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Agartala (The Hawk): Following the political violence on Wednesday that resulted in the death of a member of the Left party, the opposition CPI-M, Trinamool Congress, Congress, and other parties individually organised a series of protests across Tripura on Thursday. They demanded the restoration of law and order.
The body of Sahid Mia was "kidnapped" from the Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital, according to CPI-M state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury, on Thursday night after some police officers and a sizable security team forcibly scattered the family of the killed Left party cadre.
Mia, 65, was slain and at least 30 members of the Left party and leaders of the governing BJP were hurt in a violent conflict between the workers of the two organisations on Wednesday in Charilam, Tripura's Sepahijala district.
In a statement, the CPI-M asserted that when party members attempted to reopen one of its offices at Charilam, BJP supporters attacked them.
In a meeting with DGP Amitabh Ranjan on Thursday, Chaudhury, a member of the CPI-M central committee, was in charge of a delegation of party officials and demanded the quick arrest of all of the criminals guilty for the deaths of numerous opposition members and workers.
"Total anarchy and "jungle raj" have been formed in Tripura since the BJP has been in power there since 2018. When an incident occurs in Tripura, the cops stay mute bystanders "told the media, the Left's leader.
The CPI-M started statewide protest marches on Wednesday when Mia passed away, and they continued on Thursday.
In the meantime, the police stopped the Trinamool Congress on Thursday from gheraoing the home of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha.
Later, Trinamool's representative for Tripura, Rajib Banerjee, said that despite several incidents of political violence, rape, and murder, no one has been apprehended by the police since those responsible are BJP members who control the state.
Additionally, the Congress organised protest gatherings in Agartala and other regions of Tripura.
The violence in Charilam, according to the CPI-M politburo, is representative of the way things have been going in Tripura since since the BJP took office there in February 2018.
The Left party claimed that the BJP, working in collusion with the government and police, continues to terrorise political opponents with just over two months till the Assembly elections.
(Inputs from Agencies)

Following the political violence on Wednesday that resulted in the death of a member of the Left party, the opposition CPI-M, Trinamool Congress, Congress, and other parties individually organised a series of protests across Tripura on Thursday. They demanded the restoration of law and order.

Opposition parties demonstrate in Tripura calling for the return of law and order

Tripura

Agartala (The Hawk): A 40-year-old man was given the death penalty by a Tripura court on Wednesday for the murder of five people, including his two daughters, older brother, and a police officer, last year.
The accused, Pradip Deb Roy, was found guilty and given the death penalty by the District and Sessions Court in Khowai district for the murder of his two young daughters, Aditi Deb Roy and Mandira Deb Roy, and his older brother, Amalesh Deb Roy, on November 26 of last year at Uttar Ramchandraghat in Khowai district.
In an auto rickshaw travelling along Deb Roy's residences, Krishna Das and his son Karnadhir Das were attacked by Deb Roy with an iron rod when the police squad commanded by inspector Satyajit Mallik came on the scene.
The police inspector and Karnadhir Das later passed away from their wounds while receiving medical attention.
Additionally, Deb Roy had physically abused his wife Mina Paul (Deb Roy).
According to the police spokesman, Deb Roy's death sentence would be carried out when the Tripura High Court gave its approval.
(Inputs from Agencies)

A 40-year-old man was given the death penalty by a Tripura court on Wednesday for the murder of five people, including his two daughters, older brother, and a police officer, last year.

