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Babul Supriyo faces ‘violent mob’ of BJP supporters in Agartala, cries foul
“It is a joke/shame that BJP preaches against political violence, given the filth I see them resort to in Tripura,” wrote Babul Supriyo in a tweet from his official handle, also tagging Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the post.
Updated on Nov 20, 2021 06:49 PM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Tripura CM urges direct flights between India's Agartala, Bangladesh's Dhaka
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb urges Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to introduce direct international flights between Agartala to Bangladesh's Chittagong and Agartala to Dhaka and also boost helicopter tourism in the state
Updated on Nov 11, 2021 12:51 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Agartala (tripura) [india]
Road made with non-recyclable plastic waste inaugurated in Tripura
Agartala Municipal Corporation almost generates 19 tonnes of plastic daily and such initiatives are expected to help the authority in better managing the plastic waste.
Published on Feb 23, 2021 04:05 PM IST
ANI |
Jobless for 9 months, over 8,000 Tripura teachers go on indefinite protest
The Tripura High Court terminated a total of 10,323 school teachers due to their faulty recruitment process in 2014.
Updated on Dec 08, 2020 12:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Tripura to Chennai: Minor lovers elope, authorities bring them home after 5 days
The minors knew each other for six months and decided to leave their house to settle outside Tripura. As per their plan, they took a flight from Agartala and reached Chennai via Kolkata on October 21.
Updated on Oct 25, 2020 08:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Agartala civic body holds screening, immunisation drive for its sanitation workers
Hundreds of vulnerable frontline workers, mainly engaged with keeping the city clean, were immunised against tetanus, typhoid and hepatitis as well as screened for non-communicable diseases.
Published on Oct 21, 2020 10:42 AM IST
Agartala, Tripura | Asian News International | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh
In Tripura, Congress observes 12-hour strike, over 800 party workers detained
The strike partially paralysed normal life with shops and markets being half closed. But government offices had almost full attendance. Educational institutions are closed since end of March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Updated on Sep 21, 2020 05:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Social, political and religious events led to spike in Covid-19 cases in Agartala: Government study
District magistrate Sailesh Kumar Yadav said they have started mapping Covid-19 cases to deal with the situation and identified 10 wards under the Agartala Municipal Corporation with 70% of the cases
Published on Sep 12, 2020 05:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
50-year-old charged with molesting two minor Covid-19 patients in Tripura
The two 17-year-old patients were admitted to the centre nearly 10 days before they lodged the complaint
Updated on Sep 06, 2020 02:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Tripura woman kills husband, buries body under bedroom floor
The incident took place at Gandacherra in Dhalai district, nearly 130 kilometres from Tripura’s capital city, Agartala, on Thursday afternoon.
Updated on Aug 29, 2020 04:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
21% Covid-19 positivity rate recorded in Tripura’s capital city
As per the latest government data, the Covid-19 positivity rate is high in nine wards of Agartala Municipal Corporation ( AMC).
Updated on Aug 29, 2020 02:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Another Tripura BJP MLA tests positive for Covid-19
Earlier in August, Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Dhananjoy Tripura tested positive for coronavirus.
Updated on Aug 23, 2020 04:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Two held in separate cases of rape of minor in Tripura
Police said that they lodged a case against a youth on Tuesday on charges of raping a girl (17) at a village in Teliamura, Khowai district.
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Members of pro-RSS group claim attack by locals; 12 arrested, released on bail
Officer in-charge of Kanchanpur police station Paritosh Das said that the members of Sadbhabana Manch organised a meeting at Dasda-Kanchanpur on Tuesday evening when some people, reportedly the members of Nagarik Suraksha Mancha, a pro-Bengali organisation, engaged with an altercation with the former and attacked them.
Published on Aug 14, 2020 09:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
ASHA worker booked for giving water mixed with hand sanitiser to 10-month-old baby
The incident occurred at a healthcare centre, located at Sonaimuri village in Tripura’s Unakoti district, where the baby, who is now out of danger, was taken for polio vaccination on Tuesday.
