Tripura declared Covid-19 free state
Apr 25, 2020, at 08:59 pm
Agartala/UNI: With the release of second Covid-19 infected patient from GBP hospital here, Tripura has been officially declared ‘Covid Free State’ on Saturday.
Former Bihar, West Bengal and Tripura governor Devanand Konwar passes away
Apr 25, 2020, at 12:08 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Former Bihar, West Bengal, Tripura governor and veteran politician Devanand Konwar died on Saturday.
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 identifies 22 people who visited Delhi during Tablighi Jammat in Nizamuddin
Apr 01, 2020, at 04:08 pm
Agartala/ UNI: Tripura government has started testing for coronavirus with the identification of as many as 22 people from the state who had visited the Covid-19 hotspot in Delhi between March 14 and16 last, exactly during the Tablighi Jammat in Nizamuddin.
Two tribal parties merge ahead of crucial TTADC poll in Tripura
Mar 15, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Agartala/UNI: Tribal politics in Tripura got a new twist just two months before the crucial elections to Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTADC) with the merger of National Conference of Twipra (NCT) with Indigenous Nationalist Front of Twipra (INPT) and formation of INPT (U).
Mar 11, 2020, at 03:36 pm
Agartala/IBNS: A day after reports said that an Indian national had been sent back from Akhaura check post by Bangladeshi officials over suspicion of COVID19, Indian Express said that it was, in fact, a Bangladeshi national who was prevented from entering India after being screened with high temperature.
BJP panel faces crushing defeat in Tripura Bar Association election
Feb 24, 2020, at 12:02 pm
Agartala/UNI: The ruling BJP in Tripura got a jolt in Tripura Bar Association elections held yesterday, boosting the anti-BJP forces in the state and putting Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s government in an awkward situation.
Former Tripura Chief Secy arrested in PWD scam; state administrative officers say he is framed
Feb 17, 2020, at 08:44 pm
Agartala/UNI: Former chief secretary of Tripura and chairman of Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC) Yash Pal Singh was arrested Monday morning in a joint operation of Uttar Pradesh and Tripura police from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh in connection with alleged PWD scam of Rs 164 Cr during 2008-09.
Tripura court hands out death sentence to rape and murder convicts
Feb 14, 2020, at 03:17 pm
Agartala/UNI: The family of the minor girl, who was raped and murdered in Gomati district in Dec 2018, has expressed satisfaction after a special court on Thursday handed out death sentence to the two convicts in the case.
BJP-IPFT government under attack after poverty-stricken tribal man's photo goes viral
Feb 14, 2020, at 03:01 pm
Agartala/UNI: The opposition has come down heavily on the BJP-IPFT government after the photograph showing an old tribal man crying in public after he failed to meet the chief minister in a public meeting at Kalayanpur of Khowai district in West Tripura on Feb 12 last went viral in social media.
Nine Hindu Bangladeshi sent to jail
Feb 11, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Agartala/UNI: A local court of West Tripura sent nine Hindu Bangladeshi nationals including women and children to jail today for illegal entry into Indian Territory.
Tripura: Court remands Haryana youth to police custody in ATM fraud case
Feb 03, 2020, at 06:12 pm
Agartala/UNI: A local court in North Tripura today remanded a 23-year-old Haryana youth to three days police custody arrested yesterday in Dharmanagar town on the charge of cloning ATM cards, a police official said.
Bank account hacking case:Â Nigerian youth produced before court in Tripura
Feb 03, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Ambassa(Tripura)/UNI: A Nigerian youth was produced before the court on Monday in the subdivision of Ambassa in the northern Tripura district of Dhalai in connection with a bank account hacking case.
Tripura govt receives set back in High Court
Jan 28, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Agartala/UNI: The BJP-IPFT government in Tripura received set back in two different cases after a division bench of the Tripura High Court rejected the state government's pleas to quash the previous judgments of a single bench of the high court in the cases.
Tripura ADC wants financial autonomy before raising the strength of council
Jan 23, 2020, at 05:48 pm
Agartala/UNI: As Tripura assembly unanimously passed a resolution to increase the number of seat of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) from the existing 28 to 50, left front ruled ADC asked for financial autonomy and proportionate devolution of share of taxes before increasing the seats.
