The agitators had blocked roads in support of a strike on Monday across the state, which was called by them in protest against the state government’s unwilling attitude towards fulfilling their long-pending demand for the declaration of Roman script as the official script for the tribal language Kokborok.
A total of 447 appointment letters from various paramilitary forces, including the BSF, CRPF, SSB, CISF, and ITBP, were handed out to the eager recruits during the occasion
Sources said the meeting assumed political significance as the CPI(M) had recently held discussions with the regional party and sought its support for the bypolls to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar seats in Sepahijala.
In a concerning incident, a person who had been missing since the previous evening was discovered on Friday in an unconscious state, bearing injuries from an apparent elephant attack.
In a significant turn of events ahead of the upcoming by-elections in Tripura, the opposition Congress has been dealt a blow as Billal Mia, a senior leader and former Minister, announced his departure from the party and formally joined the ruling BJP.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) apprehended five women from Bihar in possession of dry marijuana at the Jirania railway station in West Tripura district, said police on Monday.
A deeply unsettling incident unfolded in Belonia, Tripura, involving the public humiliation of a young woman and a married man who were apprehended by local residents over an alleged extramarital affair.
