Category: TRIPURA

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

Movement of passengers and transport of goods, including essentials, has been affected in southern Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur for the past two weeks, due to the restricted movement of trains in the region, officials said on Tuesday.

The Forest Department in Tripura will plant 15 lakh saplings of different varieties in phases to further increase the state's forest cover, state minister Animesh Debbarma said on Monday.

In yet another significant development to the anti-drug drive, the GRP jointly with the RPF on Sunday evening detained two Bihar youths with 61 kgs of dry cannabis on their trolley bags from Agartala Railway station.

The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs convened a review meeting today to address the challenges posed by the disruption of railway services in the state, focusing on controlling the stock and prices of daily essential food items in the open market.

Tripura Police have arrested another individual identified as Birchakra Ghosh from West Bengal for his alleged involvement in the sensational murder case of Bharat Ratna Sangha club secretary, Durga Prasanna Deb.

A total of 11 Bangladeshi nationals including three children and two women have been arrested at a village in Tripura's mountainous Dhalai district which shares a border with the neighbouring nation of Bangladesh, the police said on Sunday.

After being illegally kept and severely neglected for several weeks, an ailing elephant ‘Pratima’ and her calf ‘Manik Lal’ in Tripura sent for intensive treatment and care in ‘Vantara’ in Gujarat after the persistent intervention of an ardent animal lover and PETA India.

North Tripura District Election Officer cautioned ruling BJP’s sitting MLA Jadab Lal Nath after he apologised for misbehaving with a poll officer, officials said here on Saturday.

Supriya Das Datta from Tripura, Kunuku Hema Kumari from Andhra Pradesh, and Neeru Yadav from Rajasthan shared their experiences and innovations in local governance and advancing the localisation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in many thematic areas.

Residents of Kulubari under Sonamura Sub-divison frustrated by the prolonged lack of electricity, staged a blockade on the Sonamura Boxanagar road demanding immediate action.

The Tripura State Rifles (TSR), renowned as an elite counter-insurgency force, is currently gearing up for election duty in various regions across India. Recent reports indicate that 20 companies, totaling 1,600 personnel,

The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of West District has remanded two individuals, including a woman, to police custody until May 7 in connection with the murder of Durga Prasanna Deb, also known as Viki, who served as the secretary of the Bharat Ratna Sangha club in Agartala which is the largest social club of Tripura.

Speaking with reporters on Saturday, Officer-In-Charge of Government Railway Police Station, Tapas Das, stated that the arrests were made based on the interrogation of six Bangladeshi nationals who were detained on April 30 at Agartala Railway Station after illegally crossing the international border.

In a harrowing incident today, a mini school bus belonging to a private school met with a grave accident in the vicinity of Paschim Dewan Pasha Gram Panchayat.

A thunderstorm that struck Tripura on Thursday has destroyed power infrastructure worth Rs 1.22 crores, including 166 km of crucial transmission lines, 235 electric poles, and 30 transformers suffering irreparable damage.

In a thoughtful gesture to combat the scorching summer heat, Ward No. 35 of Agartala Municipal Corporation extended a refreshing hand to the common people.

The delegation representing Pradesh Youth Congress managed to enter the premises of the bank and held discussions with the acting Managing Director, in the absence of the MD.

Around 30 leaders, including Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, along with other MLAs and ministers from the state, will campaign for BJP in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Wednesday said that the resurgence of blood donation in the state should continue in the future as there is no substitute for blood.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha announced on Thursday that the state will soon commence kidney transplant procedures at the GB Pant Hospital and informed that the government is considering the establishment of an iron removal plant for water within the hospital premises.

Surface links to Assam's Barak Valley and Dima Hasao district and neighbouring states of Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur remained snapped on Thursday as incessant rains triggered landslides and washed off roads as well as railway tracks in multiple locations of Assam, authorities said.

In yet another significant drive against drugs, the police of Teliamura police station on Thursday morning detained at least three women along with a driver of an auto-rickshaw with cannabis worth over Rs. 3 lakhs.

In view of the restricted and regulated movement of trains, including goods trains between Tripura and the rest of the country, the state government has imposed restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel from Wednesday.

The incident took place at Kailasahar, Chantail area after the man identified as Ramakanta Mitra, a driver by profession, allegedly slashed his own throat by a sharp cutting weapon in one of his neighbour’s house on Thursday morning.

At least one person was killed and many others injured, all candidates of a recruitment exam of a Tripura bank, when their bus carrying the job aspirants overturned in Assam's Dima Hasao district, officials said on Thursday.