Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Late night fire guts a shop | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Latenight fire has gutted a shop at Agartala on Saturday. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Country gets common-taxation-system : Mo | AGARTALA, July 1 (TIWN): Much excitement was observed among the Modi-followers in Tripura when the GST was launching in the midnight Parliamentary Session. However, with the BJP led NDA Govt has successfully launched GST from July 1st (12 AM) at the Parliament, here in Tripura the BJP supporters gathered at BJP Office, in front of Rabindra Bhawan, Big-Bazar to celebrate GST. GST bill in Tripura was passed in the Assembly on a special session from May-23 to May 25. Even though National CPI-M leaders, Congress and Trinamool have boycotted the midnight parliamentary GST session but Tripura left front ruled Govt had launched GST without much doldrums in the presence of Trinamool, Congress MLAs in the state Assembly. When oppositions are fuming over GST launching, then nation has gone through “One Nation, One Tax-system†mood like Demonetization. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Old Agartala glittering as it's Kharchi | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): After a year, once again it's Kharchi puja that has begun with full devotion in Tripura accompanied by thousands of Tribals, Bengalies. Kharchi puja is a traditional holy festival has been observed since the Kingdom, now has turned a horizon for mass-gathering regardless cast, creed and community. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Tripura Gramin Banks observes one day st | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Tripura Gramin Bank on Friday has observed one day strike with various demands. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| 1 Country 1 Tax-system : Hectic day in T | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Tripura's maximum bankers undergone a hectic day ahead of GST meeting at the parliament from the midnight. Since 11.30 AM no customer care was given in renowned banks as they said to be 'busy with GST'. However, as per rules and guidelines, media was not allowed to enter the banks for any photography. The introduction of GST in India is a substantial shift from the current tax regime. Currently, a NBFC, Banks with pan-India operations can discharge its service tax compliances through a single `centralized’ registration. However, under GST, such Banks/ NBFCs would need to obtain a separate registration for each state where they operate. Thus, the pressure is likely to high on banks too and nothing was different in case of Tripura. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| State Govt bends down under pressure of | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Worried with the continuous pressure from opposition BJP , state govt seems to have bend down regarding the regularization of contractual employees under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) . According to a top level Education(School) Department official , state govt recently held a meeting with the leaders of SSA Teachers' Association . The meeting was presided over by Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty and those who attended included Principal Secretary,Education(School )Sushil Kumar,IAS, Director(Elementary Education) and State Project Director(SSA) Smt Kuntal Das . TIWN sources sources addedthat in this meeting state govt has accepted some of the demands raised by the agitated SSA teachers' Association. The decision of the govt , as a top level official said, came under pressure from BJP . Recently State BJP President Biplab Deb said in a press meet that if BJP comes to power in 2018, govt will regularize all contractual teachers and other employees recruited under SSA and RMSA . | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Ration dealers to launch 'Ration-Bachao, | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): In demand of certain issues and Modi Govt's recently launched rules for ration shop dealers, Tripura left front backed ration shop dealers to stage various protests at Agartala as well as New Delhi. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Left Front's Nari Samiti held protest | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Tripura Nari Samiti held a protest issuing the recent Bidyut Ghosh's matter who was charged for blackmailing a woman with a false marriage certificate. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Ration dealers to launch 'Ration-Bachao, | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): In demand of certain issues and Modi Govt's recently launched rules for ration shop dealers, Tripura left front backed ration shop dealers to stage various protests at Agartala as well as New Delhi. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Chaos hits Durga Bari Petrol pump | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): The sudden petrol crisis caused heavy chaos at Durga Bari Petrol pump on Friday, the main petrol pump at Agartala City. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Sudden Petrol crisis hits consumers hard | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): A sudden petrol crisis is hitting the customers hard on Friday here in the Capital City Agartala. The unannounced crisis have been also reported from other subdivisions. The cause of the crisis situation yet to be identified as the petrol pump workers are not saying anything regarding the reason behind the crisis. However, due to one day of Eid-Holiday and Rath-Yatra this crisis may have emerged, alleged a section of pump workers eventhough Eid and Rath Yatra have completed long before. The crisis situation was observed since Thursday afternoon however, but customers could not guess about the sudden crisis of fuel like this led them to stand behind Durga Bari petrol pump since the morning.The issue turned more critical when Durga Bari Petrol pump fuel stock was ended at 11 AM caused a huge resentment among the common people. As a part of reaction, the pump workers at Durga Bari said, 'What can we do if the stock is over. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Traditional Kharchi Puja to begin from S | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Preparation on peak as the 7 day long Kharchi puja. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Tripura Govt Hospitals reeling under pat | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Tripura Health Service in Govt Hospitals have remained paralyzed even after the free flow of funds from the Centre. Principal Secretary M Nagaraju who is holding the chair since 2 years, eventhough recently was replaced by Samarjit Bhowmik has downed the health service more with the license-less activity of the doctors, staffs. Whereas intern-doctors are protesting for their wages to be cleared, the junior doctors are targeted by the dept for all negligence. In case of Anuara murder case, it was unearthed that GB Hospital issuing death certificates by unregistered Doctors. Tripura Engineering Student Anuara Choudhury's death certificate was signed by Dr. Kishan Rawat whose name is not even registered under Tripura Medical Council till day, but the Principal Secretary even didn't asked for proper investigation of the case. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Husband arrested for torturing wife with | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Partha Deb and Sangita Chakraborty were arrested by police on Thursday for involving in heinous crime. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Congress weakening more : 500 Congress m | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): With a major jolt for Tripura Pradesh Congress a major part of it to join BJP ahead of Assembly Election-2018. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| After CBI Interrogation Bijita Nath come | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): Just after CBI interrogation Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Bijita Nathhas come up heavily on media blaming that media needs a model for its business and after the CBI notice issued to her media has made her a model for publishing breaking stories . Bijita Nath's approach is seen as an arrogant attempt to put pressure on the 4th pillar democracy . It is not a unfamiliar matter with CPI-M to attack media whenever any truth damaging the party image is published in print or electronic media . | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Rose Valley 'Drama-Queen' : CPI-M Minist | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): No woman minister in India till day in her defense would have uttered that 'she is woman' and thus secondary 'object' of the society that Tripura Minister Bijita Nath said in her clarification about CBI's interrogation against Rose Valley. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| 10 to 5.30 schedule for Tripura Govt emp | AGARTALA, June 30 (TIWN): The 10 to 5.30 PM office schedule to be activated from July 1st. | 30-Jun-2017 |
| Rose Valley Chit Fund Scam : CBI interro | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): Central Bureau of Investigation has interrogated Tripura Minister Bijita Nath at Secretariat on Thursday morning. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Rose Valley Chit Fund Scam : CBI interro | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): With a major faceloss for Manik Sarkar led CPI-M Govt for involvement in multicrore Chit Fund scam, on Thursday CBI has interrogated Minister Bijita Nath for an hour and half at Civil Secretariat in her chamber. Hundreds of staffs, peons, calss-4 employees witnessed this shameful incident at Civil Secretariat. Minister Bijita Nath is the chief accused among the ruling Govt for her active involvement in Rose Valley chit fund scam, who not only allegedly took bribe from the company but also was an agent of it. On July 24, it was leaked that CBI to begin interrogation of former Rose Valley agent, Tripura Chief Minister’s right hand Minister Bijita Nath on June 29,2017 at Minister’s Agartala residence as informed by CBI’s East Zone HQ Kolkata office in an official communication to State Govt. Since the morning on Thursday, media was eyeing at her residence but her place was changed and atlast at Civil Secretariat the interrogation took place. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Bijita Nath takes shelter at Civil Secre | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): To avoid media chaos at her residence Tripura Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath has taken shelter at Secretariat on Thursday since morning 7.30 AM. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| CBI questions Tripura Minister in chit f | Agartala, June 29 (TIWN / IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on Thursday interrogated Tripura Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath in connection with a case of the Rose Valley chit fund scam. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| CBI changed interrogation-place : Minist | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): CBI has changed the place of interrogation with Minister Bijita Nath, which was to be conducted at her residence in Rabindra Palli, for her alleged involvement in Rose Valley scam. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Chit Fund tainted Bijita Nath's comment | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): Minister Bijita Nath who is now the prime accused of consuming a lot of cashes from Rose Valley Chit Fund company could not hide her frustration anymore when media interrogated her about CBI's questioning matters with her for more than an hour. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| First ever entry interrogation of CBI wi | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): For the first in Tripura's political History CBI to interrogate a Minister against financial scam. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Communist Minister breaks record : Bijit | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): Breaking down the history, finally Communist Govt has bound CBI to meet state's minister for the first time in Tripura and the minister is none other than Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Panic grips CPI-M over Bjita Nath's inte | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): All eyes are on CBI and Social Social Welfare & Social Education Minister Bijita as CBI team led by Inspector BratinGhoshal will interrogate SmtNath at 10 am in her official residence located at Agartala . A 9 members CBI team is learnt to have arrived at Agartala on Wednesday morning and the team is preparing its documents before interrogating BijitaNath . Being scared of its consequences of CBI probe state govt is learnt to have instructed the top level police officials not to disclose any secret matter to the CBI . | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Churaibari Sale-Tax Dept in trouble as m | AGARTALA, July 29 (TIWN): Weight measuring machine at Churaibari left damaged since more than a month. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Tripura political bike rallies going wit | AGARTALA / DHARMANAGAR, June 29 (TIWN): Political rallies are going across the state every day either march or by bikes/ vehicles. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| Jari Puja observed in Tripura ahead of K | AGARTALA, June 29 (TIWN): Ahead of traditional Kharchi Puja, Jari Puja has been completed with full devotion in Tripura. | 29-Jun-2017 |
| BJP complains Governor about CPI-M launc | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): Alleging CPI-M led violence are hitting the state everyday, fueling enmass beating, killing of BJP supporters a 8 members team led by BJP leader Subol Bhowmik palced deputation to the Governor Tathagata Roy on Wednesday afternoon. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| Nari Samiti crying foul to divert Bijita | AGARTALA, July 28 (TIWN): After CBI’s notice came for CPI-M Minister Bijita Nath for her alleged involvement in Rose Valley Chit fund scam, the scam which has been termed by oppositions as the ‘Greatest Scam of state Tripura, CPI-M has been engaged in various protests and searching for issues and trying to divert the issue with poll-unrest. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| Reckless driving caused serious accident | UDAIPUR, June 28 (TIWN): Citing another example of reckless driving Maruti-Alto car had fall 200 mtr down from the road, caused huge tension among the locals and the administration. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| June-29 to mark as ‘Historical Day | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): Crippling suspense, tense situations across Rabindra Palli Ministers’ quarter aread where CBI to make an entry to interrogate CPI-M Minister Bijita Nath on Thursday morning 10am. CBI investigation in Rose Valley scam was much awaited boon for the cheated public in Tripura as well as the opposition parties as Manik Sarkar blessed Rose Valley looted 14 lakhs people’s money from the small state of 36 lakhs population. Sources said that the youth members of various opposition parties will gather to enjoy, celebrate the occasion in front of Minister’s residence for which they were waiting a long. Since 2013, CBI had started its operation against Chit Fund from West Bengal Sudipta Sen was arrested. Opposition parties are in celebration mood and all have geared up to join the 'CBI-Welcoming' fest in front of Bijita Nath's house on Thursday. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| Tripura gears up for Presidential Electi | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): With the Presidential election coming closer, SDM S Chowdhury called for a meeting with BLOs at Matangini Pritilata Hall on Wednesday. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| IPFT held meeting | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): IPFT in an emergent meeting of the central executive committee (CEC)of the Indigenous People s Front (IPFT )at Agartala Press Club led by Rajeswar Debbarma discussed various issues related to the election. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| Tripura police denies BJP leader's plea | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): Police has declined to provide security to Tripura BJP leader Manik Das, who is allegedly undergoing life-threatening. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| CPI-M's Nari Bahini demands arrest of su | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): Meeting Tripura DGP A K Sukla, CPI-M backed Nari-Bahini led by MP Jharna Das Baidya demanded the arrest of Adv Bidyut Ghosh as soon as possible. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| 'Chit Fund' not a History, but still a | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): With another major blow, for Tripura CM Manik Sarkar Calcutta officials have sealed another chit fund hotel in Tripura under 'Response Group' on Tuesday midnight, following Calcutta High Court order with Case No. 533 of 2015 received from CBI. This hotel was located at Sakuntala market, Agartala and was actively involved in free business with AMC's trade license. But the Response chit company which was banned across the country along with other chit fund companies, was doing rampant business openly at Capital City's market. Thus, with a major face loss for Tripura Govt with Calcutta High Court's order the restaurant has been sealed finally. But surprisingly, customer didn't know that it was a chit fund company's hotel but Tripura Govt continued to allow AMC license to the hotel businessmen. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| Police yet to arrest doctors involved in | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): Tripura Engineering student who was killed by her maternal relatives has still remained just as a victim, unable to unfold the truth from her grave. | 27-Jun-2017 |