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 05:54 PM IST
Tripura | Priyanka Deb Barman
CRPF jawan accused of rape by minor girl in Tripura, case lodged
According to the girl’s complaint, she was raped repeatedly for seven months. The CRPF jawan could not be contacted for his reaction.
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 03:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Tripura govt starts helpline to counsel students on issues related to academics and depression
The students from Class one to twelve could get academic counselling and also advice of psychologists or doctors to combat depression by dialling 0381-2410053 in any day of the week from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Published on Aug 06, 2020 06:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Tripura doctors stage protest over suspension of colleague posted at Covid Care centre
Doctors from Indian Medical Association, Tripura chapter, AGMC Teachers’ Forum and All Tripura Government Doctors Association termed the suspension as “unjustified”.
Updated on Aug 06, 2020 08:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Tripura Covid-19 patient jumps to death from hospital’s third floor
The patient from Muhuripur village in South District was admitted at the state-run hospital on Friday with poisoning symptoms. During his admission, he underwent a mandatory rapid antigen test in the hospital and he was detected Covid-19 positive.
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Tripura Police arrest 10 people accused of gang-raping a minor girl
The incident took place on July 21. The minor was offered a lift in a car by a resident of her village. He and four others present in the vehicle took her to a forest and gang-raped her.
Updated on Jul 31, 2020 08:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Tripura: Covid-19 positive woman delivers baby in an ambulance
The mother and the baby have been admitted to the state-run Govind Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital, a dedicated Covid-19 facility, in Agartala.
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 06:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Covid-19 patient in Tripura delivers baby daughter
The woman was found positive with the Sars-CoV-2 virus during pregnancy check-up at Indira Gandhi Memorial hospital in Agartala three days ago.
Updated on Jul 24, 2020 08:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Two elderly Covid-19 patients die in Tripura, fourth case in July
Total six death cases of Covid-19 patients have been recorded so far including one patient who committed suicide. Two days ago, a 38-year-old man died at GBP Hospital, a day after he was tested positive with coronavirus.
Updated on Jul 18, 2020 10:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi
Landmark movement of goods between Bengal to north-east India via Bangladesh flagged off
This will greatly benefit India’s north eastern states by cutting transportation time and cost through land routes to the north east.
Published on Jul 16, 2020 10:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Tripura: Another patient dies of Covid-19, second case in July
A person (38), who was suffering from an acute difficulty in breathing, was admitted to Agartala’s Gobind Ballav Pant (GBP) Hospital on Tuesday and later he tested Covid-19 positive.
Updated on Jul 16, 2020 03:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
BJP ally IPFT holds protest in Tripura over arrest of supporter
Pradip Debbarma, president of IPFT’s frontal organization Indigenous Motor Workers’ Union, was arrested on July 6. He is currently in judicial custody.
Updated on Jul 10, 2020 07:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Rare hog badgers found in Tripura for the first time
The hog badgers, scientifically known as ‘Arctonyx Collaris’, are listed as an endangered species at IUCN.
Published on Jun 18, 2020 10:45 AM IST
Dhalai, Tripura | Asian News International | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury
Tripura doctor involved in screening turns Covid-19 positive
The doctor, a homeopathy practitioner, was posted at Akhaura Integrated Check Post in Agartala and tasked with screening stranded Indians returning from Bangladesh earlier this month.
Published on Jun 08, 2020 02:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Tripura to set up ‘corona jail’ for quarantine violators
The state government sought the National Centre for Disease Control ( NCDC), an expert body of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to investigate the source of spreading the virus.
Published on May 15, 2020 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Aarogya Setu to cancellation charges: Things to keep in mind while travelling on IRCTC special trains
Booking for reservation on these trains started on Monday and will be available only on IRCTC website and mobile application. Booking of tickets through ‘agents’, both IRCTC and Indian Railways, shall not be allowed.
Updated on May 13, 2020 11:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray