TNT-The Northeast Today Tripura

21/07/2022

Agartala: Two young youths of India Ajitesh Sharma of Farukabad in Uttar Pradesh and Saurabh Dewangan of Bolodabazar in Chhattisgarh set out on a journey to travel on foot to a total of 28 states in India with the slogan ‘Burn Calories, Not Fuel’, around which the good-minded people of every sta...

12/07/2022

AGARTALA: Tensions escalated in the Bishramganja area under Tripura’s Sepahijala district after two vehicles of Congress leaders were vandalised and ransacked by alleged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-backed miscreants, on July 12. National Secretary of All India Congress Committee, Szarita Laitphla...

23/06/2022

Police personnel identified as Samir Saha was stabbed in broad daylight while he was going with his family to exercise their franchise in Kunjaban area in Agartala constituency, on June 23.

Samir Saha, who is attached to Gandacherra Police Station in the Dhalai district, has been admitted to a hospital and his condition is stated to be stable.

Notably, Around 33.18% of 1.89 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 11.00 a.m. in by-polls to four assembly constituencies in Tripura.

23/06/2022

AGARTALA: Three days after he was allegedly attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-backed goons, Congress candidate for the 6-Agartala Assembly Constituency was seen casting his vote at the Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy School, on June 23. Roy Barman, the former BJP minister, after casting his vote...

20/06/2022

TRIPURA | Addressing a press conference in Agartala, Banerjee said people wanted a transition in 2018 after 25 years of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) government. They wanted to give a chance to the promises of a double-engine government and thought it would promote growth in the state.
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20/06/2022

Agartala: Former health minister and Congress candidate in 6-Agartala constituency in ensuing by-elections, Sudip Roy Barman, sustained severe injuries in an attack by the miscreants at Ujan Abhoynagar on June 20. He has been admitted to a private hospital. Barman and the State Youth Congress presid...

13/06/2022

Agartala: With the by-election to the four assembly seats around the corner, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will be arriving in the state on June 14 and start his campaign for party candidates in Tripura. West Bengal AITC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, on...

10/06/2022

AGARTALA: The Maitri Bus services from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka, which was halted following the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, resumed services with 28 passengers taking the first bus from the capital city, on June 10. “On April 28 last year, we decided to resume the bus service, but because of s...

10/06/2022

AGARTALA: With just 12 days to go for the Tripura bye-polls, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct free and fair bye-polls failing which the party has threatened to intensify protests in the state. Addressing the press at Agartala Press C...

06/06/2022

AGARTALA: With the bye-polls to four assembly seats just two weeks away, the political atmosphere in Tripura is abuzz with political rallies and filing of nominations by senior leaders. On June 6, chief minister Manik Saha, and vice president of the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ashok Sinha fil...

01/06/2022

AGARTALA: Tripura, on June 1, got its first virtual court for traffic e-challan cases. Inaugurated by Chief Justice of Tripura High Court Indrajit Mohanty, the court is expected to ease the process of traffic fine collections in the state. “Today, is yet another red-letter day for the High Court o...

14/05/2022

In a surprising move, Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb has stepped down from his post and submitted his resignation to governor Satyadeo Narain Arya on May 14.

According to reports, Union minister Bhupendra Yadav and Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Vinod Tawde, who are already in Agartala, will oversee the selection of the new chief minister for the state at the BJP legislature party meeting at 5 pm today.

Meanwhile, rumours are rife that Pratima Bhowmik may replace Deb as the new chief minister of Tripura.

30/04/2022

AGARTALA: The Tripura police seized a huge cache of analgesic worth over Rs 1 lakh from a train at Agartala Railway Station, on April 30. Confirming it to be Eskuf, a banned analgesic, the police said that on the morning of Saturday, while unloading goods from the parcel bogie, the cache was seized....

28/04/2022

AGARTALA: The Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) is set to challenge the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in its home turf. Taking the game to CPI-M leader Manik Sarkar, the chairman of TIPRA, Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, on April 28, announced that the party will....

19/04/2022

The official also informed that the department has formed two rapid response teams comprising ten people each to handle the situation.
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Agartala: African Swine Flu cases have been reported from Tripura, on April 18. According to sources in the Animal Resources Development Department (ARDD), three cases have been detected on one of their farms located at Devipur under Sepahijala district. “On April 7, we had sent three samples to t...

06/04/2022

Agartala: Claiming that kisan (farmers) will play an important role in the upcoming assembly polls in Tripura, Rajkumar Chahar, National President of BJP Kisan Morcha, said that BJP will form the government again because of the people-oriented schemes which were announced for farmers by Prime Minist...

27/03/2022

AGARTALA: In a bid to give air connectivity in Tripura a fillip, the state government is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for construction of a new airport at Kailashahar, headquarters of Unakoti district. Informing this at a programme of Indian Medical Association (IM...

13/03/2022

AGARTALA: The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), on March 13, provided a job to the kin of a person who was killed in an accident while coming to attend the first public rally of TIPRA on March 12. The deceased, identified as Mojesh Debbarma of Kamukcherra village in Mohanpur...