Debraj Deb

Leaders of Mizoram’s Bru migrants, who are currently undergoing permanent resettlement in Tripura, said the clashes were “instigated” by certain people with vested interests.

While night curfew and total weekend curfew would continue, day curfew has been dropped for now as per the latest guidelines.

The development comes at a time when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has met the Congress leadership in Delhi calling for a united fight against the BJP.

Any candidate who feels unhappy with marks awarded in the current formula would have to appear for a separate examination, which is likely to be held in the first week of September.

The I-PAC team has been camping in Agartala to assess the political situation and TMC's potential support in the state. The police detained them in a hotel citing Covid-19 norms on Sunday night. Their Covid reports came negative on Tuesday night.

West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu Wednesday said the Tripura government is suffering from “insecurity” and is afraid of losing in the next assembly polls

Tiprasa Hoda convener Birendra Tripura alleges that armed UPDF gangs in Dhalai district are guarding camps of illegal Chakma immigrants

Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Behind the violent clashes on Monday lie two boundary demarcations from the colonial era. Why does Mizoram accept one and not the other, and how did the 150-year-old dispute get so violent now?

According to the police, the clash erupted between the Halam and Bru communities on Monday evening over a plot of land.

The I-PAC team had arrived in the state last week to probe possibilities for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to expand its base in Tripura. The TMC currently heads the government in neighbouring West Bengal.

Speaking to indianexpress.com, a senior official from the CMO informed that the I-PAC team was asked to stay indoors at their hotel since they are a large group comprising 23 people and the government wants to avoid any unwanted spread of Covid-19.

Reacting to the issue, Chakma National Council of India (CNCI) vice president Aniruddha Chakma Monday termed the allegations of the Tiprasa Motha as "baseless and communal."

Hakan Zanburkan escaped from a hospital in Agartala two weeks ago.

MLA Sudhangshu Das of Fatikroy assembly constituency said, “Both Assam and Tripura have a high population in terms of geographical area. We should move legislation on population control in our assembly too.”

Those arrested Monday include Dost Ahammed, secretary of All India Muslims Development Forum (AIMDF) and his associate Momin Mia. They were later released on interim bail by a local court.

According to the announcement, the state government would give at least Rs. 1 lakh for the course with releasing the first instalment of Rs. 50,000 during admission and the rest after the students got the pass certificates of their first-year course.

The statewide weekend curfew will be in force from 5 am on July 17 to 6 am on July 19. The day curfew will be in force from 2 pm to 6 am in Agartala and other places.

The candidates selected through this process would get Rs 1.44 lakh salary along with other benefits. A similar recruitment process would be followed for principals in the technical institutes except following the AICTE guidelines.

Tripura on July 9 had said 138 Delta Plus cases were found among 151 Covid samples, but the PIB later said no positive case of that variant was reported from the state.

Dr. Siddharth Singh Jaiswal said that he stood by the data provided earlier and 98 per cent of the people in the 45-plus age group had been vaccinated when it was reported in the media. This number, he said, has now further increased.

So far, 4,429 people were screened till July 8, among whom which 1,799 people were detected with anaemia. 1,034 were mild cases while 710 were moderate and 55 severe ones.

Govt official says miscommunication with court, will give affidavit soon.

The HC directed Tripura National Health Mission director Dr. Siddharth Shib Jaiswal—who put out the numbers around a week ago—to issue a press statement with accurate vaccination figures.

A duty officer from the state police headquarters said, “Zanburkan complained of sickness and was taken to Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital in Agartala from where managed to escape.