30 Guwahati-bound Rohingyas held in Assam-Tripura border

30 Rohingyas were arrested at Churaibari in the Assam-Tripura border. Acting on a tip-off the police swung into action and apprehended the Rohingya infiltrators who were on board a bus travelling to Guwahati and 12 among those arrested are minors. According to sources, the arrested Rohingyas hail from Debenna district in Myanmar. As per reports, […]

NESO team detained on way to Khumulung

A team of the NESO led by Chief Adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya and president Samuel Jyrwa has been detained by Tripura police while on their way to Khumulung, the headquarters of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council near Agartala to visit the victims of Tuesday’s police firing. The NESO team which was in Agartala to […]

BJP president Amit Shah to arrive in Agartala tomorrow to kick off party’s LS campaign

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Imphal and Silchar, BJP National President Amit Shah will be in Agartala on Saturday. Shah will be accompanied by all 3 National General Secretaries of BJP – Ram Madhav, Ajay Jamwal & Sunil Deodhar. During the visit, Shah will address a conference of ‘Pristha Pramukhs’, considered to […]

Big boost to Tripura: State to be affiliated with three more oil companies

The Tripura Government is set to be affiliated with three other oil companies that will lift gas and oil from the state by the Central Governement with an aim to boost the revenue income of the state. Earlier, the Tripura Government led by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb wrote a letter to Union Petroleum Minister […]

Amit Shah to visit Tripura on January 5

BJP national president Amit Shah will visit Tripura on January 5 to check the party’s preparedness for the Lok Sabha elections. Shah will be accompanied by National secretaries Ajay Jambal and Ram Madhav, Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other leaders. During the visit, Shah will address a conference of ‘Pristha Pramukhs’, considered to […]

Tripura: Gautam Das appointed new CPI(M) state secretary

CPI(M) central committee member Gautam Das has been as appointed as the new Tripura unit secretary after incumbent Bijan Dhar bowed out on completing three consecutive terms. The 67 year old journalist and writer turned politician joined the CPI-M in 1968 and was the founder editor of the party’s Tripura state mouthpiece Daily Desher Katha […]

Tripura turns into hotbed for drug smuggling

Tripura has turned out to be a hotbed of narcotics smuggling with more than 55 thousand kilograms of marijuana seized so far from various parts of the state since the formation of the BJP-IPFT government. Tripura DGP AK Shukla said that more than 300 people have been apprehended with cases being filed against them. The […]

28 troopers of Tripura State Rifles injured in bus accident

At least 28 Tripura State Rifle jawans left critically injured in a bus accident on Monday night. The accident took place at Baramra Hills on National Highway 8 in West District of Tripura. The troopers were on their way to Agartala Railway Station to take a train on the following day to Chhattisgarh for attending […]

Call for NRC in Tripura grows louder; APW to file petition in SC

As demand for NRC-like exercise in the Northeast grow louder, Assam Public Work is preparing to file a petition in the Supreme Court to initiate an NRC-like exercise in other Northeastern States. APW president Abhijeet Sharma speaking at Northeast Tonight hosted by Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain said that his organisation is making arrangements to move the […]