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Tripura Congress remembers Jawaharlal Ne | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): Along with the whole nation Tripura has also paid tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his 53nd death anniversary. | 27-May-2017 |
PM Modi to visit Unakoti | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): To strengthen BJP in Tripura PM Modi is likely to visit Tripura in between August-September. | 27-May-2017 |
SSA teachers accused Tripura Govt for sa | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): SSA teachers accused Tripura Govt for looting SSA teachers’ salaries years after years. A figure out of the vanished amounts from teachers salaries has been released by SSA teachers saying per year looted amount by Tripura Govt are : Rs. 1,32,684 (Primary Teacher, those who completed 5 years), Rs. 44,010 (Primary Teacher, those who Not completed 5 years). In case of Upper primary those who completed 5 years) Tripura Govt looted Rs. 1,42,206, whereas in case of upper primary (Not completed 5 years) are : 50,000/-. | 27-May-2017 |
State-Centre's joint work completes Coun | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): Tripura CM Manik Sarkar tried to snatch the credit of Broad-gauge railways, just as former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi is now fighting for the credit of India's longest and Asia's second longest Dhola-Sadiya bridge, saying it was under Congress Era that Manmohon Singh for approving the mega bridge project. But PM Modi exposing Congress's negligence to fulfill the dream projects said "For five decades you people have been waiting for a bridge. That has now been inaugurated today. If Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji had returned to power in 2004, then you would have got this bridge 10 years ago". This bridge has gifted Northeast with the longest bridge in the whole country, along with securing Arunachal from China interruption. BJP Chief Minister Sarwananda Sonowal assumed the Chair of CM just a year back (May-24, 2017) and the project is completed, but in Tripura double lane road began 2 years back; will cross the deadline on June-2017, but not even 30 % work of it is completed. | 26-May-2017 |
Northeast Roadway ongoing projects costs | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): The Act East Policy, once called by Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Sarkar as a 'bogus' policy, has proven itself a big way for development with BJP led Assam Govt & Indian Govt's joint venture. While inaugurating India's longest and Asia's second longest Dhola-Sadiya bridge PM Modi said, "We are committed to the development of the northeast. We are connecting different areas of the region with roads and waterways". In a similar fashion, 2 transport projects are waiting in state Tripura to be felicitated with Southeast Asia's gateway : Indo-Bangla Railway Project and the Feni rover project. Nitin Gadkari stressing upon the Highway, Roadway projects said, "BJP Govt has also started various road and highway projects with estimated cost of Rs 40,000 to 50,000 crore". "Today the BJP government in Assam under Sarbananda Sonowal is completing just one year in office but the number of problems have come down," Modi said indicating the importance of state / centre cooperation. | 26-May-2017 |
Increasing road accidents killing 2 peop | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): Road accident killed 25 people in Dec-January month in Tripura. | 27-May-2017 |
Everyday 2 persons commit suicide in Tri | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN) : Other State's farmers' suicides have become a big headache for Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, but state Tripura will be shocked to know that in last 3 years atleast 2062 people committed suicide here. | 27-May-2017 |
Clash emerged among Police & Congress in | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Lack of vision, full of negligence have occupied Congress Bhawan so much that instead of state's ruling party CPI-M, Congress is busy to target BJP Govt at the Centre. | 27-May-2017 |
Mukul Roy arrives Tripura | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): West Bengal Trinamool MP Mukul Roy arrived Tripura on Saturday. | 27-May-2017 |
Burning summer hits normal lives in Trip | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): A killer sun has turned the lives miserable in Northeast Tripura with 36 degree average temperature for all day. | 26-May-2017 |
Brilliant student's future uncertain at | SONAMURA, May 26 (TIWN): 18 years Dipankar Dutta who lost his father Dipak Dutta in 2007 has scored 73 % from science stream, amidst massive poverty in his family. | 26-May-2017 |
