Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

In a show of frustration over persistently neglected road conditions, auto drivers took to the streets this morning, blocking the thoroughfare from Maharajganj Bazar to Maheshkhala.

Tripura's main opposition party, Tipra Motha Party (TMP), on Tuesday urged all political parties to join the agitation on Wednesday, announced in protest against the Centre’s "dilly dallying approach” in giving constitutional solutions to the tribals’ problems.

Tripura Puppet Theatre Director Prabhitangsu Das said that in the three-day (February 26-28) festival, puppet theatre groups from the US, Brazil, Spain, and Bangladesh and six groups from New Delhi, Rajasthan, West Bengal and host Tripura will participate in the event.

Agrawal, a senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1994 batch, reportedly misled the state's council of ministers after a controversy emerged over the naming of a lioness as 'Sita' and lion as 'Akbar'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid the foundation stone for redevelopment work of Agartala Railway station in addition to other stations across the country under the ‘Amrit Bharat’ scheme of the Central government.

Dr. Saha said this during the inauguration of an Electric Crematorium, Tertiary Waste Treatment Plant, and the laying of the foundation stone for the District Administration Residential Complex in Khowai District.

The Tripura Legislative Assembly is gearing up to start its budget session on March 1, with the goal of wrapping up proceedings ahead of the imminent Lok Sabha elections.

In a shocking turn of events, the lifeless body of a young man was discovered on the side of the road near the Chakmaghat barrage under Teliamura police station today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually laid the foundation for the redevelopment of 23 railway stations in six states in the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) zone at a cost of Rs 685.32 crore, an official said.

In the early hours of February 25, the Tripura Police arrested five individuals and confiscated 175 kgs of cannabis from Matambari village in the Sepahijala district.

Pradesh BJP President Rajib Bhattacharya asserted on Sunday that the recent discussions between Congress and Tipra Motha would not sway state politics or pose a challenge to the BJP, affirming that the party remains steadfast and prepared.

Deb Barman on Friday night held a meeting with Tripura unit Congress President Asish Kumar Saha and senior Congress leader and MLA Sudip Roy Barman and discussed the current political situation in the state.

The 4-day long 7th North East Youth Festival is all set to commence from February 26 next here at Agartala.

Chasing her dream to touch the sky, pilot Urvi Agarwal, the former student of Bhavans Tripura Vidya Mandir (BTVM) is felicitated on Saturday. Urvi is presently working with a reputed Airline as the First Officer (Pilot).

He also said that due to the increase in production along with the increase in cultivation area, the state government has taken necessary initiatives to export the state produced organic crops abroad at higher prices.

State Urban Development Department has decided to organise 8 days long Inter-state Urban Prosperity Festival here in the capital town of Agartala from February 25 next.

The Additional Sessions Judge of Gomati District on Friday has sentenced and convicted one person to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 10 years for raping a girl and giving false assurance of marriage.

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, Unakoti District Hospital witnessed the successful completion of a complex hernioplasty surgery on February 22.

Paritosh Biswas, veteran journalist and the editor of Tripura’s first daily 'Jagaran', passed away at his residence here on Friday after a prolonged illness.

In preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Central BJP, acting under the authority of the national president, Jagat Prakash Nadda, has restructured the Tripura BJP by establishing a 16-member State Core Committee.

During the meeting, the Governor enquired about the pace of developmental work in the districts and if the projects and schemes of both central and state government are reaching the common people.

In a groundbreaking achievement, the cardiology department of GB Hospital in Agartala has marked a historic milestone by successfully closing a heart hole through device closure, a procedure conducted for the first time in the hospital's history.

The corporators of Agartala Municipal Corporation have sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing gratitude for the inauguration of the Ram Mandir.

As many as 10 persons sustained severe injuries, while another person died on the spot after a passenger auto collided with a pick-up truck at Sonatola village under the Khowai district on Thursday.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday inaugurated the 42nd Agartala Book Fair, an official said. February 21 also marks the Inernational Mother Language Day.