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Tripura: Daily Desher Katha challenges RNI decision to withdraw registration in HCSubscriber Only
October 7, 2018 18:39 IST
The newspaper which previously used to declare itself as a mouthpiece owned by the CPI (M) Tripura state committee, changed its ownership as a newspaper published from Daily Desher Katha Society allegedly after March this year.
Tripura CPI (M) mouthpiece challenges RNI decision to cancel registration, moves High CourtSubscriber Only
October 7, 2018 12:34 IST
The order from RNI to scrap the newspaper’s registration came last week over discrepancies in the declaration of its ownership.
Biplab Kumar Deb no pushover, does 45 push-ups on stageSubscriber Only
October 6, 2018 18:01 IST
Earlier this year, Deb had also had accepted ‘Fitness Challenge of Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.'
No plan to revise NRC in Tripura, says Central governmentSubscriber Only
October 6, 2018 10:59 IST
The statement from the MHA has come shortly after INPT leaders had claimed that Rajnath Singh assured them to 'take initiatives' for revising NRC in Tripura after the ongoing process in Assam gets over.
In Tripura’s Naisao, a forgotten refugee colony of BrusSubscriber Only
October 5, 2018 09:54 IST
Bijoy Bru, another inmate at Naisao, said there is no arrangement of even toilets in the camp. People still choose the jungles as lavatories and risk worm infections, snake bites and other health hazards.
Tripura strategically positioned to become transit hub in Northeast: Bangladesh Assistant High Commissioner Subscriber Only
October 4, 2018 16:10 IST
Hussein said that policymakers in Bangladesh and neighbouring countries are considering to ease Visa regimes in Bangladesh and neighbouring countries like India, Bhutan and Nepal.
Tripura: Ruling BJP sweeps panchayat by-elections, wins 113 of 130 seatsSubscriber Only
October 3, 2018 21:32 IST
State Election Commissioner G Kameswara Rao said that BJP candidates emerged victorious in 113 out of 130 gram panchayat seats which went to polls. The BJP has also won five out of the seven panchayat samiti seats, he said.
Only Lenin and Stalin in textbooks, will bring in NCERT syllabus: Tripura CM Biplab DebSubscriber Only
October 3, 2018 11:23 IST
Biplab Deb said, “It is very tough to see Indian history in textbooks these days. All that they have are Stalin, Lenin and the Russian Revolution. Our government is working to introduce NCERT syllabus in school textbooks from the next academic year."
Bru refugees stare at food crisis, won’t leave Tripura without guaranteesSubscriber Only
October 4, 2018 03:08 IST
About 32,000 people of the Bru communities fled Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei districts of Mizoram during ethnic clashes in October 1997. They were sheltered in six relief camps in Kanchanpur and Panisagar sub-divisions of North Tripura district.
Tripura: Govt doles cut off, Bru refugees stare at uncertain futureSubscriber Only
October 3, 2018 03:50 IST
“Assistance to the camps have been stopped from October 1. Adequate steps, including deployment of security forces, have been taken to prevent any law and order situation,” Raval Hamendra Kumar, District Magistrate and Collector of North Tripura, said.
RNI ends registration of Tripura CPM mouthpieceSubscriber Only
October 3, 2018 03:41 IST
Mrinal Kanti Deb, a spokesperson of the Tripura unit of the BJP, said, “We have nothing to do with the order”.
One of PM Narendra Modi’s brothers drives auto, another runs grocery store, says Tripura CMSubscriber Only
October 1, 2018 10:03 IST
Biplab Deb also said that he too belongs to a “poor family”. He then goes on to promise that Tripura would be a ‘model state’ in the next three years.
Centre instructs Tripura to cut off cash dole, ration supplies to Bru refugees from MondaySubscriber Only
September 30, 2018 20:04 IST
Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Coordination Committee (MBDPCC) president L Laldinliana said the refugee body was contemplating to write to President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh and NHRC for respite.
Tripura panchayat by-polls: 81.03 per cent voting recorded, police resists attempt of poll disturbanceSubscriber Only
September 30, 2018 19:49 IST
The official also said that no untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the state except a “skirmish” at Kadamtala in North Tripura district, 193 Km from here.
Bangladesh resumes fish supply to Tripura after spat between traders resolvedSubscriber Only
September 29, 2018 17:34 IST
Bangladeshi traders stopped exporting fish to Tripura after 10 thousand kg fish was rendered useless on loaded trucks near Agartala-Akhaura International Check Post on September 4.
Tripura’s ruling tribal ally welcomes MHA committee on indigenous people, says panel would favour ‘Tipraland’Subscriber Only
September 29, 2018 11:45 IST
Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has denied demand of ‘Tipraland’ so far and said the party wouldn’t support a separate state. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said, his party wouldn't support division of Tripura.
Choked of coal, Tripura tea industry looks for alternativesSubscriber Only
September 28, 2018 20:34 IST
The crisis of coal in Tripura started following a Supreme Court embargo on coal mining in Meghalaya two years back.
Tripura tribal party to file petition in Supreme Court for NRC revision in stateSubscriber Only
September 28, 2018 17:13 IST
“Tripura shares a long border with Bangladesh and we are facing the problem of infiltration. We may file a writ petition with the Supreme Court to implement NRC revision in the state and identify all outsiders,” said INPT general secretary Jagadish Debbarma.
Tripura shocker: Woman tied to tree, thrashed publicly for ‘extramarital affair’ Subscriber Only
September 27, 2018 19:28 IST
The accused persons tied the victim to a tree with a garland of shoes around her neck and sprayed ink on her face for allegedly having an illicit relationship with her neighbor.
Tripura fish market in crisis as Bangladeshi traders halt exportSubscriber Only
September 26, 2018 16:48 IST
The stoppage of business has resulted in a loss of nearly Rs eight crores in the last three weeks.
Ban on two rebel outfits in Tripura likely to continueSubscriber Only
September 26, 2018 04:07 IST
Tripura shares more than 850 km of boundary with Bangladesh. Last month, NLFT reportedly issued extortion notices in three villages close to the Indo-Bangla border in Dhalai district, 130 km from Tripura.
Deadline for Bru refugee repatriation ends, 17 families likely to return on WednesdaySubscriber Only
September 25, 2018 20:12 IST
The deadline for repatriation expired this evening with over 32,700 Bru refugees still sheltered in Tripura.
Tripura: Govt approves nine new commodities for import to BangladeshSubscriber Only
September 25, 2018 19:59 IST
A notification issued by Director of Industries and Commerce Sandip R Rathore on Tuesday stated six new items would be allowed for export from Tripura to Bangladesh through Agartala-Akhaura International Check Post (ICP)
Tripura: CM Biplab Deb unveils tourism department logo; state registers rise in tourist footfallSubscriber Only
September 25, 2018 19:54 IST
Tripura has seen a rise in tourist footfalls in last three years. An official of the TTDC informed that over 10 lakh tourists visited Tripura since 2016.
Tripura malaria outbreak: Six dead; ‘epidemic’ is controlled, says Health MinisterSubscriber Only
September 24, 2018 21:05 IST
"The spike in malaria cases might have been caused by an early monsoon. There was scope for mosquito breeding in the stagnant water", Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman said.
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