China to lead world economy by 2025: Karat
January 30th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 30 (IANS) China will dominate the world economy and the US will come down to second position by 2025, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash ... Read more...
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National TT: Maharashtra, PSPB win team titles
January 26th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 26 (IANS) Mamta Prabhu helped Maharashtra A win the women's crown in the 73rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships at the SAI sub-centre hall here Thursday. ... Read more...
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National TT: Maharashtra women stun holders PSPB to enter final
January 25th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 25 (IANS) Maharashtra A's women stunned defending champions Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) in the semifinals of the Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championship at the SAI ... Read more...
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Presidency University student alleges harassment by seniors
January 21st, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) A first year student of the Presidency University Friday lodged a police complaint against his seniors alleging them of mentally harassing them.Sajan Dewan, a boarder of ... Read more...
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Tripura welcomes investment from Bangladesh: Chief Minister
January 19th, 2012 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 19 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura will accept investment from Bangladesh, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said, stressing India and Bangladesh are natural partners in development."We ... Read more...
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Manik Sarkar again refuses to don convocation robe
January 12th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) Throwing protocol to the winds for the second time, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Thursday refused to wear the regulation gown at the Tripura University ... Read more...
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Playing pregnant woman was cakewalk for Vidya
January 11th, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) If she effortlessly essayed the role of a sex symbol in "The Dirty Picutre", it was a cakewalk to play a pregnant woman in search ... Read more...
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States being forced to accept RTE: Tripura
January 9th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 9 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Monday said the central government has enforced the provisions of Right To Education Act, including the condition of 'no detention policy' ... Read more...
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A month on, AMRI victims’ kin still fighting for justice
January 8th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) A month after a blaze at the AMRI Hospital claimed 94 lives, the families of the victims are yet to come to terms with the ... Read more...
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Tripura to mark Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary
January 1st, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 1 (IANS) Tripura's Left Front government will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda with a year-long programme to inspire people with his life and philosophy, a ... Read more...
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Four Maoists surrender in Bengal
December 25th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Four Maoists Sunday surrendered in West Bengal in response to the rehabilitation package announced by the state government for surrendering rebels, police said.Sanjay Rajoar, Prabhat ... Read more...
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Bollywood mourns Satyadev Dubey’s demise
December 25th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities tweeted Sunday, remembering renowned theatre personality Satyadev Dubey as an "icon" and termed his death a "huge loss" to the theatre fraternity.Shabana ... Read more...
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AMRI fire Tripura victim’s body found after 12 days
December 22nd, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 22 (IANS) The mutilated body of a Tripura man, who went missing after the AMRI Hospital fire Dec 9, has been found at the morgue of SSKM ... Read more...
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Tripura varsity to confer doctorate on Sheikh Hasina
December 21st, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 21 (IANS) Tripura University will confer an honorary doctorate on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her maiden visit to this northeastern Indian state Jan 12, a ... Read more...
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AMRI fire: Manik Sarkar seeks Mamata’s help
December 18th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Manik Sarkar urged his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to help trace a Tripura man who went missing after the AMRI Hospital fire ... Read more...
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Relatives say fire fighters came late, minister denies
December 9th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Relatives of AMRI Hospital fire victims Friday evening alleged that the fire fighters arrived two hours late and were initially ill-equipped - without masks and with ... Read more...
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No one could get dirtier than ‘The Dirty Picture’: Vidya Balan
December 8th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) Vidya Balan has received rave reviews for her performance in "The Dirty Picture" and, impressed by her dare-bare act, Kareena Kapoor is said to have ... Read more...
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Conspiracy against Tripura’s Left government: Manik Sarkar
December 5th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 5 (IANS) Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Monday said conspiracies are being hatched to oust the country's only Left Front government in Tripura in the 2013 assembly polls."Anti-Left forces ... Read more...
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Be good, clean humans, Manik Sarkar urges Left cadres
November 27th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 27 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Manik Sarkar Sunday urged party cadres to be "clean and fair" human beings to build ... Read more...
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Train blaze survivors relate tales of horror
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Howrah, Nov 22 (IANS) "I can never forget the sight of two kids burning as their partially burnt mother wailed for help," said Nupur Mishra, one of the survivors of ... Read more...
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Tripura to appoint Lokayukta this month
November 17th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 17 (IANS) Tripura's Left Front government is expected to appoint a Lokayukta (ombudsman) later this month to deal with complaints of corruption, an official said here Thursday."Gauhati ... Read more...
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Help sought for tribals’ livelihood plans in Tripura
November 16th, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 16 (IANS) Tripura has sought Rs.440 crore from the central government to undertake livelihood schemes for thousands of tribals who have got title deeds in the state ... Read more...
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Patnaik slams petrol price hike
November 5th, 2011 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 4 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday slammed the central government for the latest petrol price hike, saying the move will further add to the plight ... Read more...
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Tripura to get more administrative blocks: Chief minister
October 27th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 27 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to create four new districts, six subdivisions and five rural development blocks to take the administration closer to ... Read more...
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GPT Healthcare sets up hospital in Agartala
October 1st, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 1 (IANS) Kolkata-based GPT Healthcare Private Limited (GHPL) has set up a 205-bed multi-speciality hospital here in Tripura, the company said Saturday.Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will Sunday inaugurate ... Read more...
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PM celebrates birthday mid-air
September 27th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
On Board Air India One, Sep 27 (IANS) A relaxed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cut a chocolate cake to mark his 79th birthday on his flight back to India ... Read more...
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Sikkim quake: Tripura donates Rs.25 lakh
September 25th, 2011 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 25 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura Sunday donated Rs.25 lakh for the victims of the Sikkim earthquake."Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has sent a letter ... Read more...
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Northeast needs more government initiatives: Tripura chief minister
September 24th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 24 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Saturday asked the centre not to apply all-India models, norms and systems in geographically-isolated northeast region which, according to him, needs ... Read more...
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Experts rule out fresh killer quake in Nepal, Sikkim
September 19th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 19 (IANS) There is no further danger of another immediate major trembler, seismological experts in Nepal said Monday, after a quake killed 39 people in Nepal and India ... Read more...
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Bangladesh PM to visit Tripura
September 11th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 11 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Tripura later this year and will be conferred an honorary doctorate by a university, an official said here ... Read more...
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Teesta disappointment clouds Manmohan’s Dhaka visit
September 6th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) India and Bangladesh sought to open a new chapter in their relations as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on a two-day trip even as a ... Read more...
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Opposition disrupts Tripura assembly
September 5th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 5 (IANS) The Tripura assembly witnessed pandemonium Monday with the opposition Congress demanding a probe into the mysterious death of a youth and the police baton charge on ... Read more...
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Chaos, mismanagement at stadium gates
September 2nd, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) Chaos and mismanagement reigned supreme at the city's Salt Lake stadium gates with people remaining stranded in lengthy queues as security personnel took an inordinately long ... Read more...
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Bedlam in Tripura assembly over July protests
September 2nd, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 2 (IANS) The mysterious death of a youth and police baton-charge on Congress protesters in July led to an uproar in the Tripura assembly on the first day ... Read more...
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Films on Tagore at international fest in Agartala
September 1st, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 1 (IANS) "Rabindranath Tagore", "Tagore's ode to Nature" and "Brahmin" -- award-winning documentary films on the Nobel laureate -- and other movies from across the world will be ... Read more...
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