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INTERNATIONAL   NATIONAL   TRIPURA   NORTH EAST  

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the cash-for-school job case in West Bengal has tracked multiple small agricultural procurements-cum-marketing entities through which a portion of the proceeds were diverted in smaller amounts.

Officials said that the Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel arrested the Bangladeshi nationals at the Agartala railway station on Saturday night as they were trying to board a train to travel to other Indian states via Guwahati.

Former Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed Governor of Rajasthan while former Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma has been appointed Governor of Telangana.

The President of India on Saturday appointed Jishnu Dev Varma as the Governor of Telangana, while C P Radhakrishnan, who held additional charge of Telangana along with that of Jharkhand, was appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.

Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Saturday flagged off at least 60 vehicles to collect solid waste materials from the capital town of Agartala and other parts of the municipal corporation.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Saturday attended the NITI Ayog council meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and has shed light on the developmental progress of the state.

In a series of post on X formerly known as Twitter, Tripura Police wrote that the trio held for spreading a false massage and rumour informing all the tribal people living in Agartala to leave Agartala before July 26 of 2024.

The Tripura High Court has upheld the decision of the District and Sessions Court to award two-year rigorous imprisonment to three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders for creating a ruckus inside a courtroom and insulting a judge, a court official said on Friday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday assured the tribal leaders from the northeastern states to amicably address and resolve the issues of the tribals and the constitution of a committee for the same, Tipra Motha Party (TMP) supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma said.

In a strategic move aimed at bolstering the organizational strength of the BJP in Tripura, Dr. Rajdeep Roy has been appointed as the Tripura Pradesh BJP in-charge.

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. 

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday that Union Budget 2024-25 allocated Rs 10,376 crore for railway projects in the northeastern states, which is about five times higher than the average allocation of Rs 2,122 crore made during 2009-14.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday as both countries continue to unlock the full potential of their growing partnership in diverse fields.

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.

A motion moved by the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal Assembly demanding scrapping of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and restoration of the previous system of individual state governments conducting such examinations, was passed in the House on Wednesday.

Ukraine is ready to hold talks with Russia to end their conflict and achieve a "just and lasting peace", Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, as per Chinese officials.

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.

The opposition INDIA bloc leaders on Wednesday staged a protest in Parliament premises against the Union Budget.