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Former Tripura CM Biplab Deb accused of raising false allegations of attack and indulging tension

Jan 05, 2023, at 06:15 pm

Agartala/UNI: Former Tripura Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha MP from Tripura, Biplab Kumar Deb, has been accused of indulging in violence and instigating communal tension in his native village Jamjuri area of Gomti district on Tuesday, ahead of the visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Miscreants attack former CM Biplab Deb's house in Tripura

Jan 04, 2023, at 02:37 pm

Agartala: Unknown miscreants attacked the parental house of former Tripura Chief Minister and Rajya sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb at Jamjuri of Udaipur in Gomti district on Tuesday night.

BJP nominates former Tripura CM Biplab Deb for Rajya Sabha polls

Sep 11, 2022, at 05:09 am

Agartala: BJP has nominated former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb as a candidate for the by-election to the only Rajya Sabha seat in the state, media reports said.

Biplab Deb BJP's nominee for Tripura Rajya Sabha bypoll

Sep 10, 2022, at 06:02 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The BJP has announced former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb as its nominee for the forthcoming by-elections to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Tripura.

Manik Saha takes oath as 12th Tripura Chief Minister

May 15, 2022, at 06:57 pm

Agartala/UNI: BJP leader and professor of Dental Surgery in Tripura Medical College Manik Saha was sworn in as the 12th Chief Minister of Tripura on Sunday in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhawan here

BJP sweeps Tripura civic polls with 217 seats, TMC bites dust with one seat

Nov 29, 2021, at 09:52 am

Agartala/IBNS: The ruling BJP Sunday swept the Tripura civic polls, winning 217 out of 222 seats, dealing a heavy blow to its opponents who had launched a scathing attack against Chief Minsiter Biplab Deb in a bid to prove its allegations of "misrule" and "poor governance" ahead of the 2023 assembly elections.

Tripura civic polls counting: BJP leads comfortably, wins 19 wards

Nov 28, 2021, at 06:19 pm

Tripura/IBNS: As votes are being counted for elections to several civic bodies including Agartala Municipal Corporation, in Tripura on Sunday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a comfortable lead winning majority seats in the north eastern state.

Tripura civic polls counting on, BJP takes early leads, high stakes for TMC

Nov 28, 2021, at 03:32 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Counting of votes for elections to several civic bodies including Agartala Municipal Corporation in Tripura are being held on Sunday.

TMC runs show with drug mafias funding: Tripura CM Biplab Deb

Nov 22, 2021, at 07:42 pm

Agartala/UNI: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has accused his West Bengal counterpart and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee of sheltering drug mafias in her state last evening in an election rally here.

Tripura: Biplab Deb accuses TMC of importing culture of violence and hatred from Bengal

Nov 20, 2021, at 07:17 pm

Agartala/UNI: Coming down heavily on Trinamool congress (TMC), Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar while addressing a civic poll rally last night at his constituency in Banamalipur here charged the opposition party for allegedly indulging in communal hatred and bringing violent politics of West Bengal in the state.

Home Minister Amit Shah directed attack on TMC in Tripura: Mamata Banerjee

Aug 09, 2021, at 07:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of directing an attack on the workers and leaders of her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Tripura.

Three held for breaching Tripura CM Biplab Deb's security cover

Aug 07, 2021, at 07:37 am

Agartala/IBNS: Three men were arrested on charges of attempted murder and other allegations after they allegedly penetrated the double security cordon of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in a vehicle.

Will form government in Tripura in 2023: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee dares BJP

Aug 03, 2021, at 03:48 am

Agartala/IBNS: Throwing challenge to the saffron camp months after winning West Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee Monday said his party will uninstall the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the next state elections due to be held in 2023.

Tripura minister calls meeting of BJP legislatures amid crisis

Jun 25, 2021, at 07:18 pm

Agartala/UNI: In a sudden move, parliamentary affairs minister and senior legislator of ruling BJP in Tripura Ratan Lal Nath has convened a meeting of his party legislators in the assembly hall in the late afternoon but didn’t divulge the agenda for discussion.

Crisis in Tripura BJP: Alliance partner IPFT left for Delhi to meet JP Nadda

Jun 22, 2021, at 09:03 pm

Agartala/UNI: A four-member team of BJP’s alliance partner in Tripura government led by its General Secretary and Tribal Welfare Minister of the state Mevar Kr Jamatia left for Delhi this morning responding to the call of BJP national president J P Nadda to discuss the ongoing crisis in the government led by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.

