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Biplab Kumar Deb, the BJP's candidate for the West Tripura Lok Sabha seat, criticized the CPIM, labeling them as opportunistic for forming an alliance with the Congress due to their lack of a candidate to contest in the Lok Sabha elections.

In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, the Tripura Police have apprehended two individuals and confiscated a substantial quantity of Yaba tablets valued at Rs 6 crores in Damcherra, situated in the North District of Tripura.

He said that Arun Kumar Bhowmik has filed nomination papers as SUCI candidate for West Tripura constituency on the second day of filing nomination papers for Lok Sabha elections.

While attending a door-to-door campaign at Bamutia Assembly Constituency, Bhattacharya said that eyeing the Lok Sabha elections across the state, BJP is holding door-to-door campaigns and receiving a huge response.

In a tragic turn of events late Wednesday night, one Tripura State Rifles jawan identified as Sandana Darlong, met with a fatal accident while on duty in the vicinity of Baghan School near Churaibari Police jurisdiction in North Distrct.

"During our extensive door-to-door campaign across the state, the overwhelming sentiment is in favor of Prime Minister Modi's re-election. Both candidates in Tripura are poised to win with remarkable margins in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections," Chowdhury stated.

For the first time in the 72-year electoral history of Tripura, the Left parties and the Congress are contesting together in the parliamentary polls to take on the BJP, though the two traditional rivals jointly fought against the ruling party in last year’s Assembly elections.

The I.N.D.I.A bloc Tripura on Wednesday announced its 25-member committee ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and called for united fight against the ‘fascistic’ government at the Centre.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday chaired the ruling BJP’s organizational meeting here at Agartala Bhagat Singh Youth Hostel to leave no stone unturned in ensuring the party's victory in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

CPI-M legislature party leader Jitendra Chaudhury was on Wednesday recognised as Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Assembly by Speaker Biswabandhu Sen.

The ruling BJP in Tripura has set its sights on the upcoming Lok Sabha election by establishing a 74-member Lok Sabha Election Management Committee to oversee affairs in the state's two parliamentary constituencies, West and East (ST).

More than 20,000 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and state force personnel are being deployed in Tripura for the Lok Sabha elections to two seats and the bypoll in one Assembly constituency in the state, officials said here on Tuesday.

As in previous elections, regional parties in the eight northeastern states will play a vital role in the 25 Lok Sabha seats there even as a majority of them are part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

CPI-M legislature party leader Jitendra Chaudhury is likely to be appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Assembly by Speaker Biswabandhu Sen on Wednesday.

In view of the Lok Sabha elections for two state constituencies scheduled to be held in two phases in the state of Tripura starting from April 19 next, at least 70 companies of central armed police forces have been deployed in Tripura

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha who began poll campaign for the party’s candidates for both the Lok Sabha constituencies, on Tuesday called to increase the party’s vote share by at least 10 per cent in each booth of the state.

Acting on a specific information the BSF troopers jointly with the police of Sonamura police station seized a massive haul of drugs on the intervening night of March 18 and 19.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tripura has once again employed its tried-and-tested micromanagement approach for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

In the upcoming Lok Sabha election, approximately 17,000 Bru internally displaced people (IDPs) in Tripura are poised to exercise their voting rights, marking a significant moment in their journey of resettlement.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Tuesday said that Prishtha Pramukhs are the key strength of BJP as they play a vital role in strengthening the organization at the booth level.

Despite exhaustive search efforts spanning three days by both family members and concerned locals, Rahul remains missing, leaving his distraught family clinging to hope for his safe return.

The body of the Bangladeshi smuggler, who was killed on Sunday in BSF firing at Muguruli in Tripura’s Kailashahar, has been handed over to his family members in the presence of border guards and police personnel from both countries on Monday, police said.

Today, the Churaibari Police Station filed case number 17/2024, citing various sections of the Indian Penal Code: 148, 149, 448, 353, 333, 506, and 427, along with sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.

According to a report, the parliamentary constituency has 30 Assembly Constituencies across 6 districts including all assembly constituencies of Dhalai, North, Unakoti , Khowai and 4 ACs of South Tripura and 3 ACs of Gomati.

Tripura Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu paid a visit to the State Agriculture Research Station in Arundhatinagar, stressing the significance of advancing research efforts towards innovative seed varieties.