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Topic: Tripura

Another TMC vs BJP face-off coming soon as Kolkata holds municipal elections next month

BJP's appeal to hold polls in 112 civic bodies together is pending before Calcutta HC, but State Election Commission has gone ahead and declared the dates for KMC polls.

SC directs Centre to immediately deploy additional forces in Tripura as civic polls begin

Opposition TMC and CPI(M) told a Supreme Court bench that its candidates and supporters are allegedly not being allowed to cast votes in the Tripura municipal polls Thursday.

TMC instigating trouble in Tripura, is worse than Taliban, says Union minister Pratima Bhoumik

BJP's Bhoumik, Lok Sabha MP from Tripura West, also claimed that 'violence came to Tripura this August when the Trinamool Congress came here', and called Mamata Banerjee a 'gunda'.

Who is Saayoni Ghosh? Actor & Mamata’s ‘streetfighter’ who was arrested, then got bail in Tripura

Saayoni Ghosh, who began her acting career as a character artiste in Bengali TV serials, is Trinamool’s Youth Wing chief. She was arrested on charges including attempt to murder.

TMC leaders claim Amit Shah has assured them he’ll seek report on Tripura violence from CM

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Santanu Sen, Kalyan Banerjee and Derek O’Brien were part of TMC MPs' delegation that met home minister Monday regarding alleged police violence in Tripura.

TMC youth leader Saayoni Ghosh, arrested in Tripura on attempt to murder charges, gets bail

Actor-turned-politician Ghosh was arrested after she raised TMC’s ‘khela hobe’ slogan to allegedly disrupt a street-corner meeting being held by Tripura CM Biplab Deb.

Trinamool leader arrested for ‘trying to mow down’ BJP workers in Tripura, TMC says fake case

The actor-turned-politician allegedly attempted to disrupt a BJP meeting which was being addressed by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.

Police scrutiny, poor roads & mud-caked sandals — A reporter’s diary from Tripura & Manipur

iWitness — the story behind the story of ThePrint journalists’ experiences on assignment.

SC directs Tripura police not to take any coercive action against 3 civil society members

A three-member bench, involving CJI N.V. Ramana, also issued a notice to the Agartala police against filing an FIR against the civil society members including a journalist.

2 women journalists, arrested by Tripura Police for covering communal violence, get bail

Samriddhi Sakunia & Swarna Jha were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gomati district, who granted them bail on bonds of Rs 7,500.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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?