Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Tripura Congress distributed relief mate | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): All Tripura Unorganised Workers Congress has distributed relief items among the daily workers, Tomtom drivers infront of Pradesh Congress Bhawan today. | 27-May-2020 |
| Big trees fallen across the capital city | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): Across the capital city Agartala, big sized, old trees were seen fallen, uprooted on Wednesday followed by incessant raining and stormy weathers here. | 27-May-2020 |
| Unfriendly Weather, COVID-19 turned doub | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): When COVID-19 cases have surpassed 200 in Tripura and touched 600 in neighboring Assam, the Governments across the Northeast region are facing double challenges now with the unfriendly odd weathers. | 27-May-2020 |
| Tripura COVID-19 Cases reaches to 232 | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): COVID-19 Cases in Tripurahas reached to 232 with total 34 persons tested positive in last 24 hours. | 27-May-2020 |
| COVID-19 : 34 new Cases reported in Trip | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): In last 24 hours, total 34 new cases were reported in Tripura, tallying the positive Active case’s numbers at 65. | 27-May-2020 |
| 5 freshly positive cases found in Udaipu | UDAIPUR, May 26 (TIWN): 5 new cases found in Udaipur on 26th May. | 26-May-2020 |
| Heavy rain, storm affected various parts | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): Incessant raining, stormy weather, predicted by IMD has started massive damages in Tripura along with other Northeastern states. In various parts of the capital city Agartala have faced challenges, as trees collapsing have damaged electrical posts, disruption, power connectivity. Various shops and houses were damaged and the rains are continuing, said local reports. Days after the torrential rainfall and widespread destruction caused by Super Cyclone Amphan over east and northeast India, the entire region is once again set to be on the receiving end of heavy rain and inundation threat for the week to come. Accordingly, red alerts have been placed over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh between May 26-28, while a severe flood alert has been issued across two Assamese districts. Tripura too came under the affects. | 27-May-2020 |
| Public lives rattled in Tripura due to r | AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): After cyclone Amphan had rattled severe parts of the West Bengal, Odisha, now Northeast India is under the grip of challenging weather, already affecting Tripura, Assam and various parts of the Northeast region. Houses were damaged, in Agartala, electricity connections disrupted due to trees collapsed in natural phenomenon. Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls is expected at isolated places over parts of Assam and Meghalaya, Tripura during the next five days and over Arunachal Pradesh today, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.In various parts of the capital city Agartala have faced challenges, as trees collapsing have damaged electrical posts, disruption, power connectivity. | 27-May-2020 |
| Tripura COVID-19 Cases raised to 209, Ac | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Fresh 11 cases have been reported in Tripura of COVID-19 and among them 10 are from Mumbai returners whereas one is BSF 86th Bn family member. | 26-May-2020 |
| Tripura reports 11 more fresh COVID-19 c | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Fresh 11 cases have been reported in Tripura of COVID-19 and among them 10 are from Mumbai returners whereas one is BSF 86th Bn family member. Chief Minister Biplab Deb in a tweet has announced, “11 people found COVID19 #POSITIVE in Tripura today. Among them 10 people have returned from Mumbai, #Maharashtra by train and 1?? person is a family member of BSF personnel of 86th battalionâ€. Total numbers of active cases which was 31 till evening update, is now 42. With this, total COVID-19 cases in Tripura has raised to 209.However, GB Hospital which is the main treatment centre is now COVID-Patients-free. The remaining patients have been kept in Bhagat Singh treatment care. The return of thousands of homebound people from southern and western India to the Northeast caused an abrupt rise in COVID-19 positive cases in the region, especially in Assam, where 168 fresh corona patients were reported in 24-hours taking the total count to 595 on Tuesday afternoon, ministers and officials said on Tuesday. | 26-May-2020 |
| Administrative Drive to ensure ‘Ma | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): With the increasing COVID-19 cases in Northeast, Tripura administrations statewide started massive drive to aware masses at least to wear masks. On Tuesday, it was seen that people are not wearing masks, neither the vegetable sellers are wearing masks. In this situation when Tripura to touch 200 cases of COVID-19 positive, administration has taken initiative to aware the masses. Talking to media, an official said that with returning people are coming, the numbers of cases are increasing massively. The return of thousands of homebound people from southern and western India to the Northeast caused an abrupt rise in COVID-19 positive cases in the region, especially in Assam, where 168 fresh corona patients were reported in 24-hours taking the total count to 595 on Tuesday afternoon, ministers and officials said on Tuesday. | 26-May-2020 |
