As the date for vital assembly election is fast approaching surrendered militant organization under the banner of Deprived Returnees Movement Committee (DRMC) has again threatened to go for indefinite blockade of the National Highway if their demands are not fulfilled.
The agitators raised that due to the government’s policy of non-recruitment of those who have successfully completed their two years diploma course of Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) during the last seven years, at present more than 1000 are unemployed and soon many are going to be overage who can no more apply for government jobs.
Normal life was paralyzed in Dhalai, Unokoti, and the northern districts of Tripura as a 24-hour bandh call was given by Congress in support of its 16-point charter of demand
Senior Congress leaders including Sudip Roy Barman, Asish Kumar Saha, Gopal Roy and Szarita Laitphlang were present in the joining program occasion on the celebration of birthday of Sachidananda Lal Singh, the first Chief Minister of Tripura who was also from the grand old party.
Four youths accused of gang rape of a school girl after kidnapping her a day ago in North Tripura district were arrested on Saturday
The agitators demanded the recruitment of all 3631 TET qualified for the year 2021 together and before the coming Durga Puja celebrations because many would soon become overage and remain deprived of getting any government jobs after that.
Even though two years and seven months have elapsed since the signing of the four-cornered agreement meant to settle 37,000 Brus who were originally displaced from Mizoram, the fate of some 2,500 families settled in camps in Tripura remains uncertain as the deadline for their settlement ends on August 31 next.
On August 15, ULFA (I) said, there will be a shutdown from midnight to 6 pm. However, "emergency departments, media, and religious activities" are being exempted.
The Congress stormed the streets in Agartala as hundreds of its supporters participated in a statewide protest on August 5 (Friday) against the BJP government at the centre and in the state, mainly on three issues: price rise; unemployment, GST on essential commodities, and the Agnipath Scheme.
At least six insurgents including two collaborators of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) Biswamohan (BM) faction on Friday surrendered before the Tripura Police with firearms.
Most of the filling stations capital are empty and have no-petrol and no-diesel placards posted since fuel tankers from Assam are regularly unable to come due to bad road conditions at a few spots of the under-repair Assam-Agartala national highway in Tripura.
The finance department of Tripura government organised a workshop on Government e-Market or GeM at Agartala Town Hall on Wednesday (August 3) to popularise the digital platform for procurement in the government sector besides creating awareness about the new functionaries.
Election Commission kickstarts preparations for Tripura Village Committee Polls amid squabble between BJP and the Opposition
With just seven months left for the next assembly elections of Tripura, the BJP-led government on Tuesday evening announced release of five percent Dearness Allowance (DA) to government employees and filling up of vacant posts in various government departments.
Clash erupted during the Congress Joining programme and several BJP supporters were injured in the Sepahijala district of Tripura
Congress-affiliated National Student Union of India (NSUI) on August 1 protested against the shortage of teachers in the state and tried to surround the official residence of Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha when they were detained by the state police and taken to the local police grounds.
Tripura police seized dry marijuana meant to be smuggled outside the state and two suspected members of a drug ring, including one from Bihar, were arrested on Sunday
The youth wing of the All India Trinamool Congress on Sunday took out a protest procession in Tripura’s capital, Agartala, against the union government’s recent decision to slap Goods and Services Tax (GST) on essential commodities, including products of rice and milk.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) Tripura unit demonstrated a state-wide road block protest on Sunday amidst a nationwide call for ‘chakka jam’ given by the national SKM, an umbrella body of farmer unions of the country.
Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Saturday launched the newly introduced ‘Tripureswari Premium Tea’ packet, branded by the Tripura Tea Development Corporation (TTDC).
The Election Commission of India has taken an initiative of linking Electors Photo Identification Card (EPIC) of 27 lakh voters of Tripura with their AADHAR card.
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