Agartala, May 25 (IANS) Tripura Police on Monday arrested four police personnel, including an Inspector and a woman Sub-Inspector, in connection with the alleged tampering and irregularities involving seized narcotic substances in the state’s Khowai district, officials said.An official said that the arrested police personnel include Inspector Ajit Debbarma, Sub-Inspectors Rajendra Reang and Sampa Das, and Assistant Sub-Inspector (Special Branch) Sachindra Debbarma.All the accused personnel wer…
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Agartala, April 4 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, after visiting the house of an elderly woman who was trampled to death by a wild elephant in the state’s Khowai district early on Saturday, said the state government would do whatever possible to help the affected tribal family. The incident took place at Jumbari village under Teliamura subdivision in Khowai district when the victim, identified as 70-year-old Manimala Debbarma, was attacked by a wild elephant in the courtyard of he…
Agartala, April 4 (IANS) An elderly woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Tripura’s Khowai district early on Saturday, sparking unrest in the affected area.The incident took place at Jumbari village under Teliamura subdivision when the victim, identified as Manimala Debbarma, 70, was attacked in the courtyard of her house in the early hours of the day, officials said.The victim’s son, Ajit Debbarma, said the elephant suddenly attacked his mother early on Saturday, fatally injuring …
Agartala, March 30 (IANS) The government of Tripura is set to implement comprehensive security measures to ensure the peaceful and smooth conduct of the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) and the by-election in the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency, officials said on Monday. The 30-member TTAADC, which includes 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, will go to the polls on April 12.Meanwhile, the by-election …
Agartala, Jan 25 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), seized a large quantity of highly addictive methamphetamine tablets, valued at over Rs 16 crore, in Tripura and arrested the driver of the vehicle in which they were being carried, officials said on Sunday. A defence spokesman said that the operation was launched late on Saturday night based on specific intelligence inputs regarding drug trafficking activities in Tripura’s Khowai …
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) Tripura Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath, on Monday, flagged off a consignment of 15,000 scented lemons from the Agartala Railway Station to Kolkata, marking another milestone in the state’s expanding organic farming sector. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that although scented lemons from Tripura had earlier been sent outside the state, this consignment was exported through the Tripura State Organic Farming Development Agency in collab…