| Flood Alerts in Northeast : IMD predicte | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): The Central Water Commission (CWC) of Jal Shakti Ministry on Tuesday issued a flood alert for the Brahmaputra river in three districts of Assam and neighboring states. At a time when the heatwave conditions have intensified in several parts of North India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall many parts of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during next 5 days. The weather department also said that heavy rainfall will be experienced in adjoining parts of east India during next 48 hours. It said that due to strong south-westerly wind from Bay of Bengal to northeast India at lower tropospheric levels, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over parts of Assam and Meghalaya during next 5 days and also over Arunachal Pradesh on May 26. | 26-May-2020 |
| Returnees cause rapid rise in corona cas | Guwahati/Kohima, May 26 (TIWN) The return of thousands of homebound people from southern and western India to the Northeast caused an abrupt rise in COVID-19 positive cases in the region, especially in Assam, where 168 fresh corona patients were reported in 24-hours taking the total count to 595 on Tuesday afternoon, ministers and officials said on Tuesday. | 26-May-2020 |
| ‘NGO,Parties can never take charge | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): No party or NGO can take charge of as authority in a state and those who are saying such, they have no idea about the law, said IPFT today in a press meet. | 26-May-2020 |
| ‘Over Rs. 5000 crores came from Ce | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Alleging no funding amount from the Centre has been clearly announced by Tripura Govt, neither any utilization transparency was maintained, Tripura Congress leader Gopal Roy has accused BJP led Tripura Govt for not maintaining proper utilization detains on the fund-utilization. Addressing media, Gopal Roy said, “There are huge funding from centre but no swab testing is done properly. So many hospitals are existing in the state but proper medical facilities are not being utilized. Nurses, Doctors, Medical staffs are provided with pathetic quality of food when in quarantine centre. From Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement more than 4000 core came for Tripura and more than thousand came from the previous announcements and along with that so many funding are happening, but where the funds are going ? Over 4,800 crores came from centre". | 26-May-2020 |
| Tripura Coronavirus Scandal gets a †| AGARTALA, April 24 (TIWN): COVID-19 pandemic period hinted a massive corruption in Tripura after Law Minister Ratanlal Nath himself brought serious allegations against State Health Dept on April 24, 2020 saying, he already got documentary evidence already. On April 24, Ratanlal Nath said, “Tomorrow I will open my mouth. Right now, I have evidenceâ€, but promising one day, the Minister has crossed 1 month, without reveling the scam details, whereas Govt officers left suspended with massive suspicions. On that time, Tripura Govt has ordered investigation in sanitizer and mask purchasing deals, removing Health Secretary Debasish Basu and NHM Director Aditi Choudhury from posts. In a press meet, Law Minister Ratanlal Nath has announced this, which has shaken the state. The Minister did not mention, whether the both officials are involved in any scam or not, neither told media clearly about any scam happened exactly or not. | 26-May-2020 |
| With electricity high charges, ice-cream | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): The existing ice-cream factories right now on the verges of shutdown, said a survey. | 26-May-2020 |
| Sellers reluctant to wear masks in Agart | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Small scale businessmen were seen reluctant to wear masks in Agartala, specially in the vegetable and non-veg items’ markets. | 26-May-2020 |
| Hilsa Fish price shoots up to Rs. 1600 t | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Amid lockdown, ahead of Jamai Shashthi, Hilsa fish prices have shot up to Rs. 1600 to Rs. 2000. Jamai Shashthi to be celebrated on May 28 and like every year families in Bengali community are busy to purchase delicious food making items, raw items for son-in-laws. Prices of the hugely popular and delightfully tasty fish Hilsa have skyrocketed in Agartala ahead of the Jamai Shasthi which will be celebrated on Thursday. Amidst formalin fear, price hike Bengali people have proven to be strict on Hilsha in Tripura and thus the price have gone up to 1600-2000, said a ground report. However, this year more than neighboring Bangladesh, sellers are dependent on West Bengal, said a seller. Chicken, mutton prices also at the same time have hit the market. | 26-May-2020 |
| Ashray Welfare Society felicitated the f | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Ashray Welfare Society felicitated Police, Reporters and cleaners of AMC today at BT college ground. | 26-May-2020 |