Trouble for Tripura BJP as 15,000 supporters joined TMC in one and half months

Jun 18, 2021, at 08:31 pm

Agartala/UNI: Taking the large-scale dissidence in Tripura BJP against Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been expanding its footprint across Tripura every day since Mamata Banerjee-led government came to power last month in neighbouring state West Bengal.

After Bengal win, TMC aims to oust BJP-led govt in Tripura

Jun 15, 2021, at 07:19 pm

Agartala/UNI: With the re-entry of veteran leader Mukul Roy to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the ongoing crisis of the ruling BJP in Tripura has deepened further.

BJP troubleshooters in Tripura after CM Biplab Deb embarrasses Amit Shah with Nepal, Sri Lanka comment

Feb 18, 2021, at 08:55 pm

Agartala/UNI : BJP’s organisational secretary of northeast Ajay Jamwal arrived here last evening along with RSS regional in-charge Ullas Kulkarni amid controversy triggered by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's statement that Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his stint as party's national president had once spoken about BJP's expansion beyond boundaries to Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Tripura CM reacts to his Mizoram counterpart's letter requesting to reconsider Bru settlement

May 31, 2020, at 02:49 pm

Agartala/UNI: Tripura government has remained unmoved on its decision to settle 34,000 displaced Bru people of Mizoram in the state despite continuing tension and series of demonstrations by different organisations, including non-Bru tribal residents of the surrounding Kanchanpur in North Tripura.

Tripura CM Deb announces exemption of lockdown rule for manufacturing units

Apr 14, 2020, at 11:52 am

Agartal/UNI: aWith no fresh case of Covid-19 positive in the state after first-level screening of the tracing contact of first Coronavirus case, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb announced some exemption in lockdown rules for manufacturing units of essential commodities and production units.

Tripura: Biplab Deb's rival and party colleague, Sudip Roybarman included in list of BJP campaigners for Delhi polls

Jan 28, 2020, at 03:43 pm

Agartala/UNI: Besides Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and state president Dr Manik Saha, two BJP MLAs of the state Sudip Roybarman and Ashis Saha have been included by BJP national leadership for the Delhi assembly election campaign, adding a new twist to the state politics.  

Tripura govt draws criticism after shifting book fair venue

Jan 06, 2020, at 02:55 pm

Agartala/UNI: The BJP-led government in Tripura has drawn flak after it shifted the venue of this year's annual Agartala book fair to a location almost 6km from the main city.

Tripura provides maximum job to aspirational blocks: Dy CM

Dec 25, 2019, at 04:20 pm

Agartala/UNI: Tripura government has provided maximum jobs to the selected aspirational rural development blocks of the state in the current financial year that boosted up rural livelihood substantially, claimed deputy chief minister holding the rural development portfolio Jishnu Dev Varma here today.  

Top BJP leaders hold meeting on organisational issues of Tripura

Dec 18, 2019, at 03:17 pm

Agartala/UNI: The ruling BJP and its ally IPFT held separate meetings last night with the central leaderships of the respective parties in the wake of recent turmoil in Tripura following passing of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), fast changing political landscape and resentment of people against two years old BJP government here.

Tripura CM leaves for Delhi to attend CAB consultation

Nov 29, 2019, at 03:13 pm

Agartala/UNI:Leaders of all political parties including Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Leader of the opposition Manik Sarkar and social activists have been invited by Union Home Minister Amit Shah for a consultation meeting on the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at his residence tonight.

Two people arrested, many on police radar for spreading rumours on Tripura CM's divorce

Apr 29, 2019, at 04:51 pm

Agartala, April 29 (UNI) Police arrested a school teacher and a constable last night for making obscene comments and sharing unverified social media post on marital life of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.

Tripura CM Biplab Deb in Kolkata to address rally with Amit Shah

Mar 26, 2019, at 05:35 pm

Agartala, Mar 26 (UNI) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb left for Kolkata this morning to attend an election rally at Dumdum along with BJP national president Amit Shah in favour of their party candidate during lunch hour.

Biplab Deb now triggers controversy with his comments on PM Modi's family

Oct 01, 2018, at 05:14 pm

Agartala, Oct 1 (IBNS): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has made another controversial remark when he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brother drives an autorickshaw and another is a grocer. 

Biplab Deb's remark on Rabindranath Tagore triggers controversy, Congress attacks

May 11, 2018, at 11:08 pm

Agartala, May 11 (IBNS): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has trigered a controversy when he said world poet Rabindranath Tagore had returned his Nobel Prize in protest against the British.

Biplab Deb's suggestion to graduates on 'breeding cows' triggers controversy

Apr 29, 2018, at 09:45 pm

Agartala, Apr 29 (IBNS): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has once again triggered a controversy by saying that graduates should 'milk cows' to earn money rather than searching for jobs for 10 years.