Manik Sarkar

Tripura to raise number of women police personnel

The Tripura government has already set up seven all-women police stations, and four more such police stations would be set up soon.

May 11, 2017, 15:14 PM IST

BJP to take on Left Front in Tripura, Amit Shah to visit state

BJP president Amit Shah will be in Tripura on a two-day visit to address a brain storming session of party workers on the political roadmap aimed at ousting the Left Front from power in the state.

Apr 04, 2017, 16:25 PM IST

Opposition asks Tripura CM Manik Sarkar to resign over teachers losing jobs

Tripura opposition parties on Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar after the apex court upheld the High Court's order to terminate the jobs of 10,323 government teachers.

Mar 30, 2017, 21:03 PM IST

After Arunachal, Manipur, BJP eyes Tripura; Here's the northeast game plan

Having managed to oust Congress and other regional parties and forming governments in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, the BJP has now set its sight on CPM-stronghold Tripura.

Mar 24, 2017, 13:36 PM IST

Tripura CM Manik Sarkar meets Rajnath Singh, discusses Indo-Bangladesh border

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him various issues concerning the state.

Jan 18, 2017, 20:55 PM IST

TMC burn effigies of Tripura CM, Sharif, says both are anti-India

The Tripura Trinamool Congress burnt effigies of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the weekend, saying both were anti-Indian.

Sep 26, 2016, 12:08 PM IST

TMC, Congress walkout in Tripura Assembly

 Trinamool Congress and Congress MLAs today staged a noisy walkout from the Tripura Assembly separately on different issues today. TMC members walked out when Speaker Ramendra Debnath refused to admit an adjournment over Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's alleged anti-national remarks.

Sep 23, 2016, 19:40 PM IST

Tripura CM Manik Sarkar appeals to people to maintain peace, harmony

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today said the clashes between activists of Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) and the locals here on Tuesday was provocative and appealed to all sections of the society to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state.

Aug 25, 2016, 17:40 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee urges people to elect 'Ma-Mati-Manush' govt in Tripura

Mamata Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, said entire Bengal would jump to Tripura to oust the Left Front from power.

Aug 09, 2016, 17:27 PM IST

Indian History gives way to Marx, Hitler in Tripura textbooks

The only national icon that figures in the history book of Class 9 students in Tripura is Mahatma Gandhi, not for his contribution to India`s freedom movement but for his views on cricket.

May 27, 2016, 13:44 PM IST

Do you know Mahatma Gandhi's views on cricket? Read Tripura school textbook

The book also has pages devoted to Nazism and the rise of Adolf Hitler.

May 24, 2016, 13:24 PM IST

Tripura Chief Minister to campaign in Kerala, Tamil Nadu

A CPI-M leader said Manik Sarkar would address eight election rallies in Tamil Nadu and nine in Kerala during his eight-day tour to the two states.

May 05, 2016, 16:34 PM IST

Tripura government's sops to set up industrial units

 Tripura is offering sops, including increase of capital investment subsidy from 30 percent to 35 percent, to promote industries based on raw material available in the state.

Apr 27, 2016, 12:32 PM IST

Assam youths want a leader like Arvind Kejriwal or Manik Sarkar​ as their CM

The students here are yearning for a change and wants a Chief Minister like Manik Sarkar of next door neighbour Tripura and Arvind Kejriwal of faraway Delhi, who will work for overall development of the state and welfare of all religions in Assam.

Apr 02, 2016, 11:21 AM IST

Congress alleges Tripura CM's involvement in ex-minister's murder

Levelling serious allegations against Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Assembly Sudip Roy Burman on Monday said that the former was either directly or indirectly involved in the assassination of former health minister Bimal Sinha.

Mar 28, 2016, 14:18 PM IST

Tripura Left leader arrested for sexual offence

Opposition Congress legislators raised questions in the assembly on Friday and demanded a statement by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on the issue.

Jan 09, 2016, 23:02 PM IST

BJP, RSS have 'pre-planned strategy' to divide India: Manik Sarkar

Tripura CM has called the current atmosphere of intolerance in the country a 'pre-planned strategy' of BJP and RSS to divide the nation.

Nov 01, 2015, 12:36 PM IST

Andhra High Court ex-CJ to head Tripura rights panel

 Andhra Pradesh High Court chief justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta will be the first chairman of the Tripura Human Rights Commission, an official said here on Tuesday.

Oct 27, 2015, 12:44 PM IST

Centre's interference weakening states: Kejriwal

In the midst of his government's turf war with the Centre, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday demanded complete decentralisation to strengthen India's federalism and alleged Modi dispensation was interfering in functioning of states as well as "undermining" the judiciary.

Sep 30, 2015, 08:45 AM IST

WB, Tripura CMs to attend AAP govt's conference on federalism

Chief Ministers of a number of states, including West Bengal and Tripura, are likely to attend a conference here tomorrow, being organised by AAP government, on Centre-State relations under Modi government.

Sep 29, 2015, 21:47 PM IST