Tag: Tripura
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BJP to demand more autonomy for tribals in Tripura
BJP on Monday said it would demand more autonomy to the tribals of Tripura and authority for the present Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which constitute two-third of the state territory. "We want to form a tribal Council within TTAADC area as the tribals of the state can enjoy more autonomy and safeguard and …
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January 16, 2017 -
Ex-BJP state committee president passes away
Former president of the Tripura state committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party Sudhindra Dasgupta passed away on Thursday, his family sources said on Friday. He was 79 and is survived by two daughters. Dasgupta died at his residence at Shivnagar here on Thursday following brief illness. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, state BJP president Biplab …
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January 13, 2017 -
LPG: Indian Oil Corporation now cashless in Tripura
The state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOCL) has launched cashless transactions in India's Northeast for LPG distribution, an official said on Friday. The cashless mode for cooking gas distribution was started here but it will be gradually extend to all the other Northeastern states, the official added. The new system came into practice on Thursday in …
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January 13, 2017 -
LPG: Indian Oil Corporation now cashless in Tripura
The state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOCL) has launched cashless transactions in India's Northeast for LPG distribution, an official said on Friday. The cashless mode for cooking gas distribution was started here but it will be gradually extend to all the other Northeastern states, the official added. The new system came into practice on Thursday in …
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January 13, 2017 -
Monthly allowance for poor cancer patients in Tripura
The Tripura government has introduced a monthly allowance of Rs.600 for poor cancer patients, a minister said on Wednesday. "The allowance is being given to cancer patients whose annual income is less than Rs.150,000 and have no family member in government service," Tripura Health and Family Welfare Minister Badal Choudhury said. He said the scheme …
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January 11, 2017 -
Road accidents, biggest killer in Tripura
Road accidents have emerged as the biggest killer in Tripura, a senior police officer said on Monday. According to Director General of Police K Nagaraj, 174 people were killed in road accidents in 2016 as against 163 in 2015 – a rise of 6.75 per cent. A total of 853 people were injured in road accidents …
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January 9, 2017 -
Road accidents, biggest killer in Tripura
Road accidents have emerged as the biggest killer in Tripura, a senior police officer said on Monday. According to Director General of Police K Nagaraj, 174 people were killed in road accidents in 2016 as against 163 in 2015 – a rise of 6.75 per cent. A total of 853 people were injured in road accidents …
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January 9, 2017 -
Tripura records 2.56% increase in electorate
Tripura has registered a 2.56 per cent increase in the total number of its electorate, an Election Department official said here on Friday after the final electoral rolls were published. The official said the total voters as per the final rolls were 2,505,906 compared with 2,443,438 earlier. Of the total, 1,230,212 are women. The official …
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January 6, 2017 -
Final voter list of Tripura out
The revised final voter list of Tripura with 2017 as cut-off year has been published, an official said on Friday. "According to the final voter list published on Friday, the total number of voters in the state are 25,05,906 of which 12,75,694 are male and 12,30,212 female," Additional Chief Electoral Officer D Modak said. He …
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January 6, 2017 -
Trinamool Congress demands CBI probe into Tripura NBFCs
The opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday reiterated its demand for a probe by the CBI and ED into the activities of all illegal NBFCs and chit fund organisations in Tripura and warned of a stir on the issue. The state TMC announced an agitation from January 19 to force the Central Bureau of Investigation …
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January 4, 2017 -
Trinamool Congress demands CBI probe into Tripura NBFCs
The opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday reiterated its demand for a probe by the CBI and ED into the activities of all illegal NBFCs and chit fund organisations in Tripura and warned of a stir on the issue. The state TMC announced an agitation from January 19 to force the Central Bureau of Investigation …
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January 4, 2017 -
5.7 magnitude quake jolts Northeast; One dead, four injured
A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale and epicentred in Tripura jolted the country's Northeast on Tuesday, triggering landslides in the hill state and leaving a woman dead and four others injured. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the epicentre of the temblor which occurred at 14:39 hrs was in Dhalai …
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January 3, 2017 -
Special drive in Tripura for universal education of children
The Tripura government has launched a special drive to provide education to every child, including those who are differently abled and do not attend school, an official said on Monday. "On Sunday we launched the week-long 'Vidyalaya Chalo Abhiyan' to bring every single child aged 6-14-years to schools," Tripura's elementary education department director Uttam Kumar …
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January 2, 2017 -
Tripura double delight: Insurgency-free literacy topper
It was a year of double delight for Tripura. The border state emerged as an island of peace in the otherwise violence-prone Northeastern India with no incident of militancy reported in 2016- and also topped India's literacy map with a nearly 97 per cent rate, beating Kerala at 94 per cent. On the political front, …
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December 23, 2016 -
No mayhem on salary day in Tripura
The crowds at banks and ATMs in Tripura on Thursday, the first salary day after demonetisation, was not as massive as feared by many. Bank officials in Agartala said a large number of employees withdrew some money in advance from their accounts fearing a huge rush on the first of December. “We have received and …
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December 1, 2016