Tripura: Man sentenced to death for 5 murders

Agartala (The Hawk): Police said on Friday that seven Rohingyas, including three women, were apprehended in Tripura after illegally entering India from Bangladesh.
According to the police, the seven Rohingyas abandoned their camps in Bangladesh, entered Tripura at the Sonamura border, and attempted to drive to Assam.
A police spokesman stated, "During a regular check, police apprehended them in Ambassa, Dhalai district, on Thursday night and brought them before a local court on Friday."
Rohingyas are frequently jailed in various northeastern states, as they frequently flee their camps in Jammu, India, and Bangladesh. They are travelling throughout various Indian states, primarily in quest of employment.
Since 2016, more than 860,000 Rohingyas have fled violence in Myanmar and sought refuge in Cox's Bazar, southeast Bangladesh.
(Inputs from Agencies)

Police said on Friday that seven Rohingyas, including three women, were apprehended in Tripura after illegally entering India from Bangladesh.

Tripura has detained seven Rohingyas

Agartala: Ruling BJP MLA and veteran tribal leader Burba Mohan Tripura on Friday resigned from the Assembly and was likely to join TIPRA (Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance), a tribal-based party. Official sources said that the 67-year-old legislator accompanied by TIPRA party chief and former royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman submitted his resignation letter to Tripura Assembly speaker Ratan Chakraborty. Deb Barman told IANS that Burba Mohan Tripura along with a senior BJP leader Gauri Sankar Reang, also a former Deputy Speaker of the Tripura Assembly, would join his party on Friday evening. Burba Mohan Tripura, who was unavailable for comments, was elected to the state Assembly in the 2018 election from the tribal reserved seat Karbook in southern Tripura's Gomati district. The BJP leaders, when contacted by IANS, refused to make any comments immediately. Burba Mohan Tripura is the fourth BJP MLA to quit the Assembly since last year. Earlier Ashis Das, Sudip Roy Barman and Ashis Kumar Saha also quit the party and the Assembly membership after open differences with former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who resigned from the top post on May 14 following the instructions of the party's Central leadership. Das joined the Trinamool Congress last year and quit the party in May this year while Roy Barman, also a former BJP Minister, and Saha joined the Congress in February this year. Roy Barman was re-elected to the state Assembly for the sixth time in the bypoll in June on a Congress ticket. Meanwhile, the BJP's ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Brishaketu Debbarma also resigned from the Assembly in June last year and joined the TIPRA reducing the party's (IPFT) strength to seven. After Burba Mohan Tripura's resignation, BJP's strength has reduced to 35 in the 60-member Assembly.&nbsp;
—IANS

Ruling BJP MLA and veteran tribal leader Burba Mohan Tripura on Friday resigned from the Assembly and was likely to join TIPRA (Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance), a tribal-based party.

Another Tripura BJP MLA resigns from Assembly

Ruling BJP MLA and veteran tribal leader Burba Mohan Tripura on Friday resigned from the Assembly and was likely to join TIPRA (Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance), a tribal-based party.


Agartala: The Trinamool Congress removed its Tripura state president Subal Bhowmik on Wednesday amid speculations that he may return to the BJP. Bhowmik, a former MLA from Sonamura, had crossed over to the TMC from BJP in July last year.
”This press release is to announce that Subal Bhowmik is being relieved from his duties of state president of Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress with immediate effect,” the TMC said. ”All the members of the state committee, state youth committee, state mahila committee, state ST cell shall continue in their position,” it said.
Bhowmik has been staying away from party programmes for the last few days. The TMC announced that former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee, the party’s in-charge for Tripura, and Rajya Sabha MP Susmita Dev will look after the functioning of the party till a new state president is appointed.
Bhowmik, who was appointed TMC’s state president in April, is likely to join the BJP during its president JP Nadda’s visit to Tripura on August 28. He was the BJP’s state vice-president and played a crucial role in toppling the Left regime of 25 years in the 2018 assembly elections.&nbsp;
However, he quit the BJP in July last year amid differences with then Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Since its massive electoral victory in West Bengal last year, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has been trying to expand in multiple states. However, in Tripura, it has not been able to make much of headway despite a campaing blitz in the assembly bypolls and civic elections.&nbsp;
—PTI

The Trinamool Congress removed its Tripura state president Subal Bhowmik on Wednesday amid speculations that he may return to the BJP. Bhowmik, a former MLA from Sonamura, had crossed over to the TMC from BJP in July last year.

