Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| CM demands AIIMS like institution from P | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb today has sought AIIMS like institution for Tripura from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting in Delhi. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| CM, Deputy CM meet Union Finance Ministe | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Rather than 'only' negative balance, it was also proven as a fund-crisis situation which the left govt also faced in last 4 years. Tripura’s poor revenue generation allegation is not shocking, neither it's new. Even state's College students also know about Tripura’s poor revenue generation under Communist's anti-industry policies. But at the same, with the passage of times it’s also becoming clear that the fund either for pay commission or for non-plan expenditure, since the NITI Aayog's invention it was curbed. Now, the Central Govt is 'bound' to allocate ‘extra’ funds for Tripura, which is just because BJP has come in power with those promises. Allocating the demanded fund should not be seen as a 'charity' to the Northeastern state Tripura, rather it was Arun Jaitley's Vision Document helped BJP to unseat the Left Govt. Moreover, it was Arun Jaitley himself who unfolded the vision document at Agartala. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Capital City escapes from massive fire : | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): The heart of Agartala City across Kaman Chowmuhani area has escaped from a major fire incident today. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Raid at furniture maker’s home fo | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Forest Dept has raided today in a furniture maker’s home with allegation of illegal wood purchasing. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Local, foreign liquors seized by East Ag | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): In a successive drive against anti-social elements, East Agartala Police have seized many bottles of liquors comprises with locals as well as foreign brands. | 20-Mar-2018 |
| Successful liquor raid by Amtali Police | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): With a successful drive, Amtali police have seized plenty of liquor bottles today in a raid across Amtali market area. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Tripura CM, Deputy CM met PM, discuss fi | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb and Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister Jishnu Debbarma today have reached Delhi and held a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| CM, Dy CM meet Amit Shah, Modi at Delhi | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma have met BJP National President Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi today. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Tripura CM, Finance Minister fly to Del | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb and Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister Jishnu Debbarma have reached Delhi, when state is facing terrible fund crisis, following a 25 years of CPI-M regime. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Rs. 230 crore is needed per annum to reg | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): As promised, BJP Govt has to think to regularize the SSA teachers, staffs and other irregular employees working under the state govt, but for every regularization a specific fund is needed and the SSA teachers are also in the first row holding priorities to be regularized. During SSA teachers hunger strike at Paradise Chowmuhani of Agartala on April month of 2017, Biplab Deb, Sunil Deodhar, Ratan Lal Nath visited and promised that after BJP comes in power according to the law the govt will do its full duty for the SSAs and following the guidelines the staffs will be regularized. A source said that a rough calculation was submitted in the Finance Dept which said, at least Rs. 230 crores will be needed to regularize the SSA teachers. The SSA, RMSA teachers also played a vital role for BJP to win the election and now they are hoping for faster action by the state govt to regularize them. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| INPT conducts first meeting after Electi | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Defeated INPT has conducted a crucial meeting at Krishnanagar today in the presence of top party leaders. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Weapons recovered from BMS occupied CITU | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Local weapons as ‘Da’ have been recovered from a barren area behind Motor Stand CPI-M’s wing office, which was occupied by BJP’s wing BMS since the election result. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Assam Rifles felicitates women in openin | UDAIPUR / AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Assam Rifles under the aegis of 21 Sector Assam Rifles has conducted a workshop cum lecture on women empowerment for the local populace of Udaipur on 19th March. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| ‘State Govt to issue bar licenses | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): “To overcome the financial crisis situation that the state is undergoing following a 25 years of CPI-M era, BJP Govt may issue licenses to the barsâ€, a daily newspaper has reported. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| 'Tripura Finance Dept aimed at Revenue G | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Apart from Central Govt led helps, BJP Govt will aimed to generate revenue and to maintain a balanced expenditure from now onwards to overcome Rs. 11.50 crores of debts. Tripura Finance Minister Jishnu Debbarma said, "The Left Govt was expending at its own wish without any balance maintenance. The economy is mostly suffering due to non-plan expenditures". However the Govt has found 3 ways to shape the economy which are : 1) Balanced Expenditure, 2) Revenue Generation, 3 ) Asking Central Govt for help etc.“The previous Govt has given us nothing, rather it has burdened the 38 lakhs people under debts but BJP Govt will never give up. Even though they left hills of works upon us, but we will fulfill all promised works", said Debbarma. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Illegal rice black-marketing from Tripur | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Decade-long rice sacks' thefts are exposing now. Today local people at Agartala Ward No-28 have nabbed a rickshaw driver while he was carrying rice sacks from the ration shop. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Pathetic internet connectivity across Tr | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Since a month state Tripura has been facing high internet problems, whereas since one week in Agartala also the problem of slow connectivity has begun. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| Centre signals ‘green’ for | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): With a heavy relief for state Tripura, which is undergoing tremendous fund crisis following the 25 years of CPI-M regime, central govt has given green signal to end the financial problems of all Northeastern states. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| BJP’s ‘go-slow’ Poli | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Contrary to Pre-Election promises of immediate CBI investigation into Rose Valley Chit Fund Scam after forming Government, Tripura public quite stunned by CM Biplab Deb’s hobnobbing with CPI-M kingpins in Melarmath, touching Manik Sarkar to others feet for blessings, followed by appointment of top grade CPI-M cadre cum TPS officer Dilip Ray into OSD’s post as right hand of Chief Minister, who is close relative of Gautam Das – a man who is not only CPI-M spokesman, Daily Desher Katha Chief Editor but also head of CPI-M’s all criminal activities including mafia operations, smuggling incomes, land grabbing shareholder & Chief patron of various dubious Chit-Fund companies – I-Core, Rose Valley, Sarada, Basil International to many other Kolkata based CPI-M backed Chit Fund companies. | 19-Mar-2018 |
| ‘CPI-M Govt created only structure | AGARTALA, March 19 (TIWN): Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma on Sunday while addressing at SC, ST MLAs' felicitation programme said, “The previous Govt has left hills of works for us. They did just nothing ! From roadway to education system, all left in paralyzed shape. However, it’s our good-luck that due to them we are getting the opportunity to work for the public and shape Tripura as a model stateâ€. “In the name of Infrastructures the previous Govt created just structures, hollow buildings instead of road constructionsâ€. “The huge buildings have nothing inside them, we have to build up the infrastructure there. From roadway to Health service all left in pathetic shape. But we have to fulfill our mission and for that we need everyone’s cooperation and Govt employees have to take a lead role in that", he added.“In the last election many people said what BJP promises, it never fulfills. But you will see how one after one we fulfill our promises. All are possible to fulfill because we analyzed the facts before we promised, we never promised to come in powerâ€, Jishnu Debbarma said. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'Presenting economic situation before pu | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): "We are starting with a negative balance and it should be known by all", said BJP Deputy CM Jishnu Debbarma. "I am presenting the negative balance before public, so that we can answer after 5 years what BJP Govt has done. We are bound to our promises and what PM Modi and our central leaders had promised, all will be fulfilled, but public should know from where we are starting our journey and in which condition we are going ahead", he said. "Our previous Govt has burdened us with negative balances. Since 3 years Tripura Finance Dept is facing major fiscal deficits and the economic condition has totally marked with negative balances. But the previous Govt kept the whole matter hidden and never disclosed it before public", he added. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'Weapons inside our party offices is Imp | AGARTALA / UDAIPUR, March 18 (TIWN): "BJP and IPFT are spreading violence ! Allover the state, they have created an era of lawlessness and they are using police to defame our party", such has been claimed by Tripura Ex-Minister MLA Ratan Bhowmik. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'As inheritor, our Govt got only arrears | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): After review meeting on the economic condition of Tripura, state BJP Finance Minister Jishnu Debbarma told media that as inheritor BJP Govt has been gifted with only negative balances by the previous CPI-M govt. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'Rs. 1644.90 crore already under arrears | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): Tripura Finance Minister cum Deputy CM Jishnu Debbarma today in a press conference said, "Since 3 years Tripura Finance Dept is facing major fiscal deficits and the economic condition has totally marked with negative balances. But the previous Govt kept the whole matter hidden and never disclosed it before public". "There was no calculated expenditure at all and especially since 3 years, the expenditure had expanded than the budget, which has totally paralyzed the Finance Dept in the state". "There will be a necessity of Rs. 1459.51 crore to implement the 7th pay commission and other allowances per year. The arrears amount is standing as Rs. 1644.90 crore in 2017-18", said Jishnu Debbarma. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'Efficient Administration is never possi | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma while addressing in SC-ST MLAs' felicitation programme said, "Without the cooperation from Govt employees and officers an efficient administration can't run". | 18-Mar-2018 |
