Train services resume in terror-hit south AssamAGARTALA/GUWAHATI - Train services resumed after nearly two months on militancy-hit Lumding-Badarpur rail section which connects southern Assam and three other northeastern states to the rest of the country, officials said here Thursday. Tripura gives Rs.5 mn to cyclone-hit West BengalAGARTALA - Tripura Tuesday decided to give Rs.5 million to cyclone-hit West Bengal to help in the relief relief efforts. Congress wins Bardwali, BJP wins Kapkot by-pollsAGARTALA/ UTTARAKHAND - The Congress has won the by-polls in the Bardwali assembly constituency in Tripura. Congress defeats Forward Bloc in key Tripura by-pollAGARTALA - The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front in Tripura suffered a major setback Monday, losing the important by-election to the Town Bordowali assembly constituency to the Congress. ONGC to use Bangladesh waterways to transport machineryAGARTALA - Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow India to use its waterways to transport heavy machines for Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) upcoming 740-MW power project in Tripura, officials said here Friday. Tripura by-election held peacefullyAGARTALA - Over 82 percent of the 29,705 electorate cast their votes Thursday in the politically important by-election to the Town Bordowali assembly constituency in Tripura, officials here said. Assam asked to step up security in terror-hit regionGUWAHATI/AGARTALA - The central government has asked the Assam government to step up security along the Lumding-Badarpur rail section in the North Cachar Hills district after repeated attacks by militants on trains. Self-help groups bring self-reliance among Tripura womenAGARTALA - Women members elected to the village council in Tripura have taken a lead in paving the way for a large number of poor women to become self-reliant. People in north-east have high hopes from their MP Manmohan SinghIMPHAL/KOHIMA/AGARTALA - The recently concluded Parliament elections, which elicited the participation of over 65 percent voters, have raised the hopes of the people that the region will be given special attention by the centre. Tripura tribal woman’s effort to revive traditional weaving artAGARTALA - A tribal woman makes serious effort to revive the dying tribal art of loin loom weaving of ‘Chakma’ tribe in Tripura. UPA must bring us development, peace, says northeastAGARTALA/GUWAHATI - Economic stimuli and peace - that’s what India’s restive northeastern region is looking for as the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government begins its second term at the centre. Tripura gets new chief secretaryAGARTALA - Barely a week after the Lok Sabha election result, the Left Front government in Tripura Friday appointed a new chief secretary, officials here said. UPA must bring development to northeast: Tripura CPI-MAGARTALA - The victorious Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) must initiate development and provide security in the northeast, the Communist Party of India (CPI-M) which is in power in Tripura said here Wednesday. ‘Bengal model’ to oust Left in Tripura: CongressAGARTALA - The Congress will apply the ‘Bengal model and strategies’ in Tripura to oust the Left Front government from this northeastern state, party leaders said here Tuesday. Poll reverses may affect Communist movement in India: Tripura CPI-M chiefAGARTALA - The electoral reverses suffered by the Left parties in their traditional bastions of West Bengal and Kerala may affect the Communist movement in the whole country, a senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader said here Sunday. Congress, Trinamool to jointly fight Left Front in TripuraAGARTALA - After West Bengal, the Congress and Trinamool Congress Monday formed an alliance in Tripura to fight against the ruling Left Front in a key by-election. Left’s strength will remain intact in Bengal: SarkarAGARTALA - Tripura Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Manik Sarkar is confident that the party’s strength in its citadel West Bengal would remain intact despite the Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance. Agartala civic body to crack down on ‘water thieves’AGARTALA - Faced with a serious water crisis the past few months, the Agartala civic body has decided to crack down on ‘water thieves’ and has ‘identified’ 12 people, including a police official, a professor, doctors and senior bureaucrats, for the ‘crime’, an official said Tuesday. IBCCI delegation explores investment opportunities in TripuraAGARTALA - A ten-member business delegation comprising of members of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) recently met here to discuss the possibilities to explore bilateral trade potential and industrial investment opportunities in the state. Paramount Airways connects east, northeastern cities with southern IndiaAGARTALA - Chennai-based Paramount Airways has launched its operations Monday connecting the eastern and northeastern region with the southern Indian cities. Armed forces get special powers in Tripura for six months moreAGARTALA - Tripura’s Left Front government has extended for another six months the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958 (AFSPA), providing special powers to paramilitary troopers to curb separatist activity in the region, officials here said Monday. India fully equipped to deal with infiltration: BSF chiefAGARTALA - Indian security forces are fully equipped to deal with any armed infiltration bid from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) M.L. Kumawat Saturday said here Saturday. Tripura registers record 84 percent pollingAGARTALA - Tripura has registered a record 84 percent polling in Thursday’s parliamentary elections to two Lok Sabha constituencies, officials said here Friday. By-election to Tripura assembly seat May 28AGARTALA - The Election Commission Friday announced by-election to the Bordowali assembly seat in western Tripura May 28. Heavy turnout, peaceful Lok Sabha polls in TripuraAGARTALA - Voting to elect two Lok Sabha members from the northeastern state of Tripura ended peacefully Thursday evening with more than 75 percent people exercising their franchise. 55 percent polling by noon in TripuraAGARTALA - Polling in Tripura has so far been peaceful with 55 per cent of the 20,82,205 voters casting their votes by noon in the single phase of polling in of the two Lok Sabha constituencies. Gates on India-Bangladesh border fence open for Tripura votersAGARTALA - The gates on the barbed wire fence along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura would remain open till the balloting ends to enable all voters to exercise their franchise, an official said here Thursday. Polling for two Tripura Lok Sabha seats begins amid tight securityAGARTALA - Polling for two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura began Thursday morning amid tight security and air surveillance by military helicopters. Polling hits banking services in TripuraAGARTALA - Banking services had to be curtailed in Tripura after the Election Commission appointed a large number of bank employees to conduct the Lok Sabha election Thursday, an official here said. Voting for Lok Sabha polls begins in TripuraAGARTALA - Polling for the two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura began Thursday morning amid tight security and air surveillances by military helicopters, officials said. |
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