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| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Missing man’s hanging body recove | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): A missing man’s hanging body was recovered in Bagafa Munda Para of Santir Bazar. | 24-May-2020 |
| Tripura’s terminated 10323 teache | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): BJP which successfully brought a Modi wave in Tripura before 2018 election, gave tremendous promises, now torn apart promises into JUMLA after 2 years of BJP’s rule. BJP’s promise of regularization 10323 Teachers finally turned into their dismissal. The terminated 10323 teachers now in protest at their home, in obey to the National lockdown and not making any gathering outside, left without livelihood as under Supreme Court’s order the teachers were terminated in time (March 31st, 2020). But, before the Election, amid Supreme Court’s scheduled termination of the teachers due to irregularities in recruitment, BJP desperately promised verbally, in written forms to secure 10323 teachers livelihood by hook and crook in exchange of thousands of vote banks. In 2020, when teachers are devastated, as BJP failed to fulfill its promise to the teachers, in COVID-19 crisis period, teachers were arrested, case filed after protests and when sitting at home, the State Govt made an easy escape under the shelter of COVID-19. From Delhi’s Central leaders to Northeast state Assam’s Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, top Central leaders as Sunil Deodhar and even the then Union Finance Minister Lt. Arun Jaitley promised to secure the livelihood of the 10323 teachers as soon as BJP would be voted to power. But the reality after 2 years of the election victory has shocked the former teachers, many died in last 2years amid tension and panic and whereas the jobless teachers are now in protest but can’t raise voice due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, curfews, protocols resulted as cases against the teachers, detention by police. | 23-May-2020 |
| On the eve of Eid, Niti Deb distributes | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Purvaudaya NGO General Secretary Niti Deb, W/O-Chief Minister Biplab Deb has distributed cloths among the needy people in Agartala. | 24-May-2020 |
| 16 Maharashtra returnees tested COVID-19 | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): More 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. Now fresh 16 cases have been reported amid 996 sample collected. Several northeastern states, including Assam, Manipur and Tripura have warned of strict action, including imprisonment, if anyone defies the quarantine protocols. A spike in positive cases, especially in Assam has led the Govt to further tighten the measures to check the spread of COVID-19.With the return of thousands of people into Assam and other northeastern states from southern and western regions of India, 105 new cases have been reported in Assam alone in the past 24 hours, taking the state's total count to 319 on Saturday noon. Now fresh 16 reported in Tripura, giving a new challenge to the Govt. | 23-May-2020 |
| BJP vs BJP clash in Jolaibari : Tension | AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): Statewide massive violence has been terrifying common people under BJP regime. This time BJP vs BJP clash took place in Jolaibari area that erupted tension among the locals. | 24-May-2020 |
| ‘Tripura schools likely to start f | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Tripura Education Minister Ratanlal Nath on Saturday has expressed desire to start schools from June 1st which are left shutdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. | 23-May-2020 |
| BJP attacked Tripura Congress President | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Tripura Congress President Pijush Biswas was attacked at South Tripura in Lockdown relief distribution programmes and after he left those places, the party workers and the people who took reliefs from Congress party were too attacked, many beaten. Nightwide, bike-gangs of BJP reportedly continued attacks on innocent people, creating nightmares, alleged Congress Party. The Congress said, this state has no law and order anymore. Pijush Biswas said that yesterday’s incident at Hrishyamukh has crossed all tolerance, beating the block Congress president in front of police. He said that after such brutal attacks, police did not help to hospitalize them and night-wide attacks continued. Addressing media at the Congress Bhawan aftermath the attacking episodes, Congress President Pijush Biswas said in his statement, “From the very beginning, we are cooperating with the State Govt. At everywhere and in every step we have cooperated with the Govt. In All-Party-Meeting, we raised voice for unity and also I raised objection against attacks on oppositions". | 23-May-2020 |
