Category: AGARTALA

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Sunday expressed that there is no greater happiness than witnessing a joyous festival celebrated without any incidents and emphasized that everyone will work together to ensure this.

In addition to expressing gratitude to the organizers, blood donors and the team that facilitated the blood donation camp, the Chief Minister who also serves as the Health Minister of the state highlighted the selfless service of the medical community.

BSF’s Tripura frontier Inspector General Patel Piyush Purushottam Das said that manpower has been beefed up in the sensitive border outposts and special operations have been launched to crack down on the network of touts and smugglers in the bordering areas.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Saturday inaugurated a day long state-level workshop for dental surgeons here at Agartala Pragna Bhavan and claimed that a major transformation has been witnessed in the state’s health sector during the last six years.

He said that the people are well aware of the Congress-led coalition government in Tripura and people of the state wholeheartedly wanted to come out from the clutches of the Communist rule.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Saturday inaugurated the 9-day long cultural festival on the occasion of Ratha Yatra festival at Melagarh in Sepahijala district of the state.

India will be sending a contingent of close to 120 sportspersons to the Olympics, including an Athletics team led by the defending champion in the men’s javelin Neeraj Chopra, a 21-member shooting team and a 16- member men’s hockey squad.

The police have arrested 25 Rohingyas, including six women and seven children, from two different places in North Tripura district when they were about to board buses to first go to Guwahati and then to Hyderabad by train in search of jobs, officials said on Friday.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Friday launched the state wide campaign of planting 5 lakhs saplings in 5 minutes across the state, which underscores the state's commitment to environmental sustainability and afforestation.

The Tripura State AIDS Control Society in collaboration with the Tripura Journalists Union and Tripura Web Media Forum organized a day-long awareness program on the role of journalists in AIDS control here at Agartala Sukanta Academy Auditorium on Friday.

Amid rising infiltration from Bangladesh into Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Saha has asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to tighten vigil along the 856 km International Border, officials said here on Friday.

The Department of Industries and Commerce in Tripura is spearheading several initiatives aimed at empowering the state's youth and promoting industrial growth. During a press conference held today at the Secretariat's Press Conference Hall, Minister of Industry and Commerce Santana Chakma shared these updates.

Debbarma, accompanied by his sister and Tripura East MP Kriti Devi Debbarman, met Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and Union Minister of State Jayant Chaudhary.

Aiming to ensure health care accessibility in the state, the Tripura has taken a significant initiative of providing medical services to the children born with congenital heart diseases.

The opposition Left students’ body – SFI and TSU on Thursday alleged of complete ruining of the education system in the state under the rule of BJP government and staged protest here at Agartala.

A BSF source informed that the Chief Minister expressed grave concern over the increased infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals into Indian Territory. Dr. Saha emphasized the need for appropriate actions against those facilitating illegal border crossings.

In an unprecedented move, the Tripura government has removed a member of the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) H. Carol Dsouza for her serious misconduct, moral turpitude and “illegal demands related to official matters,” officials said here on Thursday.

Officials said that due to the incessant rain during the last three days, a part of the mud house collapsed causing the death of Rajen Tanti (35) and his wife Jhuma Tanti (26) at Meghli Para village in West Tripura district late on Tuesday night.

In the letter, Sushanta said that Tripura has begun to envision the long-awaited introduction of inland water transport, provided that the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India, resolves the outstanding challenges.

During the meeting with the District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police of all the districts of the state, the Chief Minister stressed on the need to take all possible measures to restrict untoward incidents during the festival.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday disturbed 473 offer letters for various posts in the state administration framework at the Panchayati Raj Training Institute (PRTI) in A D Nagar Agartala.

Addressing a press conference here in the conference hall of the board office, the board president Dr Dhananjoy Gan Choudhury said that many as 7,435 Class 10 and 12 students would appear for the bochhor bachao Tripura board examination.

Eleven Bangladeshi nationals, including nine women, were arrested from Agartala railway station for entering India without any valid travel document, police said on Wednesday.

At least eight girl students protesting against the transfer of a school teacher in the North Tripura district were hospitalised on Tuesday after a few members of the school management committee (SMC) reportedly assaulted them, students and guardians said. 

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Tuesday inaugurated the newly built DIET College Jalebasa in Panisagar of North Tripura district and said that the government is working to ensure quality education for all and enhance the educational infrastructure in the state.