Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

The Border Security Force (BSF) Tripura has been placed on high alert ahead of the “Poush Sankranti Mela,” popularly known as the Tirthmukh Mela, scheduled to take place on January 13-14 at Tirthmukh in the Gomati district of Tripura.

Amid the Opposition criticism for not filling up thousands of vacant posts in the Home Department, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday announced in the state Assembly that initiatives have been taken to fill up over 8,000 posts in various positions.

Expressing concern, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said that drugs smuggled from Myanmar to his state through neighbouring Assam and cultivation of ganja (marijuana) are creating a parallel economy in the northeastern state.

Amid the controversy over the new emblem of the Tripura government, Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said that it was only after taking the opinion of all concerned and the approval of the state Cabinet that the design of the emblem was recommended to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which approved it last week.

In a move to boost the communication system in the state, Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today announced that the state government would soon send Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of two national highways to the Central government, which have been approved in principle.

Tripura Police have arrested a man and seized narcotics and live ammunition valued at over Rs 2 lakh in Mohinipur Gram Panchayat, Sidhar, under West District.

The state tourism minister on Monday claimed that Tripura tourism is set to achieve its unique identity in the coming days with further enhancement of the tourism infrastructure.

He emphasized a multi-pronged approach, integrating enforcement, awareness, and rehabilitation and said that the government is committed to providing modern psychiatric and de-addiction facilities to every affected individual.

A total of 2,815 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Tripura during the past three years for their illegal entry into India and 1,746 of them deported to their country so far, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha told the Assembly on Monday.

The women troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday opened fire and successfully foiled a major attempt of smuggling of contrabands along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, officials said.

Tripura BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Rajib Bhattacharya on Sunday took a dig at the former Left Front government, accusing it of fostering socialism and capitalism among the youth while suppressing the people during its prolonged rule.

In a major drug bust, Tripura Police seized 1.24 lakh methamphetamine tablets (also known as Yaba tablets) valued at around Rs one crore and arrested two persons in the capital city on Sunday, officials said. 

The drug peddlers, whom the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is now investigating and has raided in Tripura, maintained an interstate network facilitating drug trafficking across various other states, including Assam, Bihar, and other parts of India, officials said on Saturday.

The former Chief Minister and presently the MP for West Tripura constituency Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday chaired the airport advisory committee meeting here at Agartala MBB Airport and said that there is a plan to increase direct flight operation from Delhi to Agartala.

An Amendment Bill has been moved in the Tripura Assembly on Friday proposing the increase of salaries, allowances of Ministers, MLAs and former legislators by 45 to 50 per cent.

In his speech in the sixth session of the 13th Tripura Legislative Assembly, the Governor said, “The state of Tripura is witnessing development in almost every sector including infrastructure, health care, education, agriculture and others under the guidance of the Centre and state leadership.”

The Twipra Student Federation (TSF), a wing of the North East Students Organisation (NESO), on Friday staged a protest near Circuit House in Agartala, demanding the issue of adopting the Roman script for the Kokborok language be raised in the winter session of the Tripura Legislative Assembly, which started today.

In a move to provide quality education to students studying in various colleges and to solve the crisis of Professors across the state, the Tripura government has taken a series of steps, including the appointment of 200 Assistant Professors,

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Friday conducted raids in Tripura and searched the residence of a police official and premises of several people allegedly involved in drug peddling and money laundering cases, sources said. 

The crucial winter session of the Tripura assembly would begin on Friday and a bill would be moved in the House amending the existing law to provide retirement benefits to all MLAs who have served even for just a day, officials said on Thursday.

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), responding to the Tripura government’s request, has approved the official emblem for the state government, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Wednesday

Agartala Government Medical College and GBP Hospital continue to serve the community with dedicated healthcare initiatives. In a special cataract surgery camp organized under the supervision of the ophthalmology department, 13 patients, including seven males and six females, underwent successful surgeries.

The Janjati Morcha, the tribal wing of Tripura’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has strongly criticized the Gana Mukti Parishad (GMP), the tribal wing of the opposition CPI(M), for accusing the government of neglecting indigenous communities. The BJP leaders dismissed the allegations as baseless and labeled GMP’s planned Raj Bhawan Abhiyan on January 9 as a futile exercise.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on his birthday, saying that the leader has endeared himself to the state's people with his humble and hardworking nature.

A group of cross-border smugglers on Tuesday tried to attack a team of on-duty Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and attempted to snatch the weapons of the jawans near northern Tripura, but the bordering guarding force thwarted the daring move, officials said.