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Congress announces candidates' list with | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): Tripura Congress has announced candidates list for the Assembly Election 2018 but out of 60 seats, only 54 candidates names have been announced and remaining 4 names will be announced soon. But surprisingly, when Congress was announcing candidates names, congress president Birjit Sinha was not present in the press meet and also MLA Gopal Roy remained absent. Addressing the press meet, spokesperson Harekrishna Bhowmik said, "High Command Rahul Gandhi has not yet given green signal for alliance with Trinamool and if he permits and Trianmool agrees then the list can be changed". The candidates names are : 1. Simna (ST) : Phanilal Debbbarma, 2. Mohonpur : Dilip Kumar Ghosh, 3. Bamutia (SC): Swarupananda Das, 4. Barjala (SC): Dipak Das, 5 Khyerpur : Sukhomoy Saha, 6. Agartala 6 : Prasanta Sen Chowdhury,7. Ramnagar : Pujan Biswas, 8. Town Bordwali : Ratna Datta, | 27-Jan-2018 |
BJP releases first list of candidates fo | New Delhi/Agartala, Jan 28 (TIWN / IANS) The BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for 44 of the 60 seats in Tripura Assembly, polls for which will be held on February 18. | 28-Jan-2018 |
Security beefed up in Tripura for Assemb | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): Northeast Tripura is now under tight security as the crucial Assembly Election is just knocking the door. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Lok Adaalat begins in Tripura | AGARTALA, Jan 12 (TIWN): Lok Adaalat inaugurated at Agartala Dist Court on Saturday. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Tripura IPS officer awarded Presidentâ | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) Superintendent of Police Soumitra Dhar has been awarded with prestigious President's police medal at New Delhi for his excellent performance under NIA. | 27-Jan-2018 |
EC in action to prolong Model Code of Co | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): The Election Commission is in strict action against the violation of Model Code of Conducts in Tripura by various political parties and since 2 days Agartala's Govt lands are being cleaned from all party flags and banners. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Left backed Bank Union’s Forum op | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): CPI-M backed United Forum of Bank Unions have come in mass agitation today at the Paradise Chowmuhani, opposing the Financial Regulatory and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Aiming to break cow smuggling rackets, l | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): Lawless Tripura’s bypass area at Amtali-Agartala have turned as corridor for cow smuggling and illegal drug business spanning across Indo-Bangladesh corridor. When after multiple complains to the local police about cow theft cases at there, no action was taken properly, today locals decided to nab the culprits on spot. Since the morning the locals were waiting for the cattle thieves arriving and after certain times four vehicles were seen moving suspiciously. The locals then attacked the vehicles and ran after them, but two of the vehicles escaped from the spot whereas two were caught. According to police source, both of the drivers are now admitted in GB hospital in serious condition as they were mass-beaten. Police is further investigating the case and also tracking the rest two vehicles. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Dharmanagar accident : Death toll rises | Agartala, Jan 27 (TIWN / IANS) Five persons, including two children and two women, have been killed in two road accidents in Tripura, police said on Saturday. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Tripura Rail tracks vandalized ! Governo | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): With a shocking note, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has declared that Tripura’s Rail Tracks are not safe and in this regard he has informed the NFR and also the state govt. | 26-Jan-2018 |
Before candidates list announcement, Sud | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): Before candidates names list out of BJP, MLA Sudip Barman has organized all festoons banners for him. | 26-Jan-2018 |
After BJP Tribal leaders resentment with | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): Many tribal leaders working for BJP since many years have expressed resentments as out of 20 seats, IPFT took 9 seats even though the IPFT party has failed to announce total 9 candidates till day. Now with the rest of the 51 seats also, tension have gripped among the BJP activists whether the actual BJP workers who since Sudhindra Dasgupta’s era and even since before were working for the party would get any ticket or not. Sudip Barman groupism were alleged by BJP’s topmost leaders also as a heavy numbers of BJP leaders while joining from Congress, Trinamool they left a condition with BJP that Sudip Barman can’t join the party and except Sudip Barman others are welcomed, but at last Barman had joined with a historical rally. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Tension grips Tripura’s SSA Teach | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): Tension has gripped the SSA teachers as even after setting the deadline of regularization within 31st March, Tripura Govt has been silent on the issue. After 31stmuch funding under SSA will be stopped, but akthough Cnetral Govt asked the state govt to regularize the SSAs , Tripura Govt has no concern at all. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Tragic accident mars R-Day, 4 died in Au | DHARMANAGAR, Jan 26 (TIWN): In a critical accident 4 persons died on spot, 7 seriously injured at Dharmanagar’s Padmabil village today. Due to lack of Traffic Policing under Manik Sarkar's Administration, unruly Auto drivers running daily saga of overloaded trips under the nose of lameduck Police.All of the died persons are female. One 6 month’s baby and another 12 month’s baby were saved and hospitalized. The accident took place after a Bolero car collied with a heavy passenger loaded auto. Both the drivers escaped from spot and now in hiding.Local people have alleged that even after informing the Fire Brigade for multiple times, Fire Brigade took long time to arrive.It took over 2 hours for Police to reach the spot as poll bound Tripura's Police force turned lazy excusing for Election duties.Even after reaching on spot also, Police were standing 30 ft away from the incident. Question raised, is it police’s duty ? | 27-Jan-2018 |
Tripura governor demands investigation i | Agartala, Jan 27 (TIWN / IANS) Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy said on Saturday "sabotage" was being attempted on the newly laid broad-gauge Agartala-Udaipur railway line in the state and demanded an investigation. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Tripura performs Mog's traditional Sangr | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): Students from Tripura have performed their traditional dance at the Republic Day parade today at Rajpath. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Unakoti, North Tripura celebrate R-Day | DHARMANAGAR / KAILASHAHAR, Jan 26 (TIWN): North Tripura District and Unakoti District have celebrated the 69th Republic Day with pomp and gaiety. | 27-Jan-2018 |
Celebrations mark R-Day at South, Gomati | UDAIPUR, Jan 26 (TIWN): Along with the Capital City Agartala, Gomati District and South Tripura Dist also observed the celebration of the Republic Day on Friday. | 27-Jan-2018 |
'Governor is like a Diesel Generator, wh | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on 69th Republic Day replieed to his criticizers, who claimed that there is no necessity of a Governor in a state. Addressing at Agartala Assam Rifles ground, Roy said, "Every year Governor speaks on the developmental works done by the state govt, but as you know already Election has been declared and model code of conduct have been implemented, so I would like to stress upon few of my personal experiences with Tripura today", said Governor."But now, what would be the duty of a Governor regarding this there are various opinions (in Bengali he said Nana-Munir-Nana-Mat). Few people think that Governor's post is totally unnecessary and in democracy we have to equally value their opinions too", Roy said."But in reality Governor is like a Diesel Generator, works when the Power is temporarily disrupted", added Roy. | 26-Jan-2018 |
Congress to announce 60 candidates | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): Amidst leadership crisis, Tripura Congress will announce 60 candidates for the Assembly Election, a source said. The list can be out within today or by tomorrow. | 27-Jan-2018 |
'I am a Bengali from 20 km away Brahmanb | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): When North East's Bengalis are suffering from Identity Crisis even after their majority and contribution for revenues since king's era, but after a certain decades suddenly the Bengali population here have been facing identity crisis led by various separatist movements, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy in his Republic Day speech said, "I am Bengali and my origin is from East Bhrahmanbaria Dist". | 26-Jan-2018 |
'Without Northeast's Development, Countr | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy while addressing at Assam Rifles ground on 69th Republic Day said that without Northeast's development, the country can't progress. | 26-Jan-2018 |
'Contrast between State Govt and Governo | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): Even though Melarmath Party Office had debated on a Governor's power whether above CM's power or not after, media and opposition parties brought allegation against the Left Govt that Tripura is undergoing a 'Constitutional Crisis', but today after almost above a month Tathagata Roy replied the ruling party of Tripura. | 26-Jan-2018 |
BJP raises inverted national flag at Uda | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): BJP at Udaipur has come under controversy after Kakarabon BJP raised inverted national flag on 69th Republic Day. | 26-Jan-2018 |
No problems with Tripura government, exc | Agartala, Jan 26 (IANS / TIWN) Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday unfurled the Tricolour at a Republic Day function here and remarked that during his three years as head of the northeast state there had been "no problem" in working with the Manik Sarkar government, "except for some minor irritants". | 26-Jan-2018 |
