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CPI-M campaigns with full enthusiasm at | AGARTALA, Dec 23 (TIWN): Centering the upcoming Municipal Election, opposition CPI-M has started campaigning in full wave at Agartala Municipal areas. | 23-Dec-2018 |
Flight crisis continues haunting Airway | AGARTALA, Dec 23 (TIWN): Airway ticket crisis, high price of tickets have hit the Airway passengers in Tripura, but the BJP led State Govt has failed to bring any development so far. Eventhough discussion took place between Centre and State during Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s Delhi visit, but so far except promises and tall claims about #TransformingTripura, notjing could be gained. Moreover, getting 1 flight will not be enough when many flights of SpiceJet and Indigo stopped service. A meeting was held between Chief Minister Biplab Deb and Jayant Sinha who is the Minister of State for Civil Aviation and also CM claimed that Sinha appreciated the demand of flight for Tripura, but exactly from when this service will be started, it has not been declared yet. Tension erupted, as similar promises earlier also were made but in case of action, nothing much happened. From Govt press release also no new addition was mentioned about “new flights†while describing Chief Minister’s Delhi visit.On the other side, common men are heavily disturbed, suffering due to the ongoing flight ticket crisis. | 23-Dec-2018 |
14 years girl missing in Tripura since 5 | KAMALPUR, Dec 23 (TIWN): One 14 years girl is going missing since five days in Tripura. | 23-Dec-2018 |
Indo-Bangla VISA work disrupted | AGARTALA, Dec 23 (TIWN): Due to lack of stickers, Indo-Bangla VISA service has been disrupted since 14th December. | 23-Dec-2018 |
‘Misunderstanding between two Dept | AGARTALA, Dec 23 (TIWN): When Education Dept itself was issued with a notice on the recently recruited employees under the State Education Dept, Ratanlal Nath said, “This was due to a misunderstanding between two depts. The teachers jobs were given under proper permission from the State Govtâ€. The issue was raised, as Education dept headed by Minister Ratanlal Nath was also served a notice for the ongoing yearly recruitment asking cause behind so many recruitments in past few months, which is causing huge expenditure for the Finance Dept. At the same time, other departments have also given an ultimatum not to recruit any more employee without Finance Dept’s permission or action will be taken. | 23-Dec-2018 |
Attacks on opposition continues 4 days a | AGARTALA, Dec 23 (TIWN): Resentment fueled as when 4 days left for Municipal by-election, attack on opposition goes restlessly. | 23-Dec-2018 |
CPI-M launches protest against ‘Jo | GANDACHERA / SONAMURA, Dec 23 (TIWN): CPI-M’s youth wings DYFI, TYF, SFI, TSU held massive protest rallies at Sonamura, Gandachera against BJP Govt’s order on ‘Job Blockade’ in Govt Depts. | 22-Dec-2018 |
3 dead in Tripura accident | Agartala, Dec 23 (TIWN / IANS) Three persons, including a woman and a teenager, were charred to death and four others critically injured, when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, a car and a bike collided in Tripura's Amtali area, police said on Sunday. | 23-Dec-2018 |
Media reports on ‘Pradyot Deb Barm | AGARTALA, Dec 23 (TIWN): Speculation based news spread recently by few media houses in Tripura based on Tripura heavyweight Congress leader Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman resigned Congress is baseless and fake. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Biplab Deb’s Delhi, Deoghar visit | AGARTALA, Dec 23 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has continued his luxurious tours with his family with Tripura taxpayers’ money. | 22-Dec-2018 |
TIWN Exclusive : Crime Queen Pratima alo | AGARTALA, Dec 23 (TIWN Exclusive): ‘Saree wearing, Rural looking’ BJP General Secretary Pratima Bhowmik’s criminality remained hidden under disguise as this Tripura’s crime queen and her brother cum hardened criminal Biswajit Bhowmik turned epitome of organized crime, drug smuggling in Tripura after BJP’s election win in March’2018. Before Assembly Election, Sonamura, Dhanpur, Bisalgarh regions massive ganja business, Phensedyl smuggling to Bangladesh, massive Arms & Drugs like Heroin smuggling worth hundreds of crores lucrative trade kingpin was Billal Mia, whereas Pratima Bhowmik, her brother Biswajit were ordinary criminals involved in Ganja cultivation, smuggling and 4 murders including killing Biswajit’s wife for dowry. Before Election, Pratima Bhowmik begged Drug kingpin Billal Mia for Election Fund money so Billal gave Rs 42 Lakhs to Pratima on the condition that new BJP Govt should allow him to run his Narcotics smuggling empire which Pratima guaranteed after Biplab Deb’s approval, also Pratima promised to return Rs 42 Lakhs money after Election win. Pratima also requested Billal Mia to train her brother Biswajit in narcotics smuggling. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Massive Erosion of Voters base, imminent | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Dec 23 (TIWN): JUMLA Party losing mass support base across India as upcoming Lok Sabha Poll defeat imminent in April’2019. Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Modi government was forced to bring down the GST rates after electoral verdict in three Hindi heartland states and insisted that the people have already made up their mind to defeat BJP in 2019. Gandhi, who has been taunting Modi government over its "faulty implementation" of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by terming it as 'Gabbar Singh Tax' said that the government now was belatedly trying to simplify it. "Modiji broke the back of small and medium businessmen through Gabbar Singh Tax. He snatched jobs of lakhs of people but his heart did not melt and he did not bring about any change," Gandhi said in a Facebook post in Hindi. "Now feeling scared after people's verdict in the three states, Modiji is trying to make the Gabbar Singh Tax as GST. People understand it all. Gabbar you are gone," he added. Gandhi also attached a video of his election campaign during the Gujarat Assembly polls last year in which he had made the GST's "flawed implementation" a key issue. In the video Gandhi is seen telling people that they will force the Modi government to simplify the GST and will insist on the tax rate being capped at 18 per cent. | 22-Dec-2018 |
CPI-M West Dist Party Secretary attacked | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): CPI-M West District Party Secretary Subashish Ganguli was along with other CPI-M members were brutally attacked during CPI-M’s door to door campaigning. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Deadly collision near Amtali School, Fir | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): With a tragic incident a deadly accident was informed from Amtali area in Agartala on Saturday evening led fatal consequences. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Birjit Sinha leads Congress campaign acr | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): Congress State President Birjit Sinha has been leading the campaigning for the upcoming Municipal by-election across the state. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Broad-daylight attack on CPI-M candidate | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): A massive protest was organized on Saturday evening by CPI-M from Melarmath voicing against the brutal attack on CPI-M activists, leaders during by-election campaigning. Thousands of agitators joined the rally marching against 9 months old BJP Govt. Leader Pabitra Kar said, BJP Govt has given up the law and order and now BJP goons are controlling everything. “Today, in front of police CPI-M members, candidate were attacked. When an old man and one woman came to save them, the BJP goons attacked on them physically and the whole episode took place in front of police, but no action was taken against any of them. BJP president Biplab Deb (also Tripura CM) has pushed the goons to beat oppositions, torture on them to continue the terror of BJP among them, but we will not stop, neither we are afraid of their threats and attacksâ€, said Pabitra Kar. 5 days ahead of Municipal by-election, CPI-M candidate of Agartala Ward No-4 along with other CPI-M leaders, activists faced attacks by ruling BJP on Saturday. The attacked party leaders are 1) Subhashish Ganguli, 2) Bitan Das and many more. Tripura by-election is going to be conducted on December 27, which was postponed by State Election Commission allegedly under BJP led State Govt’s pressure, without informing the oppositions. Thousands of attacks took place on the opposition led over 70% seats BJP has already won without any contest. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Assam Rifles NIT flagged off | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): Assam Rifles National Integration Tour of 25 students of Khilpara Orphanage School returned to Agartala after visiting Delhi, Jaipur & Ajmer. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Tripura by-election : CPI-M candidate at | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): 5 days ahead of Municipal by-election, CPI-M candidate of Agartala Ward No-4 along with other CPI-M leaders, activists faced attacks by ruling BJP on Saturday. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Govt submits ‘Action take reportâ | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): State Govt has submitted a report to Tripura High court regarding the bulldozing of various religious centres on Govt land. | 22-Dec-2018 |
