Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

Then the doctors transferred the patient to the obstetrics and gynaecology department after various tests. After seeing the report of the ancillary tests, the specialist doctors decided to undergo a quick surgery on the woman.

A large number of BJP workers and supporters of Barjala assembly constituency blocked the VIP road here at Agartala Gurkhabasti on Monday afternoon after a senior party worker succumbed to his injury due to post-poll violence.

On his Facebook, CM Dr Saha said, "Glad to meet Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji in New Delhi. Hon’ble Prime Minister conveyed warm regards to brothers & sisters of #Tripura and also assured for full support in development of State.

The recent assembly elections in the three northeastern states - Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland - has set the tone for next year's parliamentary elections with as the BJP has consolidated its position and the Congress trying to revive.

The three Chief Ministers along with their cabinet colleagues took oath in the respective state capitals on March 7 and 8 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J.P. Nadda.

The BJP in its press communique on Saturday stated, “There is a conspiracy behind the alleged attack on the leaders of the Left-Congress party. The divisive self-interested leaders of the Left-Congress party panel are trying to defame the BJP and Tripura at national level.”

The delegation, which includes former Chief Minister of the then Left front government in Tripura – Manik Sarkar is expected to raise the issues of the ground report of the violence in the second half of the Budget session of Parliament, which convenes from March 13.

The CPI(M) party in Tripura alleged that at a time when the delegation was on a visit to the violence affected sites at Bishalgarh Nehalchandranagar on Friday evening, some BJP goons vandalised the vehicles of the MPs by chanting ‘Joy Sree Ram’.

In a press release the ICA department have informed that the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected members of the Thirteenth Legislative Assembly will be held in the session hall of the Tripura Legislative Assembly on March 16 at 11 am.

Dr. Saha along with the council of ministers took oath on Wednesday in presence of the Prime Minister Narednra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president J P Nadda and others.

A jawan of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) has allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service riffle at Bishalgarh under Sepahijala district. The TSR jawan lost his life on the spot.

Amidst the ongoing post-poll violence in Tripura, an eight-member parliamentary team would visit the BJP-ruled state on Friday and Saturday to probe the incidents of political hostility and talk to the affected people.

The Chief Minister made this statement a day after the TIPRA Motha supremo Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman said that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah had assured him of an official appointment of an interlocutor to bring constitutional solution to his demand.

In his maiden visit to Delhi after becoming the Chief Minister for the second time, Saha is also likely to meet Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar as well as a few Central ministers.

Addressing a press conference Dr Saha said that on the first cabinet meeting, MLA Binay Bhusan Das was elected as the pro-tem speaker of the Assembly and a discussion also took place on the vote on account.

The Union government will soon appoint an interlocutor to study and resolve the demands of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) within three months, the tribal-based party chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman said here on Wednesday after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Manik Saha on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister, days after BJP-IPFT alliance retained power in Tripura for the second straight term by winning 32 seats in the 60-member state assembly, for which elections were held on February 16.

Dr. Manik Saha took oath as the Chief Minister of the second term of the BJP-IPFT government in Tripura on Wednesday in presence of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi here at Agartala Swami Vivekananda Ground.

Opposition Congress and the CPI-M led Left parties will boycott the swearing-in-ceremony of Chief Minister and other ministers of the second BJP government in Tripura on Wednesday due to the "unprecedented reign of terror unleashed by the BJP supporters and goons".

The police spokesman quoting the court order said that all the five accused were convicted under section 376 (D) of the Indian Penal Code for gang rape and Section 3 of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

In a last ditch attempt, Home Minister Amit Shah would hold a meeting with the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), which played a significant role in the February 16 Assembly polls, emerging as the second single largest party securing 13 of the 20 vital tribal reserved seats in Tripura.

The 70-year-old BJP leader, who was also the state unit chief of the BJP and Rajya Sabha member for a brief period, took oath as the chief minister last year on May 15, a day after former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from the top post.

Expressing concern over the sporadic incidents of violence across the state following the poll results, the leaders of the Left-Congress venture, Monday sought the intervention of the Director General of Police and demanded independent police action in mitigating violence.

Dr. Manik Saha, will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of the second term of the BJP-IPFT government on March 8. BJP won 32 seats while its junior partner IPFT swept one out of five seats in the recently concluded assembly election.

A swearing-in-ceremony of the new Chief Minister and the council of ministers will take place on Wednesday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President J.P. Nadda are slated to be in attendance.