| 5 injured in car accident at Bishalgarh | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): At least 5 persons were injured in a road mishap at Bishalgarh, after a Bolero and an Auto came in a collision. | 23-May-2020 |
| BJP Celebrates Port-way-Deal, claims, â | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): BJP has celebrated an event by displaying banners after India and Bangladesh signed a joint project to start water-ways connecting between Tripura and Bangladesh. | 23-May-2020 |
| COVID19 : ‘No need of Corona, We a | AGARTALA / CHURAIBARI, May 23 (TIWN): Miserable condition of quarantine Centre reported at Churaibari. The quarantined people said that they have been discriminated after they came by road, whereas the railway returners have been sent back for home quarantine. They alleged that their conditions are pathetic, no proper food also have been provided to them. Talking a woman, she said, “We are 70% dead in quarantine centre. There is huge negligence and we are kept like animals here, as if we are not humans. Not a single official has come to meet us or to check the situation. From water to food, nothing has been provided to us in sufficient manner, neither has any minimum qualityâ€. Discrimination alleged between by-road returners and by-train returners asking, when Railway returners are sent for Home Quarantine, why the by-bus passengers can not go for home quarantine ? The quarantine centre is at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. | 23-May-2020 |
| Stranded migrant labourers of West Benga | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): The migrant workers of West Bengal who are now stranded in Tripura beg to return home. They are trying to go back to Bengal now, after got information about massive devastation in Amphan cyclone in state. The stuck in persons, who are locked for over 2 months folded their hands before media, with tears in eyes, were begging to go back home. “We are in huge trouble. Our children are crying there, our homes are destroyed. Please, send back us soon. One day we are eating meal one time and another day we are not eating. We came to sale items but could not do any work due to lockdown", said Prankrishna Sarkar, a stranded person. | 23-May-2020 |
| Chameleon Politicians forgot Pre-Poll pr | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Shocked over the BJP led State Govt’s reluctancy on its pre-poll given promises, terminated 10323 teachers are lashing out at the Govt for its chameleon attitude before and after election to them. The former teachers who have lost their jobs on March 31st, 2020 were never said by BJP Govt to meet such a consequence even few months back of their tenure ending under Supreme Court’s order, but what was they promised was to give a secure livelihood by hook and crook. | 23-May-2020 |
| Guarantee-less loans to benefit small sc | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb said that both local and migrant workers would benefit from MGNREGS, as additional funds had been allocated for the Economic package of Central Govt. | 22-May-2020 |
| Forest Department and Pawsome NGO joint | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN) : Pawsome NGO with the help of Forest department rescued different breeds of birds who were been illegally kept at Krishnanagar on Saturday. | 23-May-2020 |
| Citizens Collective against COVID-19 sta | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): The Citizens Collective against COVID-19 has continued social works statewide, now stood with stranded migrant people who are suffering. | 22-May-2020 |
| Tripura Govt sent project of Rs 5,000 cr | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Stressing on the expansion and development of the primary sectors of the economy, Tripura CM Biplab Deb said that lakhs of people in Tripura can benefit from fisheries and animal resources sectors. | 22-May-2020 |
| 500 micro, small and medium enterprises | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s Rs 20 lakh crore economic package will benefit the people of Tripura to the tune of Rs 4,802 crore apart from other benefits, Chief Minister Biplab Deb said on Friday. | 22-May-2020 |
| ‘It was important to send off stra | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Tripura CITU has stated that before lockdown, if the migrant workers and stranded people could be send off to home, then it would be better for them. | 22-May-2020 |
| DYFI lashed out at BJP Govt over Law and | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Tripura DYFI has hit the BJP Govt over the existing deteriorating law and order situation. | 22-May-2020 |
