AGARTALA: GRP (Government Railway Police) detained a youth from Bihar with cough syrup bottles worth Rs 2 lakh, police said. According to police sources, the accused was intercepted by GRP personnel, who recovered a substantial quantity of cough syrup, believed to be intended for illegal sale or use as an intoxicant substitute, from his possession. […]
AGARTALA: The Agartala Press Journalist Club on the occasion of International Sports Journalists’ Day distributed accidental insurance policies among sports journalists and sports photojournalists here, in a programme attended by senior dignitaries including a state minister and an Olympian. Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Tinku Roy and Padma Shri gymnast Dipa Karmakar were among
AGARTALA: The Tripura Government Teachers’ Association (TGTA, H.B. Road) and the Tripura Teachers’ Association (TTA, H.B. Road) have jointly called a press conference to announce a teachers’ march and rally in Agartala on July 5, demanding exemption of senior teachers from the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), following a recent Supreme Court verdict affecting them. The
AGARTALA: The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), Tripura State Committee, on Thursday submitted a deputation to the Health Department demanding a six-point charter, raising strong objections to the state government’s recent decision to ban private practice for doctors. In its memorandum, AIDWA said it was observing “with deep concern” that the government’s order had
AGARTALA: The Department of Social Welfare and Social Education organised an awareness programme at Town Hall here on the occasion of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, bringing together senior state officials and dignitaries to highlight the fight against substance abuse. The event was attended by Social Welfare and Social Education Minister
MOHANPUR: A surprise inspection drive by the Mohanpur sub-divisional administration on Thursday uncovered irregularities at a ration shop and a school under Bijoynagar Gram Panchayat, prompting the SDM to announce that official action would be taken. Led by Mohanpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate Santanu Bikash Das, the inspection team visited multiple ration shops, anganwadi centres, and schools
AGARTALA: The SUCI(C) on Thursday submitted a deputation to the Director of Health Services, raising an eight-point charter of demands, including the upgradation of infrastructure at GBP Hospital, the state’s premier medical facility. Party representatives handed over the memorandum highlighting long-standing infrastructural gaps at the hospital, which serves as the primary referral centre for patients
AGARTALA: Left Front leaders on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the state government over alleged failures in healthcare, power supply, law and order, and welfare delivery, demanding immediate corrective action. Addressing a press conference, Left Front convener and former Power Minister Manik Dey said the ban on private practice for GBP Hospital doctors had
GANGANAGAR: Three minor girls from Niyamjoy Para under Ganganagar police station in Dhalai district have been safely rescued from Gujarat after allegedly being trafficked on the pretext of job offers, police said. According to police sources, the girls were allegedly taken out of the state by Mukesh Reang, a youth from the same locality, who
AGARTALA: In yet another major crackdown on drug trafficking, Railway Police recovered a huge consignment of Escoph (codeine-based cough syrup) at Agartala Railway Station, officials said. According to railway police, the narcotics were being smuggled through a parcel booking, marking the latest in a series of drug hauls at the station. The black-market value of
