Society / Tripura

AGARTALA, February 20: There are serious allegations from the public that the PCO owners here are reluctant to allow their clients to avail of the new STD rates. The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reduced the call charge within a distance of 200 km and charging it at par with local call but the PCO owners here are reluctant to allow the callers to utilise the facility for their own interests. With the new system, even places like Shillong, Aizwal and Imphal have fallen within the 200 km radius as a result of which telephone user here need not pay for STD call to ring up someone in...

AGARTALA, February 8: Tripura Government has launched a website to provide information about handloom and handicraft products of the State and give an exposure to rural artisans. Inaugurating the website recently State Industries and Commerce Minister Pabitra Kar said the website has been launched to give handloom products a wider market in the country. "The handloom and handicraft products of the State have greater demand in other parts of the country and the website will provide necessary information to interested buyers and give exposure to the rural artisans in the national and...

AGARTALA, August 9: The Bill passed by the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council to introduce the Roman script for the "Kokborak" - the state's tribal dialect - has given rise to a political controversy. The Roman script seeks to replace the Bengali script in which the "Kokborak" is taught in primary schools in the hill autonomous areas of the state. The Indigenous Peoples' Front of Tripura, the ruling group in the council, has decided to introduce the Roman script in primary schools in the hill autonomous areas immediately "as the Governor will take a long time to give assent to...

AGARTALA, March 29: Tripura roads have become increasingly dangerous with almost everyday reports of mishaps claiming one or two lives being reported from all parts of the State. The week started with shocking road accident in which a student of Class-X, Abhishek Pal, was run over by a police vehicle at Ker Choumuhani in the heart of the town. Abhishek, who happened to be the only son of journalist Bijoy Pal - chief reporter of CPI(M) party organ Daily Desher Katha was coming from his private tutor's residence when the speeding vehicle dashed him from behind killing him on the spot. The tragic...

AGARTALA, July 22: The Tripura government has criticised the Centre for abandoning an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) funded educational project in the state and demanded immediate intervention by the Prime Minister on the issue. The state education minister Anil Sarkar said here on July 21 that the Centre had cancelled the Rs 43 cr educational project to be funded by OPEC International Development Fund "without assigning any reason". He said the state chief minister Manik Sarkar urged the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to intervene and requested the human resource...

AGARTALA, July 21: The 687-year-old 'Kharchi' festival celebrating the unity and integrity between tribals and non-tribals began in Tripura yesterday. Thousands of devotees congregated to offer prayers at Khaerpur temple at Puratan Agartala, where the tribal priest called 'Chantai' offered first prayers to 14 idols. The week-long festival was inaugurated by Tripura Industries Minister Pabitra Kar, while Chief Minister Manik Sarkar greeted the people on the occasion. Elaborate security arrangements have been made in view of the festival.