Former Tripura PWD minister Badal Chowdhury arrested
India | October 22, 2019 13:34 ISTWest Tripura district Superintendent of Police Manik Das said that Chowdhury was arrested on Monday night.
West Tripura district Superintendent of Police Manik Das said that Chowdhury was arrested on Monday night.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday flagged off a Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train that would connect the state's southernmost town Sabroom and Dharmanagar, the northernmost one.
Early trends show that in Tripura's Badharghat assembly by-polls, BJP's Mimi Majumdar is leading with 20,471 votes (44.6%).
In a shameful incident, a 32-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped, gang-raped by an autorickshaw driver and eight others and dumped on road in Tripura's capital Agartala. The incident took place on Tuesday night when the woman was on her way back home from the hospital.
He said that, however, Tripura's CD ratio is still below the national average of 78 per cent and with the ambitious plans undertaken and banks were asked to provide more loans under the various schemes including Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), the ratio would touch the national average soon.
"Woke up today after a long time feeling relaxed . I start this day without having to listen to criminals and liars. Not having to worry about which colleague will back stab u," Pradyot Deb Barman said.
The BJP-led government in a uniform system has introduced simultaneous exams for the first time in the northeastern state in 4,500 schools.
Counting of votes will take place on Friday.
Eighty-eight members of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), on Tuesday, surrendered to Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, three days after signing a tri-partite agreement in New Delhi with the Centre and the Tripura government.
88 members of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) have surrendered to Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, three days after signing a tri-partite agreement in New Delhi with the Centre and the Tripura government.
In West Tripura and Khowai districts, where temporary relief camps were opened by the administration, around 10,000 people had taken shelter in government buildings and local clubs. NDRF and State Disaster Volunteers and police Personnel are on ground to tackle any situation.
Ahead of the panchayat elections in Tripura, the ruling BJP has won over 5,500 (83 per cent) of the 6,646 seats unopposed in the three-tier rural body polls, officials said on Friday.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 15 and had demanded an additional fund of Rs 358 crore for speedy completion of the works, a release issued by the CMO said on Thursday.
"People dump garbage and poly bags in the open, clogging drains and the sewerage system. Some even urinate in public and spit on roads. We need to raise awareness to stop this menace," the chief minister said while inaugurating a workshop on 'Solid Waste and Liquid Resource Management' here.
"Anyone from the chief secretary to a Group-D employee, who doesn't perform properly, would be sent on voluntary retirement," says Tripura CM
The Chief Minister also asked for amending of the existing aviation guidelines to facilitate private operators to increase flight frequency to the Northeast.
The release said that the Urban Development Department of Tripura government had submitted the projects' details to the ADB through the Central government on which the ADB gave its nod on Sunday.
The bank, comprising information on the status of teachers, non-teaching staff and government programme implementation in primary and secondary schools, will be key to improve the overall education infrastructure.
Tripura Forest and Tribal Welfare Minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia told reporters here that the state government has decided to plant at least 10 lakh trees across the state this year.
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