Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| EPF Pensioner association hold mass prot | AGARTALA, July 18 (TIWN): The EPF pensioners association on Tuesday held a mass protest. | 18-Jul-2017 |
| BJP members gherao Tripura CM's, Ministe | Agartala, July 18 (IANS / TIWN) The BJP on Tuesday gheraoed Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and other ministers' residences demanding removal of road and rail blocks put up for over a week by a tribal party demanding a separate state, police said. | 18-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura CM blocked by BJP, 1 falls sick | AGARTALA, July 18 (TIWN): One BJP supporter became ill while protesting in front of CM’s residence, later taken to IGM hospital. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Kadamtala Panchayat Book shows expenditu | KADAMTALA/DHARMANAGAR , July 18 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's regime may be well remembered for massive fund looting in various schemes right from MGNREGA to PMGSY or even by the local panchayat bodies . These days the panchayats are showing printed records of expenditure done in every financial year . But truth is much bigger than what is printed. In Kadamatala Panchayat under Dharmanagar SubDivision a fund looting of Rs 24350/- has been exosed. In the name of Repairing of a same road panchayat showed expenditure made twice and with different amount . | 18-Jul-2017 |
| No action with NH-8/ Rail blockade ; Con | AGARTALA, July 18 (TIWN): Congress called dawn to dusk strike on Wednesday likely to call massive suffering to the people when already National Highway has been paralyzed. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura’s law & order paralyzed, | Agartala, July 18 (TIWN): When State’s law and order on question, people are suffering due to the blockade called in demand of land-division, Tripura lameduck Chief Minister cum Home Minister Manik Sarkar has taken shelter at his residence amidst tight security provided around Marx Engels Sorony. With the warning of opposition BJP that will gherao the CM for an uncertain period of time until the blockade over state's lifeline is cleared, police have been given in every spots of the Capital City. All the opposition parties have expressed extreme resentment over Manik Sarkar’s silent role over the IPFT called blockade. When his people are suffering due to the strike over Tripura’s transports since 9 days, Chief Minister was found attending various programmes without any concern about the law and order. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Administration deprives 90% disabled you | MELAGHAR, July 18 (TIWN): A disabled youth diagnosed with Peraplegai with Cerebral Pulsy is being denied of all govt as well as administrative help . | 18-Jul-2017 |
| Congress calls 12 hrs strike on Wednesda | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN) With another major jolt, when state is already suffering from massive crisis due to the blockade over NH-8, Tripura Pradesh Congress has called 12 hours strike on Wednesday. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| IPFT, Police go face to face : Manik's p | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): A tension emerged at Baramura when IPFT youths according to the last report, had gone over agitated with police. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Sunil Deodhar addressing media at BJP Of | Sunil Deodhar addressing media at BJP Office. TIWN Pic July 17 | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Rijiju to talk to Tripura tribal party o | Agartala, July 17 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday informed Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar that he will hold talks with a tribal party on Tuesday regarding the demand for a separate tribal state, an official said. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| 48 hrs passed ! BJP to block CM's moveme | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): Making it more complex than identifying Bijita Nath's CBI inquiry's exact place, when CBI made Tripura media to run to and fro, Tripura opposition BJP to block Chief Minister's movement on Tuesday but saying 'It's not a media coverage', party leader Sunil Deodhar didn't leak it to media asking to find out via sources and hardwork. However, the benefit of not disclosing the spot of blockade, CPI-M will never come to know where the blockade will be held. "As we promised, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will has to bring under surveillance as after 8 days of public suffering it's important for him to get an experience of how much it pains when one blocks your movement", said Sunil Deodhar. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| BMS blocks Capital City road demanding e | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangha (BMS) on Monday blocked Paradise Chowmuhani road in demand of withdrawal of IPFT's blockade at Baramura that is going on in demand of a separate state. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| CPI-M, IPFT nexus : 'If permission for N | AGARATAL, July 17 (TIWN): Tripura opposition leader BJP State Observer, Sunil Deodhar on Monday said, "Tripura Chief Minister on Sunday called a press meet at his residence dumping all responsibilities on Central Home Minister Rajnath Singh. But this responsibility is never belonged to the Central Govt as law and order dept fully goes under state govt". "I also had talked to Rajnath Singh and he told me that Manik Sarkar called him to let him know about the blockade and asked Rajnath Singh to handle the issue. Rajnath Ji told me I did not reply Manik Sarkar anything, but I just listened what he said", Deodhar added. "When 38 lakhs of your people are suffering from the blockade being the home minister you why you need Rajnath Singh ? Rajnath Singh did not give permission for the blockade, so he has no function here", Deodhar said."This blockade is fully funded by CPI-M, but Manik Sarkar here fooling the people saying he talked to the central govt", said Deodhar. About IPFT's demand, Deodhar said, "We said thousand times we do not need ant Tipraland demand in this small state and Central also said the same". | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura Ex-Congress MLAs cast vote for K | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): Tripura former Congress MLAs have casted their votes for NDA candidate Ramnath Kovind at the Assembly in the morning, as the first move o enter BJP that was prescribed by Assam BJP Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Presidential election : 'It's the first | AGRATAL, July 17 (TIWN): Tripura's 7 MLAs have voted for NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Monday in the left front ruled state Tripura. All of those 7 MLAs actually belonged to Congress but recently out of various political changes, issues they have decided to vote for Kovind and with lakh of party workers the MLAs to join BJP soon; so that the Anti-CPI(M) vote banks not get divided. On the other side there were total 10 MLAs in Congress just before one year also, but with Mamata Banerjee's anti CPI(M) drive and Congress/ CPI-M's alliance for the West Bengal Assembly 6 MLAs in Tripura Sudip Roy Barman, Asish Saha, Dilip Sarkar, Diba Chandra Rankhol, Pranjit Sinha Roy, Biswabandhu Sen had joined Trinamool, whereas one MLA Jiten Sarkar had joined CPI-M. Meanwhile with the increasing power of BJP as the opposition both in Tripura as well as in West Bengal, Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee started aligning with CPI-M that led the Trinamool to become weak in Tripura. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Congress, CPI-M vote for Meira Kumar | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): Tripura Congress, CPI-M have casted their votes for favourite candidate most likely for Meira Kumar. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Kovind Vs. Meira : 60 MLAs cast vote in | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): Much awaited Presidential Election-2017 was held at Civil Secretariat on Monday. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Man dies of snake bite | SABROOM, July 17 (TIWN): Man died at South Tripura after a poisonous snake had bite him. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| 'Deprivation doesn't justify separate-la | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): A demand of separate land eventhough defines a line between Bengalis and Tribals but it has nothing to do with the actual problem, BJP leader Jishnu Devbarman said recently in a press meet. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Central, State Govts' Yellow-lights hit | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): As the Election coming near all the political parties in Tripura now afraid to hurt the sentiment standing in the middle of Bengali and Tribal people's 'Yes' and 'No'. It's being 8 days Tripura's National Highway has been blocked by IPFT, but both the central and the state govt has been tight lipped, avoiding to talk direct and face the blockade. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| CPI-M, IPFT secret deal(?) under scanner | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): CPI-M’s national face cum Chief Minister Manik Sarkar well aware of IPFT’s poor organizational strength as breakaway faction led by Narendra Chandra Debbarma lacks strength to even gather one thousand supporters on NH-8. So, other than some drug infested misguided youths dancing naked on NH-8 Baramura what else scaring Manik to allow TSR battalions to disperse this idiotic mob ? After 8 days of IPFT blockade finally lameduck Chief Minister quite shamelessly dumped his responsibility onto Union Home Ministry. It is widely known fact that from CPI-M, BJP, Congress, INPT, Amara Bangali to other smaller parties, none support IPFT’s naked monkey dances demanding ‘Tipraland’. Neither 90% of Tripura Tribals support IPFT’s ‘Tipraland’ Demand. So the question raises why Manik Sarkar giving so much importance to a breakaway small section of N.C.Debbarma ? Any Tripura State Rifles battalion (TSR) is more than capable to disperse these naked apes from the NH-8 at any given point of time. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Auto drivers block road demanding road r | AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): A massive road blockade was conducted at Bishalgarh in demand of road repairing in the morning. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Seven Tripura legislators vote for Kovin | Agartala, July 17 (IANS/ TIWN) A rebel Congress legislator and six sacked Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs on Monday voted for NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind. | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Recruitment scams continue under Tripura | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): How recruitment corruption has been continued in Tripura, once again has been exposed by Tripura opposition BJP leaders in press conference when in OT Asst recruitment, an applicant was exposed for writing in his qualification as CPI-M ward member along with 12 passed. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Manik Sarkar fails to end meagre IPFT's | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Eventhough after 7 days of a continuous blockade called by IPFT, CM has opened his mouth due to opposition BJP's pressure, but like a sweet uncle CM has asked IPFT to withdraw the strike over Tripura transport blockade. Against such weak political party which had failed to arrange together a 5000 people in the first day left collapsed with not even than 500 people constant for blocking road at Baramura, the CPI-M Govt is acting like a handicapped govt and thus dumped all the problems to the Central Home Ministry to deal. However, this press conference was nothing but an eye wash after opposition party had threatened CM to block his movement unless he stop the blockade. Also with the allegation of surrendered militant Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl's in the afternoon about Tripura Govt and IPFT's nexus, CM preferred a press conference to prove himself as an innocent home minister, as he said, 'No Govt gives any blockade's permission which is meant for an uncertain period of time'.Chief Minister said, "Withdraw the blockade as people are suffering". He also added, "'Today, Govt Officials held meeting with them and requested them to withdraw the strike, but they said after talking to Home Ministry on Monday they will finalize", whereas N C Debbarma said that without tripartite meeting IPFT will not withdraw the blockade."I have talked to the Central Home Ministry in this regard and in future also we will give our stand if asked", CM added. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| 'Stop the blockade' : Chief Minister ask | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): After 7 days of continuous blockade, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar finally opens his mouth asking the IPFTs to stop the blockade over the National Highway, Railway. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| 'Why State Govt permitted for the blocka | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN) : All Tripura Indigenous regional Party Forum leader surrendered militant Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl accused Tripura CM behind this road blockade called by IPFT. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura Govt is treating us as Untouchab | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Following the failed meeting with Tripura Govt Officials, Tripura separatist tribal leader, IPFT Chief N C Debbarma said that all are treating them as almost untouchable (Asprishya) and left them to suffer at Baramura. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Bhupen Kumar Borah visits Udaipur | UDAIPUR, July 16 (TIWN): National Congress leader Bhupen Borah along with Tripura Congress Chief Birjit Sinha, MLA Gopal Roy has visited Udaipur on Sunday. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| 2nd Maha Lok Adaalat begins | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): After July 8, the 2nd Maha-Lok-Adalat has begun at different court complex throughout the state. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Doctor's negligence kills newborn baby | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): An infant was allegedly killed due to the negligence of the doctors at Dhanpur, under Sonamura subdivision. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| IPFT blockade continues since week | BARAMURA, July 16 (TIWN): The blockade over Tripura Railway, National Highway has been continued since 7 days by IPFT, a tribal based separatist party in the state. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| No solution as IPFT, Tripura Govt's join | AGARTALA / BARAMURA, July 16 (TIWN): Eventhough a meeting was held among Tripura Govt and IPFT but the meeting has been proven as an utter failure. N C Debbarma now in demand of Tripartite meeting with Central State & IPFT. The IPFTs also claimed that they will have a meeting at New Delhi with Central Home Ministry, although no official report has been come so far. A team of IPFT led by President N C Debbarman, Ananta Debbarma and also Youth IPFT leaders have started meeting with Chief Secretary, DMs, SP and Police High Officials. Reportedly, Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan has urged N C Debbarma and his team to withdraw the strike over national highway. West DM Millind Ramteke, SP West Abhijit Saptarshi were also present in the meeting. This meeting was also followed by 3 of the IPFT youths turned ill with the unhealthy environment created due to the blockade at Baramura. But the meeting ended amidst 'No Solution' at all. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Blockade likely to End : IPFT, Tripura G | AGARTALA / BARAMURA, July 16 (TIWN): Seems, opposition BJP's warning of withdrawal strike has worked over Manik Sarkar's brain well as administrative chiefs have sat in meeting with IPFT at Civil Secretariat. BJP State Observer Sunil Deodhar has warned if blockade is not withdrawn then it will block CM's movement. A team of IPFT led by President N C Debbarman, Ananta Debbarma and also Youth IPFT leaders have started meeting with Chief Secretary, DMs, SP and Police High Officials. Reportedly, Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan has urged N C Debbarma and his team to withdraw the strike over national highway. West DM Millind Ramteke, SP West Abhijit Saptarshi were also present in the meeting. This meeting was also followed by 3 of the IPFT youths turned ill with the unhealthy environment created due to the blockade at Baramura.In demand of a separate Tipraland, Tripura tribal party IPFT has continued a strike over National Highway and Railway from July 10 at Baramura. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Homeless population tenfolds in Manik's | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Tripura's socio-economic problems are spiking up at alarming rate which was unprecedented in State's history. | 15-Jul-2017 |
| Presidential Election on Monday : 7 vote | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): The much awaited Presidential Election will be held tomorrow and breaking the suspense of joining of various leaders in opposition BJP soon many leaders will join BJP from TMC, Congress. However, 6 Tripura TMC MLAs to vote for NDA candidate Ramnath Kovind and rest of them for surely to vote for NDA candidate Meira Kumar. But sarcastic truth that hitting Congress Bhawan is that one Congress candidate also in the list who is not voting for Meira Kumar, rather voting for NDA candidate Kovind and that MLA is Ratan Lal Nath. With another major blow for CPI-M, Ratan Lal Nath is also going to be suspended from the party led 2 MLA to role as the Opposition-Congress against CPI-M in Assembly Election-2018. It's believed that both Congress and CPI-M are always aligned in Tripura and Congress's protest against CPI-M are fictitious. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| 'Road Blockade will be banned in Tripura | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): After 7th pay commission's promise, now opposition BJP has declared that after BJP comes in power it will ban the road blockade from protest forms. | 15-Jul-2017 |
| 1980’s Mandai massacre of 800 Ben | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): 1980’s 8th June known as darkest day in Tripura’s history as Tribal separatists brutally massacred over 800 Bengalees mostly women and children when Nripen Chakraborty was at the helm as Chief Minister of Tripura. Massacre was such brutal that on 9th June when Indian Army commander Major R. Rajamani arrived in Mandai he admitted that he never witnessed such gruesome murder where pregnant women’s wombs are split-open, infant childs head separated, even attackers inserted sharp weapons in the genitalia of the victim women. On 7th June, the day before massacre, then CPI-M Minister Dasarath Deb held a meeting in Mandai whose details are still unknown to public. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Sunil Deodhar labels Manik Sarkar as mos | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): CPI-M Govt's failure to clear IPFT strike and various irregularities adding further burden to State's population. Tripura’s economy deteriorating at rapid pace as no new industries or investments in IT or service sectors during Manik Sarkar’s CPI-M regime of 24 years. Record high unemployment flooded with 8 lakhs unemployed youths, Tripura ranked 4th highest unemployment in nation, followed by miserable condition of hospitals to record high prices of essential commodities. On Saturday's press meet, Sunil Deodhar termed Manik Sarkar as most useless Chief Minister who has no time for State's issues, neither interested to end IPFT's road blockade.Manik Sarkar Govt’s lack of interest for Tripura’s economic development is no surprise as former communists Chief Ministers like Jyoti Basu, Buddhadeb Bhattacharje, Nripen Chakraborty always worked against the economic prosperity of Bengal and Tripura.So, Tripura's poor became further poorer as lack of industry, employment caused social misery, which directly helped CPI-M to pull those poverty stricken population into party fold. It’s a well known fact that, Indian Communists are most corrupt, also the most irrelevant in 21st Century.Why did Communism fail so abysmally in West Bengal and even its decaying in Tripura with multiple corruptions ? | 15-Jul-2017 |
| Tripura tribal party to continue road, r | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN / IANS) The Tripura government on Sunday held an inconclusive meeting with the leaders of the IPFT, who rejected a plea to call-off the week-old blockade of the state's key national highway and the lone railway line over their demand for a separate state. | 16-Jul-2017 |
| Body of Indian found at Bangladesh | SONAMURA, July 15 (TIWN): Body of an Indian has been recovered from Bangladesh on Saturday. | 15-Jul-2017 |
