim credits for all developmental projects initiated by BJP Govt. Whereas, Northeast zone is witnessing a sudden development in infrastructure of Connectivity in Modi Era, Tripura Communist party which is ruling here over more than a decade is trying their level best to prove their continuous strive behind connectivity's upgradation. This diplomacy is being played by the left front govt to down the Modi-Craze among Tripura voters which has begun to increase BJP's votebanks already ahead of Assembly Election-2018. Not only Chief Minister Manik Sarkar tried to meant CPI-M's 100 % dedication for railway move, during Tripura Sundari Express Train's inauguration describing 1980's SFI led railway demand at New Delhi, but in 2016's budget also CPI-M Govt claimed same. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Indo-Bangla land demarcation alleged as | AGARTALA, Feb 28 (TIWN): The border fencing work which has taken place after Home Minister Rajnath Singh instructed the state to finish the incomplete border fencing work across the state, revealed that due to improper land re-demarcation many plain areas have gone to the neighboring Bangladesh, which have been cultivated by Indian till day. The allegation has brought by Tripura BJP Vice President Subal Bhowmik alleging the then Prime Jawharlal Nehru for signing wrong land demarcation. On the other hand, Tripura PWD Minister Badal Choudhury is fighting for Muhuri Char accusing Modi Govt for doing wrong demarcation. But when Badal Choudhury raised voice already the demarcation was finished in the presence of Tripura Govt Officials. However, political blame game has been continued in this regard. Tripura’s 85 % people were dependent upon agriculture but with the passage of time now people’s interest in agriculture have been declined. With the pain fertile lands’ losing Tripura’s agro-based economy would down more. | 28-Feb-2017 |
| Nine bank unions to go on strike on Tues | CHENNAI / AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): An umbrella body of nine bank unions has called a day-long strike on Tuesday to protest the government's "anti-people banking reforms" and to press for compensation to employees for extra work done on account of demonetisation and booking loan defaulters. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Dozing off in Tripura Assembly ! MLAs le | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): CPI-M Govt, ruling over Tripura since long 23 years, went to temporary retirement in the 1st session of the Assembly's 5th day with its maximum propagators sleeping peacefully in the talkative assembly. Matabari constituency MLA Madhab Saha was leading in the slumber-race, whereas Minister Sahid Chowdhury, MLA Niranjan Debbarma were also sunken in deep sleep when a heavy noisy Assembly was going on. Sahid Chowdhury sitting beside the Finance Minister was sleeping, whereas MLA Niranjan Saha just gave up totally and placed his head on the table. CM Manik Sarkar was also not far behind from his cabinet Ministers. Not only these mentioned leaders, but since the very beginning 80 % of the leaders became red eyed out of lethargy. In the second session, the situation was more interesting almost resembled to some students are put in an utter boring class.MLA Madhab Saha was dozing off during the high-pitched debate in the Assembly. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Traffic Dept held awareness camp about Z | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Traffic Dept. under West PS held an awareness campaigning at IGM Chowmuhani, Agartala regarding 'Zebra-Crossing'. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Tripura remembers Martyr Chandrashekhar | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Tripura observed Chandrashekar Azad's 85th death anniversary. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Assembly heated up with Pankaj Chakrabor | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Assembly heated up with Pankaj Chakraborty's comment about media as toilet paper. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Many ration shops closed in Tripura; CM | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Food theft from ration shops and illegal selling of foods in the market continue in Tripura as digitization is getting delayed day after day. But instead of hurrying up the digitization, Tripura CM Manik Sarkar said in the Assembly that the new ration shops in Tripura to remain shut down due to digitization. However, for every temporary complex situations CPI-M Govt is busy to blame the Centre for its modern way of transaction and transparent data exchange. But in case of ration shop, digitization will not only make the system transparent, but it will drastically bring down the food theft across state. Survey says that digitization seen reducing food theft in India’s PDS system. When a person goes to the ration store, s/he only receive enough to feed half for his family due to food crisis. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Tripura Assembly begins on its 6th day | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Tripura Assembly day 6 has begun on Thursday morning. Special focus was given on Ration shop related issues, Outpost and police help line related matters. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Banking service to heavily hit as Left F | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Adding an unscheduled holiday, Tripura banks to be shut down on Tuesday. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Power crisis, hook line issues hit Assem | AGARTALA, Dec 27 (TIWN): Tripura is undergoing heavy power crisis situation, led by Power Minister Manik Dey. But in an attempt to overcome the allegations, Power Minister urged the oppositions to help in stopping electricity theft. Adressing the Assemble Dey said, 'Tripura's power production is good, but due to the hooklines used in slum and rural areas, TSECL is underghoing heavy losses. Dey further asked oppositions to help in 'save power' mission and to identify the hook line users. