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The ruling BJP on Saturday expressed confidence of sweeping the bye-elections in Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly constituency with ‘impressive’ majority and castigated the 35 years rule of the communist party in Tripura.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr Manik Saha on Saturday said that the people in the poll bound Dhanpur Assembly constituency have realized their mistakes and said that they will rectify it by giving vote to BJP in the upcoming by-election.

In another major drug haul in less than two weeks, Tripura police on Saturday seized 1.3 kg heroin valued at Rs 10 crore after arresting a drug peddler at Damchera in northern Tripura, adjoining Mizoram.

The Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) on Saturday announced results of ‘Bochor Bachao’ re-examination 2023. The re-examination was conducted for the students who flunked their board exams.

Appointed during the COVID pandemic, the contractual nurses of the AGMC and GBP Hospital on Friday agitated here at Agartala to press for their demand of regularization and warned the government of filing PIL in the High Court of their demands are not met.

Moreover, contesting this election as a united front is not possible from our end because the CPI-M had nominated their candidates unilaterally without any consultation to the Motha and Congress party.”

The highly anticipated rail connectivity project between Bangladesh and India, linking Akhaura in Bangladesh and Agartala in India, is set to be inaugurated virtually during the upcoming G20 Summit scheduled for September 9 to 10.

In a significant development that has ignited excitement and anticipation among the residents of Tripura, the state is set to be added to the international civil aviation map on September 17.

The decision was taken during a high-level meeting which was held on the management of public assets in the meeting room of the Secretariat under the direction of Chief Minister Professor (Dr.) Manik Saha. Chief Secretary JK Sinha presided over the meeting.

“On interrogation they stated they are into Indian Territory near Madhupur area from Sepahijala district and they are going to Delhi. All apprehended persons were taken into custody”, said police.

The CPIM today wrote a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Puneet Agarwal demanding precautionary measures for ensuring free and fair by-election for the 20-Boxanagar and 23 Dhanpur Assembly constituencies.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha commended the dedicated efforts of BJP Karyakartas in ensuring victory for the party in the upcoming by-elections. The by-elections for the Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly Constituencies are scheduled for September 5.

In a fervent declaration, former Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma exuded unwavering optimism, asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised for an imminent triumph in the forthcoming by-elections.

The India Meteorological Department on Thursday said that increase in rainfall activity over East and adjoining central India from Saturday while isolated heavy rainfall activity is likely over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The former Chief Minister and Politburo member Manik Sarkar on Thursday castigated the ruling BJP-led coalition government in Tripura and alleged that the government is averse to the development of the state and failed completely to meet people’s expectation.

The ruling BJP on Thursday castigated the opposition CPI-M and alleged that the party leaders are indulged in provoking minorities in the poll bound constituencies of Boxanagar and Dhanpur in the run up of the bye-elections.

On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on Wednesday, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said that women's safety, security and empowerment remain the top priorities of the BJP-led state government, adding that any crime against women will not be tolerated.

The security forces have seized huge quantities of heroin worth Rs 15.59 crore and arrested seven drug peddlers during the past 24 hours in Mizoram and Tripura, officials said on Wednesday.

NFR’s chief PRO Sabyasachi De said that a joint team of RPF and Government Railway Police (GRP), during routine checking, detected suspicious activity of a group of people at the Dharmanagar railway station on Monday night.

Former Chief Minister and MP Rajya Sabha Biplab Kumar Deb today said that since he assumed the charge of MP, he has sanctioned Rs 3.39 crore for 10 projects in the state.

“The day-long programme will be held at Kumarghat PWD ground on September 17 next, where the Central ministers including the BJP leaders of the North-East region of the country will take part,” said MLA Bhagaban Chandra Das on Tuesday.

“The staff of the Central Correctional Facility who brought Babul to hospital has said that he fell from stairs. The dead body has injury marks on the head and blood stains on the nose, mouth and ears”, said the Doctor.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Tuesday said that the victory of the BJP in the upcoming by-election is now only a matter of time, as the people's support and faith in the party is clearly visible.

Tripura Police seized cannabis worth Rs 5 lakh and apprehended a person in Bhagalpur, near the Indo-Bangladesh international border on the outskirts of Agartala city, late on Monday night.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that isolated heavy rainfall activity is likely to continue over Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Northeast India and extreme south Peninsular India during next five days while a fresh rainfall spell is likely over parts of East India from Saturday.