| 'BJP to block Chief Minister's movement | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Addressing a press conference, Tripura BJP Observer Sunil Deodhar said in the evening, "If IPFT's blockade is not withdrawn within next 48 hours, then BJP will block Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's movements". "We are extremely unhappy, angry with the blockade created a collapsing condition of transport, health, education in Tripura. Even today when Indigenous people were celebrating Ker Puja, the IPFT didn't allow its own people to enjoy the ceremony. What kind of Indigenous people's leader they are?". Blasting the Chief Minister, Deodhar said, "7 days have been gone but the Chief Minister has no concerns at all, rather making the issue as a joke Bijan Dhar sat with his allegation of BJP/ IPFT nexus. BJP does not keep relation with the dividers who want separate state". "Thus we are giving 48 hours to IPFT and the ruling party to stop the blockade in the name of democratic right. Or we are going to block Chief Minister's movement to let him understand how it feels when you being in your place you can not move", said Deodhar. About the meeting of IPFT with DoNER Minister Sunil Deodhar said that such people when go at Delhi they stay very sweet but after coming back they spread lie saying 'we met home minister etc'. | 15-Jul-2017 |
| 'Alien Space Craft' fear grips Tripura : | UDAIPUR / AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): The different kind of Sun had created much curiosity, fear, anxiety as well as generated interest among the people of Tripura led various discussions on Alien-approaching towards earth kind of stories, sun-storm etc. Rumour has been spread across the state especially in the Gomati Dist that some aliens are attacking the earth followed by Western news about "Heavy Sun Storm" or "Solar Flares". Already among the children, social network rumour have been spread whereas scientists have stood against the rumours. Talking to Ayan Saha, Dist Science Forum coordinator (under Gomati Dist), he mentioned, "Today a halo around the sun was seen from some parts of Tripura. It's a purely atmospheric phenomenon......there is nothing like earthquake to come, nor any alien space craft, although several rumours have been spread out of anxiety. Actually it's a cirrus cloud which is a high altitude cloud above 2000 FT or above and this halo created by that particular colud. So there is nothing to fear". | 15-Jul-2017 |
| 'Utilize this Tripura-Land', CM tells st | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): When State is undergoing the demand-roars for a separate state "Tripura Land", led by Tripura separatist group IPFT, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar told the students of Ramthakur College to more focus on the facilities, education and establishing themselves on its Golden Jubilee celebration. | 15-Jul-2017 |
| CPI-M demands Women's Reservation Bill t | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): In demand of passing of Women's Reservation Bill CPI-M has held a rally in Tripura. | 15-Jul-2017 |
| New Twist : Congress to go in protest if | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Addressing a press conference, Tripura BJP Observer Sunil Deodhar said in the evening, "If IPFT's blockade is not withdrawn within next 48 hours, then BJP will block Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's movements". "We are extremely unhappy, angry with the blockade created a collapsing condition of transport, health, education in Tripura. Even today when Indigenous people were celebrating Ker Puja, the IPFT didn't allow its own people to enjoy the ceremony. What kind of Indigenous people's leader they are?". Blasting the Chief Minister, Deodhar said, "7 days have been gone but the Chief Minister has no concerns at all, rather making the issue as a joke Bijan Dhar sat with his allegation of BJP/ IPFT nexus. BJP does not keep relation with the dividers who want separate state". | 15-Jul-2017 |
| 25 yrs back Manik pitched for 'immediate | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): In 1992 then CPI-M State Secretary Manik Sarkar signed documents against Bengali migrants from Bangladesh, who were fleeing under Muslim attacks to save their lives. To grab power from Congress ruled Govt, Manik Sarkar advocated sealing the Indo-Bangla borders if CPI-M comes to power after 1992. CPI-M’s communal politics paid dividends as CPI-M grabbed power in 1993 but instead of sealing borders, CPI-M Ministers like Sahid Chowdhury to many senior CPI-M State committee leaders got involved into lucrative cross-border smuggling business. CPI-M Party’s cash reserves swelled every year with donations from various mafias, drug smugglers otherwise how State Govt can explain the existence of massive Tea Garden shaped Marijuana fields across Boxanagar,Sonamura to other regions ? | 15-Jul-2017 |
| Road Blockade : Tripura businessmen faci | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): All Tripura Merchant Association in a press meet alleged that Tripura's economy under tight fight due to the ongoing road blockade since 6 days. | 15-Jul-2017 |
| Ker Puja: Centuries old festival begins | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Centuries-old tribal festival in Tripura called Ker Puja begins. It starts 15 days after Kharchi Puja The area in and around the royal palace here as well as Puran Habeli, the erstwhile capital of Tripura, around 12 km east of this city, have been notified for Ker Puja. | 15-Jul-2017 |