Coronavirus Outbreak: Tripura becomes COVID-19 free after second patient tests negative, says CM Biplab Kumar Deb
• 5 years agoTripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday said the state has become coronavirus- free after its second COVID-19 patient tested negative.
88 National Liberation Force militants from Tripura join mainstream as per MoU signed with govt; CM Biplab Kumar Deb assures assistance
• 6 years agoThe National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) has agreed to join the mainstream and abide by the Constitution of India after the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Tripura government signed a Memorandum of Settlement with the banned insurgency group
Day after 10 North East parties oppose citizenship bill, Tripura CM Biplab Deb says claims that 'BJP on backfoot in region' are false
• 6 years agoTripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb claimed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, had not put the BJP on the backfoot in the Northeast even though ten political parties of the region, along with the JD(U) had unanimously decided to oppose the Bill a day ago.
Another gem from Tripura CM: Introducing ducks in water bodies will increase oxygen levels, claims Biplab Deb
Fp Staff • 7 years agoHeard this one? Tripura CM Biplab Deb is betting that more ducks in Tripura's water bodies will do swimmingly well for the fish there. And, how's that? Ducks'swimming, Deb claims, would raise oxygen levels for the fish. Deb is ready to put some skin in the game - he wants to distribute 50,000 white ducklings on a subsidised rate to fishermen who live nearby and other villagers across Tripura.
Tripura Dy CM Jishnu Debbarma slams CPM leader for 'migration' remark, calls allegations baseless
• 7 years agoThere was no food scarcity, no one from Tripura crossed over to Bangladesh, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma said, refuting claims of CPI(M) MP
Vladimir Lenin statues pulled down in Tripura: History is unforgiving, especially to those who wish to control it
Amalendu Misra • 7 years agoWhen BJP won a convincing victory over the Communists who controlled Tripura, the celebrations led to immediate bulldozing of two statues of Vladimir Lenin.
'Stop the drama': Mayawati slams BJP over statue vandalism, says its leaders merely issuing statements
• 7 years agoCriticising the vandalism of statues in some parts of the country, the Bahujan Samaj Party asked the BJP to stop the "drama" of issuing statements, and take steps instead to end the violence.
BR Ambedkar, Periyar, Lenin idols razed: As statue politics peaks in nation, Amit Shah backs H Raja but distances BJP from vandalism
Fp Staff • 7 years agoPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday strongly condemned the vandalism of statues of Lenin, Periyar and BR Ambedkar and warned of stern action against those found guilty.
Statue vandalism updates: After BR Ambedkar, Periyar statues defiled, demand rises to arrest vandals under NSA act
Fp Staff • 7 years agoTwo statues of communist icon Vladimir Lenin were brought down in South Tripura, the police said, as the CPM and its arch-rival in Bengal, the Trinamool Congress, blamed the BJP for the incidents.
WATCH: Statue war continues; BR Ambedkar's statue damaged in UP's Meerut, officials replace it with new one
Fppolitics • 7 years agoAfter statues of Lenin, Periyar, Shyama Prasad Mookherjee were vandalised in separate incidents across India, a staute of Dalit icon Bababsaheb Ambedkar has been vandalised by unknown miscreants, say TV reports.