Agartala Apr 20PTI Tripura Information Minister Sushanta Chowdhury Wednesday alleged that there was a fraudulent appeal in his name in the social media seeking financial help and he has approached the police Police said that an FIR has been lodged against an unknown fraudster for creating a fake Facebook ID in Chowdhurys name and asking for financial help Screenshots of the fraudulent appeal became viral in the social media on Wednesday When the matter was brought to my notice I spoke to superintendent of police of West district and asked him to look into the matter Chowdhury said Prima facie it appeared that the man who had posted the fraudulent screen shots in his name is from Kerala The police have lodged an FIR suo moto and started investigation he said The act is aimed at defaming my image publicly Police has been asked to take lawful action against the fraudster PTI PS KK KK KK
Agartala Apr 20 PTI Tripura government on Wednesday announced health insurance of Rs three lakh a year for accredited journalists in the state The health insurance will be on 8020 basis Eighty per cent will be borne by the government and the rest twenty per cent will be contributed by the beneficiary state Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said An accredited journalist aged between 21 and 65 is eligible for being enlisted in the scheme which has been named Tripura Journalists Health Insurance Scheme - 2022 he said The state has 177 accredited journalists at present and 250 more have applied for getting accreditation cards The council of ministers today approved a proposal for introducing a health insurance scheme for the accredited journalists working in Tripura Todays decision has proved the BJP-IPFT government is media friendly and has kept Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Debs promise the minister said We are hoping to make it functional by the next two months so that accredited journalists get the benefit at the earliest he added PTI PS KK KK KK
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