Badal Choudhury

Farmers in the north-east region will be the biggest beneficiaries of the agricultural reforms set in motion by the centre, Union Minister Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday. The three agriculture bills recently signed into laws by the President were the biggest agricultural reforms for welfare of farmers in the country since Independence, Mr Ri...

After a six-day-long frantic search, the Tripura police has finally arrested absconding former finance minister Badal Chowdhury from a hospital in state capital Agartala, where he had been brought by his wife and daughter and taken to the Intensive Care Unit or ICU for treatment on Monday late night.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is taking action against the state police for failing to arrest former state finance minister Badal Chowdhury, who has been named in a First Information Report (FIR) linked to an alleged scam in the Public Works Department (PWD) worth up to Rs 600 crore. Mr Chowdhury was the finance minister during the previo...

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday took action against several police officers involved in search operations to arrest former state minister Badal Chowdhury, who had been named in an alleged Rs 600-crore scam. An anticipatory bail petition lodged by the veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader was rejected the previo...

The groundbreaking ceremony for the corridor to Kartarpur Sahib, one of the holiest shrines of Sikhs, was held in Pakistan today amid discord over the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said his whole country is "on the same page" about a "civilized relationship with India... the only...

As a former big-name comic in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann of the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP knows his way around repartee. At rallies, however, he has been reticent about playing for laughs, allegedly because he wants to be taken seriously enough to be considered for Chief Minister.

Bhagwant Mann for Punjab Chief Minister? The Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker who made headlines and earned the wrath of his colleagues last year by live-streaming his arrival at parliament, is drawing massive crowds while campaigning across the state and his party's leaders are reportedly weighing projecting him for the state's top job.

Others may worry about Brain Drain- Indians emigrating for better work and lifestyles elsewhere- but the Akali Dal, which governs Punjab, isn't among them. In fact, in its manifesto that was released yesterday for the election on February 4, the party has pledged to acquiring one lakh acres of land, mainly in the US and Canada, that would be made a...

Tripura has been battling malaria for the past two months. A fresh outbreak has compounded the already grim situation, leading to deaths of 120 people across the state.

The outbreak of malaria in Tripura since last month has claimed 68 lives and affected over 30,000 people, Health Minister Badal Choudhury said today.

With the reports of two more deaths from malaria, the death toll of the disease rose to 52 since its outbreak about 20 days ago, state Health Minister said today.

At least 20 people have died and over 400 fallen ill due to an outbreak of malaria in northern Tripura, a minister said in Agartala on Friday.

Farmers in the north-east region will be the biggest beneficiaries of the agricultural reforms set in motion by the centre, Union Minister Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday. The three agriculture bills recently signed into laws by the President were the biggest agricultural reforms for welfare of farmers in the country since Independence, Mr Ri...

After a six-day-long frantic search, the Tripura police has finally arrested absconding former finance minister Badal Chowdhury from a hospital in state capital Agartala, where he had been brought by his wife and daughter and taken to the Intensive Care Unit or ICU for treatment on Monday late night.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is taking action against the state police for failing to arrest former state finance minister Badal Chowdhury, who has been named in a First Information Report (FIR) linked to an alleged scam in the Public Works Department (PWD) worth up to Rs 600 crore. Mr Chowdhury was the finance minister during the previo...

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday took action against several police officers involved in search operations to arrest former state minister Badal Chowdhury, who had been named in an alleged Rs 600-crore scam. An anticipatory bail petition lodged by the veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader was rejected the previo...

The groundbreaking ceremony for the corridor to Kartarpur Sahib, one of the holiest shrines of Sikhs, was held in Pakistan today amid discord over the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said his whole country is "on the same page" about a "civilized relationship with India... the only...

As a former big-name comic in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann of the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP knows his way around repartee. At rallies, however, he has been reticent about playing for laughs, allegedly because he wants to be taken seriously enough to be considered for Chief Minister.

Bhagwant Mann for Punjab Chief Minister? The Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker who made headlines and earned the wrath of his colleagues last year by live-streaming his arrival at parliament, is drawing massive crowds while campaigning across the state and his party's leaders are reportedly weighing projecting him for the state's top job.

Others may worry about Brain Drain- Indians emigrating for better work and lifestyles elsewhere- but the Akali Dal, which governs Punjab, isn't among them. In fact, in its manifesto that was released yesterday for the election on February 4, the party has pledged to acquiring one lakh acres of land, mainly in the US and Canada, that would be made a...

Tripura has been battling malaria for the past two months. A fresh outbreak has compounded the already grim situation, leading to deaths of 120 people across the state.

The outbreak of malaria in Tripura since last month has claimed 68 lives and affected over 30,000 people, Health Minister Badal Choudhury said today.

With the reports of two more deaths from malaria, the death toll of the disease rose to 52 since its outbreak about 20 days ago, state Health Minister said today.

At least 20 people have died and over 400 fallen ill due to an outbreak of malaria in northern Tripura, a minister said in Agartala on Friday.