Archive Detail
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| 'Unions & Associations of BSNL' shutters | AGARTALA, July 27 (TIWN): Tripura BSNL employees under 'Unions & Associations of BSNL' along with the whole nation, has gone in massive protest at Agartala with 5 points of demands after they held a same protest on July 20. | 27-Jul-2017 |
| Rain hits Thursday afternoon | AGARTALA, July 27 (TIWN): After a sunny day, rain is again back in Tripura on Thursday afternoon that heavily hit the normal lives in the Capital Agartala. | 27-Jul-2017 |
| TCA to get charge for developing Umakant | AGARTALA, July 27 (TIWN): The pathetic condition of Umakanta stadium was complained since years led the sport dept to visit the field on Thursday. | 27-Jul-2017 |
| 'Utbhastu Development Committee' demands | AGARTALA, July 27 (TIWN): During counter-terrorism periods in Tripura, many people were de-sheltered from their homes in Tripura, but they were promised of getting full compensation and rehabilitation. | 27-Jul-2017 |
| More power to Central Universities from | AGARTALA, July 27 (TIWN): In a move to gain quality education in Higher Education system of India, UGC has given more powers to Central Universities but with the shifting of the financial liabilities to the Universities. | 27-Jul-2017 |
| Monsoon : Road on the verge of destructi | AGARTALA/ MELAGHARH, July 27 (TIWN): After Sonamura, now one more road is on the verge of destruction at Melagharh’s Takmachara area. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| CPI-M's 24 yrs deprivation : Whom Manik | AGARTALA, July 27 (TIWN): During IPFT's blockade on National Highway, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar had dumped all the liabilities on the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh as Sarkar preferred to save his vote banks, instead of taking action. But what will Manik Sarkar do if the SSA teachers sit on Hunger Strike from August-1. If on that time, CM appeals the Central Govt, there are high chances that the teachers will be regularized but will Sarkar do this as the quality of the teachers are always under question including SSA, RMSA teachers ? Earlier Assam, Nagaland, Manipur Govts had regularized their contractual SSA, RMSA teachers, but as after many protests and demands the teachers have not been regularized in Tripura, thus the protest scheduled has been modified as 'hunger strike' till death from Aug-1. Talking to the media, the teachers said, "When schools are suffering from teachers-crisis, why contractual teachers are not being regularized ? Instead of making the contractual teachers as regular, Tripura Govt has announced 12000 new non-teaching posts at regular basis, but why for RMSA and SSA teachers only, the Tripura Govt has no fund ?" | 26-Jul-2017 |
| ONGC intensifies exploration of gas in T | Agartala, July 27 (TIWN / IANS) The state-owned ONGC has stepped up exploration activities in Tripura to unearth more gas to set up a fertilizer plant and to augment power generation, an official said. | 27-Jul-2017 |
| 7 years on, land acquisition begins for | Agartala, July 27 (TIWN / IANS) Land acquisition for a 15 km India-Bangladesh railway line has finally begun in both countries -- more than seven-and-a-half-years after the Rs 963 crore ($145 million) project was finalised and a year after the ground-breaking ceremony was performed, an official said here. | 27-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura Govt College Professor missing w | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): Tripura Central University administration is undergoing tremendous challenges as State Colleges are not submitting various marks including practical marks of the semesters. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| ONGC to go for 20 days shutdown from Aug | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): Tripura run ONGC to go for long 20 days shutdown in Tripura from Aug-19, said ONGC Asset Manager S C Soni. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Can Biplab save BJP workers from CPI-M v | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): After BJP activist Chanmohon Tripura died in February-2017, police had termed him as 'mentally imbalanced', but when the clash emerged in July 19, 2017 among BJP and CPI-M at Chailengta and one teacher Babul Majumder died then Bijan Dhar explained saying that the killers were only BJP as after the murder the activists were found shouting as "Bharat Mata Ki Joy, Modi Ji Zindabad, Manik Sarkar Murdabad" ! Immediately SFI, DYFI, CPI-M, Nari Samiti also came in mass demonstration holding rallies, but Tripura BJP remained silent and remained focused on other issues. When Central Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on July 22 met the victims at GB Hospital then CPI-M again raised question, how a Central Minister can meet party members in a Govt visit ? But state BJP remained silent. Today when the deadbody of BJP martyr Nishikant Chakma arrived at party headquarter, then CPI-M was silent and they do not have any explanation to give for 'who killed Nishikant Chakma' ? | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura Physiotherapists protest for lon | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): The unemployed physiotherapists have organized a protest rally in the Capital City voicing for their long pending demands. