Kolkata Feb 27 PTI The BJP has given a call for a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal on Monday in protest against alleged rigging and attacks on opposition party members by ruling Trinamool Congress goons during elections to 108 municipalities across the state BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya told reporters here that the shutdown from 6 am to 6 pm will exempt essential services like healthcare milk supply and mediaWhat happened today was not polling but a mockery of democracy The elections have been reduced to a farce by the ruling party miscreants in almost every municipality in South and North BengalSeveral of our agents and candidates were beaten up but the State Election Commission turned a blind eye Bhattacharya allegedEven voters and journalists were roughed up he claimedThe BJP leader said party workers will hit the streets on Monday and urge people to observe the bandhOur MPs Arjun Singh Sukanta Majumdar and Dilip Ghosh were not allowed to move around there is total lawlessness and the constitutional machinery has collapsed In such a situation we were forced to call for a bandh Bhattacharya saidMeanwhile the TMC alleged that the bandh call by the BJP was aimed at creating disturbance in the state and causing hardship to people After todays elections the BJP has realised that it will be reduced to zero in West Bengal Hence it has resorted to bandh politics TMC secretary-general Partha Chatterjee saidCPIM central committee member Sujan Chakraborty said the saffron party had not valiantly fought the TMC terror throughout the day like the LeftNow the BJP wants to hijack the issue by suddenly calling for a Bangla Bandh We dont support their proposed strike Chakraborty saidHowever WBPCC president Adhir Choudhury who faced a series of protests by TMC supporters in Baharampur Municipality area during his visit to polling stations on Sunday said in-principle he was supporting the bandh callThe TMC unleashed unprecedented terror during todays municipal polls Had Congress been in a position to enforce it we would have called for a bandh too Choudhury said PTI SUS RBT RBT

Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 20 (ANI): Tripura Tea Development Corporation (TTDC), in order to cut down cost of manufacturing tea, has made a pioneering attempt of converting its coal-based tea factories into green energy-based facilities.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 8 (ANI): Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker Ratan Chakraborty on Tuesday accepted the resignation letters submitted by former ministers Sudip Roy Barman and Asish Saha and declared that both of them have lost their membership of the House.

Kolkata Jan 28 PTI Visva Bharati University Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty has courted a fresh controversy by stating that this dream institution of Rabindranath Tagore having lost its global identity has gone on to become Bolpur Bharati or Paschim Bango Bharati Bolpur in Birbhum district is where the university is situated Chakraborty while addressing a programme on the institutes campus on Thursday asserted that he would not allow the upcoming new campus of the central university at Ramgarh to become Uttarakhand Bharati in a similar fashion Taking exception to his remark TMCs Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal said his assertions have demeaned the people of Bolpur and other stakeholders of the university Mondal sought Chakrabortys immediate ouster Earlier the VC had sparked a row when he said that local traders a section of Bolpur residents and some students and faculty members have treated the cash-starved institution as a goose that gives golden eggs During his speech on Thursday he said Visva-Bharati has been turned into Paschimbango Bharati or Bolpur Bharati over the years We face opposition and criticism for each and every step we take I will ensure the same thing does not happen to the universitys upcoming campus in Ramgarh Uttarakhand It will retain the ideals of Tagore The VC was also apparently referring to the criticism over his move to fence the Poush Mela ground and his decision to cancel the annual fair this year Meanwhile members of leftwing students organisation -- SFI and the AISA -- engaged in a scuffle with the security personnel of the university when they were stopped from entering the central office to hand over a deputation to the VC demanding immediate resumption of physical classes SFI leader Somnath Sow said some of the representatives of the two organisations were injured during the fracas We want immediate resignation of the VC who has no qualms about security personnel tussling with young students who are like his children Sow said University authorities and Chakraborty did not respond to calls made by PTI for their comment on the two issues PTI SUS RMS RMS

North Tripura (Tripura) [India], December 28 (ANI): North Tripura District police on Monday seized contraband items of more than Rs 3 crore in two separate raids conducted at Churaibari and Panisahar in the state.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], December 16 (ANI): Bangladesh's Assistant High Commissioner Mohammad Jobayed Hosen on Thursday said that Dhaka is eager to identify and develop the places that are of historical importance pertaining to the country's liberation war.

