Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

A delegation of Tripura Web Media Forum (TWMF), Saturday met the Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha in the chamber of his official residence.

Agartala is all set to host the G20 Science Summit commencing from April 3 next with the arrival of international delegates from various countries. The summit will take place here in the indoor exhibition hall of Hapania International Fair Ground.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Friday unveiled the statue of Tripura’s king Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur installed at the zero-point milestone of the capital town of Agartala.

After meeting the delegates of the TIPRA Motha party of Tripura and its chairman Pradyot Manikya Deb Burman, the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Friday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah is committed to resolve the issues of tribals in Tripura.

The ruling BJP in Tripura on Friday said it will constitute an inquiry committee to probe into an episode wherein party MLA Jadab Lal Debnath was caught on camera watching an obscene video on his mobile phone in the Tripura Assembly.

Speaking on the issue, Sub-divisional Police Officer of New Capital Complex, Parmita Pandey said they had prior information that a person identified as Mithun Debnath has kept huge cache of narcotics in his house.

Chief Commissioner of State Taxes Rakhi Biswas delivered the welcome address on the occasion. She discussed the theme of this year's International Women's Day, ‘Digital Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’.

Deb Barman tweeted late on Thursday evening: "Thank you Himanta Biswa for your assurance and statement today. We are keen to resolve the indigenous people's issues and we are glad the process has been initiated in a time-bound manner.

A police spokesperson said that a police team led by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Kamal Debbarma intercepted an Assam-bound ten-wheeler oil tanker at a check gate at Pecharthal in Unakoti district, and recovered 3,660 kg ganja.

Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation Dipak Majumder today said that modern technology are being used to clean the Akhaura and Kalapania canal to make the Agartala city flood free.

A video of Nath watching a video while the session was on has gone viral on social media leading to a sharp criticism and demanding action against the lawmaker. Netizens termed the act as 'shameful'.

Moving in line with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to adopt millets as preferred crop choice, the Tripura government is mulling to distribute millets through the Public Distribution System (PDS) soon, said food and civil supplies minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Wednesday.

A delegation of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), who's supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman earlier announced an indefinite hunger strike unless the Centre met the party's demand by March 27, suddenly left for Guwahati on Wednesday to meet Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Chowdhury, who recently visited Charipara in West Tripura to oversee the railway project on Wednesday, said that the work is going in full swing from Badharghat to Nischintapur stretching 15-km on the Indian side.

Sources said that today morning he went to work in the rubber plantation like the other day. Local rushed near Amal when they heard a loud sound and found him lying unconscious on the ground.

According to the press communique of the BSF, a special operation on Tuesday afternoon was launched based on intelligence inputs and the team carried out a search in coach D-4 of train No 15664 going from Silchar in Assam to Agartala in Tripura.

Tripura's century-old 'Puspavanta Palace', the official residence of 16 state Governors since 1972, is set to be transformed into a national-level museum and cultural center, said tourism minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Wednesday.

In a press release, BSF has said that on the specific input, a Special Operation was launched by a team of BSF today at Railway Station Kumarghat, wherein a thorough search of coach number D-4 of train No. 15664 going from Silchar to Agartala was carried out.

The Tripura government has taken multiple initiatives to combat the drug menace in the state including the opening of an addiction Clinic OPD across the state and a full body scanner to scan the vehicle and drivers.

The Chief Minister, opposition leader Animesh Debbarma, CPI(M) legislature party leader Jitendra Choudhury congratulated Paul for being elected as the Deputy Speaker of the House.

Congress and CPI-M legislators on Monday staged a protest in Tripura Assembly over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha following his conviction by a court in a defamation case.

He also informed that to increase the billing percentage with accuracy and quality through capturing of photographs of energy meter readings, TSECL has engaged new energy billing agencies across the State of Tripura.

Scores of people, including politicians and social activists, paid their tributes to Murasingh at the ‘Nazrul Kalakshetra’ and Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan here before the cortege headed for his native village in Tuibandal for the last rites.

Ruling Party MLA Ramprasad Pal who was also the cooperation minister has filed nomination papers for the post of Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. MLA Ramprasad Pal submitted his nomination papers to Assembly Secretary Bishnupada Karmakar.

The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Tripura is higher than national growth rate and is expected to grow at 8.95% in Financial Year 2023-24, said Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy.