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I mentioned views of 'some people' about Jats, Punjabis: Tripura CM

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb issued a clarification over his statement on Sardars and Haryanvi Jats saying, he had mentioned the views of "some people" about these two communities

Punjabis, Jats physically strong but have less brains: Tripura CM

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has courted controversy by saying Punjabis and Jats are physically strong but less brainy while Bengalis are known as very intelligent

Over hundred BSF personnel among 223 new Covid-19 cases in Tripura

Tripura has detected 223 new cases of COVID-19, taking the state's tally to 2,892, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said. Of the new cases, 101 were detected among BSF personnel, he said. There are 1,114 active cases in the state at present, while 1,759 people have recovered. Five people have so far died and 14 patients have migrated to other states. Among the new cases are six people who returned to the state on flights, Deb said on Sunday night. Thirty of them tested positive after coming in contact with COVID-19 patients and 179 were found positive in antigen tests, he said. Only eight of the new patients have symptoms, he added. The chief minister said to tackle the pandemic the government is focusing on testing, tracing and treatment. "We are conducting the maximum number of tests to ensure safety of everyone, we have adequate medical infrastructure to tackle the pandemic. Requesting everyone to co-operate & not to panic," he tweeted. The BSF said all the ...

Tripura coronavirus update: State reports death, 141 more positive cases

Tripura registered its second Covid-19 death on Saturday when a 72-year-old man succumbed to the disease at a government-run hospital in Agartala

12 fresh COVID-19 cases in Tripura; count rises to 1,352

Twelve more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said. Eight of the new patients are from Sepahijala district, three from Khowai and one from Gomati, he said. "Out of 1,063 samples tested for COVID-19, 12 people found positive. Among them 9 people have travel history & 3 people were in contact with COVID-19 patients," Deb tweeted late on Sunday. In another tweet on the previous day, he said eight more people have recovered from COVID-19. Of the total 1,352 cases in the state, 273 are active while 1,079 people have recovered.

Covid-19 lockdown: Northeast states back to work sooner than others

The eight states together account for 2,930 or 1.3 per cent of the around 230,000 cases in the country

Tripura SEZ with investment of Rs 1550 crore to create 12,000 jobs

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has notified the setting up of the first-ever SEZ in the state

UN human rights' body calls Citizenship Act 'fundamentally discriminatory'

At least two persons died due to bullet injuries on Thursday after police opened fire on protesters in Guwahati, capital of Assam.

Citizenship Bill protests: Railways suspends trains in Assam and Tripura

12 companies of the Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) have been dispatched to the region

Tripura govt to move Supreme court over HC ban on animal sacrifice

"No person including the state shall be allowed to sacrifice any animal or bird within the precincts of any of the temples within the state of Tripura" the HC had said

TRB Tripura releases TET Admit Card 2019, download from trb.tripura.gov.in

TRB Tripura will conduct the Tripura TET Paper II examination on October 20, 2019. Check steps to download admit card at trb.tripura.gov.in

Tripura: BJP wins 85% rural seats uncontested; polls unfair, alleges oppn

The rural polls are scheduled to be held in the north eastern state on July 27

ADB approves Rs 1,650 cr infra projects for 7 district towns in Tripura

The ADB will provide Rs 1,650 crore, out of which 80% will be grant-in-aid and the state will have to repay 20% loan in due course of time

Tripura writes to Bengal over 'lack of cooperation' for Biplab Deb's visit

Deb was scheduled to visit Bengal's Cooch Behar for BJP's 'rath yatra' on December 7

Tripura to start scheme to distribute cows to 5,000 families: CM Biplab Deb

'I'm not against setting up big industries but in that one has to invest Rs 10,000 crores for employing 2,000 people but if I give 10,000 cows to 5,000 families they will start earning in 6 months'

Prime accused Sunil Mohan, 9 others arrested in Tripura lynching case

Sukanta Chakraborty (33), a resident of South Tripura district, was lynched by a mob on June 28 when he was returning from campaigning against the child lifting scare in the state

Look for skeletons in CPM leaders' septic tanks: Tripura BJP chief tells CM

He reminded new Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb that Manik Sarkar had one in his septic tank. He alleged that CPM is a party of murderers

Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Chouhan and Raghuwar Das to visit Tripura

Amit Shah had taken strong note of the attacks on party activists in Tripura

Railways to invest Rs 1,000 cr on new tracks beyond Agartala

NFR would start 2 pairs of passenger train services on the newly constructed Agartala-Udaipur route

Tripura in broad gauge railway map; link to Bangladesh laid

Rail track will be extended to Sabroom, southern-most town in Tripura, which is 75 km from Chittagong port in Bangladesh