DA Editorial Desk | Sara Debbarma Agartala residents now have a new way to complain. This week Chief Minister Manik Saha launched a WhatsApp-based grievance system with AI-driven responses, with the stated aim of making the city a “zero-complaint” area. According to one government account, residents can register complaints, track their resolution and give feedback
DA Editorial Desk | Dhruba Deka Hardly had Tripura finished counting its Village Committee votes when the next test arrived. The State Election Commission has begun preparations for elections to 21 urban local bodies: the Agartala Municipal Corporation, 13 municipal councils and seven nagar panchayats. They cover about nine lakh residents, more than four lakh
Two days of protests in the capital have pushed a technical dispute into the streets. On 6 October, opposition MPs tried to march from Parliament House to the Election Commission’s headquarters. Police stopped them, saying no permission had been given, and some leaders who refused to leave the Akashvani Bhavan premises were detained. On 7
DA Editorial Desk | Sara Debbarma Tripura has a problem that many states would envy: investors want to come. The Destination Tripura Business Conclave drew proposals worth roughly Rs 1.32 lakh crore, and several delegates have since asked the government for land. The difficulty is that the state has very little to give. Chief Minister
DA Editorial Desk | Dhruba Deka Promises made to a people are tested not on the day they are signed but on the day they are due. In March 2024, the Centre, the Tripura government and the Tipra Motha Party put their names to the Tiprasa Accord. It was presented as a path to a
DA Editorial Team Few questions in Indian politics carry as much weight as how many seats each state gets in Parliament. Delimitation, the redrawing of constituencies, sounds like a technical exercise. In reality it decides who speaks, and how loudly, in the country’s highest forum. The government’s first attempt ended in failure. The Delimitation Bill
DA Editorial Desk | Sara Debbarma Politics rarely offers a stranger sequence than the one Tripura has just witnessed. On 5 October, the Tipra Motha Party swept the Village Committee elections in the tribal areas, winning 3,428 seats on its own. A day later, its supremo, Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, announced that he would quit
DA Editorial Desk | Dhruba Deka Democracy is measured not only by who wins, but by how many citizens got the chance to choose. By that yardstick, the Village Committee elections in Tripura’s tribal areas deserve both celebration and caution. Of the 4,597 seats in 587 Village Committees, 1,644 were filled without a single ballot
DA Editorial Team The Village Committee results from the tribal council areas of Tripura leave little room for ambiguity. The BJP-Tipra Motha alliance secured 4,320 seats, with Tipra Motha winning 3,428, the BJP 859 and the IPFT 33. Of the 4,597 seats at stake, the opposition was left with scraps. The hills have spoken, and
DA Editorial Desk | Sara Debbarma Every year, thousands of young people in Tripura complete their schooling and college education with hope in their eyes. Many carry degrees in arts, science, commerce or engineering. Yet when the time comes to find a livelihood, a large number discover that the local job market has little room