| BJP-IPFT' is running at opposite directi | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): CPI-M's tribal wing Ganamukti Parishad's (GMP) president and former MP Jitendra Chowdhury alleged that BJP-IPFT led government is not taking necessary steps for the indigenous people of Tripura. | 22-May-2020 |
| ‘Government, give our jobs backâ | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): The terminated 19323 teachers have staged protest today, in Agartala. They also declared statewide social media movement with slogan of, "Govt! Fulfill your promise." | 22-May-2020 |
| FIR lodged against BJP leader for attack | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Case registered in local police station of Jolaibari against BJP leader Subhasish Acharjee for deceiving people and attacking an old man. | 22-May-2020 |
| BJP’s Promise Full-filling Deadli | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Terminated 10323 teachers have hit the BJP Govt on its delay in promise-fulfilment which was given to them before the Assembly Election 2018 of providing alternative jobs or reappointments but on 31st March, 2020, the promise fulfilment lapsed its ultimate date. Addressing media, former teacher Dalia Das said, “We expect public support for us and our families. Everyone needs food at first for survival. After food, other issues come like treatment, loans etc, but today we are on verge to lose our survival’s hope. It was Education Minister Ratanlal Nath who said that for our survival a petition to be filed, which may secure our lives from jobless situations. Then Chief Minister Biplab Deb announced Rs. 35,000 for us. So, we thought, they might be thinking something for us including our compensation and jobs, but nothing has been done for us". | 22-May-2020 |
| Agartala MBB Airport starts ‘Touch | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): A touchless flight operation was reported in Tripura’s sole Airport, that is the MBB Airport. | 22-May-2020 |
| Agartala MBB Airport is now functional, | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): After a long time, since 1.0 lockdown imposed nationwide, due to COVID-19 outbreak, Agartala Airport is getting back its life as the flights with stranded passengers started functional gradually. However, it has not been cleared when the normal flight will be started. Talking to the Manager on duty at the MBB Airport, he told media, “Only with ONGC staffs, 2 charter flights of Air India arrived today who were stranded. Both are charter flights. From Mumbai, the first flight has come with 42 passengers and while returning, it will be a connecting flight. In it from around 38 passengers will now go for Mumbai from Agartala MBB Airport now. In the same way, the flight which came from Delhi with around 40 passengers will be returning with around 40 passengers. That is also a joining flight with Dibrugarh. Thus both flights together carried 80 passengers to Tripura and now carrying around 80 passengers from Tripura". | 22-May-2020 |
| ‘Beekeeping will make you to earn | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): In an ‘Atmanirbharshil’ message, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has asked the farmers to focus on beekeeping. | 22-May-2020 |
| Terminated 10323 teachers staged protest | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Tripura's terminated 10323 teachers have demanded alternative Govt jobs, reminding the BJP Govt what they promised before Assembly Election 2018. With the demand they staged a protest in Agartala, along with starting a fresh social media movement as a reminder to the BJP Govt what it had promised before the election to the former teachers. The protest was staged by ‘Amra 10323’ and due to lockdown and COVID-19 outbreak, as they could not gather in protest, thus a digital mode of protest was also initiated by the teachers. Addressing media, a teacher said, “We have only one intention which is to let the Govt to know about our pathetic conditions, through which were going since our jobs are gone on 31st March. We are getting massive response from across the state. All are trying to take the issue to the Govt. Our demands are two : 1) Govt, give our jobs back, 2) Govt, please fulfill your promisesâ€. | 22-May-2020 |
| ‘Private schools relaxed fees unde | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Tripura Education Minister Ratanlal Nath on Thursday lashed out at the previous Govts in Tripura, claiming no other Govt under previous Govts has taken such a major decision of relaxing fees of private schools which but has happened under this incumbent BJP Govt. | 21-May-2020 |
| TBSE to conduct uncompleted Board Examin | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Tripura Broad of Secondary Education (TBSE) will be conducting it’s uncompleted board examinations on June 5 and June 6. | 21-May-2020 |
