Category: AGARTALA

Pradesh BJP President Rajib Bhattacharya today stated that Congress and CPIM leaders have no policy or agenda and are only engaging in politics for their personal gain.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Thursday led the nomination paper submission here in West Tripura Zilla Parishad and Zilla Panchayat in Gomati district under Matabari block and expressed his confidence of the BJP’s victory in the upcoming elections to the three-tier panchayat.

A case study based on water-logging and flood control in Agartala city, prepared by Health Secretary of Tripura Government Kiran Gitte, IAS, recently won first prize at a training camp conducted by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie.

Tripura Police recovered 27 damaged bomb shells on Thursday after a man discovered them while digging a pond in Bamutia under the Mohanpur sub-division of Tripura’s West District.

As per BSF press release, on 17th July based on specific information a special operation was launched in which BSF apprehended one Bangladeshi national near the Border Fence.

The Union Minister of State for Tourism & Petroleum, Suresh Gopi has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Tripura Chief Minister, Prof. Dr. Manik Saha for the timely delivery of the famous Queen Pineapples to Kerala for the elephants at Vadakkumnnatha Kshethram Temple as part of the aanayootu ceremony—a traditional feeding ritual for elephants.

In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old youth beheaded his 55-year-old mother at Ratanpur in Tripura’s Khowai district following a dispute over money, the police said on Wednesday.

Children and the elderly living in coastal and rice belt regions of India are highly vulnerable for viral encephalitis and other brain infections during monsoon, said a neurologist at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad on Wednesday.

Even as the ethnic violence-hit Ganda Twisa in Dhalai District is limping back to normal, the Tripura government on Wednesday announced Rs 1.60 crore compensation for the 166 affected families, officials said. 

As per BSF, based on specific information, regarding one Indian national a resident of Village Laltilla under Jatrapur police stations growing Ganja plant nursery at the back side of his house. After getting information a joint-ops along with Forest Dept and Police was planned and carried out.

The All Tripura Samgra Shiksha Ministerial Staff Organization has raised a complaint regarding the deprivation faced by its members. Organizing Secretary Suman Chandra Nath articulated the demands during a press conference held at the Agartala Press Club on Wednesday.

In a decisive move, the Tripura Government demolished the renowned Bharat Ratna Sangha social club, located in Usha Bazar on the outskirts of Agartala, on Wednesday. The club, once a pillar of the community, faced accusations of involvement in illegal activities such as land encroachment, smuggling and tender manipulation.

He said that the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday announced Gaurav Gogoi and Tariq Anwar as AICC observers to Tripura, with regard to attacks on party workers allegedly by the ruling party.

Thanking the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for extending Kanchanjangha Express train from Agartala to Sabroom, the state transport minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Tuesday written to Vaishnaw and sought his intervention to halt the train at Belonia subdivision.

Jhuma Dutta Chowdhury, Member Secretary of the Tripura State Legal Services Authority mentioned that 34 cases were initially sent to the Pre-Lok Adalat for conciliation by the Supreme Court.

Bapi Debnath, known as Neel has carved his name in history as the third Indian and eighth global cyclist to reach the South Base Camp of Mount Everest on a bicycle. This incredible feat, completed in 54 days, is not just a testament to endurance but a story of dedication and passion.

The Bangladeshi national identified as Atiqur Rahman (48) a resident of Brahmanabaria district of Bangladesh while the suspected Indian tout identified as Arabinda Das (54) a resident of Assam.

Speaking on the issue, Officer In Charge of Ambassa Police Station, Gurupada Debnath said that they had prior information about two vehicles approaching Ambassa from Agartala carrying a huge cache of cannabis.

Amidst widespread allegations by the opposition CPIM and Congress against the ruling BJP of launching attacks and preventing candidates from filing nominations for Panchayat Polls, Tripura BJP president Rajib Bhattacharya on Tuesday slammed the opposition for confusing people with fake allegations and said this is a tactic to contest the poll.

Seven more Bangladeshi nationals including two women, along with two Indian touts were arrested in Assam and Tripura on Tuesday for their illegal entry into India, officials said.

A four-member delegation of the Left front in Tripura met the Director General of Police on Monday and sought his intervention to ensure security for the candidates in filing their nomination papers for the ensuing panchayat election.

A four-member delegation from the ruling BJP, led by Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Tinku Roy, convened a peace meeting in the Gandatwisa sub-division of Tripura’s Dhalai District following the directives of Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha. The delegation assured the victims of swift financial assistance.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will do coordinated patrolling and conduct joint watch 24X7 along the borders to curb infiltration, exfiltration, smuggling and hostile activities, officials said on Monday. 

Tripura Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury and BJP State General Secretary Amit Rakshit announced this after the Election Commission set August 8 as the election date, triggering the Model Code of Conduct.

The 12-hour shutdown called by the Left parties in Tripura on Sunday to protest the murder of CPI-M candidate Badal Shil for the South Tripura Zilla Parishad in the August 8 Panchayat elections evoked little response in the state.