Category: TRIPURA

• WEST TRIPURA
• GOMATI
• DHALAI
• SOUTH TRIPURA
• NORTH TRIPURA
• SEPAHIJALA
• KHOWAI
• UNAKOTI

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Tuesday said that the present government has given priority to the development of the sports sector so that children can progress further in the field of sports.

A disaster management official said that the tremor was felt in southern Tripura’s Gomati district and adjoining areas, adding that there has been no report of any casualty or damage to property.

The state food and civil supplies minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Monday chaired a crucial meeting with the officials of his department to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential petroleum products of LPG cooking gas cylinder and kerosine oil.

Two separate delegations of the opposition CPI(M) and the Congress party were on Monday stopped from visiting Gandatwisa (Gandacherra) in Dhalai district where violence between two communities claimed a life earlier this month.

Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday sought additional fund of Rs 17.61 crore from the centre to further expedite the infrastructural development work of Tripurasundari temple in Tripura’s Udaipur under the Prasad scheme.

Tripura Police have arrested a resident of Bihar and seized cannabis worth Rs 25 lakh from the Kumarghat area under Unakoti District.

Assam Rifles in collaboration with Agartala based NGO "Seva O Sahayata Parisad" distributed relief material to the recently violence affected locals of Gandachera, Tripura on 21 July.

Sepahijala District Magistrate Sidharth Shiv Jaiswal, IAS, emphasized the importance of punctuality and proper job performance to ensure the public receives timely and efficient services.

The Border Security Force (BSF) troopers are on a high alert in view of the grim situation in Bangladesh, officials said here on Sunday.

Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha attended the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee in New Delhi on Sunday, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Guest.

On Sunday, Tripura Police seized cannabis valued at Rs 20 lakh from the Kachucherra area in the Kamalapur sub-division.

The ruling BJP is likely to win 68.27 per cent of gram panchayat seats unopposed in Tripura, where three-tier panchayats elections are scheduled on August 8, officials said on Saturday.

The India-Bangladesh border would remain open for 24 hours to facilitate the students and other people of India and other countries to enter from the trouble-torn neighbouring country, where the situation remains extremely volatile due to the protests on quota issue for the last three weeks.

Over 300 Indian students in Bangladesh were forced to return home as the anti-quota protests, that have led to students and security forces clashing, resulted in the killing of at least 104 and injuring over 2,500 people so far.

A chemical reaction led to an explosion near Fire Brigade Chowmuhani in Agartala, severely injuring two people and reducing a significant portion of an apartment to rubble.

In a move to boost the tea industry in Tripura, the Tripura Tea Development Corporation Ltd (TTDC) has undertaken a series of steps, including modernizing tea processing factories and setting up a Mini Tea Processing Factory with an estimated cost worth over Rs 6 Crore.

Two Bangladeshi smugglers were sustained bullet injures after BSF troops foiled a major smuggling attempt of contraband items in Boxanagar under Sepahijala District.

As per BSF press statement on 18th July based on specific info a special operation was launched by BSF in the border area of Belonia in which 05 Bangladeshi including three female, one male and one boy, were apprehended while trying to illegally enter into Indian territory.

The Tripura High Court on Thursday rejected the plea of the opposition CPI(M) and the Congress party in Tripura for online submission of nomination papers and upheld consideration of online submission by the Election Commission in near future.

After making a plea to the Tripura High Court, the Congress party in Tripura sought the intervention of the Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu on Thursday and demanded for restoration of rule of law in the state ahead of the panchayat elections.

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.