Students of different organisations gathered in front of the City Centre and staged a demonstration against the JNU violence on Monday evening.
Tag: Tripura
Mob Lynching: Man lynched to death on suspicion of cattle theft
Agartala: A man in the Sonamura sub-division of the Sepahijala district of Tripura has been allegedly lynched to death on suspicion of cattle theft. Matin Mia was lynched by the villagers on Saturday. Due to his injuries, he passed away on Sunday. Matin Mia was beaten up by the villagers[Read More…]
CAA Protests: Tripura calls to boycott Tring Festival
‘Tring’ festival is celebrated on December 22 as the new year of Borok people in Tripura.
Air Asia to introduce flights from Tripura
Budget airline IndiGo recently launched daily direct flights on the Agartala-New Delhi-Agartala route, facilitating passengers from the northeastern state to go to Delhi without any stopover in Kolkata and Guwahati.
Centuries-old ‘Kharchi Puja’ begins in Tripura
The centuries-old Puja was inaugurated by the Chief Minister in the presence of a host of ministers, dignitaries and people from different parts of the country, officials said
Tripura: Man mob-lynched for trying to steal cattle in village
The man’s body was handed over to his family after the autopsy was held
Tripura: MLA marries woman who lodged rape case against him
MLA, Dhananjoy Tripura of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) has married a woman who had accused him of raping and deceiving her
Congress protests attack on party candidate in Tripura
Agartala: The Congress on Sunday organized a road blockade to protest the attack on their candidate Subal Bhowmik in southern Tripura. “At least eight Congressmen were injured, three of them seriously, when BJP workers attacked a road show of Subal Bhowmik. He, however, narrowly escaped the attack,” Congress leader and[Read More…]
Tripura BJP Vice President Subal Bhowmik resigns, likely to join Congress
In a major development, Tripura BJP vice-president Subal Bhowmik quit the saffron party and is set to join the Congress, which is expected to nominate him as party candidate in West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency. Mr. Bhowmik’s dramatic decision preceded his midnight meeting with PCC president Pradyot Kishore Manikya. Mr. Manikya[Read More…]
Tripura Police Recruitment 2019: 1488 Riflemen vacancies, check how to apply
Tripura Police Recruitment 2019 update: Tripura Police has published recruitment notification for the post of Riflemen. Interested candidates can apply for the post by applying on the official website till June 8, 2019. Tripura Police Riflemen Recruitment 2019: How to apply Step 1: Visit tripurapolice.gov.in. Step 2: On the homepage, click on[Read More…]
Defying poverty, Tripura tribal artist gets Padma Shri for promoting rare musical instrument
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala: Poverty has not stopped nonagenarian Thanga Darlong — all of 91 years — from playing the rosem, a flute-like tribal musical instrument made of bamboo. This labour of love saw him nominated for the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award, in the Republic Day honours[Read More…]
Tripura Assembly pays homage to CRPF martyrs
Agartala: The Tripura Assembly’s week-long budget session began here on Friday with the members, cutting across party lines, paying homage and expressing condolences over the martyrdom of 40 CRPF troopers in the Pulwama terror strike on February 14. House Chairman Ashish Kumar Saha read out the condolence message and then[Read More…]
Debate on Citizenship Bill: Rajmata Bibhu Kumari Devi challenges PM Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh
After the Lower House of the Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the central government has continuously been under the scanner by the allies in the north eastern states and the opposition alike. In the latest, the state of Tripura saw a massive rally taking place under “We oppose Citizenship[Read More…]
Tripura TET 2018 Answer Keys released @ trb.tripura.gov.in – important updates
Tripura TET 2018 Answer Keys update: Tripura TET 2018 Answer Keys are now available online. Teacher Recruitment Board Tripura (TRBT) has released TET 2018 Answer Keys on its official website. While the board conducted the Tripura Teacher Eligibility Test or TET on December 30, candidates are advised to download the[Read More…]
Tripura bans mobile-based internet services
Agartala, The Tripura government has stopped mobile-based internet services to curb “unauthenticated information, visuals and photographs” following police firing on Tuesday in which six tribal youths, agitating against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, officials said on Wednesday. “The curbs, enforced on late Tuesday, would continue until 3 pm on Thursday[Read More…]
Nation-wide shutdown affects normal life in Tripura
Agartala, A nationwide two-day shutdown called by ten central trade unions in protest against “pro-corporate, anti-workers and anti-people policies” of the BJP-led NDA government, affected normal life in the BJP-ruled Tripura on Tuesday. Many markets, shops and business establishments were closed and most private and passenger vehicles remained off the[Read More…]
Tribal man brutally killed for suspected witchcraft in Tripura
Agartala, Suspected of practising black magic and witchcraft, an elderly tribal man was hacked to death in the northeastern state of Tripura, police said here on Monday. Police arrested four people in connection with the incident. Some tribal villagers on Saturday tortured Nakuljoy Reang, 80, to death in a village[Read More…]
Lifeline Express: India’s first hospital train reaches Tripura to treat over 1000 patients
Over a thousand patients in the remote Tripura have been treated at Lifeline Express, the world’s first hospital train, since Tuesday at Churaibari Railway Station of North Tripura district. Lifeline Express is a train healthcare service which aims to reach those people who hail from remote areas that lack medical facilities.[Read More…]
SC collegium recommends elevation of four judges to top court
New Delhi: The Supreme court collegium is understood to have recommended the elevation of the Chief Justices of Patna, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura high courts as judges of the Supreme Court. The four Chief Justices who have been recommended for elevation to the top court include Justice M.R. Shah,[Read More…]
Over 81% voting in Tripura panchayat bypolls
Agartala, Sep 30 (IANS) Over 81 per cent of the around 55,000 electorate on Sunday cast their votes in the bypolls to Panchayati Raj Institutions in 11 blocks in Tripura, an official said. Tripura State Election Commission and police officials said that except for some minor squabbles in northern Tripura,[Read More…]
Bihar: 18 girls rescued from Bodh Gaya’ school reach Tripura
A group of 18 girls who were rescued by the Bihar Police from a Buddhist School and Meditation Centre in Bodh Gaya have reached here, an official said on Saturday. According to the police, the girls, aged between 12 to 14 years, were sent to the school by their parents[Read More…]
Sunil Deodhar relieved as BJP’s Tripura in-charge, shifted to Andhra
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ‘pracharak’ Sunil Deodhar, who was credited with being one the architects of the BJP’s victory in Tripura, was on Monday shifted to Andhra Pradesh as party’s co-incharge. Deodhar, the BJP’s in-charge of Tripura, has also been appointed as party’s national Secretary. He will assist[Read More…]
Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system introduced in Tripura
Agartala: An Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system was introduced in the Tripura Secretariat on Saturday to maintain employees are in their respective offices in time. Introducing the new system, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb asked the government employees and officers to attend their offices on time and complete their assigned task[Read More…]
Tripura to give monthly pension of Rs 10,000 to journalists
Agartala: The Tripura government has enhanced the journalists pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000, a Minister here said. The cabinet increased the journalists’ monthly pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000. The monthly pension of Rs 10,000 is second highest in India after Tamil Nadu, Law and Education Minister[Read More…]
1,000 kg marijuana seized in Guwahati
Guwahati: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths have seized about 1,000 kg of contraband marijuana from a vehicle here that was to be smuggled to Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Saturday. The driver of the vehicle and his helper were arrested on Friday night when the operation was launched. “We[Read More…]