| Tripura BSF Battalions close to be †| AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Tripura BSF’s two Battalions are set to become COVID-Free after seeing tensions in 158th and 56th for a long time. | 21-May-2020 |
| Licensed liquor shop vandalized by angry | DASDA (North Tripura), May 22 (TIWN): Licensed liquor shops were vandalized by angry mob in Dasda, Kalambo Tilla. | 21-May-2020 |
| ‘Report on 79-Tilla Transformer bu | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma has stated that a report has been given on GB’s 79-Tilla’s Transformer burning incident. | 21-May-2020 |
| CITU distributed relief materials among | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): CITU, CPI-M’s wing has distributed relief materials among the construction workers at Dharmanagar, North Tripura District. | 21-May-2020 |
| Terminated 10323 teachers slammed Educat | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Terminated 10323 teachers have slammed Education Minister Ratanlal Nath for his untruthful statements. The teachers alleged that they were lured with two types of fake promises. The first one was as Minister Ratanlal Nath said, ‘Govt was keen to raise the matter to Supreme Court where a petition was filed to appoint the 10323 teachers in other posts’, the another was ‘Many of the 10323 teachers got Rs. 35,000’ , but rubbishing Ratanlal Nath’s statement, the teachers said that neither they go any money nor, Tripura Govt is serious about teachers appointment in non-teaching posts. | 22-May-2020 |
| Teenager in Agartala under trap of unkno | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): A teenaged 17 years old boy, student of Srikrishna Mission who was missing from his own home with Rs. 58,000 has been registered as a missing boy in West Agartala PS based on his parent’s complaints. | 21-May-2020 |
| COVID-19 : Sanitizing drive in public ga | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Amid COVID-19 outbreak, lockdown tensions, sanitizing drives continue across the public gathering by State Govt of Tripura. | 21-May-2020 |
| Shramik Train from Haryana to start on S | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Amid thousands of stranded people outside the state trying to come back, various Shramik trains are in operation to bring back the migrant workers to state in phrases. In such a move, a Train from Haryana to start with passengers of Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, Assam on May 23. Among all the passengers, Tripura total 637 passengers are stranded to start on May 23. According to Law Minister Ratanlal Nath’s statement, it is said that the passengers will reach Haryana from Gurgao via bus and then to start by train. On the other side, from Kerala, on May 27, train with Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram passengers to start. Already, 1823 passengers form Telengana started heading to Tripura. In the same way from Haryana, Kerala also trains to start by few days. Among the other states’ arrived people, total 5 persons were tested COVID-19 positive in Tripura who came from Chennai to Tripura recently. State Govt is thus much focused to tests of the passengers to detect the COVID-spread. | 21-May-2020 |
| Tripura BJP-IPFT Govt to constitute â | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Tripura Govt to form an Action Plan for ADC’s development, said Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma on blaming the previous CPI-M Govt for not doing enough development in the ADC areas. | 21-May-2020 |
| Terminated 10323 teachers slammed Educat | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): The terminated 10323 teachers have slammed Education Minister Ratanlal Nath for his untruthful statements. The teachers alleged that they were lured with two types of fake promises. The first one was as Minister Ratanlal Nath said, ‘Govt was keen to raise the matter to Supreme Court where a petition was filed to appoint the 10323 teachers in other posts’, the another was ‘Many of the 10323 teachers got Rs. 35,000’ , but rubbishing Ratanlal Nath’s statement, the teachers said that neither they go any money nor, Tripura Govt is serious about teachers appointment in non-teaching posts. Addressing media, the former teachers said that all the cases which were listed before and after the 10323 teachers case were heard in the Supreme Court but only their cases remains only because of Tripura Govt’s delay game by not paying the court fee. | 21-May-2020 |
| 2 more COVID-19 Positive cases in Tripur | AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): 2 persons more were tested COVID-19 Positive in Tripura, announced Chief Minister Biplab Deb. | 21-May-2020 |
