The Latest Breaking News from Tripura

The Nesha Mukt Abhiyan (‘drug free campaign’) in Tripura has succeeded in the detection of narcotics, building awareness against the menace, and detention of drug peddlers, a release from the Tripura Chief Minister’s Office said.

The Tripura government has decided to rechristen 75 border villages in the State after the names of freedom fighters who had sacrificed their lives during the country’s independence movement, a senior official said on June 25.

A youth from Maharashtra was detained during his desperate bid to speak to his Bangladeshi wife across the border fence in Khowai of west Tripura.

The accused persons were held guilty of murdering Bodhisatta Das, bank branch manager, in August 2019

Tripura Leader of Opposition Animesh Debbarma has advised the state’s youth affairs and sports minister Tinku Roy to clear up the controversy over the claims he has made on educational qualifications in his election affidavit. He said the election commission is the appropriate authority to study his declarations.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared inter-cadre deputation of Mr. Singh from Tripura to Manipur ‘for a period of three years from the date of joining, in relaxation of the policy as a special case in public interest’, the order read.

Reflecting the cultural diversity of India, Tripura’s epitome bamboo wood flooring embellished the new Parliament building inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28

The CPI(M) and its front organisations have condemned and protested against bulldozing houses in a Muslim locality in south Tripura.

The decision by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Tripura to appoint former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly as the brand ambassador for the northeastern State has triggered a political row with the BJP and Trinamool Congress engaging in a slanging match.