Trinamool Congress Removes Its Tripura President Subal Bhowmik

Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said that the state government is now economically rehabilitating 37,136 Reang tribals, displaced from neighbouring Mizoram, and for this purpose the Centre has sanctioned a Rs 600 crore package.
The Reang tribals, including women and children, have taken shelter in Tripura after they fled from their home state following ethnic troubles in 1997.
Hoisting the national flag on the occasion of the Independence Day at the Assam Rifles ground, the Chief Minister said that the work for the Agartala (India)-Akahura (Bangladesh) railway line are underway and the works in the Indian territory would be completed in June next year.
The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) is now laying tracks for the 12.03-km long new Agartala-Akahura broad gauge railway line at a cost of Rs 967.5 crore.
He said that a Special Economic Zone is being set up in southern Tripura's Sabroom and it would facilitate international trade using the Chittagong international sea port and attract private investment.
The Chittagong port is just 72 km away from Sabroom.
The Chief Minister said that to empower the women, Tripura State Policy for Empowerment of Women-2022 has undertaken and a series of schemes announced for the empowerment and welfare of women.
Saha, who also holds the home portfolio, said that for better management of the law and order, his government has taken many steps including the installation of 400 CCTV across the state, creation of two more Tripura State Rifles (TSR) battalions and appointment of special executives.
A centre has been set up in the Tripura Institute of Technology to train-up the students on drone technology, he stated.
Independence Day is being celebrated across Tripura through hundreds of events, including blood donation camps, sports meets, exhibitions on developmental aspects, various other competitions, bike and cycle rallies.&nbsp;
—IANS

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said that the state government is now economically rehabilitating 37,136 Reang tribals, displaced from neighbouring Mizoram, and for this purpose the Centre has sanctioned a Rs 600 crore package.

 Tripura rehabilitates 37,136 tribals displaced from Mizoram: CM

Agartala:&nbsp;Four insurgents of outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (Biswamohan Debbarma) and two collaborators surrendered before the police on Friday, a senior police official said. They surrendered one AK-47 rifle and two magazines, two pistols with three magazines and a note book containing extortion notices, he said. This was the biggest surrender of militants in the state in the past one year. The north eastern state has not witnessed any major extremist-related incident since the past one year. The militants led by Umesh Koloi(42) had entered Tripura from Bangladesh through Ganganagar in Dhalai district on July 21, the official said. The intention of these militants was to kidnap villagers and they had sent extortion notices. They moved in the jungle areas of Ganganagar in Dhalai district, Mungiakami in Khowai district and Ompi in Gomati district , he said. The intelligence department sensing their movement inside the state, carried out special operations by Tripura State Rifles and the police. The pressure exerted by the security forces made the militants surrender before the police", the official said. Preliminary investigation has revealed that NLFT has been facing hardships and their survival in their hideouts in the state has become difficult due to the continuous pressure of the security forces. All the surrendered militants and their collaborators were handed over to the special branch of state police for joint interrogation , he added.—PTI

Four insurgents of outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (Biswamohan Debbarma) and two collaborators surrendered before the police on Friday, a senior police official said

