Tripura

CPI(M) MLA, former Cong MLA join BJP ahead of Tripura polls

Move is expected to give BJP a big boost ahead of the upcoming assembly elections on February 16

Tripura to vote on Feb 16; Nagaland & Meghalaya go to polls on Feb 27

The Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday announced the dates of polling for the three North Eastern states. Tripura will go to polls on February 16. Nagaland and Meghalaya will vote on February 27. The counting of votes will take place on March 2. The notifications for the polls will be issued on January […]

Mukul Wasnik named senior observer for Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland

The Congress on Monday appointed observers for the upcoming assembly elections in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland early next year, with party MP Mukul Wasnik being named senior observer for the three states. The development comes after Mukul Wasnik stepped down as in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, the Congress on Monday appointed observers for the upcoming assembly […]

BJP Is A Party Of Workers, Not Of A Particular Family: Anurag Thakur

  SHIMLA: Anurag Thakur, Union minister of sports, youth affairs and minister of information and broadcasting, on Saturday asserted that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a party of workers and not of a particular family. Thakur’s comments came while interacting with the media at BJYM national executive meet in Dharamshala. His comments came on the […]

Tripura’s Popular CM Biplab Resigns, Party May Ask Him To Fortify Cadre As State Chief

NEW DELHI:  Tripura chief minister Biplab Dev, also the first by the BJP in this hill state, on Saturday resigned as the state head, triggering an immediate meeting of party’s legislators led by Union minister Bhupendra Yadav and MP Vinod Tawde, both of whom were rushed to oversee the election of new leader. The meeting […]

At Rs 5/day, 34,000 Bru Tribals Survived For 25 years In Tripura; Now, Hopes Revive

KANCHANPUR/AMBASSA(TRIPURA): At 35, Govinda Bru, a father of three kids, and a member of vulnerable tribal group from Mizoram, had almost lost hope of living a dignified life in Tripura’s Ashapara, a poor suburb in a hilly terrain. He belongs to a community of 37,000 such Bru tribals, also known as Reangs, who left Mizoram […]

Cleanest Since World War 2, This Tripura Village Of Mizos With No Livestock Wants PM To See It

VANGHMUN (JAMPUI): With his one leg resting on a bench in a garden full of orchirds, lillies, daisies and other bright flowers, Lallianngena Sailo looks at complete ease as he chops bamboo into small logs to make a step-ladder out of it. The quaint settings of lovely Jampui hills — a block in North Tripura […]

TRIPURA EXPOSE: Govt Land Claimed As Mosque, Witnesses Say Never Saw Namazis; 21-Day Delayed Plaint Punches Holes In Arson Theory

PANISAGAR/ROWA (North Tripura): On a winding street dotted with a dense cover of rubber and betel nut trees, two shrines, a temple and mosque, stand right adjacent to each other near Regional College of Physical Education (RCPE) in in Panisagar in North Tripura. Both of these places have clear inscriptions on them that read: Built by 94 Central […]