Agartala |Β The Election Commission on Tuesday suspended a senior Tripura official for defacing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s face in a poster. Election officials said that after a complaint from the ruling BJP, the South Tripura District Magistrate, following an instruction by the state’s Chief Electoral Officer Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao, inquired into the matter and then […]
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BJP clean sweeps Tripura civic polls; Trinamool emerges strong
Agartala |Β The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday secured a clean sweep while the Trinamool Congress emerged as a strong political force in the Tripura civic elections for which polling was held on November 25. Amid allegations of pre-poll violence by the opposition parties, the ruling BJP had earlier won 112 (34 per cent) […]
Kolkata Police book OSD to Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb
Agartala |Β The Kolkata Police has served a notice to Sanjay Mishra, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and asked him to report to the investigating officer on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday. The notice said that a case has been registered in the Narkeldanga police station (under Kolkata district) […]
Assam man returns home after 56 months in Bangladesh custody
Agartala |Β After languishing for over four-and-a-half years in Bangladeshi jail, Assam youth Mukul Hazarika returned to India on Monday after a series of diplomatic and administrative efforts. Hazarika, a resident of Hodapara village in western Assam’s Darrang district, returned on Monday after he was handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) and Belonia police […]
3 held on charges of attempt to murder of Tripura CM
Agartala |Β The Police arrested three youths belonging to affluent families on the charge of attempt to murder Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, officials said on Saturday. West Tripura district police chief Manik Lal Das told IANS, “The Chief Minister had a narrow escape on Thursday night after a private car which was going at […]
31 girls at two Tripura orphanages test Covid positive
Agartala |Β A total of 31 minor girls and eight caretakers at two orphanagew in Tripura have tested positive for Covid-19 but their condition is stable, officials said on Sunday. Tripura Commission for Protection of Child Rights (TCPCR) Chairperson Nilima Ghosh said that these omprised 26 children at the privately-run Jawaharlal Nehru Balika Niwas and five […]
Four Covid patients booked for spitting on female doctor in Tripura
Agartala: Four COVID-19 patients were booked after they allegedly abused and spat on a woman doctor at a health facility here, police said on Thursday. A police official said that the four accused, who have recovered from the disease, will be arrested after the completion of their seven-day institutional quarantine period. “Some coronavirus patients last […]
Covid-19 patient commits suicide in Tripura
Agartala: A 50-year-old woman Covid-19 patient allegedly committed suicide at the Tripura government-run Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital here on Tuesday, a minister said. Briefing the media, Education and Law Minister and government spokesman Ratan Lal Nath said that the woman, suffering from kidney-related ailments, was admitted to the Medical College on Monday […]
Tripura police probe complaint against Bangladeshi singer for abusing Modi
Agartala: The Tripura Police is probing a complaint against a Bangladeshi singer, who had performed in a music reality show in Kolkata, for “composing and uploading derogatory songs” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over social media, police said on Thursday. South Tripura district Superintendent of police Jal Singh Meena told IANS over phone from Belonia […]
Pre-monsoon floods hit three lakh people in 11 Assam districts
Guwahati/Agartala: Amidst the COVID-19 surge, around three lakh people have been affected as the pre-monsoon flood situation deteriorated in eleven districts of Assam, officials said on Thursday. Officials of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said that roughly 20,000 people are taking shelter at relief camps at Nalbari, Goalpara and Tinsukia districts while other […]