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AGARTALA: Dudhu Miah, a matriculate govt schoolteacher, lost his job in March 2020 during a high court-ordered scrutiny of 10,000-odd recruitments across rural Tripura. This week, he reclaimed his pride and dignity by clearing the Class 12 board exam — an achievement made sweeter by the fact that his daughter Ruma Akter was the other…
AGARTALA: Two suspected Bangladeshi smugglers were killed when BSF jawans fired at them in self-defence along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura’s Sepahijala Friday night. The incident took place near Kamalasagar border outpost, an area known for smuggling activities allegedly aided by villagers on both sides of the border. According to sources, a BSF patrol spotted…
Agartala: Tripura forest minister Animesh Debbarma, an MLA from Tipra Motha, filed a defamation suit against fellow party MLA Ranjit Debbarma, intensifying the discontent between ruling BJP and its coalition partner Tipra Motha.The case was submitted to the Agartala judicial magistrate court, stemming from alleged defamatory remarks made by Ranjit during the campaign for the…
Agartala: At least six police personnel, including SP (Sepahijala) Bijoy Debbarma, sustained injuries during a violent confrontation with supporters of Tipra Motha Party at Lampraikami in Takarjala on Friday.The situation escalated when police attempted to disperse Motha supporters who had assembled at BJP candidate Nirmal Debbarma’s house, reportedly with the intent to vandalise the property.The…
Agartala: Tripura CM Manik Saha on Wednesday launched the campaign for the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).He led a major roadshow at Khumulwng, the ADC headquarters, which witnessed enthusiastic participation from tribal communities. Under the banner “Empowering Janajati, Empowering Tripura”, the event drew large crowds. Oil Fears, Market Slide…
The live-in partner of the 19-year-old student from Tripura poured sanitiser on her private parts and burned them after holding her captive for three days at a paying guest (PG) accommodation. GURGAON: The live-in partner of the 19-year-old student from Tripura poured sanitiser on her private parts and burned them after holding her captive for…
A 19-year-old BSc Biotechnology student from Tripura is battling severe injuries at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital after her live-in partner allegedly poured sanitiser on her private parts and set them on fire at their rented accommodation in Sector 69. GURGAON: A 19-year-old university student has alleged that her live-in partner poured sanitiser on her private parts…
AGARTALA: Five persons suffered minor injuries and at least four shops were set ablaze after an unruly mob turned violent in the Shimultala area of Fatikroy in Tripura’s Unakoti district on Saturday, following an alleged attempt to extort money from a truck driver carrying timber.A large contingent of police, TSR, Assam Rifles and CRPF personnel…
DEHRADUN: The family of Anjel Chakma, the young Tripura native killed in Dehradun earlier this month, pushed back sharply against the city police chief’s public dismissal of racial slurs as a motive behind the murder – a claim central to the family’s version of events and backed, they say, by the firsthand account of Anjel’s…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday spoke to Tarun Prasad Chakma, the father of 24-year-old Tripura student Anjel Chakma, who was brutally murdered in an alleged racial crime in Dehradun earlier this month, and assured him of strict punishment against the culprits. He also told him that a special team has been…
