Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

Tripura Police late Thursday night seized cannabis worth Rs 50 lakh at Churaibari Check Post on the Tripura-Assam border when a truck was en route to the neighboring state to smuggle the cannabis.

The Tripura Police, along with the BSF, has seized a pistol and contraband items worth Rs 20 lakh from the Matinagar bordering area under West Tripura District.

The Assam Rifles, as part of its ongoing commitment to youth development in the Unakoti District, has initiated a training program for individuals who have successfully cleared the Agnipath entrance exams.

Local residents and vehicle drivers joined forces to stage a protest on the Assam Agartala National Highway under the jurisdiction of Nadiapur-Shanichara Gram Panchayat, near Churaibari Police Station.

The rally was held under the joint initiative of the Department of Transport and Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited, with the financial support of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency of the Union Ministry of Power.

On the issue, Superintendent of Police, Traffic Police, Manik Das, said that on May 25th, the Traffic Police, Agartala Municipal Corporation and Tripura Police held a meeting and decided on a joint action plan to make the city congestion-free.

BJP candidate and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who secured a record 8,81,341 votes, won the Tripura West Lok Sabha seat, defeating state Congress President and party nominee Ashish Kumar Saha by a margin of 6,11,578 votes.

Ruling BJP candidate Dipak Majumder on Tuesday won the by-election to the Ramnagar Assembly seat in Tripura defeating his CPI(M) opponent Ratan Das by a margin of 18,014 votes.

01:36: After 9th round of poll counting for 7-Ramnagar assembly constituency - BJP candidate Dipak Majumder is leading with 21948 votes, while while the I.N.D.I.A bloc candidate Ratan Das is trailing with 6021 votes and NOTA received-746.

12:57 PM: In 7-Ramnagar assembly constituency, BJP candidate Dipak Majumder is leading with 20356 votes, while the I.N.D.I.A bloc candidate Ratan Das is trailing with 5359 votes. NOTA received 688 votes.

12:27 PM: In 7-Ramnagar assembly constituency, BJP candidate Dipak Majumder is leading with 17915 votes, while the I.N.D.I.A bloc candidate Ratan Das is in trailing with 4303 votes.

12:08 AM: BJP candidate Biplab Kumar Deb is leading by 547772 votes (total vote – 782019) in the West parliamentary constituency, while the I.N.D.I.A bloc and congress candidate Ashish Kumar Saha is training with 234247 votes.

As counting for the 2 parliamentary constituencies in Tripura including the 7-Ramnagar assembly constituency for by-election is underway, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is heading for win in both the East and West parliamentary constituencies and in 7-Ramnagar.

BJP candidates, including former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, are leading in both Lok Sabha seats in Tripura with a comfortable margin. BJP nominee Kriti Devi Debbarman is ahead of CPI(M) nominee Rajendra Reang by 1,01,504 votes.

The confrontation escalated quickly, leading to the student being assaulted by the group. He sustained serious head injuries and was promptly rescued and taken to the trauma center of GB Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment.

The Engineers Forum of Tripura and also employees of Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL) held a dharna in front of Tripura Police Headquarters demanding arrest of an advocate who allegedly manhandled an engineer and official of TSECL after lawyers staged protest over 3 day long power outage.

The opposition CPI(M) on Monday demanded the State Election Commission to ensure proper security arrangement to ensure peaceful poll counting on June 4 next.

Bangladeshi miscreants have allegedly snatched weapons, radio of BSF and attacked a BSF constable at Kalamchera in Sonamura Sub-division.

The World Environment Day (WED) is observed every year on 5th June with a view to spread environmental awareness and to encourage the society to protect and preserve the environment for sustainable world.

Rejecting the Exit Poll predictions for the Lok Sabha elections, Saha has claimed that his party would perform better both in northeastern states and across the country.

As the state prepares for the counting of polls for 2 parliamentary constituencies and 7-Ramnagar Assembly Constituency by-election on June 4 next, the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Puneet Agarwal on Saturday chaired a meeting with the representatives of political parties of the state to ensure peaceful poll counting.

Tripura along with the rest of the nation will go for counting of Lok Sabha polls on June 4. The counting will be held for 2 parliamentary constituencies amid three-tier security system in each of the 60 counting halls and 7-Ramnagar Assembly Constituency by-election.

During the visit, he reviewed the preparation of counting centers and law and order issues. Besides, the Chief Electoral Officer visited the media center and the room designated for counting observers.

Railway tracks in Silchar, New Haflong, Bandarkhal and Chandranathpur section faced damages due to waterlogging caused due to the incessant rains in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal earlier this week.

With the arrest of three more Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, from Tripura on Thursday, 44 citizens of the neighbouring country have been detained in the state in the past three weeks, the police said.