Homeopathic Doctors recruitment stopped | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Manik Sarkar's crippled vision only focused on enriching CPI-M party funds rather than strengthening economy, inviting industries, creating jobs. Decades of Govt apathy, heavy resentments, poverty forced Tripura Homeopathic Doctors placed deputation to Health Minister Badal Choudhury urging for filling up the vacancies in Homeopathic Dept. Whereas Tripura Govt has created 13000 non-teaching posts ahead of Assembly Poll, after in a Supreme Court verdict 10,323 teachers had lost their jobs in state due to wrong recruitment policy of the state govt, the unemployed doctors asked Tripura Govt to create some posts as well as to fill up the 45 vacant posts which left unfilled since decades. In a deputation placed before Tripura Govt, the eligible unemployed youths said that the recruitment must be followed by TPSC examination. The passed out unemployed Homeopathic doctors under All Tripura BHMS Doctor's Association said further, "The medical officer (Homeopathy) was last recruited through TPSC in the year 2000-May, but after that no posts were created whereas various Govt medical centres need many medical officers too". | 26-May-2017 |
'Nazrul's humanity was above Religion' : | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): On the occasion of 119th birth anniversary of Bengali Poet Kaji Nazrul Islam Tripura Minister for Minority Development Sahid Chowdhury said that Kaji Nazrul’s Humanity was above religion. | 26-May-2017 |
Nation's longest river bridge inaugurate | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Narendra Modi's nationalist mission of bolstering North- East infrastructure hitting hard anti-national China boot-licker CPI-M. Historically significant, strategically a counter attack, calling permanent solution to China's being aggressive towards India's Arunachal, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Country's longest bridge in Assam to connect the state with Arunachal, but the key-facto of the connectivity over Lohit river is : it will come at China border marking China's 'Geographical Limitation', posting 'No-Entry' in India via Northeast Arunachal. After 70 years of India's independence the Act-East-Policy is showing some effects on Northeast virtually, where people have been suffered being sidelined with border areas since 6 decades. While inaugurating the longest 9.15 km bridge in Assam Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "For five decades people have been waiting for a bridge. That has now been inaugurated today. We are committed to the development of the northeast". | 26-May-2017 |
UGC orders special audit in 10 central v | Agartala/New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN / IANS) The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed special audit in 10 central universities in the country to check complaints of financial, administrative, and academic irregularities, officials said on Friday. | 26-May-2017 |
Democracy hits ‘Cleanliness Drive | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): People in Tripura even though deprived due to State Govt’s wrong policy makings, but when it comes for basic law and order and development of the society, the administration is afraid to take action due to the public-intervention. | 25-May-2017 |
Northeast Tripura Celebrates Nazrul Jaya | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Chalking out various programme to celebrate the 119th birth anniversary of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on Friday, Tripura along with the entire nation paid tribute. | 26-May-2017 |
Thief's mother's loud voice : 'We have c | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Manik Sarkar's thug filled cabinet again indulging in next recruitment scam as Tapan Chakraborty trying to sell 13000 fake posts as real ones to State's 8 lakhs unemployed youths and thus finally, Tripura Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty explained why Govt has created those 13000 posts. Giving a signal to the unruly Govt, Tripura Education Minister at the Assembly clearly mentioned replying to oppositions query on 13000 newly created posts that as they are running the state ultimately they will decide how the recruitment will be held, what is need to the state only the Govt knows. Opposition MLA Ratan Lal Nath asked Tapan Chakraborty, 'How can a Govt create 13000 non-teaching posts asking eligibility of 3 to 5 years teaching experience?'. | 26-May-2017 |
After such an insult done to Chief Minis | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Tripura people need not to introduced with the background of 'changing political colours by same leaders' but the incident held on the last the Assembly day by merely 40 to 50 TMC youths which led the Chief Minister to "Go Back" so easily was quite surprising, an news analysis report said. Everyone can imagine what will be CPI-M's reaction if instead of Trinamool, BJP asked CM to "Go Back" ! Already SFI, DYFI all have come on road with the fear of saffron threat, racial riot, allegation of BJP's attempt to crate placeless situation, Modi's direction to break down state's peace, insult of the state CM with black flag, Waterloo Battle etc etc. But left front have not done anything rather than some dramas in the Assembly, which broke down Barman's leg but soon cared by CPI-M Ministers, MLAs found advising Sudip Barman in the assembly hall how to get immediate relief. | 25-May-2017 |
