Tripura

Tripura blockade: BJP workers gherao CM Manik Sarkar's residence

The blockade to press for a separate state by carving out the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) area entered ninth day today.

Jul 18, 2017, 15:59 PM IST

No-detention policy to go from next academic year: Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey

Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, no child admitted in a school will be held back in any class or expelled till the completion of elementary education covering classes 1 to 8.
 

Jul 06, 2017, 23:17 PM IST

Earthquake hits Myanmar, northeast India

India's northeastern states shook on Sunday morning when a 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar, officials said.

Jul 02, 2017, 12:48 PM IST

Monsoon to hit Delhi, NCR in next 3-4 days; weather office warns of heavy to very heavy rains

The monsoon is expected to hit Delhi and its neighbouring areas in the next three-four days, the weather office said on Monday. 

Jun 26, 2017, 18:47 PM IST

Prohibitory orders imposed in Tripura after CPI(M), BJP clash

Prohibitory orders has been imposed here after clashes between CPI(M) and BJP party workers left twenty-six people injured, police said on Monday.

Jun 26, 2017, 14:03 PM IST

Three family members die of snakebite in Tripura – What to do if you're bitten

According to a police official, a snake bit Kamal Krishna Tripura, 27, and his wife and two-years-old daughter on Sunday night when they were sleeping at their home at Gandachara.

Jun 26, 2017, 12:35 PM IST

Rose Valley scam: CBI to interrogate Tripura minister on June 29

On Friday, former Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer Manoj Kumar was granted bail from the Bankshall Court on a furnishing of a bond of Rs.40,000 in connection with the Rose Valley scam.
 

Jun 24, 2017, 19:29 PM IST

Teachers crisis becoming political hot potato in Tripura

The Supreme Court order of March 29 upholding a state High Court order terminating the jobs of 10,323 government teachers has added to the vacuum.

 

Jun 24, 2017, 12:23 PM IST

Tripura worse than Bihar on women safety: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam's Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was in Agartala on Thursday and Friday to streamline the Bharatiya Janata Party's strategy for next year's Assembly Elections.

Jun 24, 2017, 11:00 AM IST

BJP will unite anti-Left votes in Tripura: Assam Minister

The BJP will try to form a rainbow alliance to consolidate anti-Left Front votes to oust the ruling coalition in Tripura in assembly polls in February next year.

Jun 23, 2017, 18:42 PM IST

Floods in Tripura, over 2,000 families displaced

Heavy monsoon rain disrupted life in Tripura as over 2,000 families were displaced after their houses were inundated by the flood water, official said here on Tuesday.

Jun 20, 2017, 12:36 PM IST

BJP starts process of selecting candidates for Tripura assembly polls

The rate of crime against women in the state is very high and more than seven lakh youths are unemployed.

Jun 19, 2017, 15:35 PM IST

Tripura tribal party to launch agitation for separate state

A tribal-based party in Tripura has stepped up efforts to push its demands -- including for a separate state -- even as the ruling CPI-M has warned that a Manipur-like conspiracy would not be tolerated in the Left-ruled state where elections are due early next year.

Jun 14, 2017, 15:44 PM IST

Tripura Congress demonstrates against Amit Shah's remarks

The Tripura unit of the Congress on Wednesday staged a demonstration here for the "insult of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi by BJP President Amit Shah through his remarks".

Jun 14, 2017, 15:42 PM IST

BJP pressing on cattle trade norm to impose RSS' political agenda: Kerala CM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seeking to introduce a new rule to impose the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) political agenda.

Jun 08, 2017, 09:50 AM IST

Landslide kills three in Tripura's Dhalai

 Landslide following incessant rain has killed three of a family in Dhalai district of Tripura while one more was critically injured in the incident.

Jun 04, 2017, 22:19 PM IST

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates MODI fest in Left-ruled Tripura

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday opened a three-day MODI (Making of Developed India) festival in Left-ruled Tripura to mark the completion of three years` of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.

Jun 03, 2017, 18:06 PM IST

Tripura government not to execute new cattle slaughter rules: Minister

The new cattle trade and slaughter rules framed by the central government are against the interest of the people, Aghore Debbarma told IANS.

May 30, 2017, 14:58 PM IST

Cyclone Mora – All you need to know about weather forecast

Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh on Tuesday morning. The powerful storm made landfall around 6 am in Kutubdia damaging several houses and packing winds of up to 117 kilometres per hour.

May 30, 2017, 12:18 PM IST

Woman, her two kids burnt alive due to LPG cylinder blast in Tripura

 In a tragic incident in Tripura, a woman and her two minor children were burnt to death when their thatched home went up in flames following an LPG cylinder blast, police said here on Monday.

May 29, 2017, 14:07 PM IST