Category: tripura

In a recent address at a state-level workshop focusing on IT and Social Media, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha criticized Congress leaders, labeling them as 'dramatists' and accusing them of pursuing personal gain within the political arena.

On Monday, the locals led by a gram panchayat member summoned the minor and his mother to a kangaroo court, where some youths reportedly stripped and severely beat up the woman and her son.

In a significant operation against the narcotics trade, the Tripura Police achieved a major breakthrough by apprehending three persons and successfully confiscating a substantial haul of brown sugar valued at an astounding Rs 10 crore.

Atal Smriti Knockout Football Competition-2023 has started from today at the 12th standard school ground in Fatikray. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Tinku Roy inaugurated the competition.

Abdul Sattar, a prominent journalist in the state and a member of the Sonamura Press Club, passed away at his residence in Sonamura today at around 8:20 am. He had been battling an illness for one and a half years. At the time of his demise, he was 47 years old.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today said that the present BJP-led Tripura government has undertaken numerous initiatives to enhance the health infrastructure aiming to provide improved healthcare facilities.

Manipur and Mizoram witnessed deficient monsoon rainfall due to the lack of rain-bearing clouds and monsoon troughs from the Bay of Bengal while the remaining northeastern states, including Himalayan state Sikkim, recorded normal rainfall since June when the monsoon period started.

Various political parties and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in Manipur on Saturday told the visiting CPI-M delegation that "due to the far reaching conspiracies of the BJP-RSS, the ethnic violence erupted in the state". 

“A large number of tourists visited the state last year and most of them were foreign tourists among them,” he said, adding that pictures always speak and it needs no explanation. People can be appealed to through their photography, he said.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Saturday slammed the previous Left front government for suppressing the role of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur’s role in building Tripura – a modern state.

A huge cache of illegal cough syrups worth Rs 4 crore was seized at the Assam-Tripura border area in Karimganj district, officials said on Saturday. 

After fleeing from their hideouts in Bangladesh, five militants of the banned outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), surrendered to the state police in Dhalai district, officials said on Saturday.

A four-member delegation of the CPI-M, led by the party's General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, arrived in trouble-torn Manipur on Friday for a three-day state visit. Upon their arrival, the delegation met the displaced people at the relief camps in Churachandpur and Moirang.  

The rubber board chairman Dr. Sawar Dhanania on Friday met the Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha here at Agartala and laid emphasis on growing the rubber industry in the state.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Friday inaugurated a daylong workshop with Pradhan Samajpatis of different tribal communities of Tripura here at Agartala Pragna Bhavan and claimed that the present government is working for overall development of the indigenous tribes of the state.

Sushanta Chowdhury, the Tourism Minister announced on Friday that the initiation of state tourism sector development projects backed by financial assistance from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

In this outlet of NERAMAC, various crops and products produced organically in the state will be available. Various products produced by self-help groups and self- entrepreneurs will also be available in this outlet along with products produced through natural means, said the Agriculture Minister.

A Mizoram police officer said that acting on a tip-off, the Aizawl District Special Branch (DSB) team arrested Sourabh Nath (34) and Mohammad Nur Ahmed (39) and seized 2.330 kg Methamphetamine tablets from their possession.

A speeding car that attempted to enter Assam from Tripura by evading the checkpoint at the state boundary was intercepted by the Assam Police with a huge quantity of contrabands, officials said on Thursday.

For the first time in over five years, a direct contest would be held between the ruling BJP and the opposition CPI-M-led Left Front in the September 5 by-polls to two Assembly seats in Tripura. 

Rajib underscored the effectiveness of the dual-engine government and its unwavering commitment to public welfare, a factor that has garnered widespread public backing and confidence in the BJP.

In a highly anticipated development, the long-awaited bridge linking India and Bangladesh dubbed the "Maitri Setu," is poised to open up new avenues for trade and communication as it approaches its grand inauguration on September 01.

Mayor Dipak Majumder accompanied by MLA Ratan Chakraborty and Corporator Uttam Ghosh, undertook an extensive visit to Ward No. 9 of Agartala Municipal Corporation today in response to consistent grievances raised by local residents.

A series of unexpected incidents occurred on Tuesday, resulting in injuries to several individuals in the North Tripura district. In a day marked by misfortune, multiple collisions involving bikes left several youths seriously wounded.

All the seized cattles have been handed over to Baba Gorakhnath Goshala Dharmanagar through police. While other seized items and apprehended suspected smugglers have been handed over to police for further investigation and necessary action as per law of the land.