Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Referred to as Bubagra (king) or Maharaj by the people in Tripura, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma has taken the State by storm with TIPRA Motha, his three-year-old party that swept the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls in 2021. He declined offers from both … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo Credit: PTI The Trinamool Congress will not join the CPI(M)-Congress alliance in the ensuing Tripura Assembly election, a senior party leader said on January 22. Tripura Trinamool Congress president Pijush Kanti Biswas said TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister will arrive in Tripura on February 6 … Read more
The Opposition CPI(M), the Congress and a few other Left parties in Tripura have moved forward on the issue of forging an alliance in the Assembly election due in February 2023. The parties released an unprecedented joint statement on Tuesday seeking “restoration of democracy, re-establishment of rule of law and conduct of free elections”. … Read more
Around 300 companies of central forces are expected to be deployed in Tripura for assembly polls due early 2023. File | Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui Around 300 companies of central forces are expected to be deployed in Tripura for assembly polls due early 2023, and the first lot of the troops is likely to come … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Security has been tightened across Tripura for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s December 18 visit to the northeastern State, where polls are due early next year, officials said. The PM is expected to land at the Maharaja Bir Bikram airport at 2.25 p.m. and leave for Vivekananda … Read more
Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia joins members of Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) at a public rally to demand ‘Greater Tripraland’, in Agartala on November 12, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI On November 12, Tripura’s newest tribe-based political party organised a rally in the heart of Agartala. The mass gathering was held a … Read more
On her first visit to the State, the President inaugurated the new building of the Tripura Judicial Academy On her first visit to the State, the President inaugurated the new building of the Tripura Judicial Academy President of India Droupadi Murmu interacted with a group of tea plantation workers as she commenced her first visit … Read more
In a sudden development, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb resigned today. Deb submitted is resignation to the Governor SN Arya, new agencies reported. The outgoing CM made the announcement following a meeting with the governor at the Raj Bhavan in Agartala. Deb had come to Delhi two days back and met Amit Shah and BJP … Read more
The BJP-led government in Tripura is specifically working for the well-being of women with a gender-budget and reservation in jobs and local bodies, chief minister Biplab Deb told ET. He said the results of recent elections have made clear that women were emerging as the strongest force voting for governments that focus on welfare and … Read more
The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling BJP in the North-eastern state, on Sunday said it would discuss the possibility of merging or allying with the Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA Motha) before the assembly elections due early next year. The TIPRA Motha, headed by royal scion Pradyot Kishore … Read more