Category: AGARTALA

As many as 6 touts and two Bangladeshi touts were arrested by Special Task Force of Assam in Tripura involved in illegal business for crossing Rohingiya Muslims into Indian Territory.

The ‘Weekend Tourist Hub’ will now be opened on every Saturday and Sunday of a week for the tourists of the state and abroad. The entertainment programme is designed mainly to expose and shed lights on the local artists.

According to historians and anthropologists, since the passing of the royal dynasty, due to the generosity of the 184 tribal chieftains, the relations between the tribal and non-tribal communities have been cordial and this sociability is still being maintained.

“There is a network of brokers who bring Rohingyas into Tripura and from there to Assam and the rest of the country. Our Police are in Tripura now working with the state government to take action against them,” the Chief Minister said.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall activity is likely to continue over east, northeast and east central India during the next 4-5 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

Besides Sharma, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President also appointed party leader GR Ravindra Raju as the State General Secretary (Organisation) of Assam and Tripura, while Vivek Dadhkar has been appointed as State General Secretary (Organisation) of Andaman and Nicobar.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Saturday expressed his concern over the rising drug trafficking and drug abuse and said that government is working on a priority basis to end the drug menace in the state.

Nine people were electrocuted to death and 30 others were injured on June 28 after a chariot made of iron came in contact with an overhead high-tension wire in the Kumarghat area in northern Tripura.

Addressing Labhyarti Sanmelan at Dhanpur Assembly Constituency on Friday, the Chief Minister Dr. Saha said, “Special emphasis has been laid in the state’s budgetary allocation for the development of the tribal communities.”

Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha took to Facebook to express his gratitude, acknowledging the support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Rural Development Giriraj Singh for releasing the funds.

A total of 8,381 weavers and artisans were benefitted from several initiatives undertaken by the North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation (NEHHDC) from 2020-23, Union Minister for Development of North-East Region (DoNER) G Kishan Reddy informed on Thursday.

The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) had made a survey of power for the state of Tripura and reported that Tripura requires at least 692 MW of power by 2030 next, he added. He said that the ‘Tripura Energy Vision 2030’ is formulated based on the survey of the RTI agency.

“And this work can be done by the youth. ABVP should be honest and devoted. They have to take responsibility to build a self-reliant India, a self-reliant Tripura. That is why Swami Vivekananda's ideology should be followed”, he said.

Stressing the significance of donating blood as a social responsibility, Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Thursday said that the state government is taking initiatives to ensure the availability of blood in all blood banks by organizing voluntary blood donation camps.

Extremely heavy rainfall is likely to continue over Telangana, Vidarbha, Konkan, Goa and ghat areas of central Maharashtra on Thursday while a decrease in rainfall activity over south peninsular India and increase in rainfall activity over East India will take place from Saturday, the IMD said,

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha in the just concluded session of the Tripura assembly said that of the 856 km India-Bangladesh border with Tripura, a 50 km patch could not be fenced due to various reasons, including objection by the Border Guards Bangladesh.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Wednesday inaugurated the 4-day long media workshop cum orientation programme here at Agartala Press Club and said that freedom of press is necessary for strengthening democracy.

Tourism Minister Chowdhury said that plans were taken by Tourism Department to set up a Weekend Tourist Hub in front of Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala for family leisure time enjoyment and entertainment of general public including out-of-state tourists.

Under the jurisdiction of N.F. Railway two of Gati Shakti Multi Cargo Terminal have already been commissioned while works are in progress for Gati Shakti Multi Cargo Terminal at six locations.

The Rajya Sabha MP and the former Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday castigated the CPI-M party and the then Left front government and also the then congress party at the Centre to allege that the indigenous tribes of Tripura were neglected at large previously.

The utility model of an adaptive teaching and learning system using the Learner Matrix in tertiary education has been granted a patent from Germany under the ‘innovation’ category.

Aiming to generate more eco-friendly power, the Tripura government is ready to expand the gas based thermal power project in Rokhia under Sepahijala district under the "Capacity Augmentation" system.

In a significant step towards inclusive technology and renewable energy, ICFAI University Tripura has successfully developed a low-cost solar-powered wheelchair for the physically challenged and elderly.

Police sources said that on Monday late at night, the police of Dharmanagar police station conducted a raid at the house of Jamshed Ali in the Durgapur area of Dharmanagar on the basis of confidential information.

The Trinamool Congress' Tripura unit president Pijush Kanti Biswas on Tuesday quit from his post as well as primary membership of the party, eight months after he was appointed state unit chief by the Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.