Everything you need to know about West Tripura: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about West Tripura: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The Congress in West Bengal Saturday attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on implementation of the rural jobs programme, saying the state has turned out a poor performer in the 100 days work scheme despite tall claims of the Trinamool Congress government.
Washington, May 25 (ANI): Kim Kardashian has begged boyfriend Kanye West, who hates appearing on the 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians', to make a brief cameo on the reality show for her baby shower, which is being filmed for an E! Special.
London, May 25 (ANI): Kim Kardashian can be seen finding out the sex of her baby in the new episode of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians', but disappointingly, her beau Kanye West is absent during the ultrasound.
Agartala, May 25 (IANS) In a major policy change, Bangladesh will allow India ferry foodgrains for the mountainous northeastern states via its territory, a Tripura minister said here.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) R.K. Mathur, a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, took over as defence secretary Saturday.
Wellington, May 25 (ANI): According to the New Zealand media, master spinner Daniel Vettori has a black cloud hovering over his Test-playing future after he pulled out of the second test against England at Leeds, fearing that his body cannot cope with the strenuous exertion in the five days that will follow.
Moscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Members of foreign delegations attending an international conference on European security visited a military base near Moscow that has a motorized infantry division.
Agartala, May 24 (ANI): Women in Tripura are finding different ways of becoming financially independent. And, doll making is fast emerging as a preferred choice of profession among rural womenfolk.
London, May 23 (ANI): Kim Kardashian, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kanye West in early July, has shared a picture of her plumped up lips, which are apparently the result of her pregnancy, on Twitter, on Tuesday.
Agartala, May 22 (IANS) A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India to pay a compensation of Rs.30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company.
Agartala, May 22 (IANS) A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India Ltd to pay a compensation of Rs.30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company, an official said here Wednesday.
Los Angeles, May 22 (IANS) Socialite Khloe Kardashian has broken her silence against those who have targeted her pregnant sister Kim Kardashian for gaining a lot of weight.
London, May 21 (IANS) Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was named the Premier League manager of the year and accepted the award from the League Manager Association Monday.
Agartala, May 21 (IANS) Three militants who had fled from their hideout in Bangladesh along with two CPI-M leaders, who were kidnapped April 1 from Tripura, have surrendered to the security forces, officials said Tuesday.
London, May 21 (ANI): The retiring Alex Ferguson at the League Managers' Association awards said that the day Manchester United signed a 23 million pound deal with Robin Van Persie on August 17th was the day he thought the crown was bound for Old Trafford.
London, May 21 (ANI): The new England football kit has been revealed and was instantly compared with West Germany's outfit in the 1960s and 70s by some fans.
Agartala, May 21 (IANS) A dawn-to-dusk strike called by the opposition Congress Tuesday to protest the killing of three newspaper employees paralysed this capital of Left-ruled Tripura.
London, May 21 (ANI): Sir Alex Ferguson has won the coveted 'Manager of the Year' award by the League Managers' Association (LMA) for a fourth time after guiding Manchester United to its 20th title.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Editor's Guild of India Monday expressed in "shock and deep anguish" over stabbing to death of three employees of the newspaper Ganadoot Patrika in Agartala, Tripura.
London, May 20 (ANI): Kanye West has reportedly named his new album 'Yeezus' - a combination of his nickname Yeezy and Jesus.
Agartala, May 20 (ANI): Unidentified assailants attacked the office of a Tripura-based newspaper over the weekend, and killed three employees including the manager.
Agartala, May 20 (IANS) Opposition parties have called a 12-hour shut-down in Tripura Tuesday to protest the killing of three newspaper employees who were murdered at their office here, a Congress leader said.
Bridgetown, May 20 (IANS/CMC) The West Indies will kick off preparations for next month's Champions Trophy in England when they embark on a five-day camp at the High Performance Centre (HPC) at the 3Ws Oval starting here Monday.
London, May 20 (ANI): Wayne Rooney missed his last season game with West Bromwich Albion, as his wife Coleen was preparing to give birth to her second child on Sunday.
London, May 20 (ANI): Sir Alex Ferguson had stunned Manchester United players after he reportedly told them not to call him 'Boss' again, as his final order.
Beijing, May 20 (IANS) China and India's combined potential are large enough to make the West anxious but there are "many weaknesses in the bilateral relationship", a state-run Chinese daily has said.
London, May 20 (ANI): Sir Alex Ferguson had led the way to a day packed with goodbyes after he bid farewell to Manchester United with 1500 games in charge after a record breaking 5-5 draw with West Bromich Albion.
St.John's (Antigua), May 19 (IANS/CMC) England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced.
Agartala, May 18 (IANS) Due to lack of funds, several national railway projects in southern Assam, Tripura and other northeastern states would be delayed by a year, an official said here Saturday.
Los Angeles, May 18 (IANS) Popular singer Kanye West has remarked that he doesn't consider himself a celebrity.
The tiny northeast Indian state of Tripura has turned into the second largest producer of natural rubber in the country largely because several hundred former militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) were rehabilitated a decade ago and allotted land.
Tripura, May 17 (ANI): Tripura's Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who heads the State Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA), recently announced that the state is likely to be declared fully literate by September this year.
New York, May 17 (ANI): Kim Kardashian is furious that Kanye West is planning to go on an international tour shortly after their baby's born.
Bridgetown (Barbados), May 17 (IANS/CMC) Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has launched what has been termed an official anthem for the inaugural T20 tournament set to begin in late July.
London, May 17 (ANI): Retiring Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has joked that he planned to drink all the vineyards dry following his retirement.
London, May 17 (ANI): Cheryl Cole has offered some encouraging words to Kim Kardashian, ahead of the birth of her first baby with boyfriend Kanye West.
London, May 16 (ANI): Kanye West, who gashed his head earlier in the week when he bumped into a Los Angeles street sign, suffered another crushing blow after his luxurious 500,000-pound Lamborghini Aventador was smashed by Kim Kardashian's electric gates.
Sydney, May 16 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) has reportedly condensed the five-match series of one-day internationals against England into a 15-day period in January 2014.
Karachi, May 16 (IANS/CMC) West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle is again being singled out as a player for intense scrutiny as momentum builds ahead of next month's ICC Champions Trophy.
Agartala, May 15 (IANS) Students caught ragging other students in any educational institutions in Tripura will be get a maximum of four years in prison and a fine, a government notification said here Wednesday.
Los Angeles, May 15 (IANS) Kim Kardashian's friends are reportedly worried about her relationship with rapper-boyfriend Kanye West.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): A close friend of the Kardashian family has expressed fears that Kanye West and Kim won't stay together long enough to welcome their child into the world.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): Kim Kardashian has reportedly said that West was justified when he lunged and swore at a photographer in Beverley Hills.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): Kim Kardashian has reportedly said that West was justified when he lunged and swore at a photographer in Beverley Hills.
Los Angeles, May 15 (IANS) Pregnant socialite Kim Kardashian's feet are so "swollen" that she can't fit them into her shoes anymore.
Agartala, May 14 (IANS) Despite the Reserve Bank of India asking nationalised banks to improve their credit flows to the industry-starved northeast, the credit-deposit ratio in the region has remained static during the past many years, Tripura Finance Minister Badal Chaudhury said here Tuesday.
Beijing, May 14 (IANS) Although attitudes toward sex are slowly changing in China, they still remain ambiguous and the ongoing sexual revolution differs from that of the West in the 1960s, according to Richard Burger, author of "Behind the Red Door: Sex in China".
Los Angeles, May 14 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian is nervous about giving birth to first child and parenting but is equally excited because she learnt everything from her mother Kris Jenner.
Agartala, May 13 (IANS) The Tripura assembly Monday witnessed unprecedented bedlam as the opposition Congress created a ruckus demanding that the government promise security for the money deposited by the people in chit fund companies.
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Kanye West is reportedly looking forward to work with Tulisa in an attempt to boost her fading solo career.
London, May 13 (IANS) Singer Tulisa Contostavlos is reportedly in talks ahead of collaborating with rapper Kanye West, who might produce her next album.
