AGARTALA: The Doctors’ Teachers’ Forum has strongly criticised the Health Secretary over remarks allegedly made against the medical fraternity, with the forum’s president, Dr. Tapan Majumder, stating that the comments have struck at the dignity and honour of doctors across the state. Dr. Majumder reportedly said that the Health Secretary’s statement was unbecoming of a […]
India has deployed a 41‑member specialised medical contingent from the 60 Parachute Field Ambulance to Venezuela after the South American nation was struck by two devastating earthquakes, reinforcing India’s growing reputation as a global first responder in humanitarian crises. The deployment follows twin quakes — a rare doublet measuring 7.2 and 7.5 — that caused
AGARTALA: A discussion meeting on the significance of the ongoing teachers’-employees’ movement was held at Student Health Home here, organised at the call of the Tripura Karmachari Samannay Committee, H.B. Road. The meeting drew the participation of Subhash Lamba, President of the All India State Government Employees’ Federation, along with other senior leaders and representatives
GANDACHERRA: A horrific case of filicide has sent shockwaves through Ultachhara ADC Village under Gandacherra subdivision, after a man allegedly beat his two young children to death in a fit of drunken rage on Saturday morning. The accused, identified as Lalchuanama Bru, a resident of the Bru Settlement Camp area, reportedly returned home in a
CHARILAM: In a stark illustration of the lack of basic infrastructure in rural Tripura, residents of Puranbari area under Charilam have been forced to carry the bodies of their deceased across a river on foot to reach the local cremation ground, due to the complete absence of a motorable road. Visuals from the area show
Teachers and students at Arjun Prasad Rowaja Para SB School, located in Golsingpara village under Poangbari Block in South Tripura, have long been suffering from various infrastructural problems. The school has no boundary wall around its premises. Additionally, the tin roofing of the school building has deteriorated, causing rainwater to leak into classrooms during the
CHARILAM: A complaint has surfaced against an anganwadi worker at the North Lalsingmura New Colony Anganwadi Centre under Charilam Block, with local residents alleging that she habitually reports to duty well past the official start time. According to area residents, Alka Debnath, the centre’s caregiver, allegedly arrives at her workplace after 9 am every day,
AGARTALA: The 43rd Annual General Meeting of the Tripura State Co-operative Bank Limited was held on Saturday at Nazrul Kalakshetra here, drawing senior government officials and banking dignitaries. Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy and Cooperatives Minister Shulka Charan Noatia attended the event as guests of honour, alongside Co-operative Bank Chairman Nagadhiraj Dutta and other senior
AGARTALA: Residents of Ghoshpara, under Booth No. 58 in Aralia’s Ward No. 27, have raised a fresh complaint over the deplorable condition of their road, alleging that local councillor Subhash Bhowmik has failed to act despite repeated appeals. The grievance comes amid a growing pattern of complaints surfacing against ward councillors across the city, not
AGARTALA: Former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, along with senior CPI(M) leaders, today visited the residence of Shubhrajit Chowdhury, who succumbed to injuries at GB Hospital yesterday, two days after a devastating explosion ripped through a flat in the Ramnagar No. 4 area. The CPI(M) delegation called on Chowdhury’s grieving wife, mother, and other family members
