In a major crackdown, two militant leaders, including one of them trained by the ISI of Pakistan, of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura were arrested on Thursday night.
CPM secretary Jitendra Chaudhury said that a sanghati mela (mela of unity) has been held every year since 1993 in the mosque, where people from all sections participate, and it also continued even after the BJP came to power. But some organisations, which he claimed to be backed by the ruling party, have claimed the structure as Jagannath temple.
Speaking to reporters, Tripura Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said on Sunday that the strategic partnership aimed to enhance tourism potential in Tripura by harnessing Ganguly’s widespread popularity and influence to attract visitors.
Tripura government has taken a strong step by withholding the salaries of police officers after they failed to dispose-off targeted number of cases allocated to them.