Tripura Assembly

Tripura fisheries minister Khagendra Jamatia passes away at 64, days after doctors detect cancer

Tripura fisheries and cooperative minister Khagendra Jamatia died at the AIIMS in New Delhi on Friday following a brief illness.

Tripura Assembly polls: CPM says 'imperative to defeat' BJP govt by rallying secular forces without siding with Congress

The CPM's draft political resolution focuses on defeating the BJP and its allies by rallying all secular and democratic forces without entering into an understanding or electoral alliance with the Congress.

Tripura CPM candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma dies ahead of 18 February Assembly polls

A week ahead of the 18 February Assembly elections, a sitting CPM MLA and candidate in Charilam in western Tripura died on Sunday evening due to cardiac arrest, an official said.

Tripura Assembly Election 2018: Ex-state BJP chief Ronajoy Kumar Deb resigns from party over denial of poll ticket

Former Tripura BJP chief Ronajoy Kumar Deb has resigned from the party after being denied a ticket for the 18 February state polls.

Tripura polls: Manik Sarkar's election affidavit shows he has less than Rs 4,000, never filed I-T returns

Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar, who is running for the fifth consecutive term, has Rs 3,930 and has never filed any income tax return, states an election affidavit submitted by him while filing his nomination paper.

BJP plays role of 'collaborator' serving interests of capitalists, says Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar

Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, alleging that a party which had played the role of a "collaborator" of the British government before Independence was now at the helm of affairs at the Centre and was "serving the interests" of the capitalists.

Ahead of Tripura election, INPT to join hands with other indigenous parties to form grand alliance against BJP

In the light of the BJP-IPFT alliance announced for the Tripura elections, the INPT (Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura) has decided to unite all other indigenous parties.

Over 230 Tripura officials transferred on Election Commission's orders ahead of Assembly polls

Ahead of the 18 February polls, over 230 officials, including 10 returning officers, besides police, have been transferred in Tripura to comply with the poll panel's orders, an official said here on Saturday.

Tribal party IPFT decides to tie up with BJP ahead of Tripura Assembly polls; talks on to stitch alliance

The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, an anti-Left tribal party, on Thursday said it would forge an alliance with the BJP for the Assembly election due in 2018, while the saffron party said talks are still on in this regard.

Tripura election: BJP tells EC to appoint micro-observers as fear prevails in poll-bound state

The BJP on Thursday asked the Election Commission to appoint micro-observers in poll-bound Tripura from outside the CPM-ruled state and deploy maximum paramilitary forces, alleging that an atmosphere of fear was prevailing there.