Tripura CM Biplab Deb tests positive for COVID-19

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The chief minister, taking to Twitter on Wednesday, confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 and has isolated himself at his home as per doctors advice. Deb further urged everyone to follow all the COVID-19 protocols. “I have been tested positive for […]

Nepal lodges protest with India over Tripura CM’s ‘BJP expansion’ remark

Nepal has conveyed its “formal objection” to India over Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s statement about expanding the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) influence to Sri Lanka and Nepal and forming governments there. Expressing displeasure, Nepal has lodged a formal protest with India over the remarks and termed it as objectionable. Responding to a tweet […]

Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura celebrate 49th Statehood Day

On January 21, 1972, the northeastern states of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura were granted full statehood by the government of India under the North Eastern Region (Re-Organisation) Act, 1971. To mark the special day, the three northeastern states on Thursday celebrated Statehood Day in their own unique ways. In Meghalaya, the 49th Statehood Day celebrations […]

Tripura CM Biplab Deb calls off Dec 13 ‘people’s mandate’ meeting

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s program scheduled on December 13 in Agartala stands cancelled, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma told the media on Thursday. This comes days after Deb ‘invited’ the people of the state to take a call on his chief ministerial chair at a public meeting on December 13 at the Vivekananda […]

Tripura BJP in-charge, CM Biplab Deb speak to JP Nadda

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tripura in-charge Vinod Sonkar on Tuesday said that chief minister Biplab Deb should continue serving the people of the state and leave it to the party to resolve any differences within the party. Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Deb said that he will seek people’s feedback on his leadership and inform […]

Tripura-Mizoram border row: Biplab Deb wants MHA to take final call

Amid the ongoing inter-state border row with Mizoram, Chief Minister Biplab Deb has urged the neighbouring state to seek Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) intervention if it has any issues with the current boundary demarcation. Briefing media persons, Deb said in a federal structure it is the Centre which takes the final call in all inter-state […]

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India calls on Tripura Chief Minister

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran called on Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday. The Bangladesh High Commissioner met the Tripura Chief Minister at his office chamber and held talks on strengthening the Indo-Bangla relations. He said that the relations between both the countries are quite good and more efforts are being […]

In biggest single-day spike, Tripura records 107 new COVID-19 cases

Tripura on Monday night registered 107 new cases of COVID-19, the biggest spike in a single-day, taking the tally to 421. The positive cases were reported in two phases with 5 in the first phase and 102 in the late evening. Taking to Twitter, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb wrote,“102 people found COVID-19 #POSITIVE today […]

10 more fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Tripura; tally at 242

Ten more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura, taking the total number of cases in the state to 242. The number of active cases stands at 74 while 165 people have been discharged and 3 have migrated to other states. “1020 samples have been tested today for COVID-19, out of which 1️⃣0️⃣ people […]