| Huge numbers of weapons found at Sonamur | SONAMURA, March 18 (TIWN): Huge numbers of arms have been recovered from Sonamura Khdabari area today at around 10 AM. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'Like Bank Officials, all Govt Employees | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): While addressing media at Banamalipur, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb said, "If Bank Officials can do everyday's work everyday why other Govt employees can not do ? Before leaving office the works need to be completed or I will take care of the employee". CM was asked by media about the ongoing slow drainage works at Agartala when monsoon is knocking the door. In reply he said, "I can't blame the employees for loopholes of works under the previous Govt. But now the speed of Govt works will be increased automatically. The previous Govt itself was slow and thus their employees were slow, but those days are now gone". | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'Revenue Generation' : To overcome fisca | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): The reason BJP Govt has said recently behind financial crisis situation, it was repeatedly said by the CPI-M Govt too. "Incoming is less than the Expenditure", Tripura Minister Pranajit Singha Roy said recently. However, the former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar had also claimed in his time that around Rs. 2000 crores of fiscal deficit the Left Govt was facing under NITI Ayog and now after coming in power, BJP Govt has claimed 1588.19 crores of losses. Already the BJP Govt has planned to place a heavy financial-package demand for Tripura before the Central Govt and CM Biplab Deb to fly to Delhi with files. From agriculture to industry all are down in the state leading nil-revenue income resulted in heavy fund-crisis each-year. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| Tripura Janajati Mazdoor Sangha formed | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): Aimed to work for the welfare of janajati people, today a committee was formed named 'Tripura Janajati Mazdoor Sangha' (TJKS) via a meeting at Khowai. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'Don't worry about Agartala flood this t | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): Tripura's new Chief Minister Biplab Deb today sat in discussion with his Banamalipur constituency's party workers. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| CM offers prayers to Bharat Mata | AGARTALA (Banamalipur), March 18 (TIWN): Tripura BJP Chief Minister Biplab Deb has offered prayers to Bharat Mata Goddess at Banamalipur. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| 'Water-logging, mosquito problems to be | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): Water-logging can not continue in the next monsoon and within 15-20 days Municipal Corporation will complete the first level of work on it including mosquito problems, such has been claimed by Tripura CM Biplab Deb at Banamalipur. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| TIWN demands investigation into DSP Kaly | AGARTALA / DHARMANAGAR, March 18 (TIWN): CPI-M leader Gautam Das’s relative and tainted TPS officer Dilip Ray’s appointment as OSD is being seen by masses as a major blunder by Tripura’s new CM Biplab Deb. Tripura’s upright Police officer DSP(Intelligence) Kalyan Sarkar and his bodyguard Nani Gopal Debnath was shot dead in broad daylight on Friday, March 22, 2002 morning in Dharmanagar. In a planned operation to chase smuggelers, DSP Kalyan Sarkar was leading a team of 15 Tripura Police officials including then SDPO Dilip Ray (current OSD to CM Biplab Deb). Apart from Tripura Police, a separate team of 6 member Meghalaya Police officials led by Inspector Pratap Chettri also joined to chase these smugglers cum millitants who kidnapped a girl Nayank Agarwal from Shillong on March 14. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| Biplab suspends, harasses TCS Office Pra | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): Tripura’s new Chief Minister who already received a title of ‘Nayak’ after he suspended a TCS Officer the then BDO Prabir Debbarma at Gandacherra, in front of a mass gathering, where public were mocking at the BDO, taking selfies, making video recordings of the ‘historical’ event. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| CPI-M continues allegation of BJP, IPFT | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): CPI-M MP Jiten Chowdhury has claimed that media’s role in Tripura is somewhere not "impartial" as they are not projecting how the party offices of CPI-M were burnt, targeted, occupied and PM Modi’s photos have been posted at there. On the other side, Tripura DGP A K Shukla calling media in the Police Headquarter two times said all these allegations are rumours, which led the confusion. DGP also said that police will take strict actions against them, who will try to spread rumours. But till day Police couldn’t take any action against CPI-M leaders with rumour-charges and continuously alleging violence, neither police could warn CPI-M’s official page where time to time burnt party offices, occupied party offices are shown. In this condition the question is raising, why DGP is silent on that issue ? A K Shukla categorically never mentioned that CPI-M is spreading rumours, neither police investigating the issues or officially announcing anything which is leading a confusion in the media reports too. | 18-Mar-2018 |
| CM to visit Delhi demanding heavy packag | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): Tripura Minister Pranajit Singha Roy said that soon Tripura CM Biplab Deb will go to Delhi demanding a heavy package for Tripura. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| CPI-M condemns IPFT's forceful fund coll | AGARTALA, March 18 (TIWN): BJP's ally IPFT was exposed to grab public money illegally by various means after the election result. TIWN is the only media to expose how IPFT is looting teachers in the name of Delhi-Abhijyan at ADC area. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| 'BJP should clarify why IPFT is going to | AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): Tripura CPI-M MP Jitendra Chowdhury today raised question, why even before 10 days could pass after the Election result, BJP's partner IPFT is going to Delhi in demand of Tipraland. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| MP Jiten calls media to be 'impartial' | AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): After 9 days of the BJP Govt in power, MP Jiten Chowdhury raised question, "Why media is mentioning CPI-M's name while projecting violence ? I think media should open eyes and inspect". | 17-Mar-2018 |
