Category: TRIPURA

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

The Tripura State Rifles (TSR), the state's elite counter-insurgency force, have been deployed for security during polling in Maharashtra and Bihar and are now set to go to Odisha and Himachal Pradesh for the same purpose.

The Bhavans Tripura Vidya Mandir welcomed the tiny tots to the new academic year of the school curricula and held an initiation programme on May 1 last. 

As a massive landslide at Jatinga in Assam has hit the goods train movement to Tripura, the Tripura has imposed restrictions on sale of petrol and diesel.

Amid the intense heat wave, the BJP MLA Antara Deb Sarkar, accompanied by hundreds of women on Wednesday performed rituals at a Kali temple in Sepahijala's Kamalasagar, seeking divine intervention for rains.

Durga Prasanna Deb, Secretary of Bharat Ratna Sangha, a leading club and famous social body of Tripura was attacked by five assailants late Tuesday at Usha Bazar. The accused who has been nabbed was identified as Pradyut Dhar Chowdhury.

Amidst the sweltering heat wave gripping Agartala and the wider state, Mayor Dipak Majumder of Agartala Municipal Corporation demonstrated proactive compassion by providing relief to sanitation workers.

In a distressing incident in the Quicha Bari area under Tulashikhar block of Khowai district, a water tanker truck lost control, leading to a harrowing accident. The vehicle, while taking off, suddenly veered backward, leaving 9 injured while 4 among them are critical.

Tripura Police have arrested three Bangladeshi nationals from the Dharmanagar area in North District who reportedly entered Indian Territory a few months ago with the help of touts.

While the state of Tripura preparing for the counting of polls to the 2 parliamentary constituencies, the Returning Officer of the West Tripura Parliamentary Seat Dr Vishal Kumar on Tuesday visited the string room here at Agartala Umakanta Academy and checked the security arrangement.

In a major relief for the people of the state of Tripura from the intense heat wave, the India Meteorological Department predicted heavy to heavy rainfall activities over the major parts of the state from May 1 to May 3 next.

In a heartbreaking incident, an eight-year-old boy Satyajit Rudra Pal met with a fatal accident while playing on a swing at his residence in the Chittamara Puran Bazar area, under the jurisdiction of Belonia police station.

A case has been lodged against an Assistant Returning Officer in Tripura for assaulting a presiding officer during the recent East Tripura Parliamentary Assembly election held on April 26. Additionally, a show cause notice has been served to BJP MLA Jadab Lal Nath for breaching the model code of conduct.

Supriya Das Dutta, Sabhadhipati, Sepahijala Zilla Parishad will attend the 57th session of the United Nations Commission on Population development to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York from April 29.

The Tripura unit of the National Health Mission (NHM) is set to launch a mass campaign starting from the 3rd of May to register people under the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) especially focusing on the rural areas.

In view of the intense heat wave, the Tripura government has announced an extension of shutdown of all government aided schools and privately managed schools till May 1 next.

The Election Commission (EC) has so far suspended 26 Tripura government employees, including security personnel, for participating in political events, election campaigns, and violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC),

Despite the scorching heat, over 80 per cent of the 14 lakh voters cast their votes in the Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency where polling was held under a heavy security cover on Friday.

Over 1000 villagers of Maldapara of Gandacherra subdivision in Dhalai Tripura district on Friday boycotted the second phase of polling to East Tripura constituency and refrained from casting their vote as part of their agitation against bad condition of road in their village.

The second phase of polling for the East Tripura Parliamentary constituency is underway amid tight security coverage, while 54.47% voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm on Friday. Voting commenced at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm. Tripura recorded the highest turnout at 36.42 per cent till 11 am.

Around 15 voters, including women, were injured when a swarm of bees attacked the electorate, who were in the queue to cast their votes on Friday at Barabill area of Tripura's Khowai district.

Election officials said that with the deployment of Central and state forces, including Tripura State Rifles (TSR), heavy security arrangements have been made in the Tripura East Lok Sabha seat to foil any incidents of violence.

Election officials said that around 14 lakh electorate, including 6.94 lakh female voters, are eligible to cast their votes in 1,664 polling stations in different districts of the state to decide the fate of nine candidates in the politically crucial parliamentary seat.

A day before the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, the ruling BJP in Tripura on Thursday served a show cause-notice to one of the party’s Vice-Presidents, Patal Kanya Jamatia, who accused Tipra Motha Party (TMP) chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma of “spreading hatred” among tribals and non-tribals in the state.

A multi-cornered contest will be witnessed in the Tripura East Lok Sabha seat, which goes to the polls in the second phase of the 7-phase parliamentary elections on Friday.

In a tragic incident amid the preparation for the second phase of polling in Tripura, a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, who was engaged in election duty died after his rifle went off accidentally.