The ruling BJP’s key ally in Tripura, TIPRA Motha, on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) met officials of the Election Commission of India in New Delhi to push for a Bihar-like Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the northeastern State. A delegation of the party, headed by its founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya, demanded … Read more
GUWAHATI A high-level delegation on Sunday (April 20, 2025) visited southern Tripura to assess the flood protection measures after a massive embankment being constructed by the Bangladesh government along a border river triggered flood worries in the State. The flood-prone Muhuri River runs along much of the stretch of the India-Bangladesh border in the South … Read more
The Crime Branch (CB) of the Tripura police has not made any arrests in connection with its investigation into the ‘Cash for Marks’ scam that has rocked the Tripura Medical College (TMC). A faculty member has reportedly been identified as the leader of a racket that manipulates marks in exchange for large sums of money. … Read more
Opposition parties in Tripura on Thursday (October 17, 2024) demanded a high-level investigation into the custodial death of a tribal man. The parties are alleging that police personnel are responsible and called for action against them. Badal Tripura was allegedly tortured in police custody at the Manu Bazar police station in south Tripura on October … Read more
Goddess Kanaka Durga in Sri Lalita Tripura Sundari Devi alankaram atop Indrakeeladri in Vijayawada, on the fourth day of Dasara festival. | Photo Credit: File photo The presiding deity of Kanaka Durga temple atop Indrakeeladri in Vijayawada will be adorned with Sri Lalitha Tripura Sundari Devi alankaram on the Aswyuja Suddha Chaviti, the fourth day … Read more
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), which signed a peace accord with the Bangladesh government in 1997 to end decades of insurgency, has made a set of demands in wake to recent communal clashes in three hill districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), located in close proximity to Tripura. The PCJSS, the apex body … Read more
File photo of Sudip Roy Barman | Photo Credit: PTI Former Tripura Minister and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman was slapped with a defamation suit and a notice to vacate from the MLA hostel days after he raised corruption charges against State Tribal Welfare Minister Bikash Debbarma and a senior government official in the Assembly. … Read more
Police personnel with the arrested Bangladeshi nationals, who illegally entered the border in Tripura, before taking them to a local court, in Agartala, Sunday, June 23, 2024. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Eleven Bangladeshi nationals were arrested from Agartala railway station for entering the country without any valid travel document, … Read more
The Tripura government has announced its decision to appeal a high court order that allowed gratuity benefits to the Anganwadi workers. Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Tinku Roy said the state government disagrees with the directive and has decided to take the matter to the top court. The high court of Tripura, in a … Read more
Interrogation of the drug peddlers revealed vital information regarding additional accomplices involved in the trade. | Photo Credit: PTI In a major effort to combat drug trafficking in Tripura, the police in Agartala have apprehended five drug traffickers along with the quantity of brown sugar. The operation was conducted based on specific intelligence inputs regarding … Read more