| Ice cream industry faces meltdown amid C | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Amid lockdown Ice-cream factories are headed for a washout this year even in scorching summer. | 26-May-2020 |
| Tripura’s COVID-19 Cases raised t | AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): Four persons were tested COVID-19 Positive in Tripura, raising the active case's numbers to 31. In a tweet Chief Minister Biplab Deb has announced, "990 samples have been tested today in #Tripura for COVID-19. Among them 4 persons found COVID19 #POSITIVE. All of them have returned from Mumbai, #Maharashtra by train".Total numbers of active cases which was 24 till evening update, is now 31. With this, total COVID-19 cases in Tripura has raised to 196 but the number would be 198 as two more persons were already sent back to own states or never resided in Tripura after sample collection.However, GB Hospital which is the main treatment centre is now COVID-Patients-free. The remaining passengers have been kept in Bhagat Singh treatment care. | 26-May-2020 |
| 4 Mumbai returners tested COVID-19 Posit | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Four persons were tested COVID-19 Positive in Tripura, raising the active case's numbers to 31. | 25-May-2020 |
| Tripura’s 10323 Teachers Stranded | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): National Lockdown halted nation in economy and public movement, terminated 10323 teachers are stranded with their uncertain futures. The former teachers are using various techniques, methods with social distancing to reach out the Govt. Sometimes, they are protesting from home and sometimes, they are facing massive police action due to their raising voice about BJP’s pre-poll promise to save the teachers livelihoods. In such a situation, the ‘Amra 10323’ group wrote letters to CM via post reminding his promise to the teachers before 2018 election as the then BJP State President. | 25-May-2020 |
| FIR lodged against Facebook user in Trip | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): 'All Tripura Govt Doctors Association' filed FIR against a person for claiming Tripura's COVID-19 Patients are actually Malaria Patients. | 25-May-2020 |
| Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated in Tripura with s | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Muslims in Tripura celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday sans the congregational prayers, traditional festivities, new clothes by obeying lockdown restrictions due to coronavirus outbreak. | 25-May-2020 |
| Tripura Govt held meeting with clubs to | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Tripura Govt led by Minister Ratanlal Nath held a meeting with various clubs in Agartala to curb various problems, which are being faced by the Govt due to COVID-19 outbreak and lack of mass awareness. | 25-May-2020 |
| Unable to get appointment to meet CM, te | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Terminated 10323 teachers have written a letter to Chief Minister Biplab Deb by post, after they allegedly failed to get any appointment to meet the Chief Minister. Talking to media at the Post Office Chowmuhani, a terminated woman former teacher said, “People’s memory is very short. We forget often what we say and thus, we don’t want CM to forget his given promise. So, we are trying to remind the CM how we are living today. We are looking at CM’s face and waiting for his step. We were teachers, that is correct. We loved our students, that is correct. Just we want to say, till CM does not acknowledges our pains, we will continue to remind him about thisâ€. Another former teacher said, “Due to COVID-19 we are unable to say anything. We are unable to meet the Chief Minister. Whenever, we try to say anything, police forces are trying to suppress usâ€.“As due to police, we can’t send our voice to CM, standing on that ground, we found a path to reach him out. Thus, we have tried to send our voice via post cardâ€, said the teacher. BJP before 2018 election had promised to secure 10323 teachers livelihood by changing a portion of the existing laws and said a file was sent to the Union Law Ministry but the status of the file could not be known till day. | 25-May-2020 |
| Massive fire breaks out at Malay Nagar | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Fire has been sparked out at Rajendra Biswas's house in Malay Nagar Ambedkar Chowmuhni on Monday. | 26-May-2020 |
| COVID-19 : CPI-M distributed relief mate | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): The CPI-M has distributed relief materials among 170 families in Agartala centering the Swami Vivekananda abasan. | 25-May-2020 |
| Tripura CM pays tribute to Revolutionary | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has paid tribute to revolutionary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on Monday on his 121st birth anniversary. | 25-May-2020 |
| Terminated 10323 teachers sent their mes | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): 10323 teachers used postcards to former BJP Party President cum Chief Minister of state Biplab Deb reminding the promises he made on livelihood of the former teachers before 2018 Assembly Election. Amid lockdown the terminated teachers are adapting hundreds of attempts seeking attention from the Government on their pathetic condition. | 25-May-2020 |
