Agartala, May 4 (IANS) The ruling BJP candidate Jahar Chakraborti has surged ahead in the Dharmanagar Assembly bypoll, leading by around 18,300 votes over his nearest rival, CPI(M)’s Amitabha Datta. The bye-election was held on April 9 and the vote counting is currently underway at the North Tripura district headquarters in Dharmanagar amid tight security arrangements.According to Election Commission data, Chakraborti has established a significant lead over both Datta and Congress candidate Ch…
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Agartala, April 9 (IANS) More than 79.84 per cent of the 46,142 voters exercised their vote in the bypoll for the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district on Thursday, officials said.An election official said that no major untoward incident was reported during the polling, which began at 7 a.m. across 55 polling stations in the Dharmanagar Assembly seat.Polling continued in the mixed-population Assembly constituency until 5 p.m. without any break.At a few polling stations, the…
Agartala, March 6 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said the opposition CPI-M is hoping for internal conflict within the BJP and dreaming of removing the party from power to form a Left Front government again.The Chief Minister said the present state government is working for the welfare of the people while maintaining transparency in governance.“Despite being a small state, Tripura is moving in the right direction on every parameter. The state has won 347 awards at the nation…
Agartala, Jan 19 (IANS) In a joint operation, the Tripura Police and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested two suspected arms and drug peddlers on Sunday after they arrived in Agartala on an express train, officials said. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Rati Ranjan Debnath, said on Sunday that Tripura Police personnel and RPF troops recovered a loaded pistol and around 100 bottles of banned cough syrup from the possession of two youths from Bihar after detaining them at Agartala …