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Bangladeshi smuggler held with 1.2 kg gold at Agartala airport
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Singarbil (Tripura) [India], August 3 (ANI): A Bangladeshi citizen has been apprehended in Agartala airport while trying to smuggle large quantity of gold to Kolkata, said the senior official of Airport Authority of India.
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Jhum farmer gets vocational training in Tripura
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 21 (ANI): Tribal communities in Tripura have for long practiced jhum or shifting cultivation, a traditional method where forests are slashed and burnt to create land for agriculture.
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BJP workers put up Ghreao outside Tripura CM's residence to protest a
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India] July 18 (ANI): At the end of the 48 hour ultimatum given by people in Tripura, some BJP workers staged a peaceful protest outside the house of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for failing to end the ongoing indefinite blockade of the national highway and railways in the
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Cracks in TMC visible with six MLAs voting for Kovind
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 17 (ANI): The cracks in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are wide in open, as few of the party MLAs from Tripura voted for National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Ram Nath Kovind in the Presidential election, while others backed Opposition candidate Meira Ku
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Tripura Muslims pray for world peace ahead of Eid
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 26 (ANI): Thousands of Muslims gathered at the Gedu Mia Mosque at Tripura's Agartala on the eve of Eid-Ul-Fitr to offer morning prayers to mark the end of Ramadan.
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Rose Valley scam: CBI to interrogate Tripura minister on June 29
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 24 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday issued notice to Tripura's Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Bijita Nath and asked her to be present at her Agartala residence on June 29 for interrogation.
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Tripura worse than Bihar on women safety: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 24 (ANI): Assam Finance Minister and convener of the Northeast Democratic Alliance (Neda) Himanta Biswa Sarma has charged Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar with failure to provide safety and security to women in his state.
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'Controversial' Tripura Governor's communal tweet earns bac
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday drew flak on the social media over his controversial tweet where he quoted a statement from Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee's diary entry which stated that the 'Hindu-Muslim problem won&
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Tripura's 'giant head' baby Roona no more
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 20 (ANI): Tripura-born Roona Begum, who made headlines around the world after her head swelled up to 94 centimetres (circumference) due to hydrocephalus (water on the brain), passed away last night in her home.
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Marijuana worth Rs. 2 crores destroyed in Agartala
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hapania (Tripura) [India], June 15 (ANI): In an anti-narcotic drive the customs department in Agartala destroyed large number of bottles of Bangladesh-bound smuggled cough syrup and huge quantities of marijuana, worth Rs 2.65 crores.
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Pay and Pension Revision Committee won't solve pensioners' probl
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India] June 14, (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that the problems of the employees and pensioners of Tripura Government won't end with declaration of the revised Pay Commission.
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Agartala: Bangladeshi smuggler arrested with 1.5 kg gold
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 14 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested a Bangladesh national from here with 1.5 kg of gold, which he had smuggled into India.
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