TELIAMURA: A family living in Chakmaghat Camp under Krishnapur Assembly Constituency has alleged years of deprivation from basic welfare benefits, with the wife of daily wage labourer Paresh Debbarma claiming that money was demanded to convert their APL ration card into a BPL or Antyodaya card. The family, comprising four members, lives in a dilapidated […]
GOMATI: Health Secretary Kiran Gitte on Tuesday inspected the Gomati District Hospital, reviewing the facility’s infrastructure and healthcare services. During the visit, the Health Secretary is understood to have assessed various departments of the hospital, including patient care facilities, availability of medical staff, and essential equipment, as part of efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery in
AGARTALA: Dr. Vishal Kumar, District Magistrate & Collector of West Tripura, addressed a press conference on Self-Enumeration in connection with the Census of India-2027, held at the Conference Hall of the DM & Collector’s Office here. The press conference was organised to brief media representatives on the self-enumeration process, a key component of the upcoming
AGARTALA: Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Tuesday informed that the state government has collected Rs 35 crore in revenue through traffic challans, underlining the administration’s push for stricter enforcement of traffic rules. Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day workshop for police officials, the Minister said the government’s objective goes beyond revenue collection, with a
SABROOM: The death of a 15-year-old girl under suspicious circumstances in the Chhotokhil Bijoynagar area under Sabroom Police Station has prompted a police and forensic investigation. The deceased has been identified as Apsara Garh, a Class X student of Bijoynagar High School and daughter of Sukanta Garh. Police said news of the unnatural death was
DHARMANAGAR: Security concerns have gripped this North Tripura town after allegations surfaced that all of the roughly 94 CCTV cameras installed across the area have remained non-functional for the past one to two months, coinciding with a reported rise in theft incidents. The cameras, installed at key junctions, markets, government offices, hospitals, and crowded public
AGARTALA: A district-level review meeting of the Animal Resource Development (ARD), Scheduled Castes Welfare (SC&W), and Fisheries departments was held on Tuesday at the Conference Hall of the State Guest House (Sonar Tori) here, in the presence of ARD & Dairy Development Minister Sudhangshu Das. The meeting was convened to assess the progress and implementation
AGARTALA: Sri Sri Baba Lokenath Sevashram Sangstha, Banamalipur, on Tuesday continued its annual tradition of distributing textbooks among meritorious and financially disadvantaged Class XI students from 30 schools affiliated with TBSE and CBSE boards. A total of 91 students benefited from the initiative, comprising 20 from the Science stream, 3 from Commerce, and 68 from
AGARTALA: In a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at preventing road accidents, the Tripura Traffic Police Department organised a free eye check-up camp for drivers across all categories at Nazrul Kala Kshetra on July 14. The camp was aimed at screening drivers for vision-related issues that could contribute to road mishaps, marking the first time such an
KAMALPUR: Students of Kamalpur Maharani High School staged a road blockade on the Kamalpur-Ambassa road on Tuesday morning, protesting the transfer of a teacher from the school. Scores of students sat on the roadway, halting vehicular movement for an extended period as they raised slogans demanding the transfer order be revoked. The agitation caused traffic