Auditions for Sunsilk Mega Miss North Ea | Agartala, May 26 (TIWN): Mega Entertainment, north east’s largest fashion and pageant event organizer, recentlyannounced the audition dates for the 15th Edition of Sunsilk Mega Miss North Eastand8th Edition of Fair & Lovely Men Mega Mister North East.Through these auditions, the pageant organizers will select 50candidates each in the male and female category, from across the eight northeastern states, who will vie for the coveted title of SunsilkMega Miss North East and Fair & Lovely Men Mega Mister North East, supported by Fashion Partner Trends, Beauty Partner Pond’s White Beauty, Hospitality Partner Radisson Blu, Confidence Partner Rexonaand Digital Partner VodafoneSuperNet 4G. | 26-May-2017 |
21 % salary increment for MGNREGA worker | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN) A 21 % increment has been announced with the salary of the Tripura govt employees under MGNREGA after following continuous protest led by the employees. | 26-May-2017 |
Communists come in Shiv-attire to beat s | AGARTALA (Dukli), May 25 (TIWN): CPI-M in Tripura has continued its Anti-BJP propaganda across the state. | 26-May-2017 |
Chit Fund companies still blooming at Ma | AGARTALA / KAILASHAHAR, May 25 (TIWN): Whereas Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had prohibited the sale of real estate by Rose Valley in January 2011 and but in Tripura under the Left Front Govt Chit Fund investigation have remained just as a gimmick. Eventhough all Chit Fund companies were shuttered down across the country, but neither the Tripura Govt showed any urgency to seal the properties nor it revealed interest for CBI investigation in it. Moreover, when all the Rose Valley companies were getting sealed in 2012, it was on January 30, 2012 that Tripura Rose Valley MD Ashok Saha had inaugurated the building there at Kailashahar. On Thursday Kailashahar Rose Valley building was finally sealed by Govt of Tripura with the recovery of various documents from the building, but inside the computers no hard disks were seen although. Kailashahar administration led by DCM Debi Halam had sealed the office on Thursday and also two notices were hanged on the wall with a court order, whereas two broken windows were also locked after recovery. | 25-May-2017 |
Bedlam in Tripura assembly, CM prevented | Agartala, May 26 (TIWN / IANS) Bedlam prevailed in Tripura assembly on Thursday, the last day of its three-day session, after Trinamool Congress's student wing supporters held a black-flag protest and prevented Chief Minister Manik Sarkar from entering the house. | 26-May-2017 |
MGREGA workers protest at Astabol | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): With 7 points of demands, MGNREGA workers staged demonstration at Astabol Stadium, infront of North Gate. | 25-May-2017 |
Tripura assembly unanimously approves st | Agartala, May 25 (IANS) The Left-ruled Tripura in a special assembly session on Thursday unanimously approved the state Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill. | 25-May-2017 |
Tripura Trinamool alleged police's bruta | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): After CPI-M hit West Bengal Police for attacking CPI-M, Tripura Trinamool Chatra Parishad brought serious allegations against Tripura police for attacking them repeatedly in the state, whenever they are holding protests. | 25-May-2017 |
7 years girl drowned | BISHALGARH, May 25 (TIWN): A 7 years girl died after she was drowned in a pond at Bishalgarh. | 25-May-2017 |
Nur Muhammad sent for 13 days JC | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Anuara murder accused Nur Muhammad has sent for Jail Custody by Agartala Dist & Session Judge Court on Thursday after he completed 12 days of police remand in total. | 25-May-2017 |
Trinamool Youth activists arrested in Tr | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): All the Trinamool agitators were arrested here in Tripura during a protest in front of Secretariat on Thursday. | 25-May-2017 |
Mockery of Democracy: CPI-M, TMC turn Tr | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Tripura Assembly witnessed an world war like situation on the ending day led Sudip Barman to get serious injuries when he lost temper after CMPI-M called Trinamools as "Goondas". CPI-M's statement was accepted as a 'condemnation' by the speaker which was protested by all the oppositions and during the verbal fight a bench fall on his leg, but such hustle-bustle situation was going on across the assembly session centering Chief Minister's absence in the Assembly. The 3 day long Assembly began on Tuesday but on Thursday before the ending day (Day-3) started, a protest was held infront of Secretariat regarding Anuara's murder case led by Trinamool Chatra Parishad members. Lack of enough police force led the situation more critical when the activists blocked CM's vehicle at Lichubagan area. But the Chief Minister moved his vehicle and returned his residence after witnessing the situation is tempered. | 25-May-2017 |
