Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

Various frontal wings of the Pradesh Congress Committee staged a protest today against the Union Budget 2024-25, criticizing it as a budget aimed at appeasing the BJP’s alliance partners.

Former Tripura Chief Minister and Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday urged the Civil Aviation Minister (Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu) to declare the Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport in Agartala as an international airport.

Acting on a PIL, the Tripura High Court has issued notices to both the state and Central governments seeking comprehensive reports on the rising HIV cases in the state within two weeks, officials said on Thursday.

Tripura Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Tinku Roy met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to discuss the water logging issue affecting agricultural land due to the ongoing construction of National Highway 208 in Tripura's Unakoti District.

Tripura BJP President Rajib Bhattacharya announced on Thursday that the BJP secured 71 percent of the seats in the upcoming three-tier Panchayat polls uncontested. He attributed this to the opposition's failure to field candidates, citing their organizational weaknesses and internal issues.

The Bhavan’s Tripura Vidya Mandir on Wednesday celebrated Vanmahotsava through different activities throughout the day involving the students.

Tripura's Director General of Police Amitabh Ranjan on Wednesday asked the district-level police officials to remain on high alert on ethnic and communal issues and not allow any such situation to aggravate, officials said. 

To ensure safety and remove congestions from the urban areas of the state, the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) is progressing with the underground power cabling work.

With six more Bangladesh nationals arrested by the security forces, the infiltration from the neighbouring country into Tripura continues unabated.

The former Chief Minister of Tripura and presently the MP of Lok Sabha Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday slammed the opposition Congress party and its previous government at the Centre for highly neglecting the North East region of the country.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday termed the Union Budget 2024-25 an inclusive budget aimed at the comprehensive development and uplift of the poor, youth, farmers, and 'Nari Shakti'. 

The Tripura Human Rights Commission (THRC) expressing shock and dismay over the recent ethnic violence in Ganda Twisa, has served notices to the Director General of Police (DGP) and the District Magistrate (DM) of Dhalai district, officials said.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Tuesday said that the present government has given priority to the development of the sports sector so that children can progress further in the field of sports.

A disaster management official said that the tremor was felt in southern Tripura’s Gomati district and adjoining areas, adding that there has been no report of any casualty or damage to property.

The state food and civil supplies minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Monday chaired a crucial meeting with the officials of his department to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential petroleum products of LPG cooking gas cylinder and kerosine oil.

Two separate delegations of the opposition CPI(M) and the Congress party were on Monday stopped from visiting Gandatwisa (Gandacherra) in Dhalai district where violence between two communities claimed a life earlier this month.

Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday sought additional fund of Rs 17.61 crore from the centre to further expedite the infrastructural development work of Tripurasundari temple in Tripura’s Udaipur under the Prasad scheme.

Tripura Police have arrested a resident of Bihar and seized cannabis worth Rs 25 lakh from the Kumarghat area under Unakoti District.

Assam Rifles in collaboration with Agartala based NGO "Seva O Sahayata Parisad" distributed relief material to the recently violence affected locals of Gandachera, Tripura on 21 July.

Sepahijala District Magistrate Sidharth Shiv Jaiswal, IAS, emphasized the importance of punctuality and proper job performance to ensure the public receives timely and efficient services.

The Border Security Force (BSF) troopers are on a high alert in view of the grim situation in Bangladesh, officials said here on Sunday.

Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha attended the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee in New Delhi on Sunday, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Guest.

On Sunday, Tripura Police seized cannabis valued at Rs 20 lakh from the Kachucherra area in the Kamalapur sub-division.

The ruling BJP is likely to win 68.27 per cent of gram panchayat seats unopposed in Tripura, where three-tier panchayats elections are scheduled on August 8, officials said on Saturday.

The India-Bangladesh border would remain open for 24 hours to facilitate the students and other people of India and other countries to enter from the trouble-torn neighbouring country, where the situation remains extremely volatile due to the protests on quota issue for the last three weeks.