'State Govt is bound to report to its Go | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): After long silence, on the issue of Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan and DGP A K Shukla's rejection to meet the Governor at Raj Bhawan following Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's order, finally on the 69th Republic Day, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy while addressing at Assam Rifles ground has hit the Govt of Tripura directly for misleading IAS, IPS officers. Going beyond the scripted speech written for Governor Tathagata Roy by state govt officials, Roy has slammed the Govt of Tripura regarding various misbehaviour it has done with Tathagata Roy since he became the Governor of Tripura before around 3 and half years. Addressing on 69th Republic Day, Tathgata Roy said, "I would like to add my version in the speech as the Assembly Election is on February 18 and code of conducts have come into affect" (to mean that Chief Minister has no role to play now). | 26-Jan-2018 |
Shame on Anti-National Communist Regime | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): After 25 years of CPI-M regime in Tripura, state's Governor was seen on Republic Day for struggling to define Governor's constitutional rights. Generally question raised, what happened in Tripura that a Governor has to raise such issues nationally ? | 26-Jan-2018 |
Republic Day observed at Secretariat | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): Patriotic waves are waving across Northeast state Tripura as its 69th Republic Day of India. At Secretariat, in the presence of Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan the main programme was conducted. | 26-Jan-2018 |
Congress observes Republic Day : Pays tr | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): Tripura Congress has paid floral tributes to Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, Jawharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of 69th Republic Day of India. | 25-Jan-2018 |
Deodhar greets Tripura on Republic Day | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): Tripura BJP State Observer Sunil Deodhar has greeted Tripura and other states on 69th Republic Day of India. | 25-Jan-2018 |
Border Security Forces of India, Banglad | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): When Pakistan has become India's sole enemy after 70 years of Independence, neighboring Bangladesh's relation with India remains unbroken and strong. On the occasion of 69th Republic Day of India, BSF and BGB officials have exchanged sweets on Friday like every year at Akhaura Border.Commandant of the BSF exchanged sweets with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official as a part of celebration on the occasion of 69th Republic day. | 25-Jan-2018 |
After Brinda Karat, now Subashini Ali ma | AGARTALA, Jan 26 (TIWN): CPI-M hired two women national leaders for Tripura's Assembly Election campaigning but both have displayed themselves totally as anti-national persons and both their targets are solely the Prime Minister of India. Because Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalism led the anti-national CPI-M's rattled, now only Modi is their chief enemy, especially when their friends China, Pakistan's image are downed before the world because of Modi's diplomacy. When Melarmath is robbing, forcing govt employees, common men to give party 'chandas' which sometimes stands beyond their salaries, but the woman activist Subhasini Ali has targeted the Modi Govt just for 'target'. While addressing at Kamalasagar, Subhasini Ali said that PM doesn't stand for Prime Minister, but it stands for Pocket-Maar, which has fueled angers among the BJP supporters as well as the common public. On yesterday evening, Tripura BJP Mohila Morcha has burnt CPI-M national women leader Subhasini Ali's effigy for her anti-national speech. | 26-Jan-2018 |
Rs. 20 lakhs cash found from youth : Pol | UDAIPUR, Jan 25 (TIWN): Rs. 20 lakhs of cash was seized from a youth at Kakrabon, when he was going to Sonamura. | 25-Jan-2018 |
Leadership crisis hits IPFT : NC Debbarm | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Even though NC Debbarma led IPFT battled a lot with BJP demanding more seats, but after getting 9 seats also, the NC Debbarma led IPFT failed to announce total candidates list today. | 25-Jan-2018 |
NLFT militant surrendered with family | Agartala, Jan 25 (TIWN): One National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) active member has surrendered today in Tripura. | 25-Jan-2018 |
Manik Sarkar's Criminal Coterie Terroriz | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's close coterie cum Multicrore scamster Bimal's brother Amal Chakrabory assaulted a housewife while door-to-door campaigning on Thrusday. When scamster like BDO Bimal Chakraborty's brother Amal Chakraborty was nominated as CPI-M's election candidate, it was expected unruly law and order condition of Banamalipur. On the first day of Amal’s door to door campaigning, a housewife named Jaya Shil, resident of Srilanka Basti has filed an FIR against CPI-M candidate DYFI Secretary Amal Chakraborty and some more CPI-M cadres for assaulting her in front of her family members. Amal Chakraborty along with others went at Jayan Shil's home, who was earlier a CPI-M activist. Amal approached her threatening saying 'Come back to CPI-M, we will help you'. | 25-Jan-2018 |
NCT, INPT to battle together : INPT take | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): INPT, NCT atlast couldn't align with neither BJP nor Congress. Both of the parties have collided in alliance under a 'forum' named INPT-NCT forum. | 25-Jan-2018 |
