Tripura's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,00,739 on Thursday as 24 more people tested positive for the infection, six more than the previous day, officials said. The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 916 as no fresh fatality was recorded. The state now has 375 active cases, while 99,380 people have recovered from the disease so far, and 68 patients have migrated to other states to date. The positivity rate was at 0.67 per cent. Meanwhile, with the COVID-19 graph showing a declining trend, the state government has relaxed night curfew hours from 10 pm to 5 am to 11 pm to 5 am from February 11 to 20. Gathering in any closed location is allowed with 50 per cent attendance amid strict adherence to COVID-19 norms, a notification issued on Wednesday night said. All standalone shops and commercial establishments, including shopping malls, will be allowed to remain open till 10 pm, it said. Cinema halls, multiplexes and swimming pools may remain open till 10 pm with 50 per cent capa
The state government has introduced fresh guidelines which said that people (up to 50 percent capacity) are allowed in closed spaces
Altogether 68 coronavirus patients have been migrated to other states
Tripura's total Covid-19 cases increased to 1,00,663 after 13 more people tested positive for the virus on Monday, a senior health department official said. The North-eastern state had reported the same number of fresh infections and no Covid deaths on Sunday. It, however, registered two fresh fatalities on Monday, taking the death toll to 915. The state's positivity rate has dipped to 0.91 per cent on Monday from 1.29 per cent the previous day, said Dr Deep Debbarma, the state surveillance officer. Altogether 1,421 samples were tested for coronavirus during the day. Tripura currently has 748 active cases, while 98,932 Covid patients have recovered so far. A total of 68 patients have migrated to other states.
'Why should somebody be required to run to the Supreme Court? What else is this if this is not harassment,' it said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said, with improvement in connectivity and infrastructure, Tripura is turning into a land of opportunities and a hub for trade connectivity.
Tripura now has 7,050 active cases
The state expects over 32,000 cases in 3rd wave
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate multiple developmental projects during his visit to the states of Manipur and Tripura on Tuesday
In poll-bound Manipur, Modi will inaugurate 13 projects worth around Rs 1,850 crore and lay the foundation stone of nine projects worth around Rs 2,950 crore
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday said that the state government would initiate strict actions against the land mafia and people involved in illegal land grabbing.
The Trinamool chief was received in Guwahati by the party's Rajya Sabha MP, Sushmita Dev
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the criminal proceedings against two women journalists and media house booked by the Tripura police for their reporting on alleged communal violence in the State
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday rejected notices under Rule 267 by some Opposition leaders seeking a discussion on municipal polls and legislation on the minimum support price (MSP)
According to the records of the state election commission BJP secured 59.01 per cent votes, followed by CPI-M and then the TMC.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea of an advocate seeking an probe into the recent "communal riots" in Tripura and the alleged complicity and inaction of the state police in it.
Tripura's ruling BJP pulverised Mamata Banerjee's TMC and the Left, capturing with surprising ease the Agartala Municipal Corporation and 13 other civic bodies where it now has 329 of the 334 seats.
BJP Swept the civic body elections in Tripura, having won all the seats of the 51-member Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and clinching several other urban local bodies
The opposition TMC and CPI(M) failed to open their account in the Agartala Municipal Corporation
There was absolute mayhem there. Even candidates were not allowed to vote, said Kapil Sibal, who sought urgent listing of two applications filed by the party