JUMLA Fooling again ? Ratan Lal denies c | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): JUMLA Govt’s official order halting all new govt job recruitments turned biggest cheating to lakhs of unemployed youths but Ministers like Ratan Lal continue to fool masses. After the recently leaked confidential circular of the BJP Govt, which said, Tripura has enough numbers of employees in all depts and there is no need of any more Govt employee, Education Minister Ratanlal Nath said that Govt didn’t put any full stop in recruitment, rather all depts now have to take permission from the Finance Dept before recruiting fresh candidates. When Education Dept itself was issued with a notice on the recently recruited employees under the State Education Dept, Ratanlal Nath said, “This was due to a misunderstanding between two depts. The teachers jobs were given under proper permission from the State Govtâ€. The issue was raised, as Education dept headed by Minister Ratanlal Nath was also served a notice for the ongoing yearly recruitment asking cause behind so many recruitments in past few months, which is causing huge expenditure for the Finance Dept. At the same time, other departments have also given an ultimatum not to recruit any more employee without Finance Dept’s permission or action will be taken. Tripura yearly has two annual TET exams and direct recruitment process aimed to mitigate the ongoing teachers crisis. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Curbing Govt job opportunities through o | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): Ahead of Lok Sabha Election, BJP Govt led slashing of vacancies under Govt Depts was rude resented even BJP young voters. Media reports, have expressed shocks over the Govt decision and such autocratic way of stopping job opportunity is rare in Tripura State Govt history.Already hundreds of pending promises are turning heavy on the Govt when various new problems are being faced due to lack of central funding. From one job for each household to 50000 jobs in the first year are not only pending but Tripura Govt in a notification jolted unemployed youths saying, no more Govt job in Tripura unless and until an Govt employee goes in retirement. On Feb 11, 2018, just a week before 2018 Assembly Election (18th Feb )– In order to maximize voting in BJP’s favour, Arun Jaitley led BJP triggered a storm of hope among masses with promises ranging from one job for each household, free housing for all, regularizing all contract employees, 7th Pay commission to all Govt employees, free smartphone to each youth (over 20 lakhs smartphones approximate). However now Biplab Deb led BJP realizing that none of them items in VISION document are possible practically, so repeating these promises till March’2019 will help BJP to sail through winning Tripura’s Lok Sabha seats. Being failed to fulfill Vision Document, Tripura BJP along with National BJP continues JUMLA with statue politics. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Pradyot talks on NRC in Congress meeting | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): National Congress leader, Congress National Secretary for Sikkim Pradyot Deb Barman has stressed on National Register of Citizens (NRC) on yesterday’s meeting at the Congress Bhawan. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Tripura By-Election : Opposition parties | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): A total “peaceless democracy†is fueling tension, resentment in Tripura with the Municipal Election is knocking the door. | 22-Dec-2018 |
HC rejects State Govt’s plea on ' | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): Tripura High Court has rejected State Govt’s plea to withdraw the stay order on District Magistrate’s order on cancelling publication of “Daily Desher Katha†newspaper, a 40 years old Leftist backed newspaper in Tripura. | 21-Dec-2018 |
‘Will save Communist with last dro | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): Reacting on the ongoing attacks on CPI-M centering each by-election, CPI-M leader Pabitra Kar warned BJP, “Don’t even think, we will stop under your attack, rather with the last drop of blood will save communismâ€. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Bomb blast at Shekerkote, no injury or d | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): On yesterday evening, bomb blast event was reported at Shekerkote in Tripura. | 22-Dec-2018 |
‘NCERT syllabus welcomed with full | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): Reacting over the ongoing criticism on NCERT syllabus implementation, Tripura Education Minister Ratanlal Nath said that school principals, teachers and at the guardian level NCERT syllabus has been accepted with full enthusiasm. | 21-Dec-2018 |
‘Why Modi Govt favoured Ambani for | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): Daughter of India’s 13th President Pranab Mukharjee, Sharmaitstha Mukharejee while addressing media here said that Congress will not be silent on Rafel deal till Modi Govt answers why did Modi Govt favoured only Ambani led industry and not others in Rafale deal whom the Modi Govt earlier also favoured many times. | 21-Dec-2018 |
‘State Election Commission worse t | AGARTALA, Dec 22 (TIWN): In a highly disturbing trend of nexus among State Election Commission and BJP’s criminal gangs, majority of seats are being declared ‘Uncontested’ win for BJP as opposition parties were terrorized, candidates beaten, houses burnt unless they withdraw nominations in Municipal Poll, which is a repeat of BJP’s ‘Terror Driven’ Poll Strategy in Panchayat Election but SEC chosen to stay in slumber.. Counterattacking ruling BJP’s claim on opposition CPI-M failed to announce candidates names and thus BJP won various seats without contest, CPI-M leader Pabitra Kar said that their party’s condition is not too poor that they can not effort at least candidates names, rather amid BJP’s brutal attacks, candidates submitted nominations but many were bound to withdraw their nominations due to deadly attacks from the BJP.Kar said, BJP is scared of its defeat and thus attacking people across. Slamming Commissioner G.K.Rao led State Election Commission’s puppet role for changing Election date without informing oppositions, Pabitra Kar said, “It has become worse than a dollâ€. | 22-Dec-2018 |
BJP’s draconian attack on Press, | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): BJP's autocracy and destruction of democracy's all fabrics continue as Party lost mass support base due to JUMLA. The illegal order from MHA ahead of Lok Sabha Election has allegedly not only designed to enter public privacy under Information Technology Act, but a section of democratic cultivators are under Modi Govt’s digital attack. This doubt raised by a section of press too, as Modi Govt already lost trusts in similar grounds and various attacks on press, opposition are revealing each day. Moreover, amid cyber security claims, BJP Govt never took action against any so called ‘Bhakts’ who continue to malign with unwanted words and social media posts. Whether the opposition will go to Supreme Court against the order, it hasn’t declared yet but almost all the political parties have condemned the order which is first ever in the history of India. CPI-M National General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has raised question, why under Modi Govt every citizen is treated as a criminal ? The questions get ground as BJP has marked as a Govt for misusing the power of being ruling. Congress has said the order as “ultimate assault on fundamental rights and the right to privacyâ€.Temring the order as “unconstitutional†politburo has given this statement. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Chaos in IGM, Hospital Security manhandl | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): Once again a clash between IGM security staffs and patient party hit the hospital premise. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Former President of India Pranab Mukhar | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): Ahead of Lok Sabha Election, 13th President of India Pranab Mukharjee’s daughter Sharmistha Mukharjee has arrived here in Tripura today, held meeting in the Congress quarter, followed by a press conference with State media persons at Agartala. | 21-Dec-2018 |
People's Congress slams BJP Govt for 'fa | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): People’s Congress party on Friday held a one-day-long conference at Agartala, raised 25 pending demands during the conference and discussed. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Congress held crucial party meeting | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): Congress held hour-long meeting with the party activists at Agartala Congress Bhawan on Friday. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Banned ULFA Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa a | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): Arabinda Rajkhowa, alias Mijanur Rahman Choudhury, who is the Chairman of the banned group ULFA. He is one of the founder members of the group has arrived here in Tripura on Friday. He was also the Vice-President of the Indo-Burma Revolutionary Front. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Tripura BJP Govt Inadequately silent ove | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): BJP rapidly losing votebanks after 10 months, Biplab Deb failed to fulfill or initiate a single promise made before or after election which includes ‘50000 Jobs within 1 year’ or 7 lakhs Jobs within first 30 months. After losing minority vote banks, BJP in Tripura is desperately losing youngers votebanks whom the party before election promised to give smart phones (around 20 lakhs), house to house jobs, 50,000 Govt jobs in first year and the promises’ liability goes first of all to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely who unveiled the Vision Document with hundreds of promises done to the people here. But since the notification was published signed by Chief Secretary L K Gupta on curbing of Govt job opportunities, massive criticism was erupted but till now from December 17, no statement was given from the State Govt. Already, tensions have erupted among TET Qualified, B.Ed ongoing teaching job aspirants in Tripura as Finance dept in a notification signed by Chief Secretary L K Gupta has warned all depts to make a pause in the recruitment process as “Tripura has highest level of literacy rateâ€. Education dept headed by Minister Ratanlal Nath was also served a notice for the ongoing yearly recruitment asking cause behind so many recruitments in past few months, which is causing huge expenditure for the Finance Dept. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Protests Over Wage Revision : Banking tr | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): A union of public sector bank officers has called for a strike on Friday, demanding immediate wage revision and protesting merger of the state-owned banks.Most branches of public sector banks have been shut across Tripura today on account of a strike called by an officers’ union to protest against merger of state-run banks and in support of an immediate wage revision. Most officers, who are part of the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), have joined the protest today. Private sector banks, whose employees are not part of this union, continue to function as usual however. Public sector banks will be closed for three continuous days from today. All banks will be closed tomorrow as it is the fourth Saturday of the week while Sunday is another weekly holiday. It will be on Monday when all banks will operate as usual before again shutting down for the next two days. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Ganja racket in Go-sala Asram ! | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): In 2008 foundation stone was laid for a primary health centre but after foundation stone was laid, allegedly no development was done by the previous Govt. | 21-Dec-2018 |
18 months child drowned, died | AMARPUR, Dec 21 (TIWN): One 18 month’s girl child Arpita Debnath died pathetically by drowning in a pond in her own house. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Assam Police allegedly beaten Tripura yo | CHURAIBARI, Dec 21 (TIWN): Serious allegation has come against Assam Police for beating 11 youths of Tripura for commission, in other words “bribeâ€. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Campaigning in full wave for upcoming Tr | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): 7 days left that Tripura will undergo crucial Municipal Election even though maximum seats were grabbed by BJP by force. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Tripura girl bags 5 gold medals at natio | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): Tripura girl Ashmita Pal has bagged 5 gold medals in 64th national school gymnastics. | 20-Dec-2018 |
BJP lost mass support under Biplab, Prat | AGARTALA, Dec 21 (TIWN): JUMLA Era not only paralyzed all hopes for State’s 7 Lakhs unemployed youths but Law & Order havoc across Tripura. Supporting Central trade union (CITUs) called two days nationwide general strike on January 8 and 9, 2019, Tripura CPI-M has started statewide propaganda, urging common men to join the strike and succeed the strike in protest of what they call the pro- corporate, anti-national and anti-people policies of the BJP-led NDA government. Tripura CPI-M fully supporting the strike has called for a peaceful observation of the strike, whereas the ruling BJP in Tripura has already opposed the strike and likely to force vehicle movement. The protest is scheduled to have against privatization, corporate centric governance of the BJP Govt at Centre and State. | 21-Dec-2018 |
‘Water contamination spot identifi | AGARTALA, Dec 20 (TIWN): At least 120 persons have already affected from diarrhea due to the water contamination in Shib Nagar area, but successfully PWD (DWS) Dept has identified the area from where the contamination is taking place. Holding a press meet, PWD (DWS) Minister Sudip Barman said that the Gandhi School water tank has been identified as water contamination spot. | 20-Dec-2018 |
BJP's vision-less economy further causin | AGARTALA, Dec 20 (TIWN): BJP’s visionless mission has hit unemployed, poor in last 10 months. Whereas it was assumed that once BJP rides in power, Tripura will have massive fund-flows from the centre for having a same Govt in State and Centre but the outcomes are remained so far much alleged ‘JUMLA’. Neither BJP could make any clear vision nor policy to develop the economy so far but desperately the inexperienced Govt both at Centre and State are slashing previous Govt’s schemes and projects including MGNREGA. Now in case of Tripura’s massive poverty and unemployment rate, MGNREGA mandays have been shortened saying ‘MGNREGA can not be the solution for Economy in the long run’. At the same time when its about Govt jobs, state Govt has already declared that Govt job is not the solution but what is the solution according to BJP, it has raised question. Resentments are brewing against the Govt due to it’s poor economic plan.Complaints are coming that those who are getting MGNREGA works were said will not get social pension, rather they will get one of these two. | 23-Dec-2018 |
Leftists marched protest to ‘Save | AGARTALA, Dec 20 (TIWN): CPI-M backed Tafashili Jati Unnoyon Samiti, Tripura State Committee held a massive rally here in Agartala voicing to save constitution, save Dalit-rights. | 20-Dec-2018 |
National Congress Secretary arrives in T | AGARTALA, Dec 20 (TIWN): All India National Congress Secretary Bhupen Borah has arrived in Agartala on Thursday. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Tripura Municipal By-Election on Decembe | AGARTALA, Dec 20 (TIWN): 7 days left that Tripura will undergo crucial Municipal Election even though maximum seats were grabbed by BJP by force. | 20-Dec-2018 |
2000 rupees social pension promise pendi | AGARTALA, Dec 20 (TIWN): Dream of poor people on Rs. 2000 social pension is yet pending turning risky for vote banks ahead of Lok Sabha election. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Tripura’s fixed-pay-scale system | AGARTALA, Dec 20 (TIWN): 'Acche Din' dreams of Tripura employees, pensioners now bite dust. | 20-Dec-2018 |