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Poor quality's construction : Businessme | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): The Shyamli Bipani Bitan, that was established in 2009, a huge number of businessmen had taken the shops in lease from the state govt. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Flood effected families compensations de | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): On behalf of Khayerpur flood affected families, who yet to get their compensation, Tripura opposition BJP has placed deputation to the SDM Agartala. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Tapan's slow moving boat trying to pass | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): With a major jolt it has been known that the whole interview process and recruitment process for the 12000 posts will be ended in the month of October. But why School Education Dept needs 3 months to end the process when the whole selection procedure is being done via walk-in-interviews ? The much controversial posts of 12000 post's interviews are going on across eight districts but question that is raising how the govt will save their jobs that has been taken via walk-in-interview system ? These are the posts that didn't allow the library science degree holders to apply for librarian posts, just because they do not have teaching experience ! Moreover, instead of taking written tests, govt is again taking walk in interview but will the central govt release salaries for those non-teaching staffs who have been appointed showing their teaching experiences ? However, anyhow the CPI-M Govt is trying to postpone the issue upto February-2018 so that the election can be passed. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Bijita calls for awareness on loan-benef | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): The much controversial Tripura Rose Valley icon, Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath, who was recently interrogated by CBI suspecting her involvement in Rose Valley scam, has called for loan-benefits awareness on Wednesday along with minority welfare minister Ratan Bhowmik. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| CPI held protest, accuses BJP for spread | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): When state BJP is gloomed over the death of their supporter Nishikant Chakma, Tripura left front backed CPI has accused BJP for spreading violence in state on Wednesday. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura party threatens agitation over s | Agartala, July 26 (TIWN / IANS) After a regional party blocked the National Highway and lone railway line in Tripura for more than 10 days demanding a separate state for tribals, another tribal entity on Wednesday threatened to launch an agitation over the same demand. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura unemployed youths demand for wri | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): Whereas competitions are going on to pass the walk in interview of 12000 non-teaching posts in Education Depts, Tripura unemployed Physiotherapists have demanded that their recruitments must be followed by UPSC guidelines. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Can Biplab save his party activists unde | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): After BJP activist Chanmohon Tripura died in February-2017, police had termed him as 'mentally imbalanced', but when the clash emerged in July 19, 2017 among BJP and CPI-M at Chailengta and one teacher Babul Majumder died then Bijan Dhar explained saying that the killers were only BJP as after the murder the activists were found shouting as "Bharat Mata Ki Joy, Modi Ji Zindabad, Manik Sarkar Murdabad" ! Immediately SFI, DYFI, CPI-M, Nari Samiti also came in mass demonstration holding rallies, but Tripura BJP remained silent and remained focused on other issues. When Central Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on July 22 met the victims at GB Hospital then CPI-M again raised question, how a Central Minister can meet party members in a Govt visit ? But state BJP remained silent. Today when the deadbody of BJP martyr Nishikant Chakma arrived at party headquarter, then CPI-M was silent and they do not have any explanation to give for 'who killed Nishikant Chakma' ? | 26-Jul-2017 |