| Opposition targets government after CBI | Agartala, June 28 (TIWN / IANS) Opposition parties in Tripura on Tuesday trained their guns on the Left Front government for promoting illegal chit fund bodies after the CBI served a notice to Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| Tripura gears up to celebrate Kharchi Pu | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): Preparation on peak for the 7 day long Kharchi puja from July 1st. With the joint initiatives of the Block and Fair Committee, drinking water tanks will be installed to facilitate the devotees. | 27-Jun-2017 |
| Will Bijan Dhar's statement create more | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): In a furious manner CPI-M state Secretary Bijan Dhar urged his party members t fight back against BJP if any situation of self protection is needed. This statement of BijanDhar is very crucial as it has come at time where state has been witnessing political violences one by one at places such as Kumarghat , Kamalpur , Salema , Dukli , Bishalgarh , Udaipur , Rabgamati , Natun Bazar , Kamala Sagar and Belonia. In all these palces party supporters of BJP andCPI-M were injured as political clashes took to its serious proportions. When the common people of Tripura expected sincere attempts from all political parties to combat such clashes CPI-M Secretary BijanDhar is considered to have aggravated the situation by his statement given yesterday. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| Countdown for CBI interrogation to Bijit | AGARTALA,June 28 (TIWN): With less than 24 hours left for CBI interrogation to Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath , tension grips Melarmath top brass . It is learnt that a team of 9 CBI officials led by CBI Inspector Bratin Ghoshal have aready arrived here and a highly placed sources in CBI informs TIWN that the CBI officials are now busy in last minute preparations before interrogating Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath . And with the arrival of CBI team to the state sleepless night awaits Tripura CPI-M's top brass. One after another this Left Front govt is being put under severe pressure . | 28-Jun-2017 |
| CPI-M’s treacheryin the name of | AGARTALA, June 28 (TIWN): This is the ‘drama-artist’ Chief Minister of Tripura, infact the rarest Chief Minister of India, who claims for having no cell-phone and believes in 'good-works' ! When Opposition Congress woman leader Ratna Dutta on Tuesday afternoon was showing off her smart phone even though she was covering her head with a much old fashion 'Ghomta', but Manik Sarkar being the Chief Minister of a state doesn't use any cell phone. In the irony of politics women till day from Sonia Gandhi politburos remain with Ghomta and Dhoti/Pajamas for the 'impression', but all are fit with the digital era. But it is Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar who claims himself as the poorest chief minister boosts his "wiseness" saying "I have no Mobile Phone", even though his wife also has a SMART phone. If this is the attitude of Communists then, Tripura's Industrialization's dark present and past are nothing abnormal. | 28-Jun-2017 |
| 'Shutting down of print media overnight | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): Tripura Trinamool MLA Sudip Barman has slammed the ruling Govt for its conspiracy against media. | 27-Jun-2017 |
| Tripura's intern-doctors held protest fo | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): Alleging the Dept is not providing their wages in time, the intern doctors held a protest at GB Hospital on Tuesday. | 27-Jun-2017 |
| After West Bengal TMC Ministers, MPs CBI | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): After CBI had arrested one after one Trinamool leaders at West Bengal, now Tripura CPI-M's series of arresting to begin soon, as on Thursday CBI for the first time in Tripura to interrogate CPI-M Minister Bijita Nath at her residence. Opposition parties are in celebration mood and all have geared up to join the 'CBI-Welcoming' fest in front of Bijita Nath's house on Thursday. Especially Trinamool Congress is much more excited as if their long cherished dreams have been fulfilled after CBI in Rose Valley case arrested Tapas paul, Sudip Banerjee like figures at West Bengal. Holding a press conference Sudip Barman said, "Since Manik Sarkar has become the Chief Minister of Tripura in 1998, he started to shelter Chit Fund companies as much as he could that fueled the agencies to spread like boletus in the state. More interestingly, when he was law minister in 2000, the laws for Protection of Interest of Depositor was passed in the Assembly, although implemented in 2017". | 27-Jun-2017 |
| 'CPI-M-sponsor violence to hit Tripura w | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): After the bomb recovery issue of June 24 had hit the Capital City ahead of Eid al-Fitr, now the 2nd Eid of Sept-2nd might turn very sensitive. After the bomb recovery, it was suspected that there were some political conspiracy behind it. Saying, 'It's Ofcourse a Political conspiracy by CPI-M, Sudip Barman further claimed, "I have been informed via my secret sources that on the occasion of Bakri-Eid, CPI-M has blueprinted a dangerous communal violence across the state. I alert the people of Tripura to be careful and not to indulge in any kind of communal clash. This is a fully Communist sponsored violence for election benefits', said Barman on Tuesday's press meet. "CPI-M cadres will try to disturb the Communal harmony to divide the religion in the name of cow-slighter", said Barman. However, Barman said they will be monitoring the sensitive issues blueprinted by CPI-M. Barman's speech has however has shaken Melarmath and CPI-M now planning for a counter-attacking press meet. | 27-Jun-2017 |
| Customer alleges local shop-keeper selli | AGARTALA, June 27 (TIWN): Tension generated among locals of at Aralia after a plastic-like egg was recovered from a house. | 27-Jun-2017 |