The organisations say that the Bru refugees will not return to Mizoram unless their demands including verification of land allotted for them in Mizoram, one-time payment of cash benefits, and post repatriation safety and security are met by the government.
The photographs were taken in front of a Durga Puja pandal, which show the boy holding two different assault rifles.
They alleged that the Government of Mizoram had sent its intelligence department sleuths to visit Bru families living in Tripura relief camps to intimidate them.
Gogoi refused to comment on why he was given Faleiro's responsibilities as well as whether bringing Pradyot back to the party was on his agenda. "Past is past. We all want to move ahead".
Local entrepreneur and journalist Kamal Kalai’s traditional food festival at Lake Chowmuhani Corporation Market in Agartala this year was a much bigger success than its humble debut last year.
The police, after investigation, said that one Linda Bru, married to Vanlalvena of Tlangkhang village in Mamit district last year, was allegedly burnt alive by her husband.
“You would be happy to know that the protocol route has been expanded to include new inland river ports near Tripura," PM Modi said.
Biplab Deb had said that the first-ever SEZ in Tripura was being set up at Sabroom to attract Bangladeshi investors.
The 2.3 km-long two-lane flyover has been constructed with an estimated budget of Rs 300 crore and stretches from Fire Brigade Chowmuhani till Arundhatinagar Drop Gate via Battala.
On the first day of the ninth phase of repatriation, 32 families from Hezacherra relief camp returned to Mizoram, heading towards Lunglei district.
The repatriation process is scheduled to start from 5 am Thursday. However, the government hasn’t found any takers among the refugees yet.
A division bench of the Tripura High Court comprising Chief Justice Sanjoy Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh on Friday passed the order.
According to Debbarman, the court has no basis in saying that animal sacrifice is not an essential part of Hindu faith of the tantrik tradition.
On the issue, Tripura Advocate General Arun Kanti Bhowmik said the state government is also contemplating to move the Supreme Court.
Pradyot’s popularity among tribal voters is considered crucial for forthcoming general elections of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) scheduled early next year.
A division bench was hearing a PIL signed in 2018, seeking whether the animal sacrifice in state temples is a secular act and whether prohibiting the practice would infringe the fundamental right to follow and propagate religion.
Welcoming the mandate, the ruling BJP party thanked voters for their trust on the saffron party. Jubilant BJP supporters were seen offering sweets to the party winning candidate Mimi Majumder, who had contested the elections for the first time.
Addressing a press conference here this afternoon, senior Congress leader Subal Bhowmik alleged that Pradyot’s resignation was not a sudden decision but a premeditated ‘deal’ with BJP.
The victim's husband claimed it took him more than an hour to get police to register his complaint as he had to run between three police stations which declined to file an FIR on some pretext or the other.
The 10 party leaders, who resigned from their posts, said a new political party would be floated soon which would address tribal and non-tribal issues.
"Bangladesh is our nearest neighbor. If we can attract investors from there, Tripura will see exponential growth. Tripura holds immense potential of foreign investment”, Biplab Deb said.
Among the primary reasons for his resignation was the Congress leadership asking him to drop his petition in the Supreme Court seeking an NRC in Tripura, the leader has alleged.
Barman had threatened to resign over his petition in the Supreme Court in which he has requested implementation of an Assam-like citizens' list in the Tripura.
“Elections were held peacefully across all polling booths. There were some EVM malfunction issues in around 5 polling booths. These units were replaced immediately," Returning Officer Tarun Debbarma said.
The Agartala Press Club Friday organised a candlelight protest demanding the immediate release of the investigation report on the murder of Santanu and Sudip Dutta Bhowmik who were killed on the line of duty in 2017.


