Kolkata/Agartala, March 22 (IANS) A retired jawan of Tripura’s elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR) has stepped into the political arena, actively participating in the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections.A former Rifleman (General Duty) of the TSR, Tarak Saha’s entry into the electoral battle marks a notable transition from a disciplined life in uniform to the dynamic and challenging world of politics.Saha, who opted for voluntary retirement from the TSR in 2019, is contesting from Swarupnaga…
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Agartala, March 21 (IANS) The elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR), which has previously carried out election-related duties in more than 12 states, will be deployed in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam, officials said here on Saturday.A senior Tripura Police official said that, following a request from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), ten TSR companies, comprising 778 personnel, will be sent to poll-bound West Bengal and Assam to provide security before and during the Asse…
Agartala, Feb 21 (IANS) The cross-border bus service linking Agartala, Dhaka and Kolkata is likely to resume soon on a regular basis, bringing to an end a suspension that lasted for over a year, officials said on Saturday. Government-owned Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) Vice-Chairman Samar Roy said that trial runs of the Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata bus service commenced on Saturday. He added that the schedule for regular operations would be announced on February 28 after assessing the outc…
Agartala, Jan 30 (IANS) The Assam Rifles and other security forces, in a joint operation, destroyed illicit ganja (marijuana) cultivation worth Rs 27 crore in Tripura, officials said on Friday. A Defence Spokesman said that Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with Tripura Police, State Forest Department, Border Security Force and Tripura State Rifles carried out a major operation against illicit drug cultivation in Kamalnagar and Bijoynagar areas, around 48 km south of Agartala, in Sepahijala dis…
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) With the situation improving, the district administration on Monday lifted the suspension of internet and mobile data services in Tripura’s Kumarghat subdivision of Unakoti district, while the prohibitory order under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was relaxed and restricted only to vulnerable areas, officials said. A senior police official said that so far, 11 persons from both communities have been arrested in connection with the clashes that broke out o…
Agartala, Jan 11 (IANS) A day after clashes broke out between two communities over the collection of subscriptions for a local fair, the situation remained tense but calm in the Kumarghat subdivision of Tripura’s Unakoti district on Sunday, police said.A senior police official in Agartala said that the police on Saturday detained 10 persons from both communities.The official added that on Sunday, the police arrested seven of the detainees and presented them at a local court, seeking police custo…
Agartala, Jan 8 (IANS) With six lakh more ganja plants destroyed by the security forces in the latest operation, around 30 lakh marijuana plants worth Rs 145 crore have been destroyed in just 10 days in Tripura’s Sepahijala district alone, officials said on Thursday.A police spokesman said that central and state security forces in joint operations during a day-long operations until late Wednesday evening destroyed approximately six lakh young ganja plants cultivated in 65 plots of lands over a…
Agartala, Jan 4 (IANS) Security forces in Tripura, in two separate operations, have destroyed over 23 lakh ganja (marijuana) plants worth around Rs 108 crore in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, officials said on Sunday. A police official said that personnel of the Tripura Police, Tripura State Rifles (TSR), Border Security Force (BSF), Forest Department and Excise Department, in two separate operations, destroyed more than 23 lakh ganja plants spread over 414 acres of mountainous land in Sepahijal…
Agartala, Dec 27 (IANS) Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker and four-time MLA Biswa Bandhu Sen, who passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Friday after undergoing medical treatment for over four-and-a-half months, will be cremated with full state honours at his hometown Dharmanagar on Sunday.Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath said that Sen’s mortal remains were brought to Agartala from Bengaluru on Saturday and then taken to the Tripura Legislative Assemb…
Agartala, Dec 23 (IANS) A day after the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission (AHC) in Agartala announced the indefinite suspension of visa and consular services, the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), an ally of the ruling BJP in Tripura, on Tuesday warned that it would not allow the reopening of the diplomatic mission until attacks and atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh are stopped. In a notification issued, the First Secretary and Head of Commission of the Bangladesh AHC in Agartala, S. M. Alma…