BSF seizes illegal drugs from a house in Tripura
Jan 23, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Agartala/UNI: The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a packet containing 2,340 contraband Yaba tablets worth Rs 11.70 lakh from the house of one Badsha Miah (34) in Matinagar area of Western Agartala on Wednesday but failed to arrest anybody in connection with the case.
Tripura: Reigniting Ethnic Fires
Jan 21, 2020, at 04:54 pm
On January 16, 2019, the Union Government signed a quadripartite agreement with Tripura, Mizoram, and leaders of the Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum (MBDPF) to resolve the decades old Bru displacement crisis.After signing the agreement, it was announced that the Bru migrants (over 30,000) who had not returned to Mizoram would be settled in Tripura. The Government also announced a financial package worth INR 6 billion for settling them in Tripura.
NSM wants settlement package for displaced Bengalis in Tripura
Jan 19, 2020, at 12:00 pm
Agartala/UNI: The Nagarik Suraksha Mancha (NSM), Citizens’ Protection Forum an apolitical outfit for the residents of Kanchanpur has demanded settlement package for the Bengali people who had been dislodged from their home and hearth by the Bru displaced of Mizoram in past few years.
CBI submits charge-sheet in Tripura journalist murder case
Jan 19, 2020, at 11:31 am
Agartala/UNI: The CBI has submitted the charge sheet to the court against five policemen in the murder case of journalist Sudip Datta Bhowmik who was killed in broad daylight inside the campus of TSR 2nd battalion on Nov 21, 2017.
Tripura assembly passes resolution to increase TTAADC seats to 50
Jan 18, 2020, at 04:23 pm
Agartala/UNI: Tripura assembly today passed a motion seeking an increase of seat in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) from 28 to 50 with the aim to expedite the pace of development of indigenous communities of the state.
After IPFT, JMACAA resumes protest against CAA in Tripura
Jan 06, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Agartala/UNI: With the beginning of indefinite sit in demonstration by ruling BJP’s ally in Tripura government Indigenous People’s Front of Twipra (IPFT) against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), on Monday, Joint Movement Against Citizenship Amendment Act (JMACAA), a common platform of tribal parties and indigenous organisations, announced an anti-CAA protest rally here tomorrow.
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: BJP ally IPFT to start indefinite sit-in demonstration against CAA
Jan 05, 2020, at 03:22 pm
Agartala/UNI: The administration has beefed up security arrangement to maintain peace during the indefinite sit-in demonstration in three different locations of the state against the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) by Indigenous People’s Front of Twipra (IPFT), the ruling BJP’s ally in the government, seeking exemption of Tripura from Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and creation of separate Tipraland for tribals scheduled to start from tomorrow.
Three NLFT militants arrested with arms after threatening Tripura MP
Jan 02, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Agartala/UNI: After a long break, North Tripura police detained three active members of banned militant outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) with arms from Panisagar Railway station and Dharmanagar town.
DRI, BSF and Tripura police seize huge quantity of drugs in joint action
Jan 02, 2020, at 01:29 pm
Agartala/UNI: The joint efforts of Tripura police, BSF and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to crackdown on drug smugglers in Tripura and other neighbouring states, following the direction of Union home ministry, has yielded results in the first drive.
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.
BJP, CPI-M clash during protest rally in Tripura
Dec 25, 2019, at 12:57 pm
Agartala/UNI: Tension continued in Udaipur of Gomati district in South Tripura following group clash between ruling BJP supporters and opposition CPI-M on Tuesday during a protest rally of the later party against privatization and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Tripura govt arranges evacuation of accident victims in North Bengal
Dec 18, 2019, at 05:30 pm
Agartala/UNI: Tripura government arranged to bring the bodies of two women hailed from South Tripura who died on the spot at Coachbihar of North Bengal this morning when a truck hit a battery-operated rickshaw on Siliguri-Guwahati national highway.
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 royal scion threatens Amit Shah to move Supreme CourtÂ
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:46 pm
Agartala/UNI: The royal scion of Tripura Pradyot Kishore Debbarman during the meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi that he would not allow CAB to implement in Tripura after latter did not show any hope to the demand.