Category: WEST TRIPURA

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Tripura Police detained four minor Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian tout at Udaipur Railway Station in Gomati District on Wednesday.

A rape case convict at the Central Correctional Home located in Bishalgarh Sub-division, under Tripura’s Sepahijala District, reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside the toilet today.

The state finance minister Pranajit Singha Roy on Tuesday inaugurated the Gomati district level felicitation cum sensitization programme on Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and workshop on Anaemia Mukta Bharat and said that the government has given priority on empowering women in Tripura.

The Ministry of Health has increased the seat capacity of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from 50 to 63 at Agartala Government Dental College for the academic session 2025-26.

In a major narcotics bust, Tripura Police seized 16,000 Yaba tablets and six kilograms of ganja during a raid at Amtali under West Tripura District.

Speaking on the issue, Officer-in-Charge of the Government Railway Police (GRP), Tapas Das, stated that late last night they received information indicating that some Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals would arrive at Agartala Railway Station to leave the state.

In a major boost to Tripura’s economy and surface communication system, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Monday decided to sanction projects worth over Rs 2800 crore for the state, officials said on Monday.

Ruling out the opposition political parties’ allegation of deteriorated law and order situation in Tripura, the Director General of Police Amitabh Ranjan on Monday claimed that the situation has improved in the state.

Md. Sentu Mia spearheaded the major defection from the CPI(M) as 1,827 individuals from 410 families embraced the ideology of Royal Scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma and joined the TIPRA Motha party today.

The Director General of Police in Tripura, Amitabh Ranjan, on Monday asserted that the Tripura Police is working without any interference or doubts to maintain the law and order situation in the state.

Tripura has catapulted the state into the digital era, delivering transformative change across governance, infrastructure, and citizen services, said minister Pranajit Singha Roy on Monday.

In his letter to the commissions and DGP, the MLA cited instances of police harassment, torture, assault persisting inside police stations of Tripura and stated, “Even, proper medical attention is not being awarded to the arrested persons ignoring the specific guidelines of the Supreme Court of India.”

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, who was also the former state president of the party on Sunday took part in the BJP’s membership drive and claimed that the party’s membership drive has been gaining ground and is on its way to achieve that target of 12 lakh memberships.

As per BSF on 20th October on specific information of BSF, five Indian national including 01 minor were detained by troops of Border Out Post Harnakhola under West Tripura District while they were trying to exfiltrate to Bangladesh.

The Tripura Human Rights Commission (THRC) has asked the Director General of Police Amitabh Ranjan to submit an interim report within 15 days on the death of a 34-year-old man, who died at his residence on October 17 allegedly due to injuries sustained from the "torture in police custody", rights body officials said on Saturday.

A Bengali community body – Amra Bangali in Tripura on Saturday argued the Supreme Court’s declaration of all Bangladeshi migrants who entered Assam on or after Mar 25, 1971, as illegal migrants.

The opposition Congress party on Saturday accused the Tripura Human Rights Commission of its inaction in incidents of crime taking place in the state of Tripura.

Expressing his concern over the escalating communal violence in the state of Tripura, the TIPRA Motha Chief Pradyot Kishore Deb Burman on Saturday called the youth body of his party to stand up against it and promote peace and unity.

One Rifle man of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) posted at Chhattisgarh for security duty has reportedly killed self with his service rifle on Friday late night.

After the derailment of six coaches, engine and the power car of Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express on Thursday at Dibalong in Assam, the normal train services were restored on Friday in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill section, officials said.

Meanwhile, tremors were also felt in western and southern Tripura after another earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck neighbouring Bangladesh after Thursday midnight.

During his visit to the Khowai district of Tripura on Thursday, the Union Minister formally inaugurated the newly constructed home of the West Champacherra Anganwadi Center in Tulasikhar Block.

A 34-year-old man, who was arrested on charges of theft at Sabroom in South Tripura district on October 13, died at his residence on Thursday, allegedly due to injuries sustained from the "torture in police custody", an official said.

Tripura's Leader of Opposition and CPI-M state Secretary Jitendra Chaudhury on Thursday claimed that a section of the leaders of the ruling BJP are attempting to oust Chief Minister Manik Saha. 

A total of six coaches besides the engine and the power car of the Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express derailed on Thursday at Dibalong in Assam's Dima Hasao district, an official said, adding no casualties, however, were reported.