The Left Front government, led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, is looking to regain power in the 60-member State Assembly with a fourth consecutive victory. Tripura Congress Chief Sudip Ray Barman and the President of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura Bijay Hrankhwal are among 249 candidates in the fray. ...
08:35 AM, 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
Less than a day to go for the Assembly elections in Tripura, two CPM workers have been hospitalised after sustaining serious injuries during clashes with Congress workers. A few campaign vehicles were also damaged. ...
11:28 AM, Feb 13, 2013
Union Minister for Finance, P Chidambaram criticized the Left Front government in Tripura on February 12 for its alleged failure to improve the standard of life despite fund flow from the centre. ...
07:40 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged central funds to Tripura for development are being diverted to the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s party fund. ...
11:17 AM, Feb 12, 2013
The Communist government in Tripura will be voted out in the February 14 assembly election, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said On February 11. "People in Kerala and West Bengal have voted out the Left parties, you must follow the same for all of your betterment and development of the state," Gandhi told the audience at an election rally in Tripura. ...
06:05 PM, Feb 11, 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
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Tripura this week to campaign for the Congress for the February 14 Assembly election. Tripura Pradesh Congress member Pijush Biswas said, the Prime Minister will arrive here on February 9 and proceed to Ambassa, headquarter of the Dhalai district to address an election rally. ...
04:59 PM, Feb 03, 2013
A total of 251 candidates, including representatives of 16 political parties and independents, will contest the February 14 elections for the 60-member Tripura Assembly, officials said on Friday. Of the 251 contenders, 14 are women and 25 are independents. In the last Assembly elections in 2008, 313 candidates, including 18 women, had contested the polls. ...
12:53 PM, Feb 01, 2013
In an embarrassment for the Congress ahead of the Tripura elections, youth party leader Sandeep Roy Barman was arrested with arms, Bangladeshi currency, and letterhead of the banned outfit, the National Liberation Front of Tripura. He is the brother of Tripura PCC chief Sudip Roy Barman. He was arrested by Assam Rifles near Agartala, but was released on a personal bond. ...
08:43 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Over 23 lakh voters, nearly half of whom are women will exercise their franchise in the February 14 elections to the 60-member assembly in Tripura, official sources said on Saturday. Publishing the final voters' list, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Asutosh Jindal said that of the 23,52,505 voters, 11,64,656 were women. ...
05:21 PM, Jan 12, 2013
The Election Commission of India on Friday announced the dates for polling in the three north eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Polling will be held in Tripura on February 14, while in Meghalaya and Nagaland, the polling will be held on February 23. ...
04:11 PM, Jan 11, 2013
London: MS Dhoni ended on the losing side for the first time in a Test series as captain of India but says the team did what best it could in the 4-0 whitewash completed by England at the Oval on Sunday. India suffered their second innings defeat in the series, going down by an innings and eight runs in the fourth Test, and Dhoni admitted that England batted them out...
06:13 PM, Feb 23, 2008
London: Sachin Tendulkar reached another milestone on Sunday when he completed 33,000 international runs in the fourth Test against England here at The Oval. Needing just five runs to reach the landmark, Tendulkar brought it up with a clip for a single off England spinner Graeme Swann, even as India stared at the prospect of a 4-0 whitewash after following on. However, the Test series against England has not been...
09:00 AM, Feb 23, 2008
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
