DA Editorial Desk Team Chief Minister Manik Saha has once again directed officials to ensure swift resolution of public grievances, urging vigilance and a proactive approach at the administrative level. It is a familiar instruction — Saha has issued versions of it before, expressing concern in the past about delays in implementing government decisions and
DA Editorial Desk (Sara Debbarma) On 25 September, at Tripura Santiniketan Medical College & Hospital in Agartala, a new initiative called the Antyodaya Digital Mission will be formally launched, promising to bring technology-enabled healthcare, education and employment services closer to people in rural and underserved areas. The mission is the work of the Itibachak Barta
DA Editorial Desk (Dhruba Deka) On the evening of 17 September, acting on a tip received around 3:30 pm, police at Agartala’s Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport stopped four people loitering near the terminal, apparently preparing to board a flight to Guwahati. Three were women who, under preliminary questioning, admitted to being Bangladeshi nationals; the fourth,
DA Editorial Desk Team This evening, for the first time in its history, Ujjayanta Palace will glow with the light of 50,000 oil lamps lit together across its grounds. The illumination, part of the ‘Ashirvaad Ka Diya’ programme marking the opening of the state’s month-long Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, transforms the former royal residence into something
DA Editorial Desk (Sara Debbarma) The Centre has clarified this week that the 2027 Census will not publish separate statistics for the ‘Tripura’ tribe or its mother tongue, despite a formal representation from the state’s own Directorate of Census Operations seeking exactly that. The reasoning offered by the Registrar General’s office is procedural and, on
DA Editorial Desk (Dhruba Deka) On Thursday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned a year older, Agartala’s Pragna Bhavan filled with donors, syringes and goodwill. A mega blood donation camp, organised by the 5 Tripura Battalion NCC in collaboration with the West Tripura District Administration, drew Chief Minister Manik Saha and BJP national general secretary
DA Editorial Desk Team Tripura shares an 856-kilometre international border with Bangladesh, of which roughly 80 per cent has been fenced — much of it built more than fifteen years ago and now showing its age against riverine erosion and difficult terrain. Against this backdrop, the pilot project now underway in Sepahijala district, using sensors
DA Editorial Desk (Sara Debbarma) From 15 October, a modest 0.4 per cent fee will apply to certain UPI payments made by customers to merchants above ₹2,000. Predictably, this has already been seized upon by some as evidence that India’s celebrated “free” digital payments era is ending. It is worth setting the panic aside and
DA Editorial Desk (Dhruba Deka) There is a familiar rhythm to how a chunk of the Western press covers BRICS: the summit convenes, the group’s internal diversity is treated as proof of dysfunction, the joint declaration is dismissed as toothless, and India’s leadership — this year as summit host — is framed as “controversial” rather
DA Editorial Desk Team A high-level Ministry of Home Affairs delegation is expected in Agartala this week to review progress on implementing the Tripura Accord — the tripartite agreement meant to address long-standing concerns of the state’s indigenous population. The visit follows closely on a meeting in Delhi involving Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief
