Tripura legislator accused of faking caste certificate
August 9th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 9 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Tripura Thursday demanded arrest and removal from the membership of the state assembly of ruling Left Front legislator Partha Das who, they ... Read more...
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Tripura Congress, CPI-M trade charges of wooing militants
June 27th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 27 (IANS) With assembly polls in Tripura drawing closer, the ruling Left Front and opposition Congress are accusing each other of using militants to sway votes.Leaders of ... Read more...
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‘Congress, INPT conspiring to oust Left in Tripura’
June 25th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 25 (IANS) Leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) claimed here Monday that separatist outfits, aided by a section of opposition leaders, were conspiring to oust the ... Read more...
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Shutdown cripples life in Tripura
May 31st, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 31 (IANS) The 12-hour shutdown called by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and its allies in the ruling Left Front to protest hike in petrol prices ... Read more...
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Tripura CPM sees ploy behind American festival
May 2nd, 2012 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 2 (IANS) The US consulate holding an educational festival without the Tripura government's permission has alarmed the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)."Without taking prior approval, how can ... Read more...
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Minister reinducted in Tripura amidst controversy
February 12th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 12 (IANS) Four years after he was forced to quit over his alleged links with a Bangladeshi arms dealer, Sahid Chowdhury was Sunday reinducted as a minister ... Read more...
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CPI-M expels 570 cadres in Tripura
January 15th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 15 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has expelled over 570 leaders and cadres in Tripura as part of its rectification move while over 8,000 party members ... Read more...
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PM must come under Lokpal: Tripura chief minister
August 23rd, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 23 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Tuesday asserted that the prime minister must be included within the ambit of the proposed Lokpal bill."Prime minister must be included ... Read more...
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Parties call for 12-hour Tripura shutdown Wednesday
July 12th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 12 (IANS) Tripura's ruling Left Front as well as opposition Congress Tuesday called for a 12-hour shutdown in the state Wednesday following a series of clashes between ... Read more...
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Tripura announces holiday to mourn Left leader
June 7th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 7 (IANS) The Tripura government declared a holiday Tuesday in the memory of veteran communist leader Baidyanath Majumder, who died earlier in the day, officials said here.He would ... Read more...
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Tripura’s Left government promises corrective measures
May 14th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 14 (IANS) Tripura's Left Front government, the only state where the Communists are in power after their ouster in West Bengal and Kerala, Saturday said it will ... Read more...
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Tripura mulls reserving jobs for Muslims
April 18th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 18 (IANS) Following the example of West Bengal, the Left Front government in Tripura wants to reserve government jobs for Muslims but is concerned about the legal hurdles, ... Read more...
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Left government in Tripura unhappy with budget, protests
March 1st, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 1 (IANS) Groups affiliated to Tripura's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday organised demonstrations across the state to protest the "deprivation of the northeastern region" in the union ... Read more...
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Bengal pays homage to ‘Language Day’ martyrs
February 21st, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) West Bengal Monday observed "Language Martyrs' Day" paying homage to those who laid down their lives for the cause of the Bengali language in Dhaka in 1952.The day ... Read more...
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CPI-M fears terror spurt before Tripura local bodies polls
February 1st, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 1 (IANS) Tripura's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday said it feared a spurt of terrorism before the local bodies elections in the state, which has earned huge appreciation ... Read more...
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Declare financial emergency in Tripura, demands Congress
January 25th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 25 (IANS) Tripura's main opposition Congress Tuesday urged the United Progressive Alliance-led (UPA) central government to declare "financial emergency" in Left-ruled state as the state government has made itself bankrupt."Due ... Read more...
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Life Express’s Special screening and Bash
September 17th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 17, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Life Express is small film but with a evocative and Considerable message. The film is based on surrogacy and Divya Dutta has played role of Surrogate ... Read more...
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Life express’s special screening and get to gather
September 17th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 17, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Life Express is small film with big massage film is based on surrogate mother and Divya Datta has one of the best role in this ... Read more...
