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  Tripura shuts down schools, cinema halls, gyms till March 31 amid coronavirus threat

  India | March 16, 2020 21:06 IST

  Amid the growing coronavirus scare, the Tripura government on Monday decided to shutdown all schools, colleges, universities, cinema halls, swimming pools, gymnasiums with immediate effect till March 31.

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  Charred body of woman found in Tripura village, kin alleges rape

  Crime | March 14, 2020 12:10 IST

  The charred body of a 23-year-old woman has been found in West Tripura district, police said on Saturday.

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  Delhi riots a pre-planned conspiracy: Tripura CM Manik Sarkar

  India | March 11, 2020 11:14 IST

  Alleging that the violence in Delhi was a "pre-planned conspiracy", former Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar started a drive to raise funds for thoseaffected by the clashes.

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  1.5 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 7.5 cr recovered in Tripura

  India | March 02, 2020 9:36 IST

  Tripura police on Sunday recovered 1.5 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 7.5 crore in the possession of a man at the international market from Gokulnagar.

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  Sandalwood worth Rs 25 crore seized in Tripura

  India | February 26, 2020 17:27 IST

  In a major breakthrough, BSF, forest and police officials in a joint raid have seized around 9,000 kgs of sandalwood worth nearly Rs 25 crore in Tripura, officials said here on Wednesday.

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  Tribal people not getting any jobs in Tripura: Manik Sarkar

  India | February 15, 2020 22:06 IST

  Former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Saturday alleged that tribal people in Tripura are not getting any jobs as BJP workers and supporters are getting all work under MGNREGA and other government schemes. 

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  Video shows tribals in Tripura slaughtering endangered python for meat; probe on

  India | February 11, 2020 12:49 IST

  A video clip of endangered pythons being slaughtered for its meat at a tribal hamlet in north Tripura district has gone viral on social media, prompting the forest department to order a probe into the incident.

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  Tripura sounds coronavirus alert

  India | January 29, 2020 19:25 IST

  The Tripura government on Tuesday sounded a coronavirus alert in the whole state especially along the Indo-Bangla international border, an official said.

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  Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura celebrate Statehood Day. PM greets people

  India | January 21, 2020 11:33 IST

  PM Modi greeted the people of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura on their Statehood Day and hailed the traditions and culture of the three northeast states.

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  NLFT threatened me of dire consequences for voting in favour of CAB, claims Tripura BJP MP

  India | December 24, 2019 7:49 IST

  The BJP MP said that days before the voting on the CAB, he was threatened of dire consequences by NLFT if he had voted in the favour of the bill.

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  Bangladesh withdraws import restrictions on 9 items through two Tripura land ports

  India | December 14, 2019 14:33 IST

  The Bangladesh government has withdrawn its restrictions on importing nine items from India through two land ports in Tripura, in a boost to traders of the region, officials said on Saturday. 

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  Life cripples in Tripura after call for shutdown against CAB

  India | December 09, 2019 14:13 IST

  Road and rail traffic were badly affected and thousands of passengers stranded in the midway as the picketers did not allow plying the vehicles and trains running between Tripura and rest of the country

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  Tripura: 17-yr-old burnt to death over Rs 50,000 dowry demand, two arrested

  Crime | December 08, 2019 14:29 IST

  Ajoy Rudra Pal (21) and his mother, Minati, were arrested, based on a complaint filed by the girl's family with Santirbazar police station in South Tripura, Officer-in-Charge Narayan Chandra Saha said.

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  30 airports, airstrips up for bidding in North East region

  India | December 06, 2019 17:56 IST

  UDAN seeks to connect unserved and underserved airports as well as make flying more affordable. "With a focus on connectivity of Northeastern region, UDAN 4.0 scheme under the Ministry of Civil Aviation has invited bids for six underserved and 24 unserved airports/airstrips in the North East states of India," an official release said.

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  Crazy medicine: Smugglers in Tripura switching from cannabis to Yaba

  Crime | November 29, 2019 12:21 IST

  'Yaba', the Thai word for "crazy medicine," is a tablet form of methamphetamine, a powerful stimulant and caffeine. The 'Yaba' tablet seizure was almost double than that of the previous year, BSF has said.

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  Over 100 Congress workers detained in Tripura for taking out rally without permission

  India | November 27, 2019 11:56 IST

  "We organised a rally to spread the ideals and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. It was Gandhi Vichar Sandesh Padyatra, not a protest against anyone. But police thrashed the activists with lathis and tortured them," Youth Congress national secretary Dr Smruti Ranjan Lenka told reporters.

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  First train to Bangladesh from Tripura likely to be flagged off next year

  India | November 25, 2019 20:28 IST

  The 15 km-long railway line project is being jointly implemented by the Indian Railways and the Bangladesh Railways, and is expected to be completed by 2020.

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  Teen couple eloped from Rajasthan, found 3 years later in Tripura

  India | October 26, 2019 15:45 IST

  The two were brought to Rajasthan where a kidnapping case had been filed against the the then minor boy by the girl's family and were produced before the Rajasthan High Court.

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  Former Tripura PWD minister Badal Chowdhury arrested

  India | October 22, 2019 13:34 IST

  West Tripura district Superintendent of Police Manik Das said that Chowdhury was arrested on Monday night.

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  New train flagged off: Connecting north and south Tripura

  India | October 03, 2019 18:09 IST

  ​Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday flagged off a Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train that would connect the state's southernmost town Sabroom and Dharmanagar, the northernmost one.