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Topic: Tripura

‘Not interested in Congress’: Tripura royal family head on being made executive party member

In letter to son and TIPRA chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, 'Rajmata' Bibhu Kumari Devi says Congress is broken mentally & physically, shouldn't use her name and misguide people.

‘I control police’, Tripura CM says, asks officers not to ‘worry’ about contempt of court

Speaking at the biennial conference of Tripura Civil Service Officers' Association, Tripura CM Deb said, 'I am the tiger', adding that power is in the hands of those who run the govt.

3 days of violence, 42 FIRs — Why Tripura is witness to sudden spurt in political clashes

CPI(M) state headquarters, party’s district offices, and its workers’ homes were ransacked & torched on 8 & 9 September in the worst spate of political violence Tripura has seen in a while.

‘Won’t allow BJP to make India another Taliban’: Mamata calls out Modi, Yogi on campaign trail

At Alipore’s Bodyguard Lines, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee spoke of Trinamool's national aspirations, noting that 'khela hobe' in Assam, Tripura, Goa and Uttar Pradesh.

CPM target of Tripura violence but BJP only following Communist strategy: Pradyot Debbarma

In interview with ThePrint, TIPRA chairman Pradyot Debbarma said his outfit now has a settled vote-bank and will ally with whoever backs his demand for a state for Tripura tribals. 

Anti-CM wave, Trinamool expansion, Pradyot Deb Barman: BJP has a lot to worry about in Tripura

BJP high command sent 4-member team to Tripura on 30 August to gauge mood of people. This is the second central stock-taking trip since June, when a BJP general secretary met local leaders.

Nirmala Sitharaman promises Rs 1,300 cr for development of Tripura’s tribal areas

Sitharaman, who is on a two-day Tripura visit, said the World Bank-funded project will be cleared within next 10 days. She also inaugurated local projects worth Rs 189 crores.

Tripura Congress unit chief Pijush Kanti Biswas quits party, retires from politics

The veteran leader and senior advocate of the Tripura High Court Saturday said personal reasons prompted him to tender his resignation, and expressed gratitude to Sonia Gandhi.

Mamata accuses Amit Shah of attacks on nephew Abhishek Banerjee, TMC activists in Tripura

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that such attacks would not have been possible without 'active support' of the Union home minister and said Tripura Police were 'mute spectators'.

Mamata may ally with Pradyot Debbarma for Tripura 2023 as she looks to take TMC beyond Bengal

Trinamool Congress and Pradyot Debbarma's TIPRA are looking to fill the vacuum created by a shrinking Left-Congress and growing anti-incumbency in the BJP-ruled state.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?