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Former minister likely to be reinducted in Tripura cabinet
July 26th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 26 (IANS) Former Tripura food and minority affairs minister Sahid Chowdhury, who resigned in April 2008 following a controversy over his alleged links with a Bangladeshi arms dealer, is likely ... Read more...
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Nationwide stir: Left keeps out in Tripura
July 5th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 5 (IANS) The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura did not observe a strike Monday against rising fuel prices, saying it had already done so June 28.
"We ... Read more...
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Ruling Marxists call strike against fuel hike in Tripura
June 28th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 28 (IANS) A dawn-to-dusk strike called by the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front to protest against the hike in fuel prices Monday brought life to a halt ... Read more...
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CPI-M seeks central intervention in Manipur over Naga blockade
May 18th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 18 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday demanded central intervention to end the ongoing crisis in Manipur arising out of the state government's decision not to allow the ... Read more...
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12-hour strike cripples life in Tripura
April 27th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 27 (IANS) A nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike called by 13 parties against rising prices Tuesday brought life to a halt in Tripura.
"The strike was total with people expressing their anger against ... Read more...
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No force to ensure strike: court tells Tripura government
April 26th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 26 (IANS) The Guwahati High Court Monday asked Tripura's ruling Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), not to apply force to ensure Tuesday's strike to protest ... Read more...
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More autonomy assured for northeast tribals’ councils
April 13th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 13 (IANS) The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is keen to give more autonomy to the autonomous district councils in northeast India for the development of the tribals, Minister ... Read more...
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Thousands of Left activists, leaders court arrest in Tripura (Lead)
April 8th, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 8 (IANS) Over 171,000 leaders and activists of the Left Front Thursday courted arrest in Left-ruled Tripura as part of their nation-wide "jail bharo"(fill the jails) agitation demanding a curb ... Read more...
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Thousands of Left activists court arrest in Tripura
April 8th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 8 (IANS) Over 150,000 people, including senior Left Front leaders, Thursday courted arrest in left-ruled Tripura as part of their nation-wide "jail bharo" (fill the jails) agitation in support of ... Read more...
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CPI-M protests in Tripura against union budget
February 27th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 27 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists Saturday organised demonstrations across Tripura, protesting against the "deprivation of the northeastern region in the central budget".
The CPI-M and its ... Read more...
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CPI-M begins brainstorming session in Tripura
January 22nd, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 22 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) began a two-day state level conference here Friday to strengthen party organisations, particularly by focussing on members who have become unethical.
CPI-M general ... Read more...
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CPI-M to form ‘rectification’ body
December 28th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 28 (IANS) As part of its rectification efforts, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will form an inquiry body at the central level to identify "non-Communist behaviour and fraudulent acts ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa to be produced in court
December 5th, 2009 - 9:59 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) Arrested chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Arabinda Rajkhowa, the deputy commander-in-chief of the outfit Raju Baruah and Rajkhowa's personal security guard Raja Bora ... Read more...
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Dramatic surrender by India’s most wanted - ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa (Roundup)
December 4th, 2009 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Husain
Guwahati, Dec 4 (IANS) It was a dramatic end to 30 years of life underground for one of India's most wanted fugitives, Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the ... Read more...
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CPI-M to celebrate birth centenary of EMS, Nripen Chakraborty
September 13th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 13 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will observe the birth centenary of two legendary communist leaders E.M.S. Namboodiripad and Nripen Chakraborty in an attempt to revitalize leftist ideology ... Read more...
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Rishi Kapoor launches the latest album of Lalitha Munshaw
September 8th, 2009 - 7:05 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Lalitha Munshaw feels more than blessed for after Hema Malini who released one of the five music albums 'Maika Piya', it was Rishi Kapoor who recently did the honors for launching ... Read more...
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Singer Shefali Saxena- Ready to unwind!
August 20th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
"Pehle Pehle Pyar ki" song marks Shefali's Bollywood debut as a singer and performer.
Music director Monty Sharma and Abdul Aziz launched Shefali Saxena's album at Marimba Lounge. Shefali was wearing a black ... Read more...
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