Category: AGARTALA

The Union Ministry of Jal Shakti has announced Dhalai District of Tripura as Best District while Best Panchayat named Khliehrangnah, West Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya for the 5th National Water Awards 2023 in the North East Region.

According to BSF, on the night intervening 14th and 15th October, on specific intelligence input deployed BSF troops of BOP Kamalasagar under Sepahijala District were alerted.

After the Kadamtala block in North Tripura district, another fresh communal tension is running high in Pekucherra of the district following vandalism of lord Shiva temple and a mosque.

The Border Security Force (BSF) troops during the past 24 hours apprehended eight Bangladesh nationals and six Rohingyas for their illegal entry into Tripura, officials said here on Tuesday.

The four-month-long Southwest Monsoon has withdrawn from the entire northeast region of India on Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Monday inaugurated the 64th foundation day of the Agartala GBP Hospital and emphasized the vital role that AGMC and GBP Hospital play in advancing medical education and healthcare services in Tripura.

A 51-year-old man in Tripura has allegedly killed his wife and mother-in-law following an altercation that happened over pictures posted on social media by his spouse, the police said on Sunday.

The Durga Puja festival, which is celebrated with fervour in the northeastern states, especially in Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya, came to an end as per religious schedule on Saturday with the beginning of immersion of idols on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami.

The Chief Ministers of the northeastern states on Thursday mourned the demise of iconic industrialist and Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group, Ratan Tata, who passed away late on Wednesday night at the age of 86.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested altogether 257 foreign nationals -- 239 Bangladeshi and 18 Rohingyas -- in Tripura till September this year, officials said on Wednesday.

Responding to the demands of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), the state government has sanctioned Rs 30 crore to execute six vital development projects in the tribal areas of the state, Chief Minister Manik Saha announced on Wednesday. 

Founder of Tipra Motha Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma on Wednesday said that he will visit four villages in South District to provide relief to family members of the deceased who died in the recently devastating flood.

In the early hours of Wednesday, the Government Railway Police (GRP) detained two individuals and seized 100 live rounds of bullets from the Deoghar Express. The detentions occurred when the train halted at Dharmanagar Railway Station in the North District, en route to Agartala Railway Station.

Former Chief Minister and Member of Parliament Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday said that the results in Haryana are a strong response from the people to the INDI Alliance and Congress, who only blame the BJP despite working for the people.

Announcing the decision, Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said that various project proposals from the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) have recently been received in the Tribal Welfare Department, Govt. of Tripura.

The 148-year-old Durga Puja, initiated by the then kings and subsequently sponsored by the Tripura government for the past over seven-and-a-half decades, continues to draw devotees from different parts of India and the neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh.

The Bhavan’s Kala Kendra – an art and cultural wing of Bhavan’s Tripura Vidya Mandir on Tuesday organised 2nd Annual Prize giving ceremony here at Agartala Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhavan.

As the state gears up to celebrate the Bengali’s grand festival Durga Puja, the ONGC Tripura Asset introduces one of the most beautiful and finest idol reflecting art of Tripura and with an attempt to promote local art eye-catching Puja Pandal has been designed with unique thematic idea of “Paris Olympic-2024”.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Tuesday inaugurated the newly built Agartala Dashamighat and said that the government has been implementing multiple projects to beautify the capital city of Agartala.

In a significant development to the state forest infrastructure, the forest minister Animesh Debbarma on Tuesday inaugurated at least 20 newly constructed Beat Office Buildings under the Tripura JICA Project (SCATFORM) here at the Project Management Unit in Gandhigram.

Leader of opposition Jitendra Chaudhury today demanded to take legal actions against one the minister in the state for reportedly indulging in propagating communally provocating detrimental messages in social media platforms, to incite the people of the state at large.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today criticized the CPIM and Congress for their long regime marked by violence and stated that conspiracies are being hatched to disrupt law and order in the state.

Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today said that one of the goals of the present government is to foster the development of Tripura by improving the socio-economic conditions of all sections in the state.

One Bangladeshi smuggler shot dead while a BSF personnel injured after the security forces tried to prevent a smuggling attempt on Monday last night at Salpokhar under Sepahijala district.

The Tripura Police has arrested eight persons in connection with the communal violence that took place on Sunday following forceful collection of subscriptions for Durga Puja in Kadamtala under North Tripura District.