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The Centre also airlifted 5,000 paramilitary personnel to Northeastern states, including about 2,000 soldiers from Kashmir, to contain any possible fallout of the protests, a day after the region observed a complete shutdown

The Tripura government suspended SMS and mobile Internet services for 48 hours beginning 2pm on Tuesday after clashes between security personnel and protesters.

Processions raising slogans against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and sporadic violence and clashes brought life in parts of Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal, Meghalaya to a grinding halt in wake of the 11-hour bandh call by North East Students’ Organisation.

The Centre suspended ration supply to the six Bru camps on October 1 this year. The state has announced two time-bound resumptions since.

North-East Bandh, Citizenship Amendment Bill Protests HIGHLIGHTS: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb said the anti-CAB strikes were pointless in the state as tribals in the state were already protected against the influx of migrants.

Taking potshots at Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who said in September this year that crimes against women have ‘drastically’ come down, the CPI (M) leader said National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) has put Tripura among the top states in India in terms of rapes and murders.

Examinations in government colleges had to be postponed, while train services and road transport were hit.

The Joint Movement against Citizenship Amendment Bill has demanded Tripura's complete exemption from the ambit of this legislation.

Tripura has 9.15 lakh PDS consumers, including 3.37 APL, 1.08 AAY and 4.7 PHH consumers. There are 1,810 fair price shops spread across eight districts of the state.

Srinathpur gram panchayat has 13 members. Within the new committee, four of five elected CPI(M) members joined hands with five elected BJP candidates.

"The move will not only boost tourism but will also transform economic situation of the region. Under the UDAN 4.0 scheme, MoCA is also providing additional Viability Gap Funding (VGF) of around 25% to the airlines," the statement added.

Asked if the changes incorporated in the Bill by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday is acceptable to them, the INPT leader said the changes were merely cosmetic and would not make any real changes for tribals.

During the fitness session at U-23 state camp, Mithun rushed to drinking water and immediately collapsed on the field. Teammates rushed him to IGM Hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Though ‘Super 30’ comes from Anand Kumar’s Ramanujan School of Mathematics based in Patna, the scheme didn’t officially announce any allegiance to that programme.

As per the new provisions in CAB approved by the Union Cabinet today, states where Inner Line Permit (ILP) is applicable and areas under autonomous administration as per Sixth Schedule of the Constitution would be exempted.

The bandh was called last week by the Tipraland State Party.

“There is a high risk involved since the women don’t know these good samaritans. Interested youths for such help should be enlisted as volunteers with local police stations,” writer and woman rights activist Nandita Dutta said.

A statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Sunday said people who were used to earning "commission" from the common people are now trying to frame "fake stories".

The Tipraland State Party (TSP) called for a bandh on December 2, demanding a separate state for tribals in Tripura comprising areas under the TTAADC.