London, May 13 (ANI): England's right-arm offspinner Graeme Swann has said that he is determined to bring about changes in playing tactics, following the 0-0 draw with New Zealand over the winter.
Agartala, May 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the ONGC's first commercial power project in Tripura next month, an official said here Monday.
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Kim Kardashian has revealed that she and her boyfriend Kanye West deal with their personal lives much differently in the public eye.
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Kim Kardashian, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kanye West in early July, wrote a special Mother's Day note on her website while dedicating it to her grandmother, mom-Kris Jenner and sister-Kourtney.
Los Angeles, May 13 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian finds it really difficult to get dressed as nothing seems to fit her.
Sydney, May 12 (ANI): Former Australian Test pacer Jason Gillespie has said that England will handle the Australian bowling attack better than the Australians themselves in the back-to-back Ashes series.
Los Angeles, May 12 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian says she avoids looking at "negative comments".
London, May 11 (ANI): Kim Kardashian, who was recently blasted for wearing a tight fitting flower print dress at the Met Ball, has been cut out of Vogue's Best Dressed gallery.
London, May 11 (ANI): Kim Kardashian, who was recently blasted for wearing a tight fitting flower print dress at the Met Ball, has been cut out of Vogue's Best Dressed gallery.
Agartala, May 11 (IANS) The Tripura government has launched a crackdown against Rose Valley, one of the biggest chit fund companies in eastern India. Two executives of the group have been arrested and documents have been seized, an official said here Saturday.
Agartala/Guwahati, May 10 (IANS) Thousands of retail and wholesale medicine shops remained closed across northeastern region Friday in support of the 12-hour all-India strike called by their national organisation against government policies and their impact on traders.
Agartala/Aizawl, May 10 (IANS) Seasonal cyclonic storms accompanied by lightning and rain continued to create devastation in Tripura and Mizoram for the sixth day Friday, killing eight people so far injuring 40 others, an official said here.
Gournar village (Tripura), May 10 (ANI): The Assam Rifles is working consistently to improve the lives of people in the northeast, including Tripura.
Bridgetown (Barbados), May 10 (IANS/CMC) Barbados will host, for the first time, a world contest for supremacy in long range rifle shooting known as the Australia Match.
Shillong, May 9 (IANS) An apex body of northeastern students' groups has suggested to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to depute a parliamentary team to study the misuse of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the region, a student leader said Thursday.
Agartala, May 9 (IANS) Cyclonic storms accompanied by lightning and rain continued to create havoc in Tripura for the fifth day Thursday, killing seven people, including five women and injuring 20 others, an official said here.
Los Angeles, May 9 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian's ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush became a dad with fiance Lilit Avagyan.
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government is planning to start a social security scheme for depositors and investors to ensure proper return of public money after the Saradha chit fund mess, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Wednesday.
Los Angeles, May 8 (IANS) Socialite Khloe Kardashian says that rapper Kanye West had a crush on her sister Kim for years.
Agartala, May 8 (IANS) The Left Front government in the northeastern state of Tripura has decided to ask the CBI to probe the illegal activities of the non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in the state, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) With the Congress looking set to take charge of Karnataka, the number states and union territories under its rule will rise to 14, even as the BJP tally will drop by one to four.
Tbilisi, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has ruled out the possibility of Tbilisi resuming natural gas purchases from Russia, for its probable impact on his country's independence.
Agartala, May 7 (IANS) Strong winds accompanied by lightning and rains continued to lash Tripura, killing one person and injuring four others, an official said here Tuesday.
Agartala, May 7 (IANS) Raids were conducted at the offices of non-banking financial companies (NBFC) across Tripura and many documents and properties were seized, officials said here Tuesday. Two people were also arrested.
Bridgetown (Barbados), May 7 (IANS/CMC) Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding believes the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) represents an excellent opportunity for the development of professional cricket in the region.
New York, May 7 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian, who is expecting her first child with rapper-boyfriend Kanye West was spotted in a floral gown with matching gloves and heels on the red carpet of Met Ball here.
In a bid to protect the interests of depositors in the aftermath of the multi-crore ponzi scam in West Bengal, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra Monday met to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asked him to expedite process of passing state government's bill..................
Aizawl/Agartala, May 6 (IANS) Despite uncertainties among refugees, the Mizoram government has agreed to resume the rehabilitation of over 40,000 tribals who had sought refuge in Tripura for about 16 years, a home ministry official said Monday.
London, May 5 (ANI): Kim Kardashian has posted a sexy cleavage revealing pre-pregnancy picture on her Instagram, as she gets in the new Twitter trend for sharing retro snaps called 'Flashback Friday'.
Los Angeles, May 5 (IANS) It seems typical maternity outfits do not appeal to pregnant Kim Kardashian who walked the red carpet in a short black dress in Houston.
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Firing a fresh salvo at West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress over the Saradha Group scam in West Bengal, the Congress Saturday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her "ignorance" about the chit fund muddle.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have finally set a wedding date, it has been revealed.
Agartala, May 3 (IANS) Seven people, including a doctor and his wife, were killed and five injured in four road accidents in Tripura, police said Friday.
New York, May 03 (ANI): Kanye West, who deleted his entire Twitter presence back in October 2012, has returned to the social media platform with a single post: "June Eighteen."
Agartala, May 3 (ANI): Festivals are a great way of showcasing the cultural heritage of a region. Recently, a three-day long festival was organized in Tripura where people from different tribes put up an array of enthralling performances.
New York, May 03 (ANI): Top model Gisele Bundchen has signed up as the latest face of the Swedish fast fashion label, H 'n' M.
Sydney, May 3 (ANI): Australia's Twenty20 captain George Bailey, who has been newly appointed as the vice-captain for the ICC Champions Trophy squad, said that he has come out more stronger from the adverse results of the one-day series against England last year, which was clean-swept by their rivals 0-4.
Agartala, May 2 (IANS) The northeastern state of Tripura ranks first in India for providing land deeds to tribals under the forest rights act with 120,418 families benefiting since 2008, a minister said Thursday.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress MP Thursday asked for a CBI probe into the chit fund scam saying the national agency was best suited to investigate the issue which involved multiple states.
Agartala, May 2 (ANI): Glimpses of Odisha were shown in Tripura, when a 15-day long "Odisha festival" was organized in Agartala to strengthen relations between the two eastern states.
Los Angeles, May 1 (IANS) Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian loves Kim's rapper-boyfriend Kanye West because he has made an effort to bond with everyone in her family, unlike Kris Humphries.
Washington, May 1 (ANI): Rob Kardashian has been sued by a photographer, who has alleged that the reality TV star assaulted her and stole part of her camera only because she tried to take a shirtless picture of him.
Bridgetown (Barbados), May 1 (IANS/CMC) The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) received a powerful endorsement with the news that former Jamaica prime minister PJ Patterson has agreed to chair the CPL Cricket Committee.
Agartala, April 30 (IANS) Tripura's Left Front government may recommend a CBI probe into the illegal activities of the non-banking financial companies in the state following a chit fund scam in West Bengal, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Tuesday.
Washington, April 30(ANI): Kim Kardashian has been whisked away from her Greek vacation by a private jet that Kanye West sent to ferry her so she could spend more time with him, according to reports.
Agartala, April 30 (IANS) Ninety-five people were taken ill and admitted to various hospitals after eating at a wedding feast in Tripura Monday night. The condition of 24 people is stated to be critical, an official said here Tuesday.
Agartala, April 29 (IANS) The Tripura government has taken tough legal action and is sensitising people to stop killing of tribals, mostly women, in the state for allegedly practising sorcery and witchcraft, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Monday.
Agartala, April 29 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat has said that the formation of a Third Front at the centre is no easy task as some political parties frequently change their allegiance.
Agartala, April 28 (IANS) The chit fund scam in West Bengal had ripple effects in Tripura, where police swung into action on public complaints and protests to arrest the director of a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC).
