Tripura

22 Nov

Slogans of ‘Khela Hobe’ in Tripura CM’s meeting, TMC leader Sayani Ghosh arrested, 12 MPs reached Delhi in protest, preparations for demonstration

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Trinamool Youth Congress president and Tollywood actor Saayoni Ghosh was arrested — and slapped with attemptto-murder charges, among others — by the Agartala police on Sunday, a day after she tweeted a video, in which she was heard saying “Khela Hobe”, the party’s slogan popularised before the Bengal assembly elections, while passing a rally addressed by Tripura CM Biplab Deb.Coming days ahead of the November 25 Agartala Municipal Corporation polls, in which TMC is contesting all 51 wards, there were reports of violence against Trinamool workers, allegedly by BJP men, prompting a Trinamool delegation of MPs to seek an appointment…

20 Sep

BYJU’S Tripura student scores over 99 per cent in 10th Boards Exam

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Arijit Pal, the student of BYJU’S, the world’s leading Edtech Company, has done Tripura proud by securing 99.8 per cent marks in the 10th board examination. Studying at Vivekananda Vidyapith Higher Secondary School of Gomati. Arijit has secured prominent positions in the merit list announced by CBSE earlier this month. He has been learning with BYJU’S for over a year to strengthen his conceptual clarity through the app's digital learning tools. Speaking on the success, Vinay MR, Chief Content Officer, BYJU’S, said, “Arijit’s achievement is a true testimony to the efficacy of our platform. We wish him luck in his…

21 Jul

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb apologises for remark on comparing Bengalis with Jats and Punjabis.

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Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday apologised for his statements comparing Punjabis and Jats with Bengalis, and said he did not intend to hurt sentiments. Deb had stirred a controversy by saying Punjabis and Jats are physically strong but less brainy while Bengalis are known to be very intelligent. In a series of tweets in Hindi on Tuesday morning, the chief minister sought forgiveness for his remarks and said many of his friends were Punjabis and Jats, and he is proud of people hailing from the two communities. “I always salute the contributions of the Punjabi and Jat…

01 Apr

Global coronavirus COVID-19 cases top 9 lakh, death toll 45,371

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Italy and Spain bore the brunt of the crisis as the grim tally hit another milestone even though half of the planet's population is already under some form of lockdown in a battle to halt contagion. The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic infected 905,279 people worldwide and increased the death toll to 45,371 till 11.45 pm (IST- 1/4/20) on Wednesday even as the head of the United Nations has described this crisis as humanity's worst since World War II. The US has recorded the highest numbers of cases worldwide at 199,092 including 4,361 deaths. Italy has a total of 110,574 positive cases…