Category: AGARTALA

In response to the FIR lodged against two staff of Bishalgarh Central Correctional home over their alleged involvement in the escape of a life-term convict Swarna Kumar Tripura, the police of Bishalgarh police station detained the duo on Wednesday.

Anil Kumar Khandelwal, the General Manager of East Central Railway, announced on Wednesday that the train service between India and Bangladesh will soon operate at full capacity as the construction of the Agartala-Akhaura railway link is rapidly nearing completion.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha congratulated Debangana Das, a student of Dhananjay Das Kathia Baba Mission School, who secured the first rank in the entire North Eastern region in the CBSE Class XII examination.

Director of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in a statement said the restrictions have been withdrawn in view of improvement of supplies of the products.

In a major development to the incident of escape of militant from the Bishalgarh Kendriya Sansodhanagar on Tuesday last, an FIR has been lodged against the warden and the guard commander of the prison.

With the announcement of results of the Madhyamik and Higher Secondary examinations by the CBSE on Monday last, the Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) is preparing to declare the state board results by the end of May this year.

In a recent demonstration of discontent, Tripura Pradesh Mahila Congress staged a protest at West Agartala Women Police Station, alleging rise in insecurities faced by women under the rule of BJP government.

In a heartbreaking turn of events, a leisurely afternoon bath turned fatal for Shubo Chowdhury at Prem Sagar in the Kamthana border village of Bishalgarh subdivision. The 18-year-old, accompanied by friends for a refreshing dip, tragically lost his life due to drowning.

Speaking with reporters, Belonia Sub-divisional Police Officer Abhijit Das stated that they had arrested two individuals identified as Sanak Chowdhury and Parimal Debnath.

A militant belonging to the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), Swarna Kumar Tripura, who was serving a life sentence in multiple cases, escaped from the central jail in Tripura’s Sepahijala district on Tuesday, the police said.

Election to the three-tier Gram Panchayats in Tripura will be held in the last week of July and the necessary preparations have started, State Election Commissioner (SEC) Saradindu Chaudhuri said on Tuesday.

With the announcement of CBSE Madhyamik and Higher Secondary examination results on Monday, the students of Bhavans Tripura Vidya Mandir have scored exceptionally good results this year.

The Tripura Police have arrested four youths and seized cannabis worth Rs. 4 lakh from Teliamura in the Khowai District as they were en route to smuggling it to outside of the state.

In a desperate bid to draw attention to their dire plight, residents of the area adjacent to Jawaharnagar BSF camp staged a protest by blocking the national highway on Monday, demanding immediate access to drinking water.

The incident took place on Monday morning after the accused husband identified as Ashish Dey, resident of RF Tilla in Udaipur Dhajanagar Police Line allegedly killed his 36 years old wife – Namita Dey with a sharp cutter.

In preparation for the impending monsoon season, the Tripura State Electricity Corporations Ltd. have mobilized resources and manpower to address potential challenges.

At least 15 landless families of Kanchanpur sub-division in North Tripura District, who took shelter in deep forest area in Panisagar subdivision after eviction, are facing harassment allegedly by the concerned officials of the forest department.

Within 24 hours of the attack on the News Editor of Tripuratoday news web portal Bapi Ray, police of East Agartala Police Station in its prompt action have detained at least 5 youths in connection to the case on Sunday.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) have arrested eight Bangladeshi women and one Indian tout at Agartala Railway Station as they attempted to board the Kanchanjunga Express bound for Mumbai in search of work.

On X, Dr Saha further wrote, “First POL rake crossed the landslide-affected site between Jatinga-Haranga after April 26th and is expected to reach Tripura late night,today. Heartfelt thanks to Union Railway Minister Shri @AshwiniVaishnaw ji for swiftly addressing the issue.

Singh said that in terms of business, growth and various performances, the TGB secured second position among the 43 RRBs in India after the Jharkhand Rajya Gramin Bank, which held top position in the financial year ended March 2024.

The incident took place after the news editor Bapi Ray was returning home from his work on Friday night at around 10:30 pm. A group of miscreants attacked him and left him sustained injury on his head.

In a big sigh of relief from the acute crisis of fuel in the state of Tripura, a train carrying fuel wagons is on its way to the state and will reach the Dharmanagar fuel depot on Saturday night.

Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Friday said that the unprecedented response from people in West Bengal proves the support of the people for BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Tripura Police arrested five individuals and seized brown sugar from Agartala city on Friday when they were selling these contraband items near MBB College.