Tripura votes for second Lok Sabha seat on Saturday
Agartala, April 11: Balloting takes place Saturday for Left ruled Tripura's second Lok Sabha seat. The state's electorate voted for the other seat Monday. Over 1.13 million voters - half of whom are...
View ArticleMentally challenged woman burnt after gang rape in Tripura
Agartala, June 07: In a case of horrific brutality, a mentally challenged woman was burnt to death after being gang raped in Tripura, police said Saturday. "Alorani Deb was gang raped by three men....
View ArticleTwo held for attempt to rape Tripura woman
GURGAON: The police on Tuesday arrested two youths from Tighra for their alleged attempt to rape a 20-year-old woman from Tripura, who lived in a rented accommodation in the village with her...
View ArticleBSF DG on peace recce in Tripura OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Agartala, June 9:...
Agartala, June 9: The director-general of the BSF, D.K. Pathak, paid a two-hour visit to Agartala yesterday after the death of BSF jawan Sandip Singh and a civilian Ismail Mia in the South Ramnagar...
View ArticleTripura troopers for Nagaland Lok Sabha polls
Agartala, March 12: Elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR) troopers will provide security during the April 9 Lok Sabha polls in Nagaland, an official said here Wednesday. "Around 1,000 TSR troopers, led by...
View ArticleBSF trooper opens fire at Kashmir CM residence
Srinagar, November 16: A BSF trooper, posted at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence, Monday accidentally opened fire, police said. "A BSF (Border Security Force) sentry posted at...
View ArticleTripura militants have no camps, but hideouts in B'desh: BSF DIG
Agartala, Nov. 6 (ANI): BSF Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Tripura Frontier, J.B. Sangwan on Friday said militants from Tripura are not able to run any camp on the other side of the border, though few...
View ArticleNo infiltration in Tripura: Sarkar
AGARTALA: Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar on Tuesday brushed aside infiltration charges and reiterated that Tripura was free of such problems. He said this while addressing a gathering at a book...
View ArticleTribal refugees in Tripura repatriated to Bangladesh
Tweet Agartala, June 8 (IANS) Bangladesh has taken back the tribals who have been sheltering in the Indian state of Tripura since Monday following an ethnic strife in the former's Chittagong Hill...
View ArticleTripura troopers to be deployed for Haryana polls
Agartala, Sep 29: Five companies of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) troopers will be deployed in Haryana to facilitate peaceful state assembly elections Oct 15, an official said Monday. "Around 500 TSR...
View ArticleNE rebels flee Bangla crackdown SEKHAR DATTA BSF personnel along the...
Agartala, Dec. 4: The Bangladesh government has launched a massive drive against militants from the Northeast, based in the interior areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts. The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)...
View ArticleArms peddler apprehended at Tripura-Mizoram border
Kanchanpur (North Tripura), February 17: Troopers of the 30th battalion of Assam Rifles have arrested an alleged arms peddler from the Tripura-Mizoram border, based on...
View ArticleBSF asked to step up vigil post Dhaka attack
Assam asks Centre to form policy on immigrants In the wake of the terror attack in Dhaka, the BSF has been asked by the Centre to keep a strict vigil on the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam, Tripura,...
View ArticleTension prevails on Bangladesh border in Tripura
AGARTALA: Tension prevailed since Wednesday along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura as Bangladeshi nationals, accompanied by border guards, prevented Indian farmers from cultivating their lands,...
View ArticleFewer people killed along India-Bangladesh border: BSF
Agartala, June 20: After Indian border guards started using non-lethal weapons, the number of people killed along the border has come down from 100 to 12 in a year, a BSF official said here Friday. The...
View ArticleTripura insurgents' hideouts in Bangladesh reduced: BSF
AGARTALA: Insurgents of Tripura are still using the soil of Bangladesh, but the number of their hideouts there have reduced following improvement of relations between border guards of the two...
View ArticleBSF jawan held on rape charge
A BSF jawan has been arrested on charge of raping a 12-year-old tribal girl at Baishnavpur, on the border, in south Tripura. A magistrate court in Sabroom on Sunday remanded the accused in jail custody...
View ArticleBSF trooper, civilian killed in Tripura
Agartala, November 17: A BSF trooper and a civilian driver were killed Monday when militants fired at them in Tripura, police said. (IANS) Recommend Twitter Comments(0) next>> Latest News Sri...
View ArticleMore BSF men deployed along south-west Tripura border
AGARTALA: The Border Security Force (BSF) increased deployment of forces along south-west Tripura near Belonia, after two Indian villagers were allegedly kidnapped by...
View ArticleTwo BSF troopers arrested for molesting girl
Agartala, October 17: Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were arrested for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old tribal girl in Tripura, police said here Friday. "Two BSF jawans molested a tribal girl...
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