AGARTALA, April 26, 2018: A day after Mamata Banerjee equated the BJP’s win in Tripura assembly polls with winning municipal elections, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said his West Bengal counterpart should get her brain examined at a hospital. When asked by reporters CM Deb in response said, “Her frustration shows. She is jealous. […]
AGARTALA, April 25, 2018: A hundred and twenty seven years after Meitei hero and freedom fighter Paona Brajabashi died fighting British soldiers in Manipur, a statue was unveiled in Tripura on Monday for dedicating his heroic feats to over 35 thousand ‘Manipuris’ and other communities living in the state. Debraj Deb of TNT writes. It was […]
By Our Correspondent AGARTALA, April 25, 2018: With alliance partner BJP repeatedly turning down prospects of a separate state for indigenous communities, the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) has finally bared teeth flaunting their core agenda. There will be no compromise on ‘Tipraland’ demand, IPFT vice president Ananta Debbarma said on Tuesday. In a […]
AGARTALA, April 23, 2018: Three among the terminated contractual JICA employees were caught by their colleagues when they were attempting to steal some files from the JICA office at Hatichara yesterday. In an attempt to steal the documents, three among the terminated employees were caught red handed as per reports. The three terminated employees were […]
AGARTALA, April 23, 2018: Sitaram Yechury has been re-elected as the General Secretary of CPI(M) on the last day of party’s 22nd Congress yesterday, which was held in Hyderabad. Though there had been speculations that the Ex-Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar was among the runner ups for the highest post (General Secretary) in the […]
AGARTALA, April 23, 2018: In another shocking incident, a 54-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in the state. The girl was allegedly raped at least on four occasions since February by Manoj Deb, an influential businessman from Teliamura in Khowai district, whom the locals claim to be a BJP supporter, police […]
AGARTALA, April 21, 2018: In a discovery, police officials based on a secret tip off raided a house in Sonamura and seized around 200kgs of ganja on Friday. The ganja was recovered from the house of a local youth identified as Amin Miah. The ganja was kept inside drums which was hidden under the soil. […]
By Our Correspondent AGARTALA, April 21, 2018: Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s favour to get additional funds to tide over the state’s financial crisis and meet ‘promises’ which were made to people of Tripura. The Prime Minister did not meet Deb today. However, his Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra […]
By Debraj Deb AGARTALA, April 19, 2018: Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb started his new government of nine ministers in March this year with a doer’s attitude. As someone who loves to take decisions on the spot, this no-nonsense leader shortly hogged headlines by announcing 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC), CBI investigation on murder of […]
