Category: AGARTALA

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Sunday emphasized that engineers should step forward to address the basic issues faced by the people and said that engineers are the face of the government.

Principal Opposition party CPIM on Sunday wrote a letter to the State Election Commissioner (SEC) demanding strict action against BJP workers who allegedly threatened saying people contesting from CPI (M) or Congress ticket in Panchayat Polls shall be throttled to death.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Sunday informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed thanks and gratitude to the people of the state for the victory in both the seats of recently held Lok Sabha election.

Sources report that Ratul Banik was riding a scooty while Roni Sutradhar was on a bike. The accident happened when both riders lost control and collided head-on. The impact of the collision was fatal for Ratul Banik, who died instantly.

The state committee of the All India Lawyers’ Union (AILU) on Saturday hit the streets of Agartala to show protest against the 3 new criminal laws, to be enforced from July 1 this year.

The three newly formulated laws – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) shall come into force from July 1 this year in the country.

The Rupaichari Primary Health Centre, located in the South District of Tripura, has been recognized for achieving a 95 percent score in the National Quality Assurance Standards Certification.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted approval for Agartala Government Medical College to increase its MBBS intake capacity from 100 to 150 seats.

The district administration of Gomati district has taken an initiative of a mega plantation drive of planting 1 lakh saplings in 5 minutes to be held on July 5.v

Ending their three days long visit to the alleged poll violence hit West Bengal, the fact finding committee of the BJP MPs on Friday submitted the report to the BJP national president J P Nadda at Delhi.

The DM mentioned that last year there were some issues, especially in Kumarghat, and after the incident, the state government issued stern warnings to the organizers.

Speaking with reporters Officer-In-Charge of Bishalgarh Police Station, Rana Chatterjee said that during a protest a section of the mob launched attacks on police during their official duties.

The Bhavan’s Tripura Vidya Mandir (BTVM) on Friday felicitated board and school toppers for the academic session of 2023-24 through a brief programme here in the school.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Thursday and discussed various issues including extension of connectivity with Bangladesh, officials said in Agartala.

Over 3,500 police personnel in seven northeastern states have received training while hundreds more security officers of different ranks would be trained on the execution of the three new criminal laws coming into force from July 1.

The TIPRA Motha party, an alliance partner of the ruling BJP government in Tripura, demanded the state election commission to conduct the panchayat election and the pending Village Committee election simultaneously.

TMP President Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl, accompanied by party leaders, told media persons that they might re-assess its tie-up with the BJP if the state government showed a pessimistic attitude in supporting and implementing their demands.

As part of a goodwill gesture, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, like in previous years, sent mango, hilsa fish, sweets to Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday as a gift.

The state agriculture and farmers welfare minister Ratan Lal Nath on Wednesday said that the government has taken initiative to compensate at least 81301 farmers across the state, who were affected by the natural disasters like rain and cyclone.

The state forest minister Animesh Debbarma on Wednesday inaugurated the 75th State Level Vanamahotsava at Ambassa and laid stress on protecting the forest land and forest resources in the state.

The state Animal Resource Development (ARDD) minister Sudhangshu Das on Wednesday inaugurated a veterinary hospital at Sabroom in South Tripura district and said that the government has set a target to achieve self-sufficiency in fodder production.

Speaking with reporters, Minister Nath said, “We have a shortage of agriculture officers in the department. A few months back, we requested the TPSC to fill 60 posts and after the exam 59 officers qualified as agriculture officers.”

Jhuma Datta Chowdhury, the member secretary of Tripura State Legal Services Authority, stated that the pre-Lok Adalat conciliation process has commenced in Tripura as per the Supreme Court's directive, ahead of the final hearings.

In a heartbreaking incident in the Gamaibari area under Teliamura police station, Bimal Das, a 38-year-old laborer tragically drowned while bathing in a nearby pond.

According to GRP Agartala the Bangladeshi citizens entered India illegally from Bangladesh, some of them wanted to go to Ahmedabad, some wanted to go to Pune by train in search of work.