Agartala, Feb 12 (IANS) The nationwide shutdown called by several central trade unions on Thursday failed to evoke much response in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Tripura, with normal life largely unaffected across the state. A police official said that daily activities remained normal in most parts of Tripura. Around 225 bandh supporters were detained from different districts for organising picketing and were later released. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the state, …
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Agartala, Jan 7 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition and CPI (M) Tripura state Secretary Jitendra Chaudhury on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Manik Saha, accusing him of repeatedly spreading “falsehoods and baseless propaganda” against the Left party to divert attention from growing infighting within the BJP-Tipra Motha Party (TMP) ruling alliance. Chaudhury, also a CPI (M) Politburo member, alleged that the Chief Minister Saha was misusing a constitutional office and behavin…
Agartala, Jan 4 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Tripura Assembly and CPI-M Politburo member Jitendra Chaudhury on Sunday demanded that one member of the family of Angel Chakma, who was brutally assaulted in Dehradun and later succumbed to his injuries, be provided a government job.Chaudhury, who is also the state secretary of the CPI(M), on Saturday visited Chakma’s residence at Machmara in Tripura’s Unakoti district and strongly criticised the handling of the case by the Uttara…
Agartala, Dec 26 (IANS) Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker and four-time MLA Biswa Bandhu Sen passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Friday after undergoing medical treatment for over four months. He was 72. Sen, a Congress turned BJP leader, is survived by his wife, one son and a daughter.The Tripura government has declared three days of state mourning from Friday as a mark of respect to the departed leader.During the period of state mourning (December 26 to 28), the National Flag …