Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

Over 300 Indian students in Bangladesh were forced to return home as the anti-quota protests, that have led to students and security forces clashing, resulted in the killing of at least 104 and injuring over 2,500 people so far.

A chemical reaction led to an explosion near Fire Brigade Chowmuhani in Agartala, severely injuring two people and reducing a significant portion of an apartment to rubble.

In a move to boost the tea industry in Tripura, the Tripura Tea Development Corporation Ltd (TTDC) has undertaken a series of steps, including modernizing tea processing factories and setting up a Mini Tea Processing Factory with an estimated cost worth over Rs 6 Crore.

Two Bangladeshi smugglers were sustained bullet injures after BSF troops foiled a major smuggling attempt of contraband items in Boxanagar under Sepahijala District.

As per BSF press statement on 18th July based on specific info a special operation was launched by BSF in the border area of Belonia in which 05 Bangladeshi including three female, one male and one boy, were apprehended while trying to illegally enter into Indian territory.

The Tripura High Court on Thursday rejected the plea of the opposition CPI(M) and the Congress party in Tripura for online submission of nomination papers and upheld consideration of online submission by the Election Commission in near future.

After making a plea to the Tripura High Court, the Congress party in Tripura sought the intervention of the Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu on Thursday and demanded for restoration of rule of law in the state ahead of the panchayat elections.

Pradesh BJP President Rajib Bhattacharya today stated that Congress and CPIM leaders have no policy or agenda and are only engaging in politics for their personal gain.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Thursday led the nomination paper submission here in West Tripura Zilla Parishad and Zilla Panchayat in Gomati district under Matabari block and expressed his confidence of the BJP’s victory in the upcoming elections to the three-tier panchayat.

A case study based on water-logging and flood control in Agartala city, prepared by Health Secretary of Tripura Government Kiran Gitte, IAS, recently won first prize at a training camp conducted by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie.

Tripura Police recovered 27 damaged bomb shells on Thursday after a man discovered them while digging a pond in Bamutia under the Mohanpur sub-division of Tripura’s West District.

As per BSF press release, on 17th July based on specific information a special operation was launched in which BSF apprehended one Bangladeshi national near the Border Fence.

The Union Minister of State for Tourism & Petroleum, Suresh Gopi has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Tripura Chief Minister, Prof. Dr. Manik Saha for the timely delivery of the famous Queen Pineapples to Kerala for the elephants at Vadakkumnnatha Kshethram Temple as part of the aanayootu ceremony—a traditional feeding ritual for elephants.

In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old youth beheaded his 55-year-old mother at Ratanpur in Tripura’s Khowai district following a dispute over money, the police said on Wednesday.

Children and the elderly living in coastal and rice belt regions of India are highly vulnerable for viral encephalitis and other brain infections during monsoon, said a neurologist at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad on Wednesday.

Even as the ethnic violence-hit Ganda Twisa in Dhalai District is limping back to normal, the Tripura government on Wednesday announced Rs 1.60 crore compensation for the 166 affected families, officials said. 

As per BSF, based on specific information, regarding one Indian national a resident of Village Laltilla under Jatrapur police stations growing Ganja plant nursery at the back side of his house. After getting information a joint-ops along with Forest Dept and Police was planned and carried out.

The All Tripura Samgra Shiksha Ministerial Staff Organization has raised a complaint regarding the deprivation faced by its members. Organizing Secretary Suman Chandra Nath articulated the demands during a press conference held at the Agartala Press Club on Wednesday.

In a decisive move, the Tripura Government demolished the renowned Bharat Ratna Sangha social club, located in Usha Bazar on the outskirts of Agartala, on Wednesday. The club, once a pillar of the community, faced accusations of involvement in illegal activities such as land encroachment, smuggling and tender manipulation.

He said that the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday announced Gaurav Gogoi and Tariq Anwar as AICC observers to Tripura, with regard to attacks on party workers allegedly by the ruling party.

Thanking the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for extending Kanchanjangha Express train from Agartala to Sabroom, the state transport minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Tuesday written to Vaishnaw and sought his intervention to halt the train at Belonia subdivision.

Jhuma Dutta Chowdhury, Member Secretary of the Tripura State Legal Services Authority mentioned that 34 cases were initially sent to the Pre-Lok Adalat for conciliation by the Supreme Court.

Bapi Debnath, known as Neel has carved his name in history as the third Indian and eighth global cyclist to reach the South Base Camp of Mount Everest on a bicycle. This incredible feat, completed in 54 days, is not just a testament to endurance but a story of dedication and passion.

The Bangladeshi national identified as Atiqur Rahman (48) a resident of Brahmanabaria district of Bangladesh while the suspected Indian tout identified as Arabinda Das (54) a resident of Assam.

Speaking on the issue, Officer In Charge of Ambassa Police Station, Gurupada Debnath said that they had prior information about two vehicles approaching Ambassa from Agartala carrying a huge cache of cannabis.