| Tearful adieu to BJP martyr Nishiant Ch | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): Martyr Nishikant Chakma's deadbody has arrived in BJP main Office in the morning, who was killed in a clash with ruling CPI-M. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| BJP using PMO to destabilise Tripura: CP | New Delhi, July 26 (TIWN / IANS) With the Centre promising negotiations with leaders of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) -- organisers of the recent 10-day-long economic blockade demanding a separate state for the tribals of Tripura -- CPI(M) senior leader Jitendra Choudhury has accused the BJP of using "unethical and undemocratic" means to destabilise the state. | 26-Jul-2017 |
| BJP set to all guns blazing in Tripura ; | AGARTALA , July 26 (TIWN) : Giving considerable importance to the Assembly Poll 2018 BJP is planning to bring its star campaigner Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the rallies to be organized by the party in Tripura . A highly placed sourcesinformed TIWN on Tuesday night ," In September Prime Minister Narendra Modi is almost certain to visit Tripura on a official visit in September . And during this visit BJP will organize a public rally anywhere at Dharmanagar or at Agartala . And from this rally BJP will officially launch its Assembly Poll campaign for 2018 . " And the sources further informed that BJP national leadership including BJP President Amit Shah is very keen to come to the power in Tripura , especially after the party has been getting positive response from all corners of the state . | 25-Jul-2017 |
| Total violation of MHRD guidelines : Tri | AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): With unique example in the whole country, Tripura Govt has recorded for taking interviews for non-teaching posts asking ‘teaching experience’ as the obligatory qualification to apply for the posts. But it can be recalled that it was on July-6 that Central HRD Minister for State Dr Mahendra Nath Pande said that if any recruitment comes under MHRD guidelines than the central govt will not have any problem, but if not then “'Central Govt is not sitting to permit recruitments violating MHRD guidelinesâ€. With the peculiar eligibility being asked by Tripura Govt have deprived the degree holders of library science, who couldn’t appeal for the post just because they do not have teaching experience. Although Tripura Govt said that 'We have created 12000 posts, so Eligibility also we will decide', but at the end the state govt can keep its promise or not it's uncertain. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| Killed BJP leader’s dead body to | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Nishikant Chakma who was killed in a clash with CPI-M, will be paid tribute before his funeral at BJP Head Quarter (Krishnanagar) in the morning 8.30 AM, the party office told media. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| Triple murder : Son killed parents, maid | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): With a bizzare incident, son has killed his parents in a locked room on Tuesday. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura's Rural Development : Road colla | SONAMURA, July 25 (TIWN): With the incessant rainfalls since last few days, 3 years old road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sarak Yojna, that constructed by local contractor has been collapsed at Sonamura. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| Girl missing from 42 days, BJP places de | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): BJP Women Morcha on Tuesday has placed deputation to DGP A K Sukla demanding rescue of a minor girl who was kidnapped 1 month back. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| 10323 teachers urged people not to creat | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Amid much controversy, vexation among a section of deprived unemployed youths, the 10323 teachers on Tuesday have urged the people not to go against them for again. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| BSNL employees again to sit on protest | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Tripura BSNL employees under 'Unions & Associations of BSNL' along with the whole nation, will go on protest at Agartala with 5 points of demands after they held a same protest on July 20. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| BJP leaders visit Nishikant Chakma's hom | AGARTALA / CHAILENGTA, July 25 (TIWN): BJP State President Biplab Deb, Vice President Rampada Jamatia, Subol Bhowmik, Jishnu Devbarman have visited Nishikant Chakma's house on Tuesday afternoon. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura shares 7 votes for 14th Presiden | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Ram Nath Kovind, a former BJP member and an RSS activist, was on Tuesday sworn in as the 14th President of India. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| BJP tribal youth activist died in pre-po | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): The BJP supporter who was admitted in GB Hospital after massive clash conducted among BJP and CPI-M on July 19, has taken his last breath today. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| DM South visited construction site for r | Sabroom, July 25 (TIWN): DM South, SDM Sabroom, Executive Engineer Satchand ,MDC cum Chairman Rupaichari Sathai Mog,BDO Rupaichari RD Block and other line departments officers visited construction site of Magroom ADC Village for selection of site for rehabilitation of Jhumia Families under Rupaichari ADC Village of Sabroom Sub Division. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| Mockery of Democracy : After jobs of 5 t | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): The interview of much awaited 12000 non-teaching posts have begun on Tuesday via 'walk-in-interviews' across Tripura school education offices. The posts were indirectly created for the 10,323 teachers who lost their jobs in a Supreme Court's verdict on March-29 due to the recruitment policy's violation by the Tripura govt while appointing them, when Banamali Sinha was the Education Director and S K Panda was the Chief Secretary. However, in 2014, May-7 High Court had cancelled the jobs of those 10,323 teachers following 58 deprived youths petitions, but Tripura Govt was given option to save their jobs by appointing also the 58 petitioners in Govt Depts as per their qualifications. But instead of giving them jobs, Tripura Govt had challenged the HC's order and later in 2017, March-29 state govt had lost the case in Supreme Court. Immediately opposition demanded Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's resignation for devastating 10,323 families. Thus to save state govt's face, the 12000 non-teaching posts were created with a 'surprise' of Teaching-Experience of 5 to 7 years as the eligibility. | 25-Jul-2017 |
| Anti-Nationalistic poll drive continues | SONAMURA, July 25 (TIWN): When the whole state knows about the rampant illegal activities via Sonamura borders, instead of protesting on such issues, state Congress has targeted BSF for generating tension at Sonamura. Congress, CPI-M's friendship has turned a much believed story in Tripura ahead of the poll and from strike to other issues, how Congress is helping CPI-M with Anti-BJP propaganda it's well known. At Sonamura from Ganja plantation to fundamentalists presence have been overlooked just for votebanks and CPI-M's party funds under Minister Sahid Chowdhury, even including the Dhanpur areas under CM Manik Sarkar. However, Congress has placed a deputation to the SDM Sumit Lodh on Tuesday following a massive rally amidst weak party organizational strength. Congress raised question, why BSF locks the gates in the evening opposite side of the fencing where the Indian farmers cultivate ? | 25-Jul-2017 |
| 'Where our moneys have gone from 2010-11 | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Before sitting in hunger strike from August 1st demanding regularization, SSA teachers have claimed that since the year 2010 the state govt was receiving full pays of the teachers, but instead of giving it to the teachers, the Govt had been fooling the them by providing salaries as per the wish. The SSA teachers have demanded that their money should be returned soon that was taken by the state govt as a kind of “Pocket Cuttingâ€. The SSA teachers accused Tripura Govt for looting SSA teachers’ salaries years after years and also 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). | 24-Jul-2017 |
| TSP is CPI-M's blueprint ? | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): A major section tribals have alleged that Tipraland State Party is just a blueprint of CPI-M, after the state Govt failed to continue the blockade with Governor's intervention. | 24-Jul-2017 |
| BJP’s poll drive with joining-met | AGARTALA, July 25 (TIWN): Joining of voters in the party via rallies or programmes has been the key of BJP’s winning across the country. | 24-Jul-2017 |
| Manik Sarkar gears up employees sufferin | AGARTALA , July 25 TIWN): Though the Assembly Poll 2018 is still more than 6 months away , ruling CPI-M has already started its fund raising in as many dubious ways as it can. And traditionally CPI-M party's bulk contribution comes from State Govt employees , who are supposed to pay a lump sum amount to CPI-M's Special Election Fund although they are quite unwilling to pay such amount . The irony of fate is that using the tool of transfer to remote places CPI-M party is always involved in forceful collection of party fund though this collection is termed as " voluntary contribution "(সà§à¦¬à§‡à¦šà§à¦›à¦¾à§Ÿà¦¦à§‡à§Ÿà¦¾à¦šà¦¾à¦à¦¦à¦¾) . The amount is collected through CPI-M's employees' organ's H B Road leaders , who are simply acting as commissioned agents of CPI-M . | 24-Jul-2017 |
