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Jobless for 9 months, over 8,000 Tripura teachers go on indefinite protest
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2020 12:21 AM IST
The Tripura High Court terminated a total of 10,323 school teachers due to their faulty recruitment process in 2014.
Tripura to Chennai: Minor lovers elope, authorities bring them home after 5 days
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by Sparshita Saxena | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON OCT 25, 2020 08:08 PM IST
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.
Agartala civic body holds screening, immunisation drive for its sanitation workers
By Asian News International | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh | Agartala, Tripura
PUBLISHED ON OCT 21, 2020 10:42 AM IST
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.
In Tripura, Congress observes 12-hour strike, over 800 party workers detained
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON SEP 21, 2020 05:12 PM IST
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.
Social, political and religious events led to spike in Covid-19 cases in Agartala: Government study
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
PUBLISHED ON SEP 12, 2020 05:32 PM IST
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
50-year-old charged with molesting two minor Covid-19 patients in Tripura
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON SEP 06, 2020 02:35 PM IST
The two 17-year-old patients were admitted to the centre nearly 10 days before they lodged the complaint
Tripura woman kills husband, buries body under bedroom floor
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2020 04:49 PM IST
The incident took place at Gandacherra in Dhalai district, nearly 130 kilometres from Tripura’s capital city, Agartala, on Thursday afternoon.
21% Covid-19 positivity rate recorded in Tripura’s capital city
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2020 02:29 PM IST
As per the latest government data, the Covid-19 positivity rate is high in nine wards of Agartala Municipal Corporation ( AMC).
Another Tripura BJP MLA tests positive for Covid-19
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by Sparshita Saxena | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON AUG 23, 2020 04:02 PM IST
Earlier in August, Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Dhananjoy Tripura tested positive for coronavirus.
Two held in separate cases of rape of minor in Tripura
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON AUG 19, 2020 03:27 PM IST
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.
Members of pro-RSS group claim attack by locals; 12 arrested, released on bail
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
PUBLISHED ON AUG 14, 2020 09:09 AM IST
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.
ASHA worker booked for giving water mixed with hand sanitiser to 10-month-old baby
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Tripura
UPDATED ON AUG 12, 2020 05:54 PM IST
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.
CRPF jawan accused of rape by minor girl in Tripura, case lodged
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2020 03:32 PM IST
According to the girl’s complaint, she was raped repeatedly for seven months. The CRPF jawan could not be contacted for his reaction.
Tripura govt starts helpline to counsel students on issues related to academics and depression
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
PUBLISHED ON AUG 06, 2020 06:27 PM IST
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.
Tripura doctors stage protest over suspension of colleague posted at Covid Care centre
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON AUG 06, 2020 08:37 AM IST
Doctors from Indian Medical Association, Tripura chapter, AGMC Teachers’ Forum and All Tripura Government Doctors Association termed the suspension as “unjustified”.
Tripura Covid-19 patient jumps to death from hospital’s third floor
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON AUG 01, 2020 03:54 PM IST
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.
Tripura Police arrest 10 people accused of gang-raping a minor girl
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2020 08:18 AM IST
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.
Tripura: Covid-19 positive woman delivers baby in an ambulance
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON JUL 30, 2020 06:46 PM IST
The mother and the baby have been admitted to the state-run Govind Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital, a dedicated Covid-19 facility, in Agartala.
Covid-19 patient in Tripura delivers baby daughter
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON JUL 24, 2020 08:10 AM IST
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.
Two elderly Covid-19 patients die in Tripura, fourth case in July
By Priyanka Deb Barman| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2020 10:49 PM IST
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.
Landmark movement of goods between Bengal to north-east India via Bangladesh flagged off
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JUL 16, 2020 10:04 PM IST
This will greatly benefit India’s north eastern states by cutting transportation time and cost through land routes to the north east.
Tripura: Another patient dies of Covid-19, second case in July
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON JUL 16, 2020 03:06 PM IST
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.
BJP ally IPFT holds protest in Tripura over arrest of supporter
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON JUL 10, 2020 07:03 AM IST
Pradip Debbarma, president of IPFT’s frontal organization Indigenous Motor Workers’ Union, was arrested on July 6. He is currently in judicial custody.
Rare hog badgers found in Tripura for the first time
By Asian News International | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury | Dhalai, Tripura
PUBLISHED ON JUN 18, 2020 10:45 AM IST
The hog badgers, scientifically known as ‘Arctonyx Collaris’, are listed as an endangered species at IUCN.
Tripura doctor involved in screening turns Covid-19 positive
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
PUBLISHED ON JUN 08, 2020 02:09 AM IST
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.
Tripura to set up ‘corona jail’ for quarantine violators
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
PUBLISHED ON MAY 15, 2020 10:54 PM IST
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.
Aarogya Setu to cancellation charges: Things to keep in mind while travelling on IRCTC special trains
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 13, 2020 11:32 AM IST
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.
30 fresh Covid-19 cases reported in BSF, 24 in Tripura
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 08, 2020 04:56 PM IST
Two BSF personnel had succumbed to Covid-19 on Thursday. These were first casualties due to the pandemic in central police forces, which guard several airports and the Delhi Metro.
Tripura couple travels over 3,000 km from Chennai in ambulance amidst Covid-19 lockdown
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON APR 21, 2020 09:06 AM IST
Tripura recorded two Covid-19 positive patients and among them, one has recovered.
Tripura man arrested for raping 20-year-old hearing-impaired woman
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
UPDATED ON MAR 10, 2020 11:20 PM IST
Anil Barman, a tea stall owner, was arrested in Belonia’s Radhanagar area, nearly 135 kilometres from the state capital of Agartala, according to officials.