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Hello Jammu News at 12:20:00 PM 0

Agartala, Jun 23 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has agreed to take over investigations into the killings of two journalists in Tripura last year, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said.

Santanu Bhowmik, who worked for a local television channel, was killed when he went to cover a road blockade agitation in the Mandwai area of West Tripura district on September 21 last year.

Another journalist, Sudip Dutta Bhowmik, a crime reporter with a vernacular newspaper, was killed inside the headquarters of the Tripura State Rifles' (TSR) 2nd battalion at RK Nagar in the same district on November 20 last year.

The trial in the Sudip Dutta Bhowmik case in the Additional District and Sessions Judge Court was stopped following orders from the Tripura High Court.

The state police's Special Investigating Team (SIT) had probed the killing and filed a charge sheet. It also investigated the Santanu Bhowmik case, but hasn't filed a charge sheet yet.

The CBI has decided to take over the investigations into the cases, Biplab Kumar Deb said.

Deb told reporters late last night that the state cabinet had sent separate proposals to the Centre to probe the two cases to ensure justice to the affected families.

"Today, we feel relieved as the CBI is going to investigate both the cases. With this, the BJP-IPFT government has fulfilled yet another promise made in the party's vision document," he said.

CBI sleuths would investigate the cases to ensure justice to the two families. The government had taken positive steps so that the media could work with full freedom in Tripura, he said.

Deb said the government had already taken steps for a steep hike in pension for accredited journalists -- from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000 -- and providing financial assistance to the ailing scribes.

Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath said democracy turns fragile "when the media is not free to perform its duty".

"As the BJP's state unit president, Biplab Kumar Deb had promised a CBI probe into the two cases if the party was voted to power. Today, the promise has been fulfilled," he added.

The Agartala Press Club and other journalists' bodies, which had staged protests in the capital town demanding a CBI probe into the killings, have welcomed the decision.PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 1:09:00 PM 0


Agartala, May 9: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb directed DGP A K Shukla to go for psychological counseling of the security personnel deployed in the state and to understand the main problem that triggers killing and suicide among the jawans recently.
Upset over the killing of three family members by a fugitive TSR jawan who then committed suicide yesterday morning in Subhasnagar in southeast of Agartala Deb ordered DGP to conduct an inquiry into how the TSR jawan during his leave period had fled from the battalion headquarter with a insas rifles and how this morning he arrived at his home to wipe out his wife and two children.
The father of the demented jawan and some villagers also expressed astonishment over the fact that the killer jawan was a known psychiatric patient who had also been taken outside the state by his family for treatment and, in spite of this, how he could disappear from his place of posting with an arm.
The demented jawan was morbidly suspicious of his wife who bore a good moral character, as confirmed by her father in law and the guilt jawan’s father. Notably, there were reports of at least 5/6 such incidents involving the TSR jawans in different parts of the state recent past.
Biplab Kumar Deb asked the DGP to seriously go into the matter and file a detailed report suggesting corrective measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents. He himself will also try to visit all the TSR battalions and try to understand their problems to take corrective measures.
Deb also said that the state government will provide any help that the family may seek in consequence of this massive tragedy. The DGP will soon start his investigation and file a detailed report after taking feedback from the ground level. UNI

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Hello Jammu News at 2:15:00 PM 0

Agartala, May 8: A 40 yrs old Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawan committed suicide in Agartala this morning after killing his wife and two children by his service weapon at home.
The incident triggered serious tension in Subhasnagar area in southern locality of the city.
Police made extra deployment to restore normalcy and civil administration was requested to mobilise plain cloth security forces to regain the confidence of the people on armed personnel.
The shooting comes just two days after a young BSF jawan committed suicide after shooting dead three of his colleagues in North Tripura.
Police said TSR 1st battalion jawan Manik Ghosh went berserk in the early morning and shot dead his wife Ratna Ghosh (34) in the kitchen and son Dipraj Ghosh (10) and daughter Ipsita Ghosh (4) on the breakfast table. His father and younger brother narrowly escaped from his bullets.
According to report, Manik went to battalion headquarter at Gakulnagar in around 0530 hrs and returned home around 0645 hrs in civil dress with an SLR.
He had joined the service as Rifleman about 16 years ago, but after an accident he was shifted to non-armed duty for past few years.
Police said the initial investigations revealed that the incident was the fall out of a marital squabble.
The local residents revealed that the couple had been quarreling over an alleged extra marital affair of Manik's wife. The tiff had compelled his father to separate the two in the same house.
The couple was also quarreling last night, but were stopped by the intervention of the other family members.
Early in the morning, Manik went out when others were asleep and came back when Ratna was preparing breakfast in the kitchen and both the children were waiting for their father on the breakfast table. Manik parked his motorbike in the gate and entered into the kitchen with the SLR and shot his wife on head from a close distance, said Sujoy Ghosh, the next door neighbour of the family.
He added, immediately, he shot two more bullets on his children’s heads from point blank range. In the meantime, his younger brother and father came to prevent him. Manik targeted the gun towards them and they laid flat against a wall. Then, he shot himself in the head.
However, SP (West) Ajit Pratap Singh said that police was investigating the case from a different angle, including how Manik managed to bring the SLR to his home, that too, early in the morning, being a non-armed personnel, apart from the role of his family members in the incident.
Police and TSR contingent reached the spot soon after the incident.
Police said fear gripped the locality and few people ran away from their homes, while some others kept behind their doors.
The civil administration took steps to restore normalcy in the area and has gradually started withdrawing armed personnel, said SDM Sadar Tapan Das. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 12:16:00 PM 0


