Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Pratima Bhoumik, who won the just concluded assembly election from Dhanpur constituency in Sepahijala district of Tripura, resigned on Wednesday, a day before the formal swearing-in ceremony of legislators. Pratima said,…
Dr Manik Saha (69) took oath of office as the chief minister of Tripura, leading the BJP-led government in the North-eastern state for the second time, on Wednesday in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit…
Suspense prevailed over the BJP’s choice of chief minister in Tripura three days after the party returned to power in the state by a slender margin on Thursday even as the swearing-in has been scheduled for March 8, with Prime…
The BJP is all set to form a new government in Tripura for the second straight term. The BJP-IPFT alliance won 32 seats, one more than the magic figure of 31 in the 60-member state assembly, for which elections were…
The state had gone to polls on 16 February. A massive voter turnout of 87.6 percent was recorded in the election. Counting of votes polled in the 60 assembly seats in Tripura on February 16 began at 8 am today…
Adequate security arrangements have been made in Tripura to ensure the peaceful counting of votes on March 2, a senior officer said on Tuesday. Sadar Sub-divisional police officer Ajay Kumar Das said that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and…
The Election Commission said that it will hold peace meetings on Monday and Tuesday to avert any law and order problem in the state after election results are declared on March 2. The Chief Election Officer, Kiran Gitte said that…
For the first time in Tripura, the Election Commission has appointed a counting observer for each of the 60 assembly constituencies to ensure the counting of votes in a free and fair manner, a senior poll official said on Saturday.…
Nearly 88 per cent of voting was recorded in the one-day Tripura assembly elections, which were "largely peaceful", a senior EC official said on Friday. The elections to the 60-member assembly were held across the northeastern state on Thursday. "An…
A person allegedly suffered a leg injury during a clash between suppporters of the ruling BJP and Opposition CPI outside a polling booth in Tripura. There over 28.14 lakh registered voters this year in Tripura of which 14,15,233 are men,…