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
The Congress has no tacit alliance with any Left parties and our main task is to end the rule of Communists in any state in the country, party vice president Rahul Gandhi said in Agartala on Tuesday. ...
05:40 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
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
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
With assembly elections for Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland coming up, CNN-IBN focuses on real news for a better India. ...
01:15 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
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
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
In a major embarrassment for the Congress, the brother of its Tripura unit president was arrested on Monday evening. Sandip Roy Barman was caught with arms, Bangladeshi currency and a few letterheads of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) by the Assam Rifles near Agartala. ...
08:58 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Ahead of the February 14 Assembly elections in Tripura, two personnel of paramilitary Tripura State Rifles (TSR) were killed and two others injured on Monday at Tankharai, a remote tribal hamlet in Dhalai district, about 150 km from Agartala, police said. A TSR personnel, identified as Binoy Debbarma, opened fire killing following an altercation with his colleagues at the Tankharai camp killing two of his colleagues and severely injuring two...
07:45 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Gearing up for Assembly polls in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said its leaders are in talks with political parties to look for possible alliances in the three northeastern states. The lists of candidates have almost been finalised by party's election committee, BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. ...
07:25 PM, Jan 20, 2013
Ahead of Assembly elections in Tripura, the Congress received a jolt with 32 tribal leaders quitting Wednesday and fielding their own candidates. The party's tribal department chairman Phani Bhusan Bhowmik and general secretary Debabrata Koloi were among the 32 who sent their resignations to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. ...
02:40 PM, Jan 16, 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
