Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Monday claimed that there has been no violence and murder during the last five years of the BJP government in Tripura.

“Then why does it necessitate to be widened with the members of various social groups? The BLOs are directed to select names from various social groups namely, youths, social workers, educationist, NSS activist and NGOs etc. to include in the BAG”, the letter reads.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha today lashed out at the CPIM for not taking any initiative for the development of industry in the state and for not creating an environment of work culture.

She said, “Keeping faith on people this government is continuously working for the people and in coming days again BJP will form government. There is no doubt that BJP will form government in 2023 for more and new development”.

The Madrassa teachers who gathered in front of the Directorate of Education demanded provision of salary at par with the salary of regular teachers of the state government including all other facilities provided to the regular employees.

Amid the ongoing protests by the 10,323 sacked ad-hoc pay teachers, the Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Monday urged the groups to have faith on government. “Government is trying to resolve the issues of the 10323 teachers,” he said.

Influential tribal party Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) on Sunday urged the ruling BJP's ally, the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) to contest the forthcoming Assembly election together for the all-round development of the tribals.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha today lauded the role of Tripura Police in maintaining the law and order situation in the state. CM Dr Saha today performed at Bhumi Pujan which was held near the Secretariat today for setting up new building of Tripura Police headquarters.

The full Election Commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will undertake a four-day visit to three election-bound northeastern states from January 11, officials said here on Saturday.

“The products of handloom and handicraft artists of the state are now famous in the country and abroad. Therefore, there is a need to further expand the handloom industry through the use of modern technology,” he said.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Saturday flagged off the BJP party’s ‘Jan Viswas rally’ (rath yatra) at Kumarghat in Unakoti district and claimed, “A feel good situation is prevailing across the state of Tripura now, while the law-and-order situation is quite good.”

“The Saharsh initiative would help children learn with happiness and contribute to empathetic development,” the minister said, while addressing the gathering here in the launching programme at the ground of Umakanta Academy.

Agartala battalion of Assam Rifles seized 150 Kg of cannabis worth Rs 55 Lakh and also destroyed large-scale cultivation of cannabis plants in the forest area of Kamalnagar under Sepahijala district on Saturday.

With a special emphasis on Election Commission of India’s ‘Mission Zero Poll Violence’, the Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Gitte, Saturday convened a meeting with the representatives of different political parties here in the conference hall of the civil secretariat.

Claiming that not a single political violence took place after the BJP government was formed in 2018 in Tripura, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Saturday urged the opposition party workers to join the BJP in making the country strong.

This time, 65, 044 electors from the age group of 18-19 age enrolled as new voters among them 34, 704 are male and 30, 328 are female. The number of PwD voters are 17, 297, 80+ voters of the state are 38, 039 while 100+ age voters are 679.

As part of Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) an awareness program was organized at Tripura Central University. The program consisted of seminars, cultural programs, quiz and a short play 'Adhikar' staged.

The union ministries of Social Justice and Empowerment and ALIMCO have provided various aids and assistive among 689 ‘Divyangjan’ people of West Tripura district worth Rs 59 lakh.

From the security perspective, CEO Gitte said, “CAPF has already arrived on December 28 and whenever necessary we will bring more and will deploy them in vulnerable areas. Have taken all the steps to conduct the election free and fair”.

After the 10,323 sacked ad-hoc pay teachers, the teachers of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Friday agitated against the government and reiterated their demand for regularisation of their jobs.

While, the Director General of Police, Amitabh Ranjan has said that Tripura Police have been focusing towards community policing to enhance police public interface in preventing social evils like crime against women, drugs trafficking and etc.

Alleging gross misrule during the CPI-M led Left Front government in Tripura, the former BJP president said that for every aspect, people had to go to the CPI-M leaders as the entire Left Front government administration was controlled by the Left cadres.

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday flagged off the second ‘Jana Biswas’ ratha yatra of the BJP party from Sabroom in South Tripura district and lauded the former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha over the prosperity of the state.

The Union Cabinet has approved continuation of schemes of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region with an outlay of Rs 12,882 crore, for the balance period of the 15th Finance Commission (2022-23 to 2025-26).

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday flagged off the Tripura BJP Party's 'Jana Biswas' Ratha Yatra from Dharmanagar in North Tripura district and appealed to the people of the state to vote for the BJP for a second term in Tripura for the prosperity of the state.