The former India wicketkeeper is with his fourth domestic team and is confident of inspiring the underdogs, alongside KP Bhaskar and Abbas Ali, to something special this season. ...
04:13 PM, Nov 01, 2012
The state selectors today picked a 15-member squad for their first two matches against Services and Tripura. ...
04:55 PM, Oct 24, 2012
The move comes three days after a mob burnt down a bus at Norsinghdi in Dhaka after a clash between two factions of the Awami League. ...
10:32 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Agartala: The bus service between Agartala and Dhaka has been suspended after India's 'Maitree' passenger bus between the two cities was burnt by an angry mob in Bangladesh on Friday, officials said in Agartala on Sunday. "The Agartala-Dhaka bus service has been suspended temporarily following Friday's incident. The service is expected to resume after an inquiry into the incident and other necessary formalities," a Tripura transport department official said. "A...
03:28 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Agartala: Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) General Secretary and MLA, Subal Bhowmick on alleged that a group of Congress activists had assaulted Abhijit Mukherjee, a Congress MLA from West Bengal and son of President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday at Bamutia, about 35 km from Agartala. Addressing a press conference in Agartala, Bhowmick said that Mukherjee had gone to Kalibazar in Bamutia area on September 6 to inaugurate a library in...
04:09 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Shillong: Thirty-one people were killed and 27 were injured in a bus mishap in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills. The mishap happened when a Tripura-bound bus fell into a deep gorge. The incident happened between 3 am and 5 am on Wednesday at the Tamseng village near the Meghalaya-Assam border. The bus was on its way to Agartala from Guwahati when it fell into the 80-feet deep gorge. ...
04:10 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Tripura got her statehood on 21st January 1972 and the Tripura Public Service Commission was established on 30th October 1972, under the provisions of Article 315 of the Constitution of India. One of the main functions of the commission is to conduct examinations and interviews for appointment to various services of the State. Functions of TPSC - Recruitment of the Candidates I. On the basis of Interview only. II. On...
04:38 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Agartala: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has approved a proposal for setting up an Indian Institute of Information Technology(IIIT) in Tripura. "Though no formal letter has been received by the state government yet, we came to know that the MHRD issued a notification clearing the proposal for establishing the IIIT, Special Secretary to Higher Education Kishore Ambuly said. "We are happy the state will have an institute like IIIT,"...
04:06 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Agartala: Eight months ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state, the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist(CPI-M) on June 15 retained the Nalchar seat by increasing its victory margin from the previous polls. "CPI(M) candidate Tapan Chandra Das, who secured 18,001 votes, defeated Congress nominee Dwijendralal Majumder, who got 13,224 votes, by a margin of 4,777 votes," returning officer Sankar Chakraborty told IANS on phone. The CPI-M's victory margin...
04:13 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Agartala: Northeast India's first IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology) will be set up in Tripura, a minister said here on June 8. Tripura Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty informed, "Union Human Resource Development and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal informed at a meeting in New Delhi that northeast's first IIIT would be set up in Tripura." "The HRD ministry has decided to establish 20 more IIITs in the country in...
01:14 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Agartala: Tripura will be the first state in the North East to have an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty said on Friday. He said that during a recent visit to Delhi, Union HRD and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal had informed him that the North East's first IIIT would be set up in the state. The central government had decided to set up 20 more...
09:17 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Agartala: A farmer was killed and 175 injured in Tripura when a tornado, accompanied by rain and hailstorm, hit the state, destroying more than 1,000 houses, uprooting trees and disrupting communication, officials said on Tuesday. Authorities have stepped up efforts to provide relief to those affected by the tornado that struck late on Monday. The injured comprise children, women and elderly people. "Of the 175 injured, the condition of 60...
10:45 AM, May 01, 2012
Agartala: Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya could soon get their own high courts that would help in quicker disposal of cases, save litigants time and money, and fulfil a long-standing demand of these states. All the eight northeastern states, excluding Sikkim, come under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati High Court situated in Assam. It has benches in several northeastern states. Sikkim has a separate high court. "All necessary infrastructure for the...
07:40 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to the North Eastern states of Nagaland and Tripura from Thursday during which he will hold interactions with students and interview potential candidates for the on-going Youth Congress drive. Gandhi will reach Nagaland on November 9 and inaugurate the new auditorium of Nagaland University, which will be followed by an interaction with the students of the University. The same day...
09:50 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Kolkata: After the tieup with Congress led to the rout of the Left Front in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress is ready to ally with the party in Tripura to oust the LF from its only bastion in the country. "We have an alliance with Congress in West Bengal and sucessfuly fought the recent assembly elections together against the Left Front," TC all India General Secretary Mukul Roy told on Saturday....
06:48 PM, Jul 23, 2011
Agartala: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to Tripura on July 22 has been cancelled owing to unavoidable circumstances, official sources said. The Prime Minister was scheduled to visit the state capital to inaugurate the newly built Assembly Building and lay the foundation stone for a new Governor's House at the new capital complex. The state government has received an official communication from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) about the...
07:37 PM, Jul 17, 2011
New Delhi: Natural gas containing almost 95 per cent Methane has been leaking from an ONGC well at Konaban village in western Tripura for the last six days. The leakage started on the evening of June 14, when ONGC personnel and engineers were engaged in routine maintenance work at the pipelines and gas well. The outflow of the gas has not been sealed till now due to high pressure of...
12:23 PM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: Tripura governor and noted Maharashtra educationist DY Patil has been accused of land grabbing. A case of fraud and cheating has been registered against him in Pune. After Iqbal Singh governor of Puducherry, another governor is in trouble, this time for allegations of land-grabbing. A piece of land has landed Tripura governor DY Patil in an ownership dispute. A police complaint has been lodged against Patil, his wife...
07:08 AM, Apr 28, 2011
Agartala: Following an outbreak of the deadly avian influenza, Tripura on Saturday sounded a bird flu alert and intensified surveillance. Two central government teams comprising scientists and doctors arrived in Tripura on Saturday to assist the state authorities. They are closely monitoring the situation, an official said. "We have deployed 16 Rapid Response Teams (RRT) in the affected areas of west Tripura district and have asked officials to look for...
04:18 PM, Feb 19, 2011
Agartala: In an exemplary gesture against the evil of dowry, a newly-wed government school teacher in Tripura Sunday donated Rs 48,000 to the chief minister's relief fund after selling the gifts received by him in marriage. A resident of Dhanbilas village in northern Tripura, 37-year-old Bimal Singh Debbarma wedded Jesmi two months ago. "Despite my strong opposition, my father-in-law Chandra Mohan Debbarma during the marriage ceremony gave furniture, gold and...
06:17 PM, Jan 10, 2011