| Manik Sarkar gears up employees sufferin | AGARTALA , July 24(TIWN): Though the Assembly Poll 2018 is still more than 6 months away , ruling CPI-M has already started its fund raising in as many dubious ways as it can. And traditionally CPI-M party's bulk contribution comes from State Govt employees , who are supposed to pay a lump sum amount to CPI-M's Special Election Fund although they are quite unwilling to pay such amount . The irony of fate is that using the tool of transfer to remote places CPI-M party is always involved in forceful collection of party fund though this collection is termed as " voluntary contribution "(সà§à¦¬à§‡à¦šà§à¦›à¦¾à§Ÿà¦¦à§‡à§Ÿà¦¾à¦šà¦¾à¦à¦¦à¦¾) . The amount is collected through CPI-M's employees' organ's H B Road leaders , who are simply acting as commissioned agents of CPI-M . H B Road selects those persons as leaders, who are really the puppets of CPI-M leaders . Quite naturally neither this organ not its leaders is seen to utter a word against the stategovt regarding the massive deprivation being imposed upon the employees . Since 1998 state employees in Tripura are having the lowest pay structures in India .But the H B Road leaders seem to be the silent spectators of this massive loss caused to them by Manik Sarkar led CPI-M govt . | 24-Jul-2017 |
| SSA teachers to go on 'Hunger Strike Til | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The hunger strike that was scheduled to be held on August 9, has been rescheduled from August 1st, but with a surprise of "Hunger Strike till Death". | 24-Jul-2017 |
| TSP slams IPFT leaders for fooling indig | AGARALA, July 24 (TIWN): Without mentioning anyone's name, Tipraland State Party (TSP) Chief Chittaranjan Debbarma has slammed the IPFT leaders for lying to its people on the day of strike-withdrawal on July 20. | 24-Jul-2017 |
| Shop looted at Gol Bazar | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): A shop was looted at Gol Bazar, Agartala. | 24-Jul-2017 |
| Showers continue on Northeast | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): A constant rain has disrupted normal lives here in Tripura on Monday. | 24-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura assembly polls: BJP to field new | Agartala, July 24 (TIWN / IANS) The BJP will put up 98 per cent new faces and 65 per cent young candidates in next year's assembly elections in Left-ruled Tripura, a top party leader has said. | 24-Jul-2017 |
| After Assam, Nagaland, Manipur Govts reg | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): With the reference of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland : 3 Northeastern State Govts who regularized contractual teachers to meet the 'quality-education' in their states, Tripura's Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers are going in hunger strike from August-1st, if within the mean time they are not regularized. According to the teachers, 'If Quality Education is needed, why the contractual teachers are not being regularized ? Instead of making the contractual teachers as regular, Tripura Govt has announced 12000 new non-teaching posts at regular basis, but why for RMSA and SSA teachers only, the Tripura Govt has no fund ?' Protesting against the long deprivation, amid uncertain future of the teachers a rally was conducted from Rabindra Bhawan and all the teachers later gathered at office line, showing mass agitation. Talking to the media the teachers said, "In 2013, the SSA project had begun in Tripura, Presently there are 5,145 teachers working in SSA and more 660 staffs are there. We have been demanding for our regularizing since decade, but instead of regularizing us and listening our pleas, the govt has left our futures with much uncertainties". | 24-Jul-2017 |
| Tipraland Politics : NC to see tough tim | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): IPFT Chief N C Debbarma may go through hard times, as a new separatist party Tripraland State Party (TSP) has emerged in Tripura in a fresh mode, that was registered under Election Commission of India with the Registration No : 56/ 199/ 2015-17/ TPS-I. Addressing a press conference, the party president Chittaranjan Debbarma said, "We also support the demand of Tripraland, but in real sense. The blockade at Baramura that was withdrawn on July 20, saying that Central Govt had a talk with the party leaders was just a way to fool the indigenous people by the tribal leaders. They did wrong by telling lie to the Tipraland aspirants". On August 23rd the party members will observe "Tipraland Demand Day" in this regard. With the announcement of Chittaranjan Debbarma question raising, will N C Debbarma loose his support from the indigenous people with Chitaranjan Debbarma's arrival ? | 24-Jul-2017 |
| Rain collapses Jagannath Bari Park's wal | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): State Govt constructed, under Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC), the Jagannath Bari Park's wall has been collapsed after Sunday's rain, triggered much anger among the locals. | 24-Jul-2017 |