Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

The Bru families migrated from Mizoram to Tripura and enrolled in the electoral roll in the state of Tripura on Thursday casts their votes for the first time after two decades for the state assembly election on Thursday.

The Chief Electoral Officer Kiren Gitte on Thursday afternoon said, “For the first time in the history of Tripura the election commission has allowed more than one polling agents in all the polling stations.

Over 32 per cent voter turnout was registered till 11 a.m. on Thursday in the Tripura Assembly polls which are underway in all the 60 constituencies amid tight security, election officials said.

Around 14 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 a.m. on Thursday in the Tripura Assembly polls conducted in all the 60 constituencies amid tight security, election officials said.

Modi tweeted: "Urging the people of Tripura to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. I specially call upon the youth to exercise their franchise."

The CEO said that of the 259 candidates, the highest number of 55 candidates have been put up by the ruling BJP, followed by CPI(M) (43), Tipra Motha Party (42), Trinamool Congress (28), and Congress (13).

A total of 14,005 Reang tribals, displaced from Mizoram 26 years ago following ethnic troubles, will cast their votes for the first time in Tripura on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said that its 5G services are now live in all states in the north-east region and existing data plans will work on 5G until the roll-out is complete.

Justice Jaswant Singh was on Thursday sworn-in as the seventh Chief Justice of Tripura High Court at a simple ceremony in the Raj Bhavan in Agartala. Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath of office to Justice Singh at a function here.

A multi-cornered contest would be witnessed in 57 seats and a direct contest between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress-Left alliance in three remaining Assembly segments as Tripura goes to crucial polls on Thursday.

Tripura Womens Commission chairperson Barnali Goswami was physically assaulted allegedly by BJP workers, including some elected councillors, at Dharmanagar in north Tripura on Tuesday.

In view of the forthcoming Assembly elections, the governments in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya declared paid holiday on the day of polling to enable the employees of government and private organisations to cast their votes.

The opposition CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Choudhury, Tuesday claimed that the Left-Congress combine is all set to secure absolute majority in the ensuing general election to the 60-assembly constituencies of Tripura.

With the end of the campaign trail for the political parties of the state on Tuesday the vigilance across the bordering areas and other parts has been intensified following the February 16 assembly election.

Tripura Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao said a total of 259 candidates, including 31 women, are contesting the February 16 Assembly elections. In the 2018 Assembly polls, 297 candidates, including 24 women, had fought the elections.

On his last day of the campaign trail of the BJP party for the ensuing assembly election, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Tuesday said that his party aims for ‘Virodhi Mukt’ (opposition-free) Tripura while it go into the electoral battle on February 16 next.

In 2021, Pratima Bhoumik created history by becoming the first politician from Tripura to become a Union Minister. She was appointed as the Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Monday that if voted to power in Tripura, just like in West Bengal, his party will introduce 'Duare Sarkar' (governance at the doorsteps) to prevent BJPs 'Duare Gunda' (goons at doorsteps).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at an election rally in Tripura on Monday that the BJP is the guaranty of development while the Congress-CPI(M) promote violence, corruption and tried to keep the people poor.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday said that its personnel have arrested eight persons for smuggling gold through the Bangladesh border, and seized 24.4 kg gold worth Rs 14 crore.

Under the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), 25 AAI (Airport Authority of India) airports have been earmarked for leasing till 2025 with the help of private sector investment and participation.

With 152 teachers dead from among the 10,323 sacked teachers due to numerous causes, the reappointment of these government teachers, who had lost their jobs following court verdicts, has become a key issue ahead of the February 16 elections to the Tripura Assembly.

The Union Home Minister and also the senior party leader Amit Shah on Sunday sought more five more years from the electorates of Tripura and said, “Jodi of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Manik Saha will make Tripura a prosperous state.”

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the February 16 Tripura Assembly elections is a battle between double engine versus triple "Apad" (trouble-makers) -- Left parties-Congress and the Tipra Motha Party.

“India-Bangladesh international border, Assam, Mizoram border will be sealed from tomorrow. Bike rallies will not be allowed from tomorrow onwards. Candidates are to submit their election expenditure accounts to the Observer tomorrow”, said Gitte.