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| 3 days left for Tripura Panchayat Electi | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Amid controversies, oppositions’ protests and allegations of poll manipulation, preparations for Panchayat Election continues undisrupted. Not only State Election Commission but also political parties are trying their best to win the remaining 14% seats under Panchayat as 86% seats are all set for BJP’s victory as ‘uncontested’. Just like 2018, September where BJP won 96% seats uncontested, this time BJP is all set to win the upcoming Election with 86% uncontested seats. This time, at first 82% seats were won by BJP as 18% seats were left without nomination submission by the opposition parties. However, many have withdrawn nominations after submission and thus total 5,652 seats are in grip of BJP out of 6646 seats including Panchayat, Jila Parishad and Samitis. Opposition parties have alleged, their candidates were bound to give up nominations and rest could not submit nominations in BJP’s pressures and attacks. Centering the election, however, various clashes erupted between ruling and the opposition parties. | 24-Jul-2019 |
| Teachers Crisis hits Tripura rural schoo | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Education Minister Ratanlal Nath who is directly attacking media and having much problems with media reports, is literally silent to give any clarification of his blunder speech saying 14,000 vacant posts can be filled up by him immediately in teaching but the State Tripura has not much eligible candidates. The Minister also failed to accept failure to recruit teachersand cancellation of TET exam in recent months, saying the interview was called by mistake. Even though Nath is having problems with news reports but unlike to take digs at self given fake promises and playing JUMLA tricks with unemployed youths in the name of teachers crisis. Tripura has 791 TET qualified, B.Ed holders although teachers crisis has hit the state forcing State Govt to handover schools to private hands.Right now, Tripura is suffering form teachers crisis but 791 TET passed, B.Ed holders have left jobless erupting resentments among the youths. | 24-Jul-2019 |
| ‘Women must be financially indepen | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Member of National Commission for Women Ms Soso Shaiza has visited Tripura, attended meetings and discussed about crime against women. | 24-Jul-2019 |
| BJP Govt alleged corruption, orders prob | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The BJP led State Govt in Tripura has ordered probe of Rs. 850 crore’s roadway construction project, announced Chief Minister Biplab Deb recently. | 24-Jul-2019 |
| 25 years old youth dies in Tripura in li | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): While going facebook live during high speed bike ride, a 25 years old youth died in Tripura pathetically. | 24-Jul-2019 |
| BJP Govt orders probe in GNM, ANM seats | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Hitting the previous years’ allocations of nursing seats for Tripura students led by Education Dept, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has ordered probe into the scams took place under the Communist regime. | 24-Jul-2019 |
| Disciplinary action against Deputy Direc | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Disciplinary action has been taken against Deputy Director of Horticulture Krishanu Chakraborty, THAS-III, Unakoti District. | 24-Jul-2019 |
| Tripura youth cracks ARS exam, a motivat | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Tripura youth Suman Natta, S/O-Furan Natta from Sonamura town, Sepahijala Dist of Tripura, has cracked Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Scientist exam in Plant Biochemistry subject (All India Rank SC-01, GEN-08). | 24-Jul-2019 |
| CMO calls for students of low income fam | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The Chief Minister's office in Tripura has called for names of students with annual family income less than rupees three lakh and want to study nursing in GNM and ANM category for the ongoing academic year. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Over thousand NET / SET qualified people | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Even though State is applauded by the great achievement of Tripura University students in the academic the year 2018-19 as a total of 64 candidates from various departments (including Journalism, Commerce, Library Science, Sociology, Physics, Chemistry, Bengali, Geography, English and others) have cracked the NET/SET examinations conducted by University Grant Commission and North-East SLET Commission, but a big question mark remains on their careers as over thousands of NET/SET qualified youths left either unemployed or guest lecturer of Colleges for years after years. The previous CPI-M Govt had introduced guest lecturer posts in Tripura Colleges due to shortage of teachers but gradually guest lecturers became the backbone of the Colleges and professor/lecturer crisis have been hitting the Colleges quality education. High Education in Tripura is suffering from disability following 25 years of a constant CPI-M regime and guest lecturer post was invented by the previous Govt. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Separate Block for eight IPFT MLAs in Tr | AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): In a significant political development, the ruling BJP's junior ally Indigenous People''s Front of Tripura (IPFT) has sought a separate block for its eight members in the assembly, Speaker Rebati Mohan Das said on Tuesday. | 24-Jul-2019 |
