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  Tripura CM urges agricultural scientists to stop farmers' suicides

  Politics | May 23, 2015 18:03 IST

  Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar urged the scientific community in the agriculture and allied sectors to take suitable measures to stop farmers' suicides in the country."During the regime of both Congress and BJP led

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  Manik urges insurgents in Tripura to shun arms

  Politics | May 18, 2015 19:25 IST

  Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today appealed to insurgents to lay down arms, saying peace can pave way for development in the state.  “The tribals and non-tribals have a long tradition of living together

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  BJP, RSS going ahead with agenda of forming Hindu state: Karat

  Politics | February 25, 2015 22:03 IST

  Agartala: CPI-M General Secretary PrakashKarat today said the people of the country are facing a“rightist onslaught” from the NDA government and RSS who aregoing ahead “with an agenda of forming a Hindu state.”“On one hand

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  Chittagong port can boost business in northeast India, Bangladesh: Manik Sarkar

  Politics | January 23, 2015 16:01 IST

  Agartala: A deal must be finalised to leverage the Chittagong international port for expanding business between northeast India and Bangladesh, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has said."Chittagong international port (in southeast Bangladesh) could play a

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  Tripura CM wants tight vigil along India-Bangladesh border

  Politics | January 03, 2015 15:10 IST

  Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to beef up its vigil along the India-Bangladesh border in tandem with other paramilitary and state security forces.Sarkar, accompanied by senior security

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  Make Planning Commission autonomous, more powerful, committed: Manik Sarkar

  Politics | December 09, 2014 16:54 IST

  Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar differed with the Centre's idea of converting the Planning Commission to a mere think tank and has proposed for making it autonomous, more powerful and committed to the people."Its

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  Narendra Modi convenes chief ministers meet on new plan panel

  Politics | December 03, 2014 12:27 IST

  Agartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a meeting of chief ministers in New Delhi Dec 7 to seek their views on the structure and functioning of the revamped Planning Commission, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar

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  NDA failed in adopting pro-people policies: Tripura CM

  Politics | December 03, 2014 9:06 IST

  Agartala: A day after interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today called for a movement to press the NDA government for changing its outlook so that

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  Narendra Modi accepts Tripura's communist CM's invitation to address state cabinet

  Politics | December 01, 2014 8:18 IST

  Agartala: In what could turn out to be a new phase in centre-state relations, Tripura's Marxist Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the state cabinet on his oft-repeated themes

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  Tripura CM Manik Sarkar urges PM Narendra Modi to increase MGNREGA allocation

  Politics | November 04, 2014 17:32 IST

  Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has sought intervention of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the reduction of allocation of money for implementing MGNREGA in the state.There should not be any impediment in granting

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  Tripura CM for dialogue to end Assam-Nagalnd border violence

  India | August 21, 2014 17:01 IST

  Guwahati: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today said the only way to end the ongoing ‘disturbances' along the Assam-Nagaland border was to find an amicable solution through dialogue between the chief ministers of the two

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  Centre plans to revoke MGNREGA: Tripura CM

  India | July 08, 2014 14:48 IST

  Agartala: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre is contemplating revocation of the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGA to help millionaires, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar alleged Tuesday.The scheme under the

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  Trinamool Congress 'throttling' democracy in WB: Sarkar

  Politics | April 22, 2014 15:02 IST

  Guwahati: Charging Trinamool Congress with throttling democracy in West Bengal by intimidating voters, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today said the Left will do better in the state if polling is done without any fear.He

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  Trinamool Congress 'throttling' democracy in West Bengal: Manik Sarkar

  India | April 22, 2014 12:11 IST

  Guwahati: Charging Trinamool Congress with throttling democracy in West Bengal by intimidating voters, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today said the Left will do better in the state if polling is done without any fear.He

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  Non-BJP, non-Congress government after polls: Manik Sarkar

  Politics | March 27, 2014 16:20 IST

  Agartala: The CPI-M hopes to form a non-Congress, non-BJP government after the Lok Sabha polls but it did not cobble a "third alternative" now for good reasons, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has said."We (CPI-M)

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  Congress, BJP are black marketeers, two sides of same coin: Manik

  Politics | January 07, 2014 21:25 IST

  Barpeta (Assam): Terming Congress and BJP as “black marketeers”, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today said both parties are just two sides of the same coin.  Addressing a public rally here, Sarkar said “Congress and

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  Odisha receives Rs 132 cr in CMRF, Naveen thanks Manik Sarkar

  India | October 29, 2013 7:19 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) has received donation of Rs 132.04 crore for the cyclone and flood victims till date, a release issued by the CMO said yesterday.Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has

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  Tripura rulers wanted to merge with Pakistan: Manik Sarkar

  India | September 19, 2013 12:26 IST

  Agartala: Members of Tripura's erstwhile royal family had tried to merge the state with the then East Pakistan and later tried to integrate the state with Assam, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has revealed."Before partition of

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  I opposed CPI-M's joining government in 1996: Manik Sarkar

  Politics | July 30, 2013 14:31 IST

  Agartala, July 30: Tripura Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Manik Sarkar said that he had opposed the CPI-M's participation in the central government in 1996."The CPI-M central committee through voting

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  Tripura to continue supplying sugar through PDS: Manik Sarkar

  Politics | June 26, 2013 15:17 IST

  Agartala, June 26: The Tripura government will continue supplying sugar at subsidised rate through ration shops despite the central government's decision to stop giving sugar as a Public Distribution System (PDS) commodity, Chief Minister Manik