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Children not taking care of parents' mai | Agartala, Feb 27 (TIWN / IANS) The number of cases being filed by parents against their earning children for not taking care of their maintenance are increasing in Tripura, a minister said on Monday. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Small note crisis hits ATM service since | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Cash crunch continues to irk common man after 3 months of its inception. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Kamlpur: Tribal youth brutally murdered | KAMALPUR, Feb 27 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, a tribal youth namely Mangal Debbarma (32) was murdered brutally last evening around 6-30 pm at Emprubazar area on Kamalpur-Marachara-Ambassa road almost 20 km away from. sub-divisional town of Kamalpur. Tension sparked in the area regarding the incident. However, police detained one Bijoy Bagti in this connection. CPI-M claimed Mangal as their party member. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| ScamsterGoutam Kundu falls sick; clouds | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Rose Valley Chit Fund MD & scamster Goutam Kundu's Tripura arrival was postponed due to sickness. Kundu was being brought into Tripura on Monday, in relation to hearing of a Rose Valley case at CJM court. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| 68 families Join in BJP | Sabroom, Feb 27 (TIWN): 203 voters from 68 familes joined the BJP in SabroomSub Division. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Supreme Court cancels 10,000 SC/ST promo | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Manik Sarkar led CPI-M Govt’s nepotism, manipulation to appease SC/ST vote bank across Tripura will get a tight slap when SC/ST promotion case verdict to be announced by Supreme Court (SC) on March 7,2017. Supreme Court recently canceled promotions of over 10,000 SC/ST Govt Employees in Karnataka causing mass demotions across Karnataka. So, its just a matter of time when Tripura Govtemployees (mostly CPI-M backed union members) those who were promoted based on SC/ST criterias will face demotion back to earlier posts causing massive face-loss to Manik Sarkar’s Govt before 2018 Assembly Polls.The fate of nearly 10,000 dalit government employees hangs in the balance in Karnataka as they face the threat of being demoted, with the Supreme Court recently scrapping reservation in promotions. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Tripura Govt yet to seal 43 chit fund co | AGARTALA, Feb 27 (TIWN): Under the Communist rule industry could set up or not, but total 62 chit fund companies had run their regime in Tripura. The State Govt itself declared about the number of Chit Fund groups replying to the question oppositions in the Assembly. As per the data total 78 cases were filed regarding chit fund groups, whereas only 18 chargesheets were submitted by SIT and rest 65 were said as under investigation. But what surprises is that out of 62 chit fund groups only 17 companies offices were seized including Rose Valley, which was seized recently. Apart from that the govt said presently investigation is going on and nothing can be said about selling the properties and returning depositors money. Only 5 cases have handed over to CBI and rest 57 cases are under the observation of Tripura police. But question why the Tripura Govt is so much sympathized about the chit fund companies that not even 30 % of the companies properties have been seized. | 27-Feb-2017 |
| Kamalpur: Forest nurseries failed to ign | KAMALPUR, FEBRUARY 26 (TIWN): In this state of 'golden era(!)' the government often claims to be providing the unemployed youths with opportunities of alternative livlihood. By different means the government claims the same aand also produces documental evidences. And the forest department plays an.important part in this process by providing saplings of different species to the beneficiaries. But in maximum cases the schemes and efforts bear nothing due to the negligence of the beneficiaries and the lack of supervision at local level. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Tripura’s dismal record with 80% | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Tripura’s 80 % cases have remained unsolved due to the loopholes in investigation and gaps kept(on purpose) by police while filing charge sheets. A data revealed that in 2016 whereas 6139 cases were resolved, only 1415 cases got conviction. In 2014, out of 6753 cases only 753 cases received penalty and in 2015 835 cases got penalty. All of the cases were under IPC crime but with a relief for the accused, 80 % of them got the penalty. State Govt took no initiatives to build up faster processing of FIRs and crime cases. Whereas West Bengal's 64 Fast Track Courts are functional in full wave, UP's 80, Maharashtra 80, Andhra Pradesh 72, Gujrat 61; Tripura has only 3 Fast Track Courts resulting 1 lakh 51 thousand 275 Court pending cases only in the lower courts. But there is no plan and programme to set up more Fast Track Courts. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Heavy noise disrupting Board Exam's prep | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Only 4 days left when the students under TBSE will sit for Higher Secondary examination, but there is no respite from the ongoing political rallies, meeting and conferences. Almost all the bazaar corners are now occupied by the political parties. Day or night, morning or evening the politicians are now heavily busy to please the public with their speeches. Tripura ruling party CPI-M has crossed all the limits as they announced a moth wide protest regarding 5 issues, which means the month of Board examination will be dedicated by left front unions with bundles of plitcial gatherings. On Feb 22, CPI-M state secretary Bijan Dhar said, ‘Left front to kick off 1 month long protest with 5 issues’. On the other hand Tripura’s other political parties are going in full swing leaving no space for students issues.As a result resentments brewed among the students, guardians but their agonies have no political value. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Women run social organization held 1 day | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Manabi, a social organization held press meet on Sunday to discuss about various plans programmes in coming days. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Literary conference held at Rabindra Bha | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Literacy conference held at Rabindra Bhawan on Sunday. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| BJP mocks at Tripura Govt's claim about | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Whereas Govt declared about 62.76 man days, but State BJP declines the govt’s claim about any reward. Talking to BJP Vice President Subal Bhowmik, he said that Tripura Govt is surviving on all false data and bogus propagandas. Bhowmik claimed that in last 3 yrs not a single award the Tripura Govt has received from MGNREGA. Bhowmik further said, “During UPA Era, via false adjustments Tripura recived so many awards & the Centre also didn’t verify itâ€. According to Bhowmik, Centre is repeatedly asking Tripura Govt to send Geo-tracking status but the update is only 6 %. 'Eventhough the Tripura Govt claims that in the last financial year state received awards for providing highest mandays, but the ruling party at Centre said that from 2 and half yrs since the Modi Govt is in power, Tripura didn’t get a single award under MGNREGA', said Bhowmik. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| TBSE HS Exam to begin on March 2nd | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): TBSE Class-12 exam to begin from March 2nd with the language subject English. | 25-Feb-2017 |
| Negligence of Sports Dept hits gymnastic | KAMALPUR, Feb 26 (TIWN): A sheer instance of wastage of lakhs of government money became provident at Kamalpur. The sole gymnasium of the town constructed by Nagar Panchayat almost a decade ago left unused under lock and key for years together. Lack of maintenance turned the once vibrant gymnasium into an glaring instance of administrative negligence. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Rose Valley scamster Goutam Kundu to fac | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Against the cases filed against Rose Valley companies at West Police Station, regarding one of the hearings Rose Valley mastermind Goutam Kundu to bring in Tripura on Monday. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Tripura needs more 3 TSR btlns | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Tripura needs more 3 TSR Btln for proper security, Home Ministry Dept. said at the Assembly. | 25-Feb-2017 |
| DM South meets regrouping Jhumia familie | Sabroom, Feb 26 (TIWN): DM South, SDM Sabroom, Executive Engineer Satchand ,MDC cum Chairman Rupaichari Sathai Mog,BDO Rupaichari RD Block visited Magroom Banraipara ADC Village under Rupaichari ADC Village of Sabroom Sub Division. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| 2017’s 2nd earthquake’s ep | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): For the 2nd time in 2017 and all over history of earthquake in Northeast till day, the epi-centre of the earthquake was at North Tripura. | 25-Feb-2017 |
| Jute Mill officers, superintends yet to | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Eventhough CITU held massive protest regarding equal salary scale like the other officials ordered by Supreme Court, but in reality after the Supreme Court’s order too, Tripura Govt didn’t provide the deserve money to them. | 25-Feb-2017 |
| Manik Sarkar led Tripura Govt fails to a | AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): The so called 'poor people's govt'CPI-M Govt, till day has failed to take a single initiative to return the basics of chit fund depositors in Tripura. At the Assembly, replying a question of the oppositions Tripura Home Minister i.e. Manik Sarkar clearly said that presently Govt is measuring the property value of Rose Valley and nothing can be exactly said about it. When Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath asked, ".whether Govt has thought anything about returning the money of the depositors or not", Sarkar said, "investigation is going on against the chit fund companies...". Thus, he made it clear that no property would be sold to return the money of the depositors. Moreover, whereas there are 62 chit fund companies did heavy business in Tripura the Govt after 7 / 8 yrs has only seized 17 companies properties. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| 90% work of Sabroom Railway station comp | SABROOM, Feb 26 (TIWN): Sabroom Rly Station work is rapidly progressing and almost 90% work completed. | 26-Feb-2017 |
| Separate quakes hit Arunachal, Tripura | Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS / TIWN): Two separate quakes of varying magnitude hit India's northeastern region and Bangladesh on Saturday. There was no report of any major damage, officials said. | 25-Feb-2017 |
| Jute Mill industry died under Tripura Co | AGARTALA, Feb 25 (TIWN): Tripura left front union led by Minister Manik Dey has insulted Supreme Court on Saturday and expressed resentment over Jute Mill case's verdict at Supreme Court. Jute Mill factory business at Amtali, was declined due to extreme interference by left front. Source said that the Jute Mill factory had became almost a party office for CPI-M unions, which caused its destruction. Later the employees of Jut Mill faced hard times due to irregularity of wages as Jut Mill industry was almost died. But, a group of high officials filed a case at High Court regarding their irregular salaries, where Tripura Govt was defeated and the Finance Dept was ordered to pay them full wages at Central level. Challenging the High Court order, Tripura Govt knocked the door of Supreme Court but Supreme Court also found Tripura govt as guilty and asked the it to follow High Court's order. With a surprise, when the salary-issues are handled by the state govt fully CPI-M backed CITU held mass protest demanding same salary on Saturday. Tripura Urban Development Minister Manik Dey was present on that occasion and he became busy in Centre's criticism. | 25-Feb-2017 |