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A video of Nath watching a video while the session was on has gone viral on social media leading to a sharp criticism and demanding action against the lawmaker. Netizens termed the act as 'shameful'.

Moving in line with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to adopt millets as preferred crop choice, the Tripura government is mulling to distribute millets through the Public Distribution System (PDS) soon, said food and civil supplies minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Wednesday.

A delegation of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), who's supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman earlier announced an indefinite hunger strike unless the Centre met the party's demand by March 27, suddenly left for Guwahati on Wednesday to meet Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Chowdhury, who recently visited Charipara in West Tripura to oversee the railway project on Wednesday, said that the work is going in full swing from Badharghat to Nischintapur stretching 15-km on the Indian side.

Sources said that today morning he went to work in the rubber plantation like the other day. Local rushed near Amal when they heard a loud sound and found him lying unconscious on the ground.

According to the press communique of the BSF, a special operation on Tuesday afternoon was launched based on intelligence inputs and the team carried out a search in coach D-4 of train No 15664 going from Silchar in Assam to Agartala in Tripura.

Tripura's century-old 'Puspavanta Palace', the official residence of 16 state Governors since 1972, is set to be transformed into a national-level museum and cultural center, said tourism minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Wednesday.

In a press release, BSF has said that on the specific input, a Special Operation was launched by a team of BSF today at Railway Station Kumarghat, wherein a thorough search of coach number D-4 of train No. 15664 going from Silchar to Agartala was carried out.

The Tripura government has taken multiple initiatives to combat the drug menace in the state including the opening of an addiction Clinic OPD across the state and a full body scanner to scan the vehicle and drivers.

The Chief Minister, opposition leader Animesh Debbarma, CPI(M) legislature party leader Jitendra Choudhury congratulated Paul for being elected as the Deputy Speaker of the House.

Congress and CPI-M legislators on Monday staged a protest in Tripura Assembly over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha following his conviction by a court in a defamation case.

He also informed that to increase the billing percentage with accuracy and quality through capturing of photographs of energy meter readings, TSECL has engaged new energy billing agencies across the State of Tripura.

Scores of people, including politicians and social activists, paid their tributes to Murasingh at the ‘Nazrul Kalakshetra’ and Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan here before the cortege headed for his native village in Tuibandal for the last rites.

Ruling Party MLA Ramprasad Pal who was also the cooperation minister has filed nomination papers for the post of Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. MLA Ramprasad Pal submitted his nomination papers to Assembly Secretary Bishnupada Karmakar.

The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Tripura is higher than national growth rate and is expected to grow at 8.95% in Financial Year 2023-24, said Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy.

The Chief Minister also said that people expect justice. He called on how people can be given relief in the justice system in a humanitarian way. The Chief Minister inaugurated the 10th anniversary of the High Court by lighting a lamp at the Tripura High Court premises.

Back in 2015, when Hon’ble Prime Minister announced the mission of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’, he not only strengthened an inherent bond between every Indian, he also unlocked India’s ‘diversity dividend’.

A BSF spokesman said that acting on a tip-off, the troopers led by senior officials during a special drive against trans-border smugglers recovered the contraband, hidden under the surface of the house of a drug kingpin in the border village at Sidhai.

The Chief Minister said, the state government has taken initiatives to develop the overall health care services in the state. Initiative has been taken to further develop all health sub-centres under Health and Wellness Centre.

The Bangladeshi Independence Day celebrated in Assam and Tripura on Sunday with numerous functions and events in the two Indian states that share border with the neighbouring country.

The Bhavan's Tripura Vidya Mandir (BTVM) and Bhavan's Little Learners of Bordowali centre held its Annual Prize Giving Ceremony here in the school auditorium of main branch at Narshingarh on Saturday.

The minister said: "Our government will continue supporting Assam Tea Corporation Limited against the payment of outstanding liabilities of interest on provident fund in a phased manner, keeping in mind the greater interest of ATCL workers."

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, Saturday inaugurated the 1st annual meeting of the North-Eastern Diabetes Society Tripura Chapter here at Agartala and said that there is a need of generating more awareness in prevention of the Diabetes disease.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Friday inaugurated the 41st Agartala Book Fair here at Agartala Hapania international ground and urged the student fraternity to go beyond textbooks so as to strengthen their power of thinking.

Earlier on Thursday morning Pradyot through his social media handle informed that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah had called him over phone and assured him of appointing interlocutor by March 27 next.