Category: AGARTALA

In a significant crackdown on smuggling activities, Assam Rifles in collaboration with Customs officials on Saturday seized gold worth Rs 1.02 crore and arrested two persons in Tripura, officials said.

The 27th state conference of the party is especially crucial considering that from the event the new leadership in the form of the new state committee will be selected that will lead the party for the crucial state Assembly elections in 2026.

The Assam Rifles and other law enforcing agencies seized large quantities of ganja (marijuana) and other contraband items worth around Rs 11 crore and arrested four persons in Tripura and Mizoram on Saturday, officials said.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said that to increase revenue from various sectors and improve tax collection, modern technologies are being utilised and digital awareness among the taxpayers would be further expanded.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Friday that the BJP government is working to enrich and promote the culture, tradition, and literature and for this, the state administration has undertaken a series of programmes.

The state finance minister Pranajit Singha Roy on Friday visited the ongoing construction work for redeveloped Tripura Sundari temple in Udaipur and said that the ongoing work is in final stage and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate it on April 17 next.

The state agriculture and farmers welfare minister Ratan Lal Nath on Friday inaugurated the state level celebration of international mother language day here in the function at Agartala Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan and said that mother languages still has its importance in the era of globalization.

Tripura Chief Minister and former state BJP President Manik Saha on Thursday said that due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tireless work and relentless efforts for the welfare of the poor, youths, women and farmers, the party is winning most of the states in the country.

The Tripura Jana Adhikar Sangram Parishad on Thursday staged a three-hour mass sit-in here at Agartala Paradise Chowmuhni to press for their 22-point charter of demand.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi and discussed various railway projects including the introduction of the Vande Bharat train in the state, officials said in Agartala.

A High-Level Committee (HLC) headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday approved around Rs 460 crore for the northeastern states of Nagaland and Tripura to effectively handle crises triggered by last year's flood in the two states, an official said.

The Centre has sanctioned an additional Rs 288.93 crore to Tripura under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) as an aid to recover from the devastating floods that struck in August 2024.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday met the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at his residence in New Delhi and discussed various educational development projects in the state.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday met the Union Minister of Railways, IT Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw at Rail Bhavan in Delhi and discussed the railway infrastructural development in Tripura.

In yet another major development, the Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency (TREDA) has taken the initiative of connecting the rural markets of the state with high mast solar power, said power minister Ratan Lal Nath on Wednesday.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Tuesday that the state government has set a target of achieving 80 per cent irrigation coverage of cultivable land in the next few years. 

The Maharashtra government is likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tripura to boost the bamboo industry and bamboo-based entrepreneurial activities in the state, visiting Maharashtra Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde said here on Tuesday.

Former Tripura Chief Minister and Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb has criticized the CPI(M), calling it an ‘endangered species’ that will soon lose all its seats due to its undemocratic approach.

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath today criticized the previous Left Front government for its failure to take adequate steps to enhance farmers' income.

An agreement was signed between Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) and NIT Agartala to improve and strengthen the state's electricity distribution network for uninterrupted power supply to customers.

The 73rd edition of the B N Mullick Memorial All India Police Football Championship (Men and Women) is set to kick off in Tripura on February 24. The 12-day tournament will conclude on March 7.

Tripura Police have arrested seven individuals for allegedly engaging in proxy attendance and using unfair means during the recruitment examinations for Lower Division Clerk (LDC) and Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) positions at Tripura Central University.

On February 13, Tripura Police arrested six individuals involved in the burglary and recovered a significant amount of stolen furniture, including seven steel almirahs, seven doors, four windows, a geyser, and a chair, among other items.

Union Minister of Fisheries will lay the foundation stone of Integrated Aqua Park at Satero Miyan Haur (lake) in Kailashahar subdivision in Unakoti district of the state within the next few days, said state fishery minster Sudhangshu Das on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are likely to inaugurate the redevelopment of the Tripura Sundari Temple, located in the Gomati district of Tripura, in March.