| 'BJP deployed money to buy anti-left vot | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 17 (TIWN): After the politburo meeting was ended, CPI-M has declared its report on Tripura Poll. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| Dilip Ray’s appointment as OSD hi | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 17 (TIWN Exclusive): Tripura’s honest Govt officials to general public heaved a sigh of relief after Biplab Deb led BJP Govt assumed power to weed out all CPI-M era’s corruption but Chief Minister’s first appointment of Dilip Ray as OSD (Officer on Special Duty) signaled Biplab Deb’s secret compromise or reluctance to fight against CPI-M’s thousands of crores corruption in 25 years era. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long initiative against Govt’s organized corruption already bitten dust in Tripura as BJP Govt failed in its first Cabinet meeting to announce CBI probe against CPI-M’s Rose Valley Scam, which was a pre-election promise to Tripura people. TIWN spoke with various BJP Ministers and no one seems interested to order enquiry into CPI-M’s involvement with massive Rose Valley Chit Fund Scam. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| Diarrhea victims families get meagre Fiv | DHARMANAGAR, March 17 (TIWN): Deceases' of Diarrhea killed families under Ranir Bari Gram Panchayat area have received Rs. 5000/-, Dharmanagar DM Rajesh Kumar Das said today. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| 'Husband' attired deceivers in rise at A | AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): A woman has filed case against husband with dowry charges and rejecting her as wife after years of togetherness. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| Bru refugees refuse to go back to Mizora | AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): Bru refugse have shown mass agitation in front of Civil Secretariat today following an unsuccessful meeting held on yesterday at the Secretariat. The agitators said, "Yesterday Govt of India's officials held a meeting with our leaders and the state govt officials. They are ready to give us Rs. 1.30 lakhs to each family with some other facilities and 5000 rupees per families for 2 years and 2 years ration-free. But GOI's package failed to mitigate our demands. We want to tell both state and central govt to consider our rights to lives as we are human beings too". "The day Govt of India will fulfill our demands, we will go back to our state, but with the minimum package, it's possible for us to go back at Mizoram". Yesterday a meeting among Tripura Govt led by Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan and the officials from Govt of India and Brus was held, but the meeting ended in vain. A Govt office source said, "The Reang refugees, camping at North District who called themselves as ‘Bru’ said that unless their all demands are fulfilled, they will not go back".Despite all out efforts, repartition of Bru refugees, sheltered in six relief camps in Kanchanpur subdivision, have been virtually derailed once again. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| Veterinary passed out students unable to | AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): The year-long problems faced by the Veterinary Dept's passed out students are yet to be mitigated even after one-year of passing ! The 2017 passed out students have not provided with registration numbers led mass tension and frustration gripped the unemployed youths under the Dept. Already they had failed to apply for 31 posts declared by TPSC, whereas Manipur and other states' students are going to face the examination. A source said that a huge number of students are leaving state to get higher study or private jobs outside Tripura, as even after passing out from Govt Colleges TPSC is not accepting their application without registration numbers. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| 'Jamatia' community performs yearly ritu | UDAIPUR (Matabari), March 16 (TIWN): Like every year on first week of "Chaitra" month Tripura's tribal community under 'Jamatia' Hoda (Hindu) have offered prayers to Tripura Sundari Goddess, which is also known as a part of custom to invite Garia and Ker (Kali) Goddess. Garia Puja will be performed at the new year in April. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| Agartala Book fair to continue for 12 da | AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): Much famous Agartala Book Fair will be continued for not 10 days, but 12 days in this year. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| Stones of Dvapara and Treta Yuga's foun | AGARTALA / KANCHANPUR, March 17 (TIWN): Northeast state Tripura's name is scripted in Mahabharata. Hence it's said that it has a glorifying past, which are yet to be discovered. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| Crowd throng CM’s residence on Da | AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): On the second day of Janata Durbar, public in huge numbers gathered at Chief Minister’s residence at Circuit House today morning. | 17-Mar-2018 |
| ‘Indo-Bangla business relations wi | AGARTALA, March 17 (TIWN): Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma today stressed upon the necessity of developing India-Bangladesh business relations, which can strengthen both countries’ economies. Jishnu Debbarma who is also the Finance Minister of Indian state Tripura was addressing at Bangladesh Asst High Commissioner’s Office on the occasion of 99th birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “India and Bangladesh are maintaining a strong relation since the beginning. The bonding between India and Bangladesh is only based on diplomatic relation, but we have cultural ties. Indeed Tripura Kings had their Royal Palace at Comilla. If the business among Tripura and Bangladesh grows, it will help the both Bangladesh and our state Tripura. Economic relation among Tripura and Bangladesh to benefit both Tripura and Bangladesh and we will work accordingly to strengthen the ties". | 17-Mar-2018 |