EC reschedules Tripura ADC polls due to Easter Sunday
Agartala/UNI: The State Election Commission has rescheduled the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) polls last night from April 4 to April 6 next following representations of several Christian organisations.
185 including 62 independent submit nomination for Tripura ADC poll
Agartala/UNI: As many as 185 contestants have submitted their nominations for elections to the 28-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) to be held on April 6, which will be scrutinised on March 15 while the last date of withdrawal has been fixed on March 17 next.
Tripura: Two mentally-challenged Bangladeshi nationals handed over to their families
Agartala/UNI: Two Bangladeshi nationals, who were getting treated in Modern Psychiatric Hospital here, returned home yesterday after a long time through Akhaura integrated check post.
Tripua ADC polls: BJP, IPFT workers protest after both parties agree on seat sharing
Agartala/UNI: Amid the growing resentment among the local BJP leaders against Indigenous Peoples’ Front of Tripura (IPFT), the saffron party's top brass has decided to concede 14 seats to it in the upcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections.
Tripura BJP unhappy with IPFT, alliance at stake
Agartala/UNI : The ruling BJP has reacted sharply to the realignment of Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) with the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman-led Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), and termed the development "unfortunate".
Agartala/UNI : BJP’s organisational secretary of northeast Ajay Jamwal arrived here last evening along with RSS regional in-charge Ullas Kulkarni amid controversy triggered by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's statement that Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his stint as party's national president had once spoken about BJP's expansion beyond boundaries to Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Tripura HC serves notice to govt for not allowing sacked teachers to hold protest
Agartala/UNI: The high court of Tripura served notice to the state government after hearing the writ petition on Wednesday against disallowing 10,323 jobless teachers to hold democratic movement seeking their alternative livelihood.
4 including an NLFT collaborator arrested with Rs 15 Lakh in Tripura
Agartala/UNI: Police arrested four persons, including a collaborator of banned outfit NLFT with Rs 15 lakh, from Raishyabari market last evening during an alleged deal of extortion between the outfit and contractors of a government project.
Tripura: HC directs state govt to form new ADC council by May 17
Agartala/UNI: The division bench of Tripura High Court, headed by Chief Justice Akil K Kureshi, directed the state government to hold election to Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) and form the new council by May 17 while disposing off two public interest litigations seeking immediate poll.
Tripura man kills wife, her mother, chops their bodies in front of two children
Guwahati/IBNS: In a horrific incident, a man in Tripura allegedly killed his wife and mother-in-law and then chopped their bodies in front of his two children.
Tripura man arrested for raping health worker on way after delivering his baby
Agartala/UNI: North Tripura police arrested a 35-year-old man today for raping a 50-year-old health worker in Sarala village, Dharmanagar, on Sunday.
Agartala: The only Airport of Tripura, Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala in Tripura is soon going to have a New Integrated Terminal building.
JSF holds second webinar in North-East with eminent scholars of Tripura
Guwahati/IBNS: Janasakhya Samadhan Foundation (JSF) scheduled a webinar on Saturday evening with the Eminent Scholars of Tripura.
Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das on Friday met country's Commerce Minister of Bangladesh Tipu Munshi as they discussed ways to boost trade relations between the two neighbours.
New Delhi/IBNS: A trial run of Sonamura-Daukandi route, which connects Tripura with the National Waterways of India through Bangladesh for the first time would conclude at Sonamura on September 05 next in the presence of Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb and India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Thursday.