| Member of National Commission for Women | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Member of National Commission for Women Ms Soso Shaiza has met Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb today at CM’s office in the Secretariat. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Delhi-Agartala nonstop flights to boost | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): With the initiatives of Chief Minister Biplab Deb transport connectivity in all ways will likely to be expanded soon under PM Modi’s vision laid for Tripura ‘HIRA’ for which the State Govt is drawing road-maps and also started working in all sectors. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Terminated 10323 teachers reminds BJP Go | AGARTALA, June 23 (TIWN): 10323 teachers has announced to meet Party President cum Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Deb reminding BJP led pre-poll promises given to them. Directly mentioning about Vision Document, teachers today told media that they want the BJP Govt must start acting on the given promise and to ensure their lives, but how BJP Govt will do that it is the biggest question as the teachers were terminated by Supreme Court of India due to irregularities in the recruitment process. However, the teachers are still in job on ad-hoc basis and Supreme Court has made it clear that no acceptance on this job-extension plea will be in future and in 2020 teachers to end their service. Thus the pre-poll promise is now turning heavy on the BJP Govt.According to Vision Document terminated 10323 teachers was to give permanent solution of their problems by the BJP Govt after assuming power. Earlier, by mistake once a Minister said that Govt managed B.Ed relaxation for 10323 teachers. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Swatch Bharat’ drive unearths ban | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Modi Govt led demonetization rattled black money holders across India and in case of Tripura things are not different. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| 64 candidates cracked NET/SET examinatio | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): A great achievement of Tripura University students in the academic the year 2018-19. In this year a total of 64 candidates from various departments (including Journalism, Commerce, Library Science, Sociology, Physics, Chemistry, Bengali, Geography, English and others) have cracked the NET/SET examination conducted by University Grant Commission and North-East SLET Commission. This is a sharp rise in the number of qualified candidates from the past few years as revealed by the data provided by the office of the Statistical Officer of Tripura University. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Champamura double murder case : Son arre | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Champamura double murder case is now taking twists as son was arrested in suspect of killing own parents and then hanging their bodies at home. However, police still investigating the incident to find out it was a murder or suicide. The couple at the age of 50 Jatindra Das and his wife Sikha Das were found hanging in own house at Champamura followed by a family issue between his wife and his parents. Son Debashish Das has been arrested after interrogation and wife’s interrogation is going on. It was suspected as murder as blood clots were found in their bodies and the daughter in law told media that her husband was in very angry mood regarding family issues. Police said without post mortem nothing can be said, but blood spots are visible in their bodies. However, the accused Debashish Das while addressing media on yesterday said that he doesn’t know how it happened as he was in lock-up on yesterday night after his wife complained in police station. On that time, his wife was in Debasish's friend’s home. Spotting unmatched statements police have brought both of them for interrogation and already arrested Debashish Das. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| 10323 teachers to meet CM | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Terminated 10323 teachers have conducted a meeting, demanding permanent solution of Job tensions of the teachers according to BJP’s Vision Document Promise. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| 10323 case : No Govt sensitive about 58 | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Politics with 10323 teachers recruitment scam happened everytime, but those unemployed deprive youths who filed the petition in High Court against the recruitment are yet to get justice. Even after Court’s multiple orders under the constitution Govt has preserved the livelihoods of 10323 teachers but no Govt either CPI-M or BJP given any positive signal to the victims of Job recruitment scam. In 2018 it was revealed that many of them have not yet gotten any job who demanded same benefit as 10323 teachers. Noteworthy, Tripura High Court in 2014 while terminating the 10323 teachers asked the Govt to save those teachers lives by giving equal jobs to the petitioners. Whether Govt gives recognition or not, but 10323 teachers are the pillars who encourage job recruitment victims to take shelter of court when deprived or cheated by Govt machinery. Terminated 10323 teachers will place a deputation to the Director of Education dept with 5 points of demands on 14th August, saying that they have full faith on the BJP-IPFT Govt. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Century old festival Ker Puja begins in | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Centuries-old festival in Tripura called Ker Puja begins in Tripura today. 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. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Social organizations shaking hands with | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): After Chief Minister Biplab Deb raised question, why no club is coming forward to help the Govt in prevention of road accidents, now clubs have started participating in awareness rallies, calling other clubs to do the same. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Increasing crimes : 67 murders took plac | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): As TIWN analyzed crime record’s data released by Tripura Police recently, increasing crimes, murders have been are evident in the state with 16 murders in June 2019. In a shocking revelation it was seen that when in 2018 the numbers of murder cases were 67 throughout the year but only in 2019’s first months 67 murders took place.There are average 10 murders in Tripura per month which has increased now in May, June. In 2019 January 6, February 10, March 14, April 10, May 11, June 16.In 2018, 67 murders took place whereas in 2019 only in 6 months 67 murders reported. At least 255 rioting cases were filed in police stations across Tripura in 2018 a drastically hike than the previous years. The crime rate was not less in Tripura in the last one decade and still on high. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| CPI-M slams BJP, RSS as BJP leader caugh | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Opposition CPI-M has slammed BJP and RSS both as a BJP leader at Khayerpur Matilal Bhowmik caught in rape attempt of a minor girl. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| Stop permitting improper constructions w | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Tripura High Court in a verdict has instructed Agartala Municipal Corporation that in coming days no building construction permission should be given without proper space for vehicle parking zone which is leading traffic jams due to illegal parking of vehicles on roads. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| 12 Rohingyas stopped from entering Tripu | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday has stopped 12 Rohingyas to enter into Indian territory through Tripura from Bangladesh. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| 3 women arrested with local liquor items | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): 3 women were arrested with local liquors at Kanchanpur. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Tripura Panchayat Election on July 27 fo | AGARTALA, July 23 (TIWN): Amid controversies, oppositions’ protests and allegations of poll manipulation, preparations for Panchayat Election continues undisrupted. Not only State Election Commission but also political parties are trying their best to win the remaining 14% seats under Panchayat as 86% seats are all set for BJP’s victory as ‘uncontested’. Just like 2018, September where BJP won 96% seats uncontested, this time BJP is all set to win the upcoming Election with 86% uncontested seats. This time, at first 82% seats were won by BJP as 18% seats were left without nomination submission by the opposition parties. | 23-Jul-2019 |
| After CM's constant follow-ups, finally | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Responding on Chief Minister Biplab Deb's continuous requests, finally Tripura to get Delhi-Agartala direct flights from 14th August. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| CM visits Buddha Falls at Unakoti | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb has visited Buddha Falls in Unakoti District today. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Hanging body of couple found in Champamu | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Increasing crimes, murders have been reported in Tripura in the recent data given by Tripura Police with 16 murders in June 2019. Today couple at the age of 50 Jatindra Das and his wife Sikha Das were found hanging in own house at Champamura followed by a family issue which led his son to be in lockup on yesterday, however, few suspected family member’s involvement in this crime. It has been suspected as murder as blood clots were found in their bodies and the daughter in law told media that her husband was in very angry mood regarding family issues. Police said without post mortem nothing can be said, but blood spots are visible in their bodies. There are average 10 murders in Tripura per month which has increased now in May, June. In 2019 January 6, February 10, March 14, April 10, May 11, June 16.In 2018, 67 murders took place whereas in 2019 only in 6 months 67 murders reported. At least 255 rioting cases were filed in police stations across Tripura in 2018 a drastically hike than the previous years.However, the mainstream media limelight could not put a light in that major issue. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Tripura exports exotic pineapples, lemon | Agartala, July 22 (TIWN) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday flagged off the 17-tonne consignment of exotic and juicy pineapple to Dubai. Besides pineapple, Tripura is also exporting lemons to Dubai. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Not a single Patta was given to Janajati | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): CPI-M has staged massive protest here in Agartala to protect Forest Act 2006. A mass gathering was organized followed by a massive protest. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| CPI-M protests against Janajati peopleâ | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): CPI-M has staged massive protest here in Agartala to protect Forest Act 2006. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Khowai Professor beaten by students, har | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Professor beating episode in a college at Khowai inside students’ council has been strongly criticized by Congress’s student wing NSUI. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Tripura remembers Colonel Mahim Thakur o | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Tripura on Monday celebrated the 154th birth anniversary of Colonel Mahim Thakur, a visionary with versatile talents. The highly acclaimed member of royal family first paved visit of Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore and other laurels to the erstwhile princely state. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Agartala Flyover Inauguration Delay : Bi | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): After CPI-M Govt’s former PWD Minister Badal Chaudhury revealed RTI’s clean chit to Agartala flyover construction, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Monday has raised question while addressing at Kumarghat Pineapple export pogramme why the former PWD Minister is having problems with the delay with flyover inauguration and what is the cause of his super-urgency for flyover’s inauguration. Deb said, the person is showing extra headache for flyover inauguration because it was his dept. He further signaled, not only flyover, total 6 projects are now under vigilance to dig the corruptions in CPI-M Govt’s time. Rs. 850 crore’s roadway projects will also be investigated and each and every corrupt person will be brought under the bar. “The previous Govt had neither any plan nor kept proper balance sheet for the projects. Before Election, I promised people to punish corrupt people and I will keep the promiseâ€, Deb said. Biplab Deb also said, there will be actions against nursing courses corruption due to which state’s students were sent to unauthentic colleges. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Terminated 10323 teachers to kick off fr | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Terminated 10323 teachers will place a deputation to the Director of Education dept with 5 points of demands on 14th August, saying that they have full faith on the BJP-IPFT Govt. The teachers recently in a press conference said that Govt of Tripura is ready to exchange talks with teachers and taking all attempts to fulfill pre-poll promise about regularization. The teachers also said, Govt is very much cooperating with them.10323 teachers also have involved themselves with social works and blood donation camps have launched and many more to be launched soon.Terminated 10323 teachers will place a deputation to the Director of Education dept with 5 points of demands.The deputation will be placed on 14th August, one day ahead of Independence Day. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Tripura's State Fruit Queen Pineapples e | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Queen Pineapples have been imported to Dubai, UAE today from Tripura’s Kumarghat.This is the second big festival organized by Tripura Govt promote Queen Pineapple productions. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Tripura CM planted Rudraksh tree at CMâ | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has planted Rudraksh tree at Chief Minister’s quarter today. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Hindu Devotees offer prayers to Lord Shi | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Devotees have rushed to Shiva temples to offer prayers to Lord Shiva on Monday. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| 17 unemployed youths filed case against | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): 17 unemployed youths have filed case against TPSC for alleged corruption in TCS recruitment and PA-II exam. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| MGNREGA woman worker beaten by Panchayat | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): A daily workers who contributed in MGNREGA works at Gokulnagar village was beaten severely by Panchayat Pradhan Radhabinod Sharma, generated much resentment among the locals, although nobody is speaking out due to fear. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Minister Ratan Lal’s strange deci | AGARTALA, July 22 (TIWN): Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath’s political intentions under scanner as this former Congressman’s every administrative decision from TET passed Teachers Recruitment to forcing Science Students into Arts streams in colleges are anti-student, anti-youth which caused mass resentments across State. Ratan Lal’s continued anti-people decisions directly causing damages to 16 months old BJP Govt’s popularity. In political corners buzzing with the speculation that Ratan Lal aspiring to become Chief Minister after 2023 Election or promoting Pratima Bhowmik as next CM after 2023 Assembly Election in Tripura. Ratan Lal’s sole intention seems focused on damaging Biplab Deb Govt’s mass popularity via all types of anti-people decisions. | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Minimum salary for Private School Teache | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): After multiple times demands raised by teachers since decades, Tripura Govt till date could not impose any strict law of fixing teachers’ salaries in private schools which is bounding the teachers to continue private tuitions and many schools in Tripura are paying teachers below 5,000 forcing teachers to go for “private tuition businessâ€. Almost all private schools in Tripura are found engaged in this business causing double burden for the guardians. “Double Burden†because on the one side, guardians are bearing schools fees and on the other side, private tuition fees every month. Many CBSE schools’ education quality is 10% worse than even TBSE controlled Govt schools because the exams in those schools go on suggestion based question-papers.One of the burning issues of the Education system in Tripura is the private tuition business leading mass sufferings everyday. | 21-Jul-2019 |
| Rs. 67.49 crore’s project of wate | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb led Govt of Tripura has is working to diminish flood related miseries per year in Tripura. To start from the root cause of damages, Rs. 67.49 crore’s project of Water Resource Dept has been sanctioned for flood protection and to stop soil erosion. | 21-Jul-2019 |
| Tourism Department to provide 8 new boat | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): It is seen that from last year 2018, the flow of tourist to Chabimura has increased. At the same time, there is a need to provide tourism facilities for tourists at Chabimura. Therefore, the Tourism Department has decided to provide new 8 boats for river journey at Chabimura by spending more than ₹ 1.5 Crores. | 21-Jul-2019 |
| ‘BJP does not use Secularism Table | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Sunday on being asked by media about the difference between other parties and BJP which empowered it in Tripura said that unlike other parties, BJP doesn’t believe in secularism tablet. | 21-Jul-2019 |
| ‘First I am a BJP’s Kariyak | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): As BJP has started massive membership drive in Tripura and claimed for receiving huge responses, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has also joined the drive. | 21-Jul-2019 |
| RTI reveals ‘Agartala Flyover is s | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): RTI has revealed that reports on Agartala’s unopened flyover is very positive and this flyover is technically and structurally stable, said former PWD Minister Badal Chaudhury, slamming the BJP Govt for not opening flyover and continuously blaming CPI-M Govt for ‘unknown’ corruption. After getting RTI report, Chaudhury while talking to media at Melarmath CPI-M headquarter said, it proves, such allegations are baseless and just to delay the project with unknown intention. The former PWD Minister stated, “We accept that flyover work was not completed in our regime 100%, but in 2 months it can be completed as maximum part of the flyover was completed. But BJP Govt has not gone in that direction, rather started making people afraid saying that anytime any accident may happen if the flyover is opened. Then, the Govt handed over it to CSIR, CRRA which are now same organizationS under central Govt On 21st July, 2018 subjected to structural safety and safety audit report, but the report came in favour of flyover constructionâ€. | 21-Jul-2019 |
| Lok Adalat organized in Tripura courts | AGARTALA, July 21 (TIWN): The West district administrations and other districts organized a special Lok Adalat in the premises of District Magistrate offices on Sunday. | 21-Jul-2019 |