Agartala: Normal life was paralysed in the municipal corporation area here on Tuesday in response to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by opposition Congress to protest the killing of three employees of 'Dainik Ganadoot', a local Bengali daily.
Vehicles remained off the roads and markets, schools, colleges and educational institutions were closed. Official sources said attendance in government offices, banks and financial institutions was also thin.
Police said no untoward incident was reported from any part of the city. Motorcycle-borne miscreants attacked the newspaper office at the Palace Compound on Sunday and stabbed to death the office manager, a proof reader and a driver.
Leader of the Opposition Ratan Lal Nath, belonging to the Congress, said that the killing proved that journalists and newspaper employees were not safe in the state. ...
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01:16 PM, May 21, 2013
Agartala: The opposition Congress in Tripura has called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in the municipal corporation area here on Tuesday to protest the killing of three employees of a local Bengali daily. Leader of the Opposition Ratan Lal Nath, belonging to the Congress, said on Monday that the killing proved that journalists and newspaper employees were not safe in the state. "This is unprecedented in the state as well as in...
01:59 PM, May 20, 2013
Manik Sarkar is set to make history when he is sworn in as Tripura's Chief Minister for a fourth successive term. The Left celebrated election victory in Tripura and their man of the moment is Manik Sarkar winning an unprecedented fourth term. ...
07:44 AM, Mar 06, 2013
It was a repeat of the 2008 Assembly elections in the three northeast states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya as the incumbent parties came to power in all the three states. In Tripura, the CPI(M) registered its fifth consecutive victory with wins in 49 seats. In Nagaland, the Naga Peoples Front retained power with wins in 37 seats. In Meghalaya, the Congress emerged as the single largest party with wins...
06:09 PM, Feb 28, 2013
The return of the CPI(M)-led Left Front in Tripura and Forward Bloc wresting the Nalhati seat from Congress in West Bengal reflects "re-emergence" of the Left parties, senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Thursday. "We congratulate the people of Tripura to have given us two-thirds majority for the seventh Left Front government in the state and sixth in a row," he told reporters when his reaction was sought on...
04:03 PM, Feb 28, 2013
The Left Front led by the CPI(M) came to power for a record fifth straight term defeating the Opposition Congress by a huge margin. The CPI(M) won 48 seats in the 60-seat Assembly. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar won the Dhanpur Assembly seat defeating his nearest Congress rival Shah Alam by 6,017 votes. ...
02:00 PM, Feb 28, 2013
The counting of votes began in Tripura amidst tight security and CPI(M) is leading in one seat. ...
08:09 AM, Feb 28, 2013
Counting of votes for the 60 Assembly seats in Tripura would be held on Thursday amid tight security. ...
03:35 AM, Feb 28, 2013
Tripura on Thursday set a new record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout with 93 per cent polling in the Assembly elections which was by and large peaceful. The Left Front is hoping to return for a record fifth straight time in the elections to the 60-member Assembly in the north-eastern state with the contest being mainly between the ruling alliance and the Congress. ...
09:43 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Key to the Left's success in Tripura is Manik Sarkar, arguably India's poorest Chief Minister. ...
11:46 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Leading the Left government since 1998, Manik Sarkar is eyeing a fourth successive victory in poll-bound Tripura. He is also possibly India 's poorest chief minister. His declared assets mention an inherited property worth Rs 2.5 lakh and less than Rs 10,000 in a bank. "Manik Sarkar is like a god for us and our children," says one of his supporters. ...
09:37 AM, Feb 11, 2013
The Election Commission has cautioned the opposition Congress leader Birajit Sinha for making unfounded allegations against Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, sources in the office of Chief Electoral Officer said on Saturday. ...
02:42 PM, Feb 09, 2013
The Election Commission has cautioned Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar over the misuse of official machinery for political reasons and violating the model code of conduct ahead of the February 14 polls, officials said here on February 6. Sarkar told reporters that he would not comment on the matter. ...
12:40 PM, Feb 06, 2013
The Election Commission on Tuesday cautioned Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar against misuse of official machinery for political purposes in violation of the Model Code of Conduct. ...
06:22 PM, Feb 05, 2013
With the Tripura Assembly polls hardly a fortnight away, both the ruling Left Front and opposition Congress are holding a series of meetings to woo the voters. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, the star campaigner for the LF, has already addressed 25 poll meetings since the announcement of the polls, CPI(M) state Secretary Bijon Dhar said. ...
12:30 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Wednesday said the UPA government led by Manmohan Singh at the Centre is the 'number one enemy' of youths because it was not filling vacant posts and has stopped new employments. ...
03:45 AM, Nov 29, 2012
Agartala: The Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has assured the cash-strapped northeast states that his ministry and the Planning Commission would soon work out strategy to provide special financial aid. The Tripura Finance Minister Badal Choudhury said on June 7 that Mukherjee also said the central government intended to involve the northeast region in a big way in India's much talked about Look East Policy. "Pranab Mukherjee has assured the...
01:05 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: Opposing amendments to the BSF Act, some state Chief Ministers on Monday demanded that discussions on the issue should be deferred and taken up along with the National Counter Terrorism Centre on May 5 as it also disturbs the federal structure of the country. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said since the proposed amendments to the BSF Act 1968 were against the laid down principles of a federal...
03:52 PM, Apr 16, 2012
![Tribal woman paraded naked in Tripura village]( "Tribal woman paraded naked in Tripura village")
Chief Minister Manik Sarkar condemned the incident in the state Assembly and ordered a CID investigation. ...
12:15 PM, Jun 17, 2010
Karachi: Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria on Thursday admitted in the Sindh High Court that his British lawyer has the transcripts and tapes of the investigation that the Essex police conducted on him last year but could not release it due to legal issues. Tafazzul Rizvi, the legal counsel of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), told PTI that finally Kaneria has admitted that his lawyer has the required tapes and transcripts....
10:59 AM, Feb 22, 2008
