The government will spend an additional amount of Rs 320 crore in the next fiscal for the three per cent increase in DA and dearness relief (DR) for its employees and pensioners, Law Minister and the government's spokesperson Ratan Lal Nath said on Thursday.
Congress in Tripura has called for 12 hours state-bandh after attack on state party chief Pijush Biswas's vehicle on Jan 18. They alleged BJP's involvement in the incident.
Police arrested two persons and seized ganja worth around Rs 1 crore in Tripura's Khowai district. The ganja was seized from Teliamura area of Khowai district on December 14.
The BJP leadership has asked Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb to call off a public meeting he has called in Agartala on December 13 in what was seen as his show of strength amid disaffection against him in a section of party MLAs.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said that he will go to Vivekananda Maidan on December 13 and ask people of Tripura to come there and tell him whether he should stay as chief minister of the state.
The death toll in the firing incident in Panisagar area of Tripura rose to two on Sunday with a fire service employee succumbing to his injuries, a police officer said.
At least one died and five others suffered injuries as police opened fire on an agitating mob in Tripura on Saturday, according to news agency IANS. The protesters, observing a shutdown, were holding a protest that had been on for the past six days in northern Tripura to oppose the government's decision to rehabilitate thousands of tribal refugees.
Police arrested one person and recovered a gold bar from his possession in Tripura's Dharmanagar town.
A massive protest along with a torch rally was held in Tripura's Agartala on Sep 24. The youth Congress protestors are agitating against the new agriculture reforms bills.
The business of idol makers has been affected ahead even as people celebrate Vishwakarma Puja due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Over a hundred jobless teachers staged a demonstration demanding alternative jobs, in Khumulwng area of West Tripura district.
Bhabendra Debnath, a farmer has cultivated watermelons in a season which is not considered favourable for its growth.
An 8-year-old girl was gangraped by seven teenage boys in Tripura. According to the police, the incident was reported from a village in Tripura, where the minor was raped after she was invited to play hide and seek with the accused gang.
A Tripura horticulturist, P Das has successfully grown the state's first commercially viable dragonfruit plantation.
At least 12 people were injured in clashes between supporters of the ruling BJP and opposition CPI(M) in different parts of Tripura on Wednesday during a state-wide demonstration by the opposition party to protest against "anti-people" policies of the Centre, police said.
Police seized more than 1000 bottles of contraband Escaf cough syrup in Tripura's Chandrapur.
Olympian gymnast Dipa Karmakar resumed her training session after over 5 months amid COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court has upheld the termination of 8,882 ad-hoc teachers in Tripura, who were working in the School Education Department.
A two-day-old baby has died due to COVID-19 in Tripura, becoming the state's youngest coronavirus fatality, a Health Department official said onSunday.
The pregnant woman was taken to three hospitals in about 36 hours since Tuesday but all of them refused to treat her.
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