| 17 more COVID-19 patients cured in Tripu | AGARTALA, May 20 (TIWN): More numbers of patients were released from Bhagat Singh Youth Hostel treatment centre today. The released patients are from BSF 86th Bn. | 20-May-2020 |
| 1584 stranded people left from Tripura t | AGARTALA, May 20 (TIWN): Total 1584 stranded people have left from Tripura to UP’s Allahabad (officially known as Prayagraj) at Uttar Pradesh. | 20-May-2020 |
| Dead-body of 45 years old man recovered | AGARTALA, May 20 (TIWN): A dead body of a 45 years old man was recovered at Abhoynagar, Agartala. His body was floated in a drain near the local market. | 20-May-2020 |
| Administrative Drives on Masks in Agarta | AGARTALA, May 20 (TIWN): Administrative drive against COVID-19 Lockdown violators continues in state Tripura. MLA Dr Dilip Das, DM Dr Sandeep Mahatme, SDM Ashim Saha remained present during the drive. | 20-May-2020 |
| Is appeal to Supreme Court for 10323 Tea | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, May 20 (TIWN): The terminated 10323 teachers have accused BJP led Tripura Govt for not paying any court fee which has left the matter pending in Supreme Court without a single hearing. Addressing media, the former teachers said that all the cases which were listed before and after the 10323 teachers case were heard in the Supreme Court but only their cases remains only because of Tripura Govt’s delay game by not paying the court fee. The case was filed by Tripura Govt requesting Supreme Court to allow the Govt to appoint these former teachers in non-teaching posts. The terminated teachers said, Education Minister Ratanlal Nath is desperately lying before media. They also alleged that the Minister not only in this case but also lying in the matter of Rs. 35,000 payment to each of the 10323 teachers, said, the day before yesterday a single teacher first received the money whereas Minister Ratanlal Nath was continuously saying that payments were already done. | 20-May-2020 |
| Chennai returned new COVID-19 patients s | AGARTALA, May 20 (TIWN): COVID-19 Patients were brought to the Bhagat Singh Youth Hostel treatment centre after they tested positive. On yesterday, total 4 Chennai returnees were tested COVID-19 positive in Tripura. They came via Shramik special train comprised of around 1,400 passengers. CM tweeted, “850 samples have been tested for #COVID19 today and among them 4 persons found POSITIVE. All four #COVID19 patients have returned from Chennai and are now under treatment. We are committed to ensure your safety. Stay safeâ€. Thus, total 55 active cases are now in Tripura. As on Tuesday’s record, it has been informed that in the Bhagat Singh treatment centre there are only a total of 46 COVID-19 patients are existing and in GB treatment centre total 5 cases are active and now 4 new patients, so total numbers of cases are 55 now. Total 27 patients were released from Bhagat Singh COVID-19 care centre after all of them were tested negative but from GB no patient was released today. | 20-May-2020 |
| Stranded migrant workers of Tripura left | AGARTALA / CHENNAI, May 20 (TIWN): A video went viral where migrant workers of Tripura seen in miserable conditions without any financial help, missed train and no support from the Tripura Govt further suffered from police’s lathi-charge. The people talked in the video alleged that they are left on road without getting any help from the Govts and it has been around 3 to 4 days that they are road but now have no money for food also. “Whenever we call the Tripura Govt call centre, they only promise us to give financial helps, but no help was given. I never appealed for anything in my life with so many times with written applications, how I wrote to the Govt now for money. We have come to the station, but train did not take us, rather police imposed lathi-charge on us. Who will take our responsibility now ?â€, said a stranded man there. | 20-May-2020 |
| Power Engineers' Association to give 5 l | AGARTALA, May 20 (TIWN): Power Engineers' Association has decided to distribute 5 litre of petrol to photo-journalists in Tripura. | 20-May-2020 |
| ‘Abolishment of over 3000 teaching | AGARTALA, May 20 (TIWN): Tripura SFI has lashed out at the BJP led State Govt for abolishment of over 3000 posts for Undergraduate teachers. | 20-May-2020 |
| Tripura scientist makes robot to take ca | Agartala, May 20 (TIWN) A scientist of Tripura University has made a robot from locally available and scrap materials to assist the front-line health workers, including doctors, to take care of the coronavirus patients from a distant place. The remote-controlled robot can carry 10-15 kilograms of materials, has an operational range of 15-20 metres, and can deliver food, medicines and other essential items to the COVID-19 patients. | 20-May-2020 |