Category: AGARTALA

The Tripura government is providing jobs and employment by maintaining transparency and through proper recruitment policy, said finance minister Pranajit Singha Roy on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, North Tripura Police seized a massive consignment of cannabis weighing 345 kilograms concealed inside a puffed rice manufacturing machine at the Churaibari Check Post late last night.

The Bangladesh government has been constructing another big embankment along the Tripura part of the border along India, triggering tension among the Indian residents as the embankment may endanger the south Tripura district town of Belonia and adjoining border villages during monsoon flood.

Tripura Tourism and Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury claimed on Saturday that the state government is exploring to introduce ‘Seaplane Tourism’ to promote tourism and connectivity in the northeastern state.

In a major breakthrough in Tripura Police’s ongoing crackdown on narcotics, a joint team led by Sonamura Police Station seized 325 kilograms of dried cannabis (ganja) from a house in Ananda Nagar village under Sepahijala district’s Sonamura Sub-division

The BJP Yuva Morcha staged a protest against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, accused in the National Herald case, in Agartala on Friday.

In a coordinated operation carried out on Thursday late night, two Bangladeshi women were arrested from Agartala Railway Station for illegally entering Indian Territory with the alleged intention of travelling to Mumbai via Kolkata.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday in separate meetings in New Delhi discussed important development plans of the state government with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda.

Union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday directed officials to accelerate the pace of key infrastructure projects, including universities, Information Technology and Special Economic Zone in Manipur, mental, maternity and child hospital, officials said.

In a major breakthrough in the fight against narcotics, the notorious drug mafia Ripon Mia was arrested today evening in a successful joint operation by the police and Tripura State Rifles (TSR) in Veluachar Dayalpara under Boxanagar's Kalamchoura police station.

In a coordinated operation aimed at curbing illegal cross-border activity, four individuals — including a Bangladeshi national — were apprehended by security forces at Agartala Railway Station on Wednesday evening.

Lok Sabha MP and former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday launched a sharp attack on opposition parties—Trinamool Congress, Congress and CPI(M)—accusing them of spreading deliberate misinformation regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday said that the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 has been passed in the Parliament, aiming to address allegations of misuse of Waqf properties by a section of leaders, misuse of Section 40, land grabbing, and other corruption.

MP for West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday chaired MP’s Road Safety Committee Meeting here at Agartala and reviewed ongoing initiatives and discussed actionable steps to enhance road safety across the region.

Seizure of varied drugs, arms, ammunition, explosives and exotic animals in different northeastern states by the security forces continues unabated with highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at more than Rs 4.41 crore confiscated in Tripura on Wednesday, officials said.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday attended a high level task force meeting of the Ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER) chaired by the Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia from Delhi.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday chaired a meeting through video conferencing with the District Magistrates and Superintendent of Police of all the eight districts of the state and directed to listen to the people’s grievances and fix them accordingly for the overall development of the state.

In a bid to ease traffic congestion and maintain order on the roads, the traffic police conducted a special drive in the GB Bazar area of the capital this morning. The operation focused on removing several motorbikes that were improperly parked, violating traffic regulations.

After days of oppressive heat, a sudden spell of rain swept across Tripura on Wednesday afternoon, offering much-needed relief to residents. The rainfall comes as the Meteorological Department issues a yellow alert for the next three days.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday instructed the District Magistrates (DMs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) of each district to visit the rural areas of their respective jurisdictions every month and take prompt action in case of any deficiencies, and resolve the problems that arise.

At least two workers, including a woman of MGNREGA, were killed and two more seriously injured when a big tree got uprooted and fell on them in Tripura’s mountainous Dhalai district on Wednesday, officials said.

Fulfilling the Central and state governments’ target, the monthly income of the farmers in Tripura doubled in seven years, claimed Tripura Agriculture Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Monday.

In a swift inter-state operation, Tamil Nadu Police on Monday apprehended two individuals from Tripura’s Sepahijala district in connection with a gold theft case reported in Chennai.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said that the chief architect of the Constitution, B. R. Ambedkar’s ideas received recognition much later than deserved, but the BJP government is committed to follow the path he showed, especially for the upliftment of the backward and poor.

In celebration of Poila Boishakh, the Fisheries Department has announced plans to sell approximately 6,000 kilograms of fish across the state at subsidized rates on Tuesday.