Four NLFT militants surrender with weapons in Tripura

Agartala:&nbsp;The Tripura government has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the North East Space Application Centre (NESAC), Shillong, for 21 projects including disaster management and resource mapping, an official said on Tuesday.NESAC Director, SP Agarwal and Tripura's Science, Technology and Environment secretary Pradip Kumar Chakravarty signed the MoU on Monday.Of the 21 projects, the Centre has already approved 20 projects as part of promotion and transfer of technology to develop capacity building as well as resource mapping, Chakravarty told PTI.The 20 approved projects include resource mapping of agriculture, horticulture, forest, land revenue and disaster management.Chakravarty said resource mapping holds the key for formulating proper planning and coordination and the concerned department will benefit once the resource mapping of a particular segment is done.We are in the process of preparing resource mapping of patta lands allocated under the Forest Dwellers' Right Act. It will be beneficial to undertake any project be it agriculture or horticulture or anything else. Plans can be chalked out based on the availability of land and its present status , he explained.Since Tripura is disaster prone, early warning of earthquake, flood and landslide will be developed in the state in collaboration with NESAC. Early warning system is important to mitigate any disaster. We will work together with NESAC to develop an early warning system so that the state could predict any disaster well before it takes place , he said.Chakravarty further said the state space application centre will also be given more teeth to cater the future needs.The Indian Space Resource Organization (ISRO) and North Eastern Council (NEC) will fund to implement all the 21 projects within the next three years. An amount of Rs 4.30 crore has been sanctioned for disaster management as resource mapping.—PTI

The Tripura government has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the North East Space Application Centre (NESAC), Shillong, for 21 projects including disaster management and resource mapping, an official said on Tuesday.

Tripura govt inks MoU with NESAC for 21 projects

Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday said he tested positive for COVID-19.Saha, who also holds the health portfolio, urged people who have come in contact with him to take necessary precautions.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday said he tested positive for COVID-19.

Tripura CM tests positive for COVID-19

Agartala : &nbsp;Trinamool Congress (TMC) would implement the 'Bengal model of governance' in Tripura and it would continue its fight unless the BJP government voted out in the northeastern state, party leaders said here on Monday.The Trinamool Congress on Monday set up its state party headquarters, two-and-a-half months after the party had announced a 132-member full-fledged committee in the state. After Assam and Meghalaya, the Trinamool Congress, headed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday set up its Tripura state party headquarters in Agartala.After the inauguration of the state party headquarters at Chittaranjan Road in the heart of the capital city, TMC's Tripura state in-charge Rajib Banerjee quoting party's National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, said: "Tripura is our next goal. We are following that. We would implement the Bengal model of governance into the state and continue to oust BJP from the governance."All the social sector schemes launched by the Bengal government would be implemented in Tripura once the TMC came to power in the state after the early next year's assembly elections, he said.TMC's Tripura state President Subal Bhowmik said that the people had been waiting for the day when the BJP would be voted out of power."Even last night, the ruling party tried to create obstructions to halt the inauguration of our party office. But the people of Tripura are with us and they want Mamata Banerjee's leadership to free Tripura of the oppressive BJP regime," Bhowmik said.TMC's Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev highlighted how "democracy was being muzzled" in Tripura."In a democratic country, it took a political party one year to establish its own party office in another state. This was not due to the lack of our efforts but other reasons," he said.We want to assure all sections of people that we will stand by their side and fight for them. We will fight the 2023 Assembly elections not through bullets or violence but through democracy," she said.Senior TMC leader from Bengal Moloy Ghatak was also present at the event.He said: "People of Tripura will have a place to raise their complaints and seek support in their struggle against the BJP government."Bengal TMC Youth Congress leader Saayoni Ghosh said that the support by the common people to the party has given us the encouragement to continue our fight against the BJP government. -- IANS

Trinamool Congress (TMC) would implement the 'Bengal model of governance' in Tripura and it would continue its fight unless the BJP government voted out in the northeastern state, party leaders said here on Monday.

Bengal model of governance to execute in Tripura: Trinamool

Agartala : &nbsp;Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, who was elected to the state Assembly on June 23, resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Monday and will take oath as member of the Assembly on July 8, officials said. Saha on Monday met Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi and handed over his resignation letter to him."Today, I have submitted my resignation letter as MP, Rajya Sabha to the Hon'ble Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu ji. I shall always remain grateful to our Hon'ble PM Shri Narendra Modi ji, National President of BJP Shri J. P. Nadda ji," he tweeted later.

