Debraj Deb

The group said if their demands are not fulfilled in the next seven days, they will launch an agitation "crippling the district and adjoining areas".

The sandalwood is estimated to be worth over Rs 24 crore, officials said.

The protest took place a day after another teacher's organisation called Amra 10,323, staged a protest in the state capital and urged the government to provide them with a sustainable solution.

The groups want rehabilitation packages for displaced Bengalee and Mizo families, and for those forced to flee their homes during violent anti-CAA protests in Anandabazar.

While the forum won 12 of the 15 posts, the remaining three went to the BJP.

Amra 10,323 secretary Bhaskar Deb Sunday claimed 50 teachers had died since a court order termed their recruitment process faulty.

Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said that while 27,197 students appeared for the examination last year, this year the number fell to 27,142

Speaking at the inaugural session of 22nd central conference of CPI (M)’s state-tribal frontal organization – Tripura Rajya Upajati Gana Mukti Parishad -- in Agartala, Karat said the BJP-led central government is fulfilling the agenda of communally polarizing people by the brute strength of majority.

The letter, written to Mohanpur Community Health Centre (CHC) Medical officer-in-charge said four persons including three under the CHC’s jurisdiction were identified to have returned to Tripura after recently travelling to Thailand.

The accused has been charged with abduction, rape, murder, tampering with evidence, under section 363, 376 (a), 376 (ab), 302 and section 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 6 of the POCSO Act.

The chief minister was speaking at an event organised by the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission and state government to observe the International Mother Language on Saturday.

As per official records of the Tripura Tea Development Corporation (TTDC), the tea industry in the state needs 9,000 metric tones of coal per year for drying all the plucked leaves.

Novel Coronavirus, renamed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as COVID-19, originated from the Wuhan province of China and has spread to several countries now, killing about 2,000.

Speaking to indianexpress.com, CPI (M) state leader and former Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar today said his party has been carrying out a door-to-door campaign, appealing people to reject CAA, NPR and NRC.

A BSF Public Relations Officer (PRO) informed that the trio came from across the border in Bangladesh, where they were active under as a new group of the outlawed outfit.

A special team of Tripura Police was sent to Uttar Pradesh to track the absconding accused ex-bureaucrat, officials said.

Tripura has 58 operational tea gardens, among which 42 are individually owned, three are run by the Tripura Tea Development Corporation and 13 are operated under cooperative societies. Around 3,000 small tea growers also run their tea gardens with government support.

State Congress president Pijush Kanti Biswas appealed the tribals to unite against BJP's alleged divisive politics and vote for Congress in the Tripura ADC elections scheduled in May this year.

A team of nearly 11 thousand people will be deployed to work on NPR mechanism in the state, part of which is already functional.  The data will be collected in Tripura from May 16 to June 29, 2020.