Agartala, Mar 21: The Central government has assured the newly formed BJP-IPFT government of Tripura to raise two more Indian reserve battalion (IRB) of Tripura State Rifles (TSR), providing at least three lakh LPG connection, skill development training on Hydrocarbon by ONGC, direct assistance of Rs 292 Cr for Urban development, Rs 1320 Cr for district headquarters development and Rs 384 Cr for 24 new Ekalavya Schools.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh agreed to the demand of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb today regarding rising of IRB, which will create job opportunity for 2200 youths. Tripura has now 12 battalions of TSR and among them five are IR battalions. 
Mr Singh however, assured to seek the feasibility of installation of CCTV cameras on the border fence and to set up the Central Control and Monitoring Rooms so as to prevent illegal cross border activities on the border.
Chief minister Deb said, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has assured him that total 3 lakh LPG connections under “Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana” would be provided in Tripura in next year, which is now only 41,250.
He has also instructed the officials of his ministry to explore the feasibility of utilization of CSR funds from various corporate houses so as to bear the cost of Rs 1600 on behalf of “Ujjwala’ beneficiaries. He also instructed the Ministry PSUs to upgrade the infrastructure in terms of piped domestic gas supply & CNG, LPG Bottling Plants etc, Deb stated.
“The Union Minister mentioned about the plan under which gas might be delivered to Bangladesh on western side in exchange for Bangladesh delivering gas to Tripura. The ONGC has asked to seek feasibility of making one MMSCMD of gas so that the possibility of setting up a petrochemical or fertilizer plant in Tripura,” he said.
He also asked the ONGC to set up skill development in Hydrocarbon Sector in Tripura. The minister suggested that all the skill training Institutions should be c converged under Tripura Skill Development Corporation for more effective delivery.
On the other, Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri having heard the chief minister immediately asked his officials for urgent release of Rs 292 Cr in different schemes. The Union Minister requested the CM Tripura to ensure all the Urban Local Bodies Open Air Defecation (ODF) free by using funding under Swatch Bharat Mission (Urban).
Puri assured all the necessary support for Agartala Smart City Project by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. He also assured support for the Externally Aided Projects for development of remaining seven district headquarters at a total cost of Rs1320 Cr.
Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram assured sanction of 24 number of Eklavya Model Residential schools in Tripura in next three years at Rs 384 Cr for constructions of schools and hostels in addition to the recurring cost of Rs 50 Cr per year. The Union Minister also ensured support.for hostels for ST boys and girls and livelihood support to the forest dwellers provided deed under Forest Right Act.
Union Minister for DONER Jitendra Singh assured to extend all possible support for promotion and branding of world class queen variety of pineapples grown in Tripura so as to establish unique identity of Tripura in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Tripura to provide all out support for fulfilling the poll promises of the new government and to begin with Union Rural Development Minister assured assistance of Rs 241 Cr on urgent basis to boost rural economy of the state.
Chief Minister had meeting with as many as six central ministers seeking assistance for development of the state and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely was positive to sanction special plan assistance (SPA) of Rs 350 Cr to meet the committed liabilities as recommended by NITI Aayog.
As agreed to the demand of setting up projects under Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Union Chemical and Fertilizers Minister assures responded well to ensure direct employment to about 5000 youths annually while the minister in Principle set up Plastic Park in Tripura. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 3:03:00 PM 0



New Delhi, Feb 26: Former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian passed away here, the IAS Association said on Monday. He was 79.
In a post on social media, the IAS Association said, 'Extremely shocked to hear the sad news of the demise of TSR Subramanian. He was the tallest among all and it's a big loss for the IAS fraternity and the nation. Deepest condolences to all family members. We hope and pray that your ideas and thoughts will continue to guide us." 
The association said his cremation will take place at the Lodhi Road crematorium here on Monday evening. The cause of the death was, however, immediately not known.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (MoS) for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh and other senior IAS officers have condoled his death.
'Saddened by the news of the demise of former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanyam. My condolences to the entire @IASassociation fraternity and his family,' Mr Singh said in a tweet. UNI
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