Agartala Nov 19 PTI At least 19 people were injured as supporters of BJP and TMC clashed in Teliamura in Tripuras Khowai district following which prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in the area police said on FridayTwo police personnel were also among those injured in the clash days before the civic body polls in the state prompting the administration to impose the prohibitory orders in wards 13 14 and 15 of the Teliamura Municipal Council they saidIn an order issued today Teliamura Sub Divisional Magistrate Md Sajjad P has imposed section 144 in 13 14 and 15 ward areas of the Teliamura Municipal Council from today to maintain peace law and order The order will be in force till November 24 said an official statement issued late on ThursdayTrouble started around 930 pm on Wednesday in Kalitila area as TMC workers were holding a demonstration and reached near a BJP office Assistant Inspector General of police Law and Order Subrata Chakraborty saidSupporters of both parties came face to face leading to an altercation he saidSuddenly the TMC workers attacked BJP supporters who also retaliated he addedPolice tried to pacify both the groups but had to use mild force and tear gas shells to control the situation Chakraborty saidTotal 19 persons including two police personnel were injured in the clash he saidThree cases were registered in connection with the incident at Teliamura police stationTwo cases were filed by the father of TMC worker Anirban Sarkar who was admitted to a hospital with injuries police saidA separate case was registered by the police with charges of attempt to murder voluntarily causing grievous injury and unlawful assembly they saidFive persons including Sarkar were arrested police saidFour of them were produced before a court which remanded them to judicial custody till November 30 Sarkar could not be produced before the court as he is in hospitalSenior TMC leader Sushmita Dev alleged that despite directives from the apex court to ensure free and fair polls on November 25 candidates and activists of her party are under attackRejecting the allegations BJP spokesperson Nabendu Bhattacharya said members of his party never attacked any TMC worker as they are not a political opponent in the stateThey have no organisational base here and they are not posing any political challenge to the BJP We also do not believe in the culture of violence he saidCivic body polls would be held on November 25 Out of the total 20 civic bodies in the state the ruling BJP has won seven uncontested PTI JOY SOM SOM

Mumbai : A special NDPS Court has ordered to defreeze Rhea Chakraborty’s Bank Accounts. The Accounts were frozen by NCB last year following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in June 2020. In a plea for defreezing the bank account Rhea requested the court to defreeze her account as her survival is difficult if transactions cannot take place. She said that she is ‘an actor/model by profession’ and that ‘NCB freezed the bank accounts and FDs by Notice dated 16/09/2020 without reason, and it is causing grave injustice and prejudice to her’.

Agartala Oct 28 PTI Two days after a mosque was vandalised during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad rally in Chamtilla in Panisagar sub-division of North Tripura district Tripura police on Thursday appealed to people to not spread rumors and fake pictures on the incident pointing out that no mosque was burnt there as was being made out in fake photographs posted on social mediaThe Tripura police force through its official twitter ID said fake social media IDs are being used to spread rumours and fake news and clarified that the law and order situation in the state is absolutely normal During yesterdays protest rally in Panisagar no masjid mosque was burnt and the picture being shared of burning or damaged masjid or collection of sticks etc are all fake news Tripura Police tweetedThe police force said some vested interests are trying to disturb the peaceful communal situation of Tripura we request every citizen to help in maintaining law and order and peace Tripuras Director General of Police V S Yadav had earlier stressed that the situation is peaceful in North Tripura barring some previous stray incidentsProhibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC were promulgated in Panisagar and neighbouring Dharmanagar sub-divisions following the incident at Chamtilla area in North Tripura districtAll the mosques across the state are under security cover now We are keeping a vigil on the situation Yadav had said on WednesdayA mosque was vandalised and two shops were set ablaze at Chamtilla on Tuesday evening during a VHP rally taken out to protest against recent violence against Hindus in neighbouring BangladeshThree houses and a few shops reportedly owned by members of the minority community were also ransacked in nearby Rowa Bazar North Tripura Superintendent of Police Bhanupada Chakraborty had saidNow the situation in North Tripura district is peaceful We have beefed up security and police protection for all mosques in the district Prohibitory orders under Section 144 CRPc were promulgated at Panisagar and Dharmanagar subdivisions for an indefinite period Chakraborty had told PTITripura State Jamiat Ulama a branch of all-India organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind that seeks to protect Islamic beliefs identity heritage and places of worship confirmed that police protection has been given to all mosques of North TripuraThe government is working to maintain peace in the state Tripura State Jamiat Ulama president Mufti Tayebur Rahman saidAssistant inspector general of police Law and Order Subrata Chakraborty also that all district heads of police were asked to provide security to mosques and organise regular patrolling in vulnerable areas PTI JOY JRC JRC

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 27 (ANI): Former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay had allegedly received a death threat through a letter addressed to his wife.