"Over 75 per cent electorate had cast their votes till 4 p.m. Though the pre-scheduled voting hours ended at 4 p.m, a huge numbers of voters were still in queues at a large number of polling stations across the state," an Election Department official told
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Moderate polling in Tripura Assembly elections
An election department official said that snags in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) attached with VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) in over 150 polling stations, resulted in slow balloting across the state.
23.25 per cent voter turnout till 11:00 AM
"There were technical glitches in EVMs and we have had difficulty in about 3% of the total voting machines across the State which were later put in place getting those replaced with fresh EVMs," CEO
11 per cent voter turnout recorded in 2 hours in Tripura
Meantime the Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, also MLA from Dhanpur assembly constituency today morning and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Biplab Deb has cast their vote today morning.
Tripura goes for poll amidst tight security
Tripura is the first of three states in the Northeastern region of the country which goes for poll today using first of its kind VVPAT machines apart from EVMs.
Voting for Tripura Assembly elections begins
"Men and women in large numbers queued up in front of many polling stations well before polling opened at 7 a.m. in the entire state. Polling ends at 4 p.m.," said Sriram Taranikanti, the Chief Electoral Officer.
With poetry and song, Tripura's poll campaigning gets colourful
The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and its rivals, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Trinamool Congress, have been organising road shows and poll campaigns using vehicles colourfully decorated with flowers, balloons, party flags and festoons.
Poush Sankranti observed with enthusiasm and Tarpan
Describing the history of Poush Sankranti customs in the state he said, the fair helps to maintain harmony and brotherhood between tribal and not tribal sections and develops culture and maintains peace of the state.
CM inaugurates 3000 gallon water treatment plant at Mohanbhog
Reaching drinking water has become possible to almost all areas of the state, said Chief Minister Manik Sarkar while inaugurating most awaited Water Treatment Project with capacity of three lakh Gallon at Mohanbhog today.
Biswakarma Puja preparation begins in the state
With the improvement in the weather conditions, the puja celebration spree has hit the state. Almost at every places including RMS Chowmuhani, Battala, Motor Stand have erected pandals for celebrating Biswakarma Puja.
Body of missing girl recovered from Gamaicherra rubber plantation
Body of Payel Murasingh (17) daughter of Bijoy Murasingh recovered in necked condition from Gamaicherra Rubber Plantation today who was missing since afternoon yesterday.
Congress in Tripura blocks rail stations to protest police fired-killing of 5 farmers in MP
The firing on Tuesday came during raucous protests to demand better crop prices in the drought-ravaged region that saw one farmer suicide every five hours in the past two years.
DMs, SPs of violence-hit MP districts transferred
The farmers agitation entered its eighth day on Thursday. The peasants have been on strike since June 1, demanding loan waiver and fair price for their produce.
Indian American selected among 12 NASA astronaut candidates
He continued on to earn a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from the US Naval Test Pilot School.
World's oldest human species' fossils found in Morocco
The institute said the remains of the Homo sapiens, which were found in a remote village called Jbel Irhoud, date back to over 300,000 years ago, Xinhua reported.
Yechury manhandled by two Hindu Sena activists at press meet
The Hindu Sena activists entered the CPI-M office premises in Gole Market area of central Delhi chanting "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and slogans against Yechury, a police official said.
SBI, Belonia Branch felicitates Akash and Rakesh
Besides, the bank authority felicitated Rakesh Goldar who passed Madhyamik this year by scoring 82 percent marks.
BJP organizes Sabka Sath Sabka Bikash meeting
Among others Prabhari of State BJP Sunil Deodhar, Asset Manager of ONGC, Tripura Satya Prakash Soni and Woman leader of BJP Pratima Bhowmik were present in the meeting.
Meeting for Third Division football to be held tomorrow
In this regard all the club representatives along with the TFA officials will discuss about the start of the tournament with 7 teams.
Kajal Memorial Football Tournament: Tripura Sports School to face Mungiakami School in final
Tripura Sports school once again played with lots of dominance and continued their good record in this tournament as previously they won the title for three times.
Souradip Wins Mayor Cup in international Chess Event
The tournament which was started from June 4 ended today at Lottery International School where 350 chess players from across the country took part.
Seminar held on ‘Protection of Women from Domestic Violence, Act-2015’ held at Agartala
Minister Bijita Nath said that despite equal rights are being dispatched for both man and women in the society, the male dominated society has come up raising the violence against women in the country.
Presidential election on July 17
"The date on which polling will be held, if required, is July 17. Counting, if required, will be done on July 20," Zaidi said.
BJP Mahila Morcha voices against increasing crime against women in Tripura, meets DGP
They also pointed out that crime against women in Tripura has crossed previous records of the country and the Left Front government has not taken adequate measures for providing security to women.
Separatist party in Tripura protests ‘Jihadi attacks’ upon minority in B’desh
In a major incident on June 2 at Longdu area under Rangamati district of CHT, the criminals among plain landers launched unprovoked attacks on Chakma tribals, burning a seventy yearold tribal lady alive and killing five others besides displacing hundreds of tribals from their homes.