Ratan Lal Nath

In Tripura, the ADC elections saw a remarkable 83% voter turnout, highlighting a keen public interest despite isolated incidents of unrest in the Sepahijala, Gomati, and West Tripura districts. Reports of bomb blasts and gunfire surfaced alongside claims of voter intimidation, causing tension in some areas.

The Tripura government has been accused of illegally accumulating interest by depositing Central funds in treasury bill accounts at Reserve Bank of India.

Tripura education minister ratan lal nath was accused of instigating paramilitary forces to act against the job-seeking qualified graduate and post-graduate teachers who had gone to meet the minister at his residence on Monday.

The opposition Congress staged a walkout from the Tripura assembly on Monday alleging partisan role of the speaker.

Tripura chief minister Manik Saha along with education minister ratan lal nath on Tuesday inaugurated the first English medium general degree college of the state in the city with 100 intake capacity.

Senior Congress legislator of Tripura, ratan lal nath has demanded a probe into the administrative irregularities in procurement and supply of spurious drugs to hospitals by a sitting high court judge.

The BJP on Saturday received a setback in the Tripura Bar Association election as the panel, backed by the ruling party, lost 10 of the 15 posts to the opposition Congress and CPM combined.

The number of Covid-19 positive cases in Tripura has increased to 173 with four civilians and two BSF jawans of the 86th battalion getting infected in the last two days.

The Tripura government launched a comprehensive co-curricular programme, SAHARSHA (self-gratification), for the social and emotional learning of students up to Class 8 to scale up their knowledge beyond the syllabus — the first in the northeast region.

The Tripura government has launched a new scheme, “Earn with Learn”, as part of the Vidyalaya Chalo Abhiyan (Let’s go to school) to bring back those who had dropped out of schools following the outbreak of Covid-19.

Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader ratan lal nath will sit on a fast-unto-death in front of Congress Bhawan here from February 9 to press for his 15-point charter of demands.

Assembly speaker RC Debnath on Friday disqualified MLA ratan lal nath on the ground of defection under 2(1)(a) of Schedule X of Article 191 of the Constitution.

The Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) will start its classes here from this academic session, the state government has decided.The IIIT will function from the NIT's Agartala campus as of now.

The Tripura government has extended the Covid curfew till June 5, following a surge in cases. Shops selling essentials can be open from 6 am to 12 noon.

The council of ministers of the BJP government in Tripura, in a meeting on Thursday, endorsed the facilities and privileges of former chief minister Manik Sarkar equivalent to the rank of a cabinet minister.

Congress' recent poll debacle in Tripura has exposed major cracks in the state unit which is now facing serious dissidence in party ranks.

Tripura is boosting farmers' incomes through floriculture as demand for flowers rises. Traditional floriculture has surged by 332% and high-tech varieties by 124%, aided by the state’s favorable climate and soil. The initiatives promote self-reliance and employment, with plans for a centre that will supply quality saplings and training to lift production further.

In a groundbreaking achievement, Tripura's State Load Dispatch Centre has become the first in the Northeast to be awarded the prestigious ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. This certification significantly enhances cybersecurity measures, safeguarding essential computer systems and the integrity of the national power grid.

Tripura's main opposition, Congress, on Tuesday urged the UPA-led Centre to declare a "financial emergency" in Left-ruled state as the state government has made itself bankrupt.

All government colleges and higher education institutions in Tripura are set to get free Wi-Fi access, education minister ratan lal nath said.

The directorate of technical education will no longer function under the higher education department, the Tripura government announced on Sunday.