 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, who was elected to the state Assembly on June 23, resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Monday and will take oath as member of the Assembly on July 8, officials said. Saha on Monday met Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi and handed over his resignation letter to him.

Tripura CM quits RS membership, to take oath as Assembly member on July 8

Agartala: Three persons were killed and nine others injured in North Tripura district on Wednesday after a steel bridge collapsed when a timer-laden truck was passing through the structure, police said. The accident took place at Laljuri when the metal bridge collapsed as it could not bear the load of the goods vehicle, a senior officer said.The driver of the truck and two labourers were killed on the spot and four of the injured were admitted to Dharmanagar District Hospital and four others were undergoing treatment in a local health facility, he said.Another injured person had a minor injury and was given first-aid.The bridge was old and could not bear load of the vehicle , Additional SP Jermia Darlong told PTI.The truck was going from Kanchanpur to Laljuri.Sub-Divisional Magistrate Subhash Acharjee and Kanchanpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Krishnadhan Das rushed to the spot.—PTI

Three persons were killed and nine others injured in North Tripura district on Wednesday after a steel bridge collapsed when a timer-laden truck was passing through the structure, police said.

Three killed as steel bridge collapses in Tripura

Agartala:&nbsp;Altogether eleven MLAs - nine from the BJP and two from the IPFT - will take oath as cabinet ministers of Tripura on Monday.All the ministers of the Biplab Kumar Deb cabinet, barring Mevar Kumar Jamatia of IPFT, have been given a place in the new cabinet, an official said.Governor SN Arya will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers at a programme in Raj Bhavan in the presence of Chief Minister Manik Saha, former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb and other dignitaries.Jishnu Dev Varma, NC Debbarma (IPFT), Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit Singha Roy, Manoj Kanti Deb, Santana Chakma, Ram Prasad Paul, Bhagaban Das, Sushanta Chowdhury, Rampada Jamatia and Prem Kumar Reang (IPFT) will take oath as the cabinet ministers of the state tomorrow," said the new CM in a letter to the governor on Sunday night.Saha was sworn in as the chief minister of Tripura during on Sunday.Former chief minister Biplab Deb, whose sudden resignation a day earlier got Saha the top job, was present at the ceremony along with BJP MLAs and state ministers.Rampada Jamatia, a veteran tribal leader of the BJP, was included in the list of cabinet ministers.IPFT MLA Prem Kumar Reang has also been inducted into the new cabinet.—PTI

Altogether eleven MLAs - nine from the BJP and two from the IPFT - will take oath as cabinet ministers of Tripura on Monday.

Tripura: Eleven MLAs to take oath as ministers

Agartala:&nbsp;BJP state president Manik Saha was sworn in as the chief minister of Tripura on Sunday morning.Governor SN Arya administered the oath to Saha, a Rajya Sabha MP, at the Raj Bhavan here.Former Chief Minister Biplab Deb, whose sudden resignation on Saturday evening got Saha the top job, was present at the ceremony along with BJP MLAs and state ministers.Union minister Pratima Bhowmick also attended the swearing-in programme.Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma and minister Ram Prasad Paul, who broke chairs during the BJP's legislative party meeting on Saturday protesting Saha's appointment as the chief minister, arrived at the Raj Bhavan moments after the swearing-in ceremony ended.The opposition CPI(M) MLAs boycotted the programme, alleging "fascist-style violence" in the state under the BJP's rule.—PTI

 BJP state president Manik Saha was sworn in as the chief minister of Tripura on Sunday morning.

Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura CM

Tripura: In a surprise move, Bharatiya Janata Party made Rajya Sabha MP Manik Saha the new chief minister of Tripura, succeeding Biplab Kumar Deb who resigned earlier on Saturday.Saha, the BJP's state president, was elected the legislature party leader at a meeting at the chief minister's official residence soon after a crestfallen Deb tendered his resignation to Governor SN Arya.As Deb proposed the 69-year-old Saha's name in the meeting, minister Ram Prasad Paul protested, which led to a scuffle among MLAs. Paul also broke a few chairs before the situation was calmed, sources said.Paul wanted deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Varma, a member of the erstwhile Tripura royal family, as the next chief minister of the state, they said.Senior BJP leaders Bhupender Yadav and Vinod Tawde were observers for the election of the legislature party leader."I was a common worker of the party and will continue to be so," Saha told reporters after being named the next chief minister.Deb, 50, resigned a day after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda in New Delhi."Party is above all. I am a loyal worker of the BJP. I hope I have done justice to the responsibilities that were given to me -- whether it was as BJP state president or as Tripura chief minister. I have worked for the overall development of Tripura, and to ensure peace for the people of the state," Deb said after resigning."The 2023 election is coming, and the party wants a responsible organiser to take charge of the affairs here. Because, a government can only be formed if the organisation is strong," he said, explaining the party's decision to give him organisational responsibilities.Deb was appointed the chief minister after the BJP stormed to power in 2018, ending 25 years of Left Front rule in the Northeastern state.—PTI

In a surprise move, Bharatiya Janata Party made Rajya Sabha MP Manik Saha the new chief minister of Tripura, succeeding Biplab Kumar Deb who resigned earlier on Saturday.

Manik Saha named new Tripura CM; MLA breaks chairs in protest

Agartala:&nbsp;The ruling BJP in Tripura announced a rejig in the ranks of the party and its frontal organisations with an eye on the 2023 assembly elections.Senior tribal leader Bikash Debbarma was made the president of the party's ST Morcha. He replaced MP Rebati Tripura.Rampada Jamatia was made the observer of the ST Morcha.The party also appointed 12 district observers and co-observers.It also appointed eight observers for the party's frontal organisations such as Janajati Morcha, Mohila Morcha, OBC Morcha, Yuva Morcha and Minority Morcha."This is routine exercise to distribute work among the party leaders. Obviously, it's being done keeping in mind the next year's assembly elections," BJP state president Manik Saha told PTI on Friday.On being removed as the president of the ST Morcha, Tripura said she wanted to focus more on the party's organisation after being made the vice-president.Saha said, "There is no question of removing any particular leader. The responsibilities keep changing for the betterment of the organisation.—PTI

The ruling BJP in Tripura announced a rejig in the ranks of the party and its frontal organisations with an eye on the 2023 assembly elections.

Eye on 2023 assembly polls, BJP rejigs Tripura unit

Agartala:&nbsp;An internal rift in the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling BJP in the state, came to the fore after its president Mevar Kumar Jamatia asked the party leaders to boycott a meeting convened illegally by his predecessor NC Debbarma.On Monday, Debbarma, the state's Revenue and Forest Minister, said that the party's state-level conference will be held on Thursday.I am not aware of the party's state conference as called by our veteran leader and former president NC Debbarma. This is totally illegal and I asked all the party leaders to boycott it or else face disciplinary measures, Jamatia said.The IPFT holds a conference every three years to reconstitute its state committee and executive committee. In the last such meet held on April 3 and 4, Jamatia who is the Tribal Welfare Minister was elected as president.It is very unfortunate that a leader like NC Debbarma has convened a state conference without any consultation or approval from the reconstituted state committee or executive committee, Jamatia said.Debbarma is ailing and cannot attend office regularly but still, he wants to remain as the party president, he claimed.Once that illegal meeting is over, the party will discuss the issue and take necessary steps, Jamatia said.The IPFT has eight MLAs in the 60-member assembly while the BJP has 33 legislators. The opposition CPI (M) has 15 MLAs and four seats are vacant.—PTI

 An internal rift in the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling BJP in the state, came to the fore after its president Mevar Kumar Jamatia asked the party leaders to boycott a meeting convened illegally by his predecessor NC Debbarma.

Opposition parties demonstrate in Tripura calling for the return of law and order

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