Citing the health insurance scheme and other welfare measures introduced for journalists, Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury says the BJP-led state government is pro-media.
The mortal remains of Sanjay Debnath and Prashanta Deb were flown to Agartala on Sunday afternoon.
Thansa is Motha's main political slogan and means unity in Kokborok, the lingua franca of most of the north-eastern state's 19 tribal communities.
The Agartala-Akhaura railway link is 15 km long and would connect Akhaura in Bangladesh with an international immigration station at Nischintapur along the India-Bangladesh international border.
Devotees believe they will be absolved of sins if they pull the chariot of Lord Jagannath Dev.
Speaking at a party programme in the Nalchar area of Sepahijala district on Thursday, CM Manik Saha claimed he became a Rajya Sabha member because of his performance.
The Opposition leader appeals to people to become vocal, come out on the streets to protest against violence.
The migrants have sought the CM’s intervention to clear cash dole, purportedly pending from January this year, and support materials like blankets, mosquito nets, chappals, Lifebuoy soap, and arrears of ration for October 2019, and ration support pending for 13 months.
In February last year, a 4-and-a-half-year-old girl went missing from her home in a village in the Teliamura area. She was found dead with wounds on her body six days later.
Speaking to reporters here this evening, Tripura Left Front convener Narayan Kar said extensive pre-planned post poll violence was let loose by RSS-led BJP across the state.
The state has already exported queen pineapples, lemons and jackfruits to West Asia, Germany, Europe and South East Asia countries such as Bangladesh apart from exporting to different states in India.
The announcement came with barely nine months left for the next Assembly polls in Tripura and just days after new Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha won the bye-election from the Town Bardowali.
The West Tripura district administration had imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in Agartala municipal areas till Monday morning.
The statement also said the party believes "democratic people" would take "lessons" from incidents that transpired in the bypolls and build extensive unity for the future.
Police fired teargas shells to bring the situation under control. Around 20 people, including state Congress chief Birajit Sinha, were injured.
The BJP also won the Jubarajnagar and Surma seats in the Tripura bypolls. Meanwhile, the Congress party made a comeback of sorts by winning one seat and the CPI(M) and the TMC ended with zero seats.
Though the ruling BJP denies allegations of violence and attributes them to the Opposition’s ‘fear of defeat’, police say elderly people and journalists were attacked during polling hours on Thursday.
Trade union leaders cited the examples of three farm bills which had to be rolled back earlier in the face of continued protests
A policeman, on his way to cast his vote in the Tripura Assembly bypoll, was stabbed and a journalist assaulted in Agartala Thursday.
25 companies of Central Para Military Forces are deployed inside 221 polling stations; four booths are marked 'critical', 59 'vulnerable' and 10 'critical and vulnerable'
Polling would start in four assembly constituencies – Agartala, Town Bardowali, Surma and Jubarajnagar – from 7am Thursday.
A senior Tripura Police official said two FIRs were registered over the alleged attack on Congress candidate Sudip Roy Barman and they were probing the issue. No arrest has been made so far.
Claiming the state is at the cusp of a huge ‘parivartan’, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee says only his party has been active at the grassroots while other Opposition parties are active only on Facebook and Twitter.
Hindus and Muslims from Radhanagar slum who took refuge in the temple said floods do not distinguish between people based on faith. “We are all equal. We have to help each other,” they said.
The Agartala municipality asks citizens to stay indoors for the next two days. Seven relief camps with food, medicines and other necessary supplies are operational in different parts of the state capital.



