The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council was conceived with a clear purpose: to give the state’s tribal communities greater control over their own governance, land, culture, and development. Established under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, the TTAADC covers nearly two-thirds of Tripura’s geographical area and remains one of the most significant instruments of […]
Tripura has made real strides in education over the past two decades. Literacy rates have climbed steadily, more young people are completing higher secondary school, and enrolment in colleges and universities across the state continues to grow. Yet this progress sits alongside a persistent and uncomfortable reality: a large number of educated youth in the
Every few months, India is reminded — often through images of tractors on highways or farmers camped outside state capitals — that the country’s agricultural heartland remains in distress. The scenes vary: sometimes it is protests over minimum support prices (MSP), sometimes it is farmer suicides reported in Vidarbha or Bundelkhand, and sometimes it is
Agartala: TIPRA Motha MLA Ranjit Debbarma has cautioned that the party’s alliance with the BJP could come under review if the Centre fails to take concrete steps towards implementing the Tiprasa Accord, signalling continued unease within the ruling coalition over unmet indigenous demands. Speaking in Agartala, Debbarma said party founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarma, popularly known
Manu: A passenger travelling towards Agartala died on board a train on Monday, forcing family members to disembark midway at Manu station along with the body, according to sources. Details of the deceased, including identity and cause of death, could not be immediately confirmed. Railway authorities are said to have been alerted after the passenger’s
New Delhi/Agartala: Former Tripura Chief Minister and current MP Biplab Kumar Deb has been appointed as one of the BJP’s national general secretaries, as part of a major organisational reshuffle unveiled by party president Nitin Nabin on Monday. The new central team includes 13 national vice presidents, eight national general secretaries and 16 national secretaries,
Agartala: CPI(M) workers under the Sadar Sub-Division Committee took out a protest march from Uttar Gate to the office of the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) on Monday, raising slogans against a proposed hike in electricity tariffs and demanding the resignation of the Power Minister. Party workers, carrying banners and placards, also demanded the
By DA Newsdesk Agartala, Aug 17: Amid allegations of political colour being given by the opposition to a recent market eviction drive near Nandannagar Don Bosco School, representatives of a BJP-affiliated tribal organisation met Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) Mayor Deepak Majumder on Monday and urged him to personally visit the site to assess the ground
By DA Newsdesk Bishramganj, Aug 17: A fish trader was allegedly attacked, robbed and assaulted by four unidentified persons while returning home after attending a Padma Purana recitation late Sunday night, police said. The victim, identified as Bikash Dutta of South Charilam, was reportedly waylaid around 12:30 am at the junction of South Charilam and
By DA Newsdesk Amtali, Aug 17: The body of an unidentified young man was recovered from Sekerkote Malabati Tea Garden on Monday morning, triggering concern in the locality, police said. According to local sources, residents spotted the body hanging from a tree in a wooded stretch beside the road near the railway bridge and alerted
