Archive Detail
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| Crowd expands in Chaitra Bazar on Monday | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Chaitra Sale is on its full swing ahead of Bengali New year which is to be celebrated on April 14. Thousands of customers throng into different markets, shopping malls to choose the best one for them and their family members, as just 3 days left for reduction sale. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Tripura gears up to celebrate Bengali Ne | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): After all when it comes about Bengali people's food culture, no poison threat can stop them from purchasing of items. Royalty in food is in Bengalis blood, which once again have been proven with the increasing craze for buying Hilsha fish ahead of Poyla Baishakh, which have raised upto Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 1200/- In a survey at Battala market it has revealed that there are 2 types of Hilsas: One is small, another is slightly bigger differed by prices. However, source said that the presence of formalin is 100 % guaranteed and if formalin was not there, the price would go beyond limits. Agartala City's customers ahead of Bengali New Year are storing the Hilsas in freezes to avoid further price hike in coming days, as the New Year is just after 3 days. But recently after the Assembly Session ended, fish free imports from Bangladesh was restricted by the state govt following the disclosure of availability of formalin mixed fishes in Tripura markets. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| What is Modi Tsunami ? an unknown power | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Politburos across Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura eventhough are proud leaders well-known for their diplomacy that kept them in power for 35 years at West Bengal, and now since 24 years in Tripura, but are facing peculiar situations across the state ahead of Election-2018, when not any party but the common people's angers are hovering on CPI-M politburos like nightmares. A section of intellectuals said either 10,323 forum or unemployed youths or the artists to draw the Rabindra Bhawan premise are all motivated for a change with Modi Tsunami. But if anybody asks to any BJP leader about it, they just become surprise to know the incident and pretends for having no link with that. However, doesn't matter who is behind but Varanasi's Modi has brought already a Tsunami here in Tripura. However, before 2018's election, nothing can be said who will bring Tsunami. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| AMC Mayor placed Rs. 360 crores of budge | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): The Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) placed a budget of Rs. 360 crore with a bearable deficit of Rs. 65 lakh for the year 2015-16 at city center. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Tripura Opposition OBC Moracha demands r | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Targeting the left front govt, opposition BJP staged demonstration at Paradise Chowmuhani on Monday. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| 9th JanAushadhi Generic Medicine Counter | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): 9th JanAushadhi Generic Medicine Counter of Tripura has been inaugurated by State Minister for Co-operation & Fisheries Shri Khagendra Jamatia at the Mohanpur CHC on Monday. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Chakka Jam paralyzes Capital City | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): A one hour long chakka jam from 12 PM to 1 PM protesting Central Govt's decision to increase taxes for drivers, has paralyzed the capital city on Monday. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill passes in | New Delhi / Agartala, April 10 (TIWN): A draft legislation to amend the Motor Vehicles Act to impose stiffer penalties on traffic rules violations and to protect the Good Samaritans from legal harassment was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Family bureaucracy finally destroys Cong | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Unless and until Congress comes out from 1950’s ideology it is hard for the party to come in a better shape than the present situation. Many experts claimed earlier that like a cancer the Gandhi family has been damaging the party. That's the reason why BJP had sidelined Barun Gandhi from the Centre point after major controversies erupted regarding him. But same happened with Congress in Tripura, led by Barman family which have damaged the party fully. Lately, but Congress has realized that it was the Barman family which acted like a curse for Tripura Congress since decades. A source said that eventhough Congress was allegedly in secret alliance with CPI-M, but Birjit Sinha always wanted to wipe out the Barmans, but at the end due to party views he failed to take this action in proper timing. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Tripura emerging as South Asia's Gateway | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): In a historical journey for Bangladesh physically challenged cricket team who are on the way to Hariyana (in India) via Tripura to participate in a cricket match. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Tripura gets new DGP | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): IPS Akhil Kumar Shukla has been appointed as the New Director General of Police (DGP) NE state Tripura. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Pay review committee to submit report wi | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Tripura government on Wednesday set up a high-powered committee on increasing salaries and pensions for its 209,000 employees and pensioners and reportedly the committee had sat in a meeting for the first time. But only after 45 days the report on employees and pensioners to be submitted to the state govt. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Assembly Election-2018 : CPI-M / BJP cla | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): The unabated political violence in Agartala Aralia Panchabati area has claimed three injured. Situation remains tensed till now. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Water scarcity looms large at ADCs | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): Eventhough the ruling Govt is determined to develop ADC since 80’s era, but these ADC areas till day suffering from acute water scarcity due to some unknown reason. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| 2 weeks of SC’s historical verdic | AGARTALA, April 10 (TIWN): The 10,323 teachers who have recently lost their jobs, due to the corruption in recruitment process led by left front govt. are yet undecided about their next step after 2 Sundays of the verdict. On April 2nd, following the verdict of Supreme Court, an association was formed by 10,323 teachers named ’All Tripura Govt 10,323 Regular Fixed Pay Teachers Employees Organization’. For the first time, after 10,323 teachers had lost their jobs due to wrong recruitment policy of the state govt, they constituted a Committee and state was expecting that they would file case against the corrupted officials or the govt. Around 40 teachers gathered on the first day of the Committee was constituted at Rabindra Bhawan and they called other teachers to join with them on that day. | 10-Apr-2017 |
| Tripura Govt Dept's threat, bribery to h | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Manik Sarkar due to his strict Communist policy might have denied to use any smart phone, but he and his ministers as well as high officials must take a lesson now, how to deal with Smart Generation and young stars while talking via phones. Although Aghore Debbarma avoided direct talking to the hunger strikers after 5 times of getting letters, but after today's incident when unemployed youths leak a audio of recording a conversation with Agriculture Director D P Sarkar's PA it's quite clear that unemployed youths raising voice are haunting Manik Sarkar and his Ministers as night mares. This audio was recorded 3 months back and accordingly the youths told CM about the issue, but it remained without any action. After 36 hours of hunger strike, when Govt fully ignored the youths, neither it showered any sympathy for them; then the youths handed over the audio to media where they were asked for mutuality indirectly and proposed them to meet the Director 5 among them at his chamber, but their Secretary Prabir Dutta is not allowed, who is the secretary of the unemployed forum of Agriculture and Horticulture Dept. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| 2 days orientation progaramme for parale | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): A 2 day long training programme for paralegal volunteers has begun at Agartala Press Club on Sunday. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Baidik Brahman Samaj reconstituted Execu | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Baidik Bhrahman Samaj has reconstituted an executive committee on Sunday with the ending of earlier committee's tenure. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Sports Minister flags of Agartala Marath | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): The Agartala Marathon rally-2017 kicked off on Sunday morning, flagging off by Sports Minister Sahid Choudhury at Astabol. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| BSNL Internet outage cripples Tripura | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Disruption of network and internet services has become a common phenomenon with poor services continued for the third consecutive day here in Tripura. According to BSNL Official due to massive OFC Breakdown most of the BSNL route are nonfunctional. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Mahavir Jayanti celebrated in Tripura | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Along with the country Tripura also celebrated Mahavir Jayanti, the birth anniversary of 24th and last Jain Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir in Mahavir temple at palace compound, here today. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Crime against women swells upto 86 %, 7 | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): As a part of silent protest against Tripura's increasing crime against women, a groups of unknown artists painted the roads before Rabindra Bhawan, symbolizing the tortures upon women. To symbolize the suicide attempts by women in Tripura, they hanged multiple frocks on the mango tree at Rabindra Bhawan. A source said that a non-political organization named 'Oaths Jagaran/ Artists Unemployed' on Saturday night had done this and the unemployed artists organization held multiple protests earlier voicing against unemployment. However, people are visiting at Rabindra Bhawan premises to have a glimpse of their painting and art. Tripura has recorded with 3 suicides in a day, whereas maximum are women in committing suicide. But, amidst much sufferings, tortures against women Tripura celebrates International Women’s Day every year. Tripura girl Dipa has shined in Olympic with Produnova vault, Laxmita Reang another legend in athlete, Surabhi Debbarma as singer, but apart from that part Tripura's 86 % women are tortured day to day. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Looking for football, 3 boys in Tripura | Agartala, April 9 (TIWN / IANS) Three boys, aged between 10 and 17 years, died when they fell into a deserted well in a remote village in Tripura, the police said here on Sunday. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Diarrhea threat reported from Gancharra | GANDACHARA, April 9 (TIWN): With the onset of the dry season, diarrhea and gastroenteritis have started stalking the deep interior Kalyansing tribal ADC village in Gandacharra sub-division. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Opposition demands unemployment allowanc | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): The unemployment tension is on peak in NE state Tripura, turned pathetic in last 5 yrs, with the increasing number of educated youths and declining of agriculture. Ahead of Assembly Election-2018 there are only roars of protests led by Tripura non-political unemployed youths fueling the oppositions to hit the CPI-M Govt and now busy to explode its corruptions. Tripura Pradesh Congress demanding 'unemployment allowance' along with other 5 demands is set to kick off its march rally on April-18 which is to be continued till March 26. The 9 day long march will begin from Dharmanagar to Agartala and Sabroom to Agartala. However the Dharmanagar-Agartala team will lead by Seva Dal, whereas Sabroom-Agartala team will lead by Youth Congress and NSUI. The demand was raised when Supreme Court exposed Tripura Govt's recruitment corruption and cancelled 10,323 teachers' job on March-29, 2017. But Tripura Govt has not given any reply to oppositions' demands. On the other hand the unemployed youths instead of allowance are demanding 'job opportunities', rather than allowances. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Govt dept's corruption in PMAY scheme : | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra chaired a meet to discuss ways to involve private real estate developers in the government's ambitious 'Housing-for-all by 2022' scheme. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| 10,323 recruitment scam paralyzes school | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): With the hearing of 10,323 teachers’ verdict every schools in state are affecting, hampering the total school education system in Tripura. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Open liquor shops' banning increasing il | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): With the banning of open liquor shops, illegal business is raising in a faster pace. | 09-Apr-2017 |
| Samir Barman's BJP joining rumour sho | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): Recently after Tripura Congress Ex Chief Minister Samir Barman was suspended from the party by National Cong Committee, a rumour erupted about Barman's joining in BJP. However, when media asked Party President Biplab Deb about it Biplab Deb seemed to get a shock with the news. Replying media question on Saturday, Deb replied, "Please do not ask me such a questions. Our party is not so kind to welcome such a big figure as Samir Barman, neither I heard anything like this and also keep me away from such questions" .However, it can not be denied that earlier, Biplab also mentioned clearly, BJP has already termed as the Barman-party as a cancer affecting one party to another and BJP will not accept Trinamool for alliance if Barman is there. Eventhough Sudip Barman being in Trinamool gave a signal for alliance with all opposition parties during the convention held at town hall, Agartala when Mukul Roy came in Tripura on April 5, but BJP and Congress both the opposition parties have abandoned Barman from the parties. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| After Kolkata-Dhaka Matri Express launch | AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): With Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina on Saturday jointly launched new rail and bus services between India and Bangladesh and restored an old rail link between the two South Asian neighbours following bilateral talks, Tripura is waiting when India-Bangladesh will be linked via Tripura soil and state to become as the Southeast Asia's gateway. During Central BJP Railway Minister for state Rajen Gohain's visit on March 23, NFR GM H K Jaggi said that fund for alternative rail-line survey will be sanctioned by 2017 and the work is most likely to end in 2018. However there are 3 ways identified by Railway Dept can become the route of Indo-Bangla rail : Belonia, Akhaura and Sabroom, but fund for survey is getting to sanctioned in this purpose, said Jaggi. Earlier in 2016, October it was already declared that 15 KM Indo-Bangla Railway project to be completed within the deadline as it has been declared after a meeting between Indian and Bangladeshi delegates held at State Guest House. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| BJP sympathizes for unemployed youths sa | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Before inaugurating executive meeting of BJP SC Morcha, BJP State President Biplab Deb told media that the party is 100 % with the strikers and having sympathy for the unemployed youths sat in hunger strike. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| Gramin Krira begins at Agartala | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): With gymnast Dipa Karmakar's excellent performance, state Tripura has geared up to celebrate sports events and to find out talents from every corners of the state. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| Tripura shines in chessboxing | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Tripura Chess Boxing talents are going to participate a national meet at Kolkata. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| Formation of 1st Bangldesh government in | Agartala, April 8 (IANS / TIWN): A series of programmes will be held in this Tripura capital April 10-11 to commemorate the formation of the first Bangladeshi government here 46 years ago, the organisers said on Saturday. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| Amidst 34 degree Celsius, women throng t | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Traditional Chaitra fair is going in smoothway as amidst high temperature and customers thronged to buy dresses and other items ahead of Bengali New Year. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| Modi, Sheikh Hasina launch India-Banglad | New Delhi, April 8 (TIWN): Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina on Saturday jointly launched new rail and bus services between India and Bangladesh and restored an old rail link between the two South Asian neighbours following bilateral talks here. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| National Lok Adalat held at Agartala Dis | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): The National Lok Adalat has begun at Court premises of Dist & Session judge of West Tripura. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| Unrest in Tripura as 17 unemployed youth | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): A group of unemployed youths led by 17 members of Agriculture & Horticulture passed out students in Tripura have sat on hunger strike on Friday 6 PM following 'no response' from state govt in their 48 hrs demonstration since April-6. Talking to the strikers on spot at Astabol (before North Gate) they told TIWN that only Education Director D P Sarkar has visited them but the strike will not be withdrawn till their demands are fulfilled. On the other hand D P Sarkar told them that the recruitment process needs some time, but the unemployed youths claims that already advertisement was given in daily newspaper, but due to some flaws in the advertisement High Court ordered to modify the advertisement for 50 posts. The strikers further told TIWN that after 5 times of seeking appointment from the Agriculture Minister Aghore Debbarma, he didn't feel it necessary to meet them and such behaviour is quite unexpectable, when since 7 yrs no recruitment was done under his Ministry. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| Manik Sarkar's clean image exposed in Lo | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Finally Manik Sarkar's clean image and wise governance has been exposed in the Loksabha as Maharastra MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe hitting the corruption under CPI-M Governance in Tripura raised 10,323 teachers scam. Eventhough in National Medias the issue was sidelined somehow but with the exposing of Tripura's corruption in Lok Sabha, Tripura State BJP express happiness in a press meet led by BJP President Biplab Deb at Party Office on Saturday. Addressing the press meet, BJP State President Biplab Deb said, "Tripura Govt's corruption is unfolding day by day. Either you talk about Agriculture passed out students sat in hunger strike, or you can talk about 1.5 lakhs of deprived Govt employees or 10,323 teachers", said Deb. "Thanks goes to Maharatra MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe for raising the issue and one must see the video in Lok Sabha, where my friend Jiten Chowdhury tried to deny any kind of similar incident held in Tripura and wanted to cross SC's verdict to prove CPI-M's good image', said Deb. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| ‘Supreme Court judges are politic | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Regarding 10,323 teachers case CPI-M leaders, Ministers including the Chief Minister said that Supreme Court’s verdict was ‘inhuman’, but the Health Minister of state Badal Choudhury going further tried to approach the school students sitting at town hall on World Health Day that Supreme Court judges are politically biased, proven by the 10,323 teachers’ verdict. However, school students who were silent during his speech, started laughing and commented some of them ‘atlast Man has come to his business-talk’. However, Choudhury keep on talking about 10,323 teachers’ depression, saying the judgment was unexpected and unfortunate, as Choudhury unready to accept that the actual cause of 7 lakhs unemployed youth's depression which is the ‘recruitment policy’ violation by left front govt. He further claimed that Tripura is a better place and Govt has successfully come out of problems as 80’s riot, abusing Modi Govt further for increasing unemployment number in the country. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| CPI-M’s corrupt Governance to end | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN) : When Supreme Court bans illegal recruitments led by Tripura Govt, then Supreme Court judges are termed by CPI-M Ministers as ‘politically biased’ and judgment is ‘inhuman’ causing depression to Tripura Youths. When Tripura Infoway Exposes, corruption series of Cabinet Ministers, then Melarmath Party Office distributes condemn letters begging from door to door of all media. Apart from that Anti-Corruption media have always in target of CPI-M and CPI-M’s mouthpieces did their best to portray our media as full of bogus information, but thanks goes to readers for full time support to the news media who writes on fact and data basis. The students who are passed out from Agriculture and Horticulture Dept. amidst high tensions, anger and pains called TIWN at night 11 AM to inform that nobody bothering to meet the hapless youths even after 48 hrs of demonstration. A ‘crisis situation’ fueled by corruption with vacant posts across Tripura’s various depts. with 7 yrs of ‘No Recruitment’ in agriculture and horticulture have created anarchy like situation in state. | 07-Apr-2017 |
| State witnessed biggest ever TET scam | AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Proving once again Tripura left front govt is not friend of all the unemployed youths, a major scam in TET Examination came out when the govt deprived 292 TET qualified candidates of 2016-17. | 07-Apr-2017 |
| Rain and hailstorm damages crops, farmer | Dhalai, April 8 (TIWN): Hundreds of farmers in the rural Tripura have been driven to despair by the seasonal rains and hailstorms which extensively damaged the vital vegetables. The pre-monsoon rain recently has hindered the growth and development of vegetables, Potato , Tomato and watermelon cultivation in the remote location of the state. Hundreds of small farmers are juggling to survive as unpredictable weather hits their only source of income. | 07-Apr-2017 |
| Prayas beet meeting & health camp conduc | Agartala, April 8 (TIWN): In continuation of its endeavour to reach to people with health services and to bring about health and social awareness to the people in amtali areas, West District Police Administration and Health Department has organised a Health Camp and Prayas . | 08-Apr-2017 |
| Tension erupts as Tripura unemployed you | AGARTALA, March 7 (TIWN): After 48 hrs of demonstration, the unemployed youths sat before North Gate (Astabol) started hunger strike as nobody came to meet them to listen their appeals. The unemployed youths under Agriculture and horticulture dept. just wanted some recruitment advertisements so that some vacancies filled up. But neither the Agriculture Dept Minister nor anybody came to met them. The youths informed TIWN office at 11 PM, Friday that they have sat in hunger strike since 6 PM, although SDM and police trying to push them from there. The demonstration, staging infront of Astabol Stadium began on 6th April where the unemployed youths demanded to fill up the vacancies as fast as possible under Agriculture Dept. The unemployed youths requested the CM to take action within 48 hrs but as no action has been taken thus the students have sat in hunger strike. Reportedly, since long 7 years no recruitment was done in TAFS Gr-I (Agri-Officer) post, whereas out of 383 posts 237 posts are left vacant. Moreover, in Central projected Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) also not a single post has been filled up. | 07-Apr-2017 |
| Tripura celebrates World Health Day them | AGARTALA, April 7 (TIWN): Not Pakistan neither any other country or reason, Tripura Health Minister Badal Choudhury claimed the centre of depression from men to women is America. | 08-Apr-2017 |
| BJP records with 8000 women protesters a | AGARTALA, April 7 (TIWN): Atleast 8000 BJP supporters from women morcha had gathered at Agartala to participate in Mahakaran Abhiyan on Friday. | 07-Apr-2017 |
| After suspending Samir Barman, Congress | AGARTALA, April 7 (TIWN): Congress to conduct a 9 day long march from April-18 and to continue till April 26. | 07-Apr-2017 |
| Tripura rail service to get better shape | AGARTALA, April 7 (TIWN): NFR officials met Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey on Friday at his chamber. | 07-Apr-2017 |
| CPI-M backed trade union to hold Chakka | AGARTALA, April 7 (TIWN): CPI-M backed trade union to hold chakka jam on April-10 at Agartala. | 07-Apr-2017 |