BJP's women wing burns CPI-M woman leade | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Tripura BJP Mohila Morcha has burnt CPI-M national women leader Subhasini Ali's effigy for her anti-national speech which was delivered yesterday in Tripura. | 25-Jan-2018 |
CPI-M's Election game : BJP activist arr | SONAMURA / AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): One BJP activist named Rakman Mia was arrested at Sonamura's Tarapukur border area by BSF 145 Bn today. | 25-Jan-2018 |
BSF-BGB exchange sweets ahead of 69th Re | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Ahead of 69th Republic Day celebrations, troops of the Border Security Force (BSF), stationed along the India-Bangladesh border at Akhaura exchanged sweets with their Bangladeshi counterpart as a gesture of good will. | 25-Jan-2018 |
IPFT (Tipra-Ha-Party) declares candidate | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): After NC Debbarma led IPFT got 9 seats in alliance with BJP, the 2nd part of IPFT led by Rajeswar Debbarma has announced party's candidates list today. | 25-Jan-2018 |
No alliance with INPT : BJP asks importa | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): The chances of alliance with INPT has been doomed as BJP leaders here said today that BJP and IPFT will fight against CPI-M jointly at 51 : 9 seat-sharing out of total 60 seats. | 25-Jan-2018 |
'After Election CPI-M will be forced to | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): "CPI-M will forced to return all moneys to Govt employees which Communist Party robbed forcefully from Govt employees', Assam BJP Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today thundered at Agartala Town Hall. "CPI-M will have to return all the amounts collected from the govt employees", said Sarma expressing a feeling that BJP will surely win the election. "After 25 years of CPI-M regime, Manik Sarkar instead of saying how many roads he constructed, how much of crimes were reduced, he only talks about the age-old talks which he used to utter even before 25 years. Blaming BJP only with IPFT issue is nothing but the expression of Sarkar's nervousness", added Sarma. However with this Himanta Biswa Sarma also added that all the moneys were taken from its employees by CPI-M in the name of Election-fund, the party will have to return it after election result is out. If BJP wins election, Manik Sarkar to many other CPI-M leaders likely to head towards Jail for 3 decades of corruption. | 25-Jan-2018 |
Udaipur Police raids BJP's election vehi | UDAIPUR/ AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): After Korbook, Amarpur Udaipur R K Pur Police raided BJP's election campaigning vehicle. | 25-Jan-2018 |
Election Bonanza for NC Debbarma's Party | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Whether wins or not, but getting North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) membership is like Election bonanza offer for Tripura's separatists party IPFT led by NC Debbarma. | 25-Jan-2018 |
IPFT gets 9 seats, NEDA membership in al | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Amidst CPI-M's allegations against BJP for its nexus with IPFT's Tipraland demand, BJP has announces total 9 : 51 seat sharing with IPFT, but while announcing the seats at Agartala Town Hall, Assam Minister Himata Biswa Sarma said, "BJP and IPFT will only talk on socio-economic-cultural-educational development" issues. Along with that the BJP leader also announced IPFT a member of North-East Democratic Alliance or NEDA, which is comprised of various regional parties of Northeast with the BJP. The Assam Minister said, "Our talks with IPFT regarding seat sharing issues have been completed today. Total 9 seats IPFT has taken in alliance with BJP as part of Anti-Left vote banks". The seats are : 1) Simna, 2) Mandai, 3) Takarjala, 4) Ampi Nagar, 5) Manu (South), 6) Raima Valley, 7) Ramchandraghat, 8) Asharam Bari, 9) Kanchanpur. | 25-Jan-2018 |
MGNREGA scamster BDO Bimal’s brot | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Arrogance of left politicians are continuing in Tripura and via selecting jailed BDO Bimal Chakraborty's brother Amal Chakraborty as CPI-M's election candidate, the party leaders have shown Melarmath's haughtiness against all allegations and scams accusations against their party. Bimal Chakraborty's scam had downed CPI-M Govt's image in the long run who was jailed with at least Rs. 17 crores of scam at Bishalgarh RD Block and the oppositions alleged that the scam was much beyond 17 crores. The damage which done to CPI-M through Bimal Chkarborty's scam was so high that the Govt via notification had to deny the allegation recently as Manik Sarkar and Bimal Chakraborty's closeness was exposed. | 25-Jan-2018 |
Running competition conducted ahead of R | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Ahead of the 69th Republic day, state Tripura has geared up with patriotic zeal. A running competition was held at Agartala organized by Sports Dept of Tripura. | 24-Jan-2018 |
Party-Chandas hit Tripura people's festi | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Price hike, the party chanda collections by the ruling party have hit the common people in Tripura during Saraswati Puja, Republic Day etc and various marriage ceremeonies. | 24-Jan-2018 |
Lawlessness : DJ culture, Noise pollutio | AGARTALA, Jan 25 (TIWN): Even though recently police seized BJP’s election vehicle with noise-making allegation, but police’s role against unpermitted DJ across marriage house is zero. | 24-Jan-2018 |