Category: TRIPURA

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

12:08 AM: BJP candidate Biplab Kumar Deb is leading by 547772 votes (total vote – 782019) in the West parliamentary constituency, while the I.N.D.I.A bloc and congress candidate Ashish Kumar Saha is training with 234247 votes.

As counting for the 2 parliamentary constituencies in Tripura including the 7-Ramnagar assembly constituency for by-election is underway, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is heading for win in both the East and West parliamentary constituencies and in 7-Ramnagar.

BJP candidates, including former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, are leading in both Lok Sabha seats in Tripura with a comfortable margin. BJP nominee Kriti Devi Debbarman is ahead of CPI(M) nominee Rajendra Reang by 1,01,504 votes.

The confrontation escalated quickly, leading to the student being assaulted by the group. He sustained serious head injuries and was promptly rescued and taken to the trauma center of GB Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment.

The Engineers Forum of Tripura and also employees of Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL) held a dharna in front of Tripura Police Headquarters demanding arrest of an advocate who allegedly manhandled an engineer and official of TSECL after lawyers staged protest over 3 day long power outage.

The opposition CPI(M) on Monday demanded the State Election Commission to ensure proper security arrangement to ensure peaceful poll counting on June 4 next.

Bangladeshi miscreants have allegedly snatched weapons, radio of BSF and attacked a BSF constable at Kalamchera in Sonamura Sub-division.

The World Environment Day (WED) is observed every year on 5th June with a view to spread environmental awareness and to encourage the society to protect and preserve the environment for sustainable world.

Rejecting the Exit Poll predictions for the Lok Sabha elections, Saha has claimed that his party would perform better both in northeastern states and across the country.

As the state prepares for the counting of polls for 2 parliamentary constituencies and 7-Ramnagar Assembly Constituency by-election on June 4 next, the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Puneet Agarwal on Saturday chaired a meeting with the representatives of political parties of the state to ensure peaceful poll counting.

Tripura along with the rest of the nation will go for counting of Lok Sabha polls on June 4. The counting will be held for 2 parliamentary constituencies amid three-tier security system in each of the 60 counting halls and 7-Ramnagar Assembly Constituency by-election.

During the visit, he reviewed the preparation of counting centers and law and order issues. Besides, the Chief Electoral Officer visited the media center and the room designated for counting observers.

Railway tracks in Silchar, New Haflong, Bandarkhal and Chandranathpur section faced damages due to waterlogging caused due to the incessant rains in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal earlier this week.

With the arrest of three more Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, from Tripura on Thursday, 44 citizens of the neighbouring country have been detained in the state in the past three weeks, the police said.

Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur along with southern Assam remained isolated for the third consecutive day on Thursday as most railway tracks remained waterlogged or damaged due to the landslides which were triggered by the incessant rains in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, officials said.

As the cyclone Remal has hit the state, the state power sector has incurred a loss of Rs 5 crore from the extensive damage caused by the cyclonic storm recently, said Power Secretary Abhishek Singh on Thursday.

In view of the growing burden in the two referral hospitals in the state – GBP and IGM hospital, the Tripura government is mulling to set up a new civil hospital in the capital town of Agartala.

Amid the disruption in transportation of essential commodities through rail and road due to the cyclonic storm, the state food and civil supplies minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Thursday assured of sufficient stock of fuel in the state.

Officials of the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) staged a protest on Thursday, demanding action against an advocate accused of manhandling a senior manager of the corporation during a protest by advocates on Wednesday over a power outage.

Several northeastern states, including Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and Assam (southern part), remained cut off from the rest of the country by rail as railway tracks were waterlogged and damaged after landslides triggered by incessant rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, officials said on Wednesday. 

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Tripura has apprehended a wanted human trafficking suspect who is said to be involved in trafficking Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas through the bordering areas of the northeastern state, an official said on Wednesday. 

To ensure zero tolerance on June 4 counting day, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Puneet Agarwal on Wednesday visited Sonamura and Jampuijala subdivision in Sepahijala district of the state and checked the counting preparedness in the counting hall.

The state power minister Ratan Lal Nath on Wednesday chaired a review meeting with the officials of the state power department and Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) here at Agartala and took stock of power failures across the state.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Wednesday said that the government will take necessary steps to resolve all issues at the Regional Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (RIPSAT).

To provide a better power supply and to avoid any untowards incident, Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Wednesday said that the government is planning to lay electricity cables underground across the state.