| Massive price hikes amid Lockdown period | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): Amid lockdown the drastic change in the prices of essential commodities hits the rural economy of Tripura ,badly.Report says , Tripura in last two decades hasn't undergone such economic situations, poverty , starvation that led couple of poverty related suicides in the State .Amid massive contributions in Chief Minister's relief fund, Tripura Govt failed to introduce a proper solution for poor people, did not announce any strong economic package which could feed the poor stomachs. This situation made public utter the phrases ,"previous days are no more","It's hard to even arrange the both ends meet","No work"etc . | 25-May-2020 |
| Flight Services resumes today, Tripura o | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, May 24 (TIWN): Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been developed to face the new challenge under COVID-19 outbreak as the flight passengers will be landing from today in Agartala MBB Airport. Addressing media, Law Minister Ratanlal Nath said that a meeting was held with Airport Authority to develop an SOP to set the procedures of boarding and check-in. He said thermal screening of all passengers is mandatory and all those passengers with foreign travel history in last 28 days, their samples will be collected and till results declared, they will be kept in facilitating quarantine.The Minister further said, if a passenger who wants to leave for his own country Bangladesh via Akhaura checkpost, for him/her a special vehicle has been managed which will take the passenger to Akhaura checkpost.Thus, hotels have been opened so that anyone can stay there but with social distancing. Minister Ratanlal Nath said that anyone wants to reside in hostels must have a proper cause like tickets of travel either rail, bus, flight or medical papers and important reason showing papers. Noteworthy, states across the country will resume domestic flight services on Monday except Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, said Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri. | 25-May-2020 |
| Tripura’s COVID-19 Active Cases n | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): More 3 persons have been tested COVID-19 positive in Tripura who returned from Delhi via Rajdhani Express. Total numbers of active cases which was 24 till evening update, is now 27. With this, total COVID-19 cases in Tripura has raised to 192 but the number would be 194 as two more persons were already sent back to own states or never resided in Tripura after sample collection. Chief Minister Biplab Deb in a tweet had announced fresh 3 cases in Tripura on Sunday night. “991 samples have been tested today in Tripura for COVID-19. Among them 3? persons found COVID19 #POSITIVE. All of them have returned from Delhi by Rajdhani Expressâ€, CM tweeted. | 25-May-2020 |
| Only Guwahati, Imphal Airports receive f | Guwahati/Agartala, May 25 (TIWN) Except Guwahati and Imphal airports, no passenger flight landed at any other airport in the north-eastern states on Monday as the Kolkata airport, hit by the cyclone Amphan last week, was shut, said top AAI officials. | 25-May-2020 |
| Tripura’s COVID-19 cases raised t | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): More 3 persons have been tested COVID-19 positive in Tripura who returned from Delhi via Rajdhani Express. | 24-May-2020 |
| Kuwait to deport 136 people of Assam, Tr | Agartala, May 24 (TIWN) The Kuwait government would deport 136 Indians belonging to Assam and Tripura and they would reach Guwahati by June 4, a Tripura Minister said on Sunday night. | 24-May-2020 |
| Tripura COVID19 : Health Ministry yet to | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): After BJP MLA cum former Health Minister Sudip Barman raised serious allegations on multicrore COVID19 supplies scam, now State Congress President raised question on COVID19 proper identifications, asked State Govt to release full report in public whether BSF Jawans were actually infected by COVID19 or it was a Malaria ? Tripura Health Ministry's silence on both of these serious issues raising further doubts on actual COVID19 figures. Based on media, social media reports, Tripura Congress President Pijush Biswas has asked the State Govt to disclose the report in public whether the BSF Jawans were truly infected by COVID-19 or Malaria disease ? Addressing media at the Congress headquarter in Agartala Post Office Chowmuhani on Saturday, Congress President Pijush Biswas said, “From the very beginning, we sought a probe in BSF COVID-19 infection cases. We also thanked the Chief Minister after he ordered for an investigation into the matter, but now as the report came in hand, it should be made publicâ€. | 24-May-2020 |