Protest for Anuara's Justice hits Secret | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): When the 3rd day of the Assembly was to begin at Secretariat, Tripura Trinamool Chatra Parishad hit Secretariat premise with protest roars demanding Anuara's justice and blocked Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's car to enter 'until he gives answer of the protesters'. However, Manik Sarkar declined to face the protest and moved the vehicle and went back. As a result the last day of the Assembly was full of chaos as Chief Minister could not enter the Secretariat. Two allegations raised on this issue : 1) Why Chief Minister could not enter the Secretariat when everyone could enter ? 2) Why Chief Minister avoided to face the oppositions questions about Anuara when he is also the Home Minister of the state ? However, CPI-M MLAs raised issue before the speaker asking whereas TMCP's blocking CM's entrance was correct way of protest ? But immediately the oppositions protested saying why CM is avoiding such a sensitive issues and why students issue held outside is discussing inside the Assembly? | 25-May-2017 |
Recruitment corruption in Health Dept : | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Against the recruitment of pharmacists in the health dept in 2015, a case has been filed by unemployed deprived youths in Tripura. | 24-May-2017 |
Summer waves hit normal lives in Tripur | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Terrible summer has turned the normal lives unbearable in Tripura. | 24-May-2017 |
Utilization of NREGA funds a huge concer | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Rural India yet to felicitate with development schemes virtually even after 70 years of the independence due to inactive participation of various states in the country, left a major portion of the country undeveloped, without source of income. The rural job by NREGA working days was an initiative to push the workers in Govt works with their minimum benefit, but the project aim was reversed due to RD corruptions across the states. RD scam comes in the first row, led the incomplete projects, limited water bodies, loss in domestic production. If NREGA funds could be utilized well, then massive development could be caused across the nation, but in Tripura it's often seen a person already having a pond, being a false beneficiary of MGNREGA enjoys the central fund showing the 'old pond as new'; Congress MLA Birjit Sinha also filed case in High Court against which High Court has called SIT for inquiry. Apart from that rich people having MGNREGA job cards are also nothing new for Tripura. | 24-May-2017 |
Martyr’s family neglected, compen | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): When country is suffering from continuous Pak-China attack threats, Tripura’s son Martyr Amal Sarkar’s family living in poverty fully neglected by state govt too. State Govt neither gave any compensation to the family, nor felt it necessary to take the issue to the centre so that atleast one job or some amount of compensation can be arranged for SSB Martyr Amal Sarkar. Moreover, when the issue raised before CM Manik Sarkar, who is also the Home Minister on the 2nd day of Tripura Assembly Special session, Sarkar clearly said that is important that a martyr family should be taken cared, but first let’s see what central govt or Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) gives his family. Sarkar’s speech clearly reveals that Govt has all capacity to compensate the family but it lacks mentality and thus politicization with Martyrs also on peak in Tripura ahead of election. | 25-May-2017 |
1 arrested with 9mm pistol | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): One 26 years youth was arrested with 9mm pistol from Agartala City, created much tension among the local people at there. | 24-May-2017 |
'No recruitment is urgently possible' : | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Asking about 15436 vacant posts for teachers in school education dept, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said, "We don't have enough B.Ed candidates to fill up those vacancies. In this crisis situation, I am requesting the other teachers to do more hard work so that crisis is not felt with your dedication". | 24-May-2017 |
Target 1.16 lakhs, Panda submits report | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Amidst Tripura's pathetic shape of skill development in Tripura National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) board held a meeting with state officials. | 24-May-2017 |
Road accident injured 3 persons at Udaip | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): 3 persons were injured in an accident at Udaipur including a one & half years baby after an auto and truck had hit each other. | 24-May-2017 |
Students lock class rooms protesting pow | SONAMURA, May 24 (TIWN): Students of Khash Chowmuhani H S School at Sonamura locked the class rooms protesting against the ongoing crisis in the school. | 24-May-2017 |