| Congress exposed various JUMLA Promises | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Congress raised serious doubts over various JUMLA promises and actual fund allocations to implement those promises by Tripura BJP Govt. “It is very astonishing that out of 20 lakh crore of economic package announced by the Prime Minister, only Rs. 4802 crores 88 lakh allotted for Tripura state during the situation of pandemic COVID19,which is only 0.24% of the total share. The lion’s share of this allotted Rs4802 crores package also very much confined with debt related package, not COVID19’.Ex TPCC president and CLP leader Gopal Roy’s Letter to Chief Minister Biplab Deb : In the press meet, our Chief Minister confessed that in maximum cases, state people as well as farmers,fishermen,animal brooder,horticultural farmers,bee keepers,temporary grocermen,unorganized labourers,contractor,migrant labourers may get this benefit for self sufficiency.The complaint has also been raised by the so called MLA that government has purchased lower quality of PPE and all other relevant medical kits earlier – now my simple query what is the reality behind this? | 24-May-2020 |
| Kanchanpur : Locals staged protest over | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Local people of Kanchanpur have staged protest against Govt’s move to given land to Mizoram origin Brus, who were listed as Tripura citizens under State, Centre and Mizoram Govt’s joint agreement. | 24-May-2020 |
| PAWSOME NGO's sting operation unearthed | Agartala, May 24 (TIWN): PAWSOME NGO's crusade against animal cruelty enabled unearthing a major racket of wildlife smugglings in Tripura. | 24-May-2020 |
| Tripura’s main COVID-19 Treatment | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): In a major relief for the Health care system and authority of the GB hospital, the main COVID-19 centre located at there is now COVID-Free, said a Doctor to media. Total two COVID patients were released from the GB hospital keeping GB hospital without any COIVID-patient existing anymore. However, in the secondary treatment care centre that is the Bhagat Singh treatment centre, right now total 24 patients are under treatment. Among the 24 active cases, 16 were reported yesterday who returned form Maharasthra. Today Bhagat Singh treatment care released 10 patients and then the remaining number remained as 24. However, the total active cases in Tripura are now 24, whereas cases numbers raised to 189 till day. Doctors said that each patient’s conditions are stable, beyond dangers. Tripura’s COVID-19 recovery rate has been reported as 87%. | 24-May-2020 |
| 'Don’t show discrimination agains | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): SDM Sadar Ashim Saha has urged the people not to discriminate people based on who are coming from other states. | 24-May-2020 |
| Tripura’s COVID-19 cases raised t | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): With new16 new coronavirus cases, has raised the total cases in state to 189. These 16 persons were tested COVID-19 positive in Tripura, who have recently returned from Maharashtra. CM Biplab Deb in a tweet has announced this, requesting travellers to follow Govt guidelines. “996 samples have been tested today in Tripura for COVID-19. Among them 16 persons found COVID19 #POSITIVE. All of them have returned from Maharashtra. They have been admitted to hospital. Requesting all travellers to follow the quarantine instructions & co-operate with Govtâ€, tweeted CM. However, amid all these, Tripura’s recovery rates have been remained high at 87% and according to the last report only 20 patients were existing in Tripura. | 24-May-2020 |
| Mob-Suicide ! Tripura man along with 8 m | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): A horrifying report from Telengana once again exposed lockdown without proper preparations, vision how have devastated the poor section of people in whole India. 9 persons committed suicide in Telengana including one person from Tripura by jumping in a well. Ananda Bazar newspaper report shows, by not getting salaries for over 2 months due to lockdown, 9 stranded youths have chosen death by drowning self in a well. Their dead bodies were recovered from Gorekunta village of Hyderabad. Out of the 9 suicidal victims, 6 are from West Bengal (2 persons from a same family) and 2 from Bihar and 1 from Tripura. Police have suspected the case as Mob-Suicide. All the workers, including women, were employed at a local gunny bag manufacturing unit and had even partied on Wednesday evening, before four bodies were found in the open borewell by their supervisor on Thursday. The mystery behind the deaths deepened further after five more bodies were recovered from the same borewell on Friday. | 24-May-2020 |
| Eid preparations begins in Tripura with | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the Muslim Community by maintaining social distances are doing basic rituals as the Eid onset. | 24-May-2020 |
| 'Now minimum auto fare Rs.30 in Tripura' | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): After the long-pending demands from auto drivers, the government has decided to increase the minimum fare for autos, fixing it at Rs 30 . The Cabinet on 19 May took the decision. | 24-May-2020 |
| 'Clarify, whether BSF Jawans were infect | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Based on media, social media reports, Tripura Congress President Pijush Biswas has asked the State Govt to disclose the report in public whether the BSF Jawans were truly infected by COVID-19 or Malaria disease ? | 24-May-2020 |
| ‘Stray Animals Foundation’ | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): ‘Stray Animals Foundation’ and the Forest Dept jointly have saved a wild Monkey from death. | 24-May-2020 |