Congress demands rape accused Shyamal Sa | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Tripura Congress hit East Women Police Station with protest, issuing a rape case recently took place at the Capital City. | 24-May-2017 |
BJP demands 7th pay commission, stages p | UDAIPUR, May 24 (TIWN): Along with the whole state BJP at Udaipur also demanded 7th pay commission for the State Govt Employees and pensioners. | 24-May-2017 |
REGA employees held press meet | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Holding a press conference the MGNREGA workers told media that amidst continuous protests, rallies with 5 points of demands, the workers are deprived of their basic rights in state. | 24-May-2017 |
'Thieves ! thieves ! gobbling all Centra | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Tripura Assembly adjourned with NREGA fund debacle when opposition sharply reacted against CPI-M MLA's raised the issue of NREGA fund slashing by the Central Govt. Sudhan Das, CPI-M MLA said in the Assembly 'When other states are getting the full funds why partiality was done with Tripura? Immediately, Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath said that due to continuous fund looting under MGNREGA by Tripura Govt since decades, the Central Govt has bound to slash the funds'. The issue didn't stop there, but was worsen when the all opposition leaders started to scream in the Assembly calling the state govts as "Thief" and showing agitation infront of the speaker. "In the name of MGNREGA, Rural Development, PMAY-Gramin yojna the Govt is looting crores', said Nath at Press Club. Nath also alleged that violating the PMAY scheme's direct beneficiary system, which comes in 3 installments the left front govt, keeping the Assembly Election in front have planned to loot 7 to 8 crores of commission in the name of tin-distribution for PMAY beneficiaries. | 24-May-2017 |
CPI-M's job recruitment scam : 13000 new | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): CPI-M Govt's recruitment scams with newly announced 13000 'imaginary ' posts fueling unrest as the terminated RMSA staffs held a meeting on Wednesday following the long silence of the govt over reappointment even after meeting the Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty on last Friday. During the meeting, discussion took place based on the ground of present condition and their re-appointment chances. As newly created 13000 posts are un-useful to the non-teaching staffs so the meeting centered on their future protest schedules too, that was continuing since they were terminated in 2015. Tripura Govt hd terminated the services of 156 Lab Attendents and office staff employees working under RMSA on October, 2015 . Govt reasoned that since Project Approval Board(PAB),MHRD/Govt of India has stopped support to these posts and it cannot bear the salary support. However, a serious question was raised, when schools are there, students are there, Labs are there so can labs functions without lab attendants. | 24-May-2017 |
Indian, Bangladeshi officials discuss cr | Agartala, May 24 (TIWN / IANS) Administrative and police officials of border districts in India's Tripura have finalised strategies to deal with cross-border crimes and deal with other irritants in an one-day meet with their counterparts of contiguous Bangladeshi districts, an official said here on Wednesday. | 24-May-2017 |
TMC formed state committee for SC / Mino | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Trinamool Tapasili Jati Unnayan Samiti & Tripura Pradesh Minority cell held a press meet on Wednesday. | 24-May-2017 |
‘Stop drama of Limited Capacity & | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): With the completion of 9 day long signature campaigning for State Govt Employees and Pensioners, Tripura BJP has sat on mass demonstration for long 4 hours demanding 7th pay commission for the employees. BJP State President Biplab Deb, who already as a part of election promise told the govt employees if BJP comes in power first it will implement 7th pay commission for the state govt employees, said that Tripura Govt should stop drama of a Rs. 600 crores of budget for employees. “Getting full salary is employees right and thus instead of drama state govt should release the unpaid salaries to its employeesâ€, said BJP President. "In the Assembly also Finance Minister failed to give any clear idea about the would be pay-structure under review committee and gave excuse of limited capacity. Govt should take retirement if it has no capacity", Deb added.However, although responding the demands of ruling and opposition party affiliated employees bodies, the Tripura government on Wednesday set up a high-powered committee on increasing salaries and pensions for its 209,000 employees and pensioners, but if the Govt wishes it can easily clear the pending DA of its employees. | 24-May-2017 |
BJP's signature campaign ends on Wednesd | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): BJP launched signature campaign has been completed successfully on Tuesday getting a huge response from the state govt employees, pensioners. | 24-May-2017 |