Biplab Deb Controversy

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb's remarks - made in front of government officials as he told them to "not to worry about contempt of court" - were "deplorable" and "wholly uncalled for", Attorney General KK Venugopal said today but he added that th

The Tripura High Court today said it doesn't want to "indulge" into any controversy after a group of lawyers requested the court to intervene over a recent comment by the Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on "contempt of court".

Chief Minister Biplab Deb said he would deal with instances where contempt of court may happen.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has run into another controversy over his remarks on politics and policy, and this time it is international politics.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb talked himself into a controversy after shocking comments that painted stereotyped caricatures of Haryana's Jatsand the Bengalis

The Biplab Deb government has blocked mobile internet and SMS services across Tripura for 48 hours in view of violent protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill. The move came amid violence that erupted during an 11-hour shutdown called by influential student groups in the Northeast to protest the central government's move which,...

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has stumbled into yet another controversy, this time for passing balloons around while the National Anthem was being played during an event at Tulakona, about 10 km from Agartala, on Wednesday. A video of the incident has gone viral on the Internet.

A Tripura minister seen on video groping a female ministerial colleague on stage in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in a major controversy with the opposition demanding that he be fired and charged with sexual harassment.

Weeks after Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb's controversial claim that internet and satellite communication existed in the days of Mahabharata, Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore has said that "Ram Sethu", the mythical bridge built by Lord Ram to reach Lanka in the epic Ramayana, showed that the application of technology was evident in ancient time...

As Tripura stays firmly in the headlines for controversial comments by its new Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, a move by Governor Tathagata Roy, no stranger to controversy, has sparked a row. A confidential letter by the governor urging Biplab Deb to consider a Bengal BJP worker as an advisor to his government for "interacting with possible entrep...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has summoned Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb over his controversial statements.

Continuing with his string of controversial comments, the Chief Minister of Tripura, Biplab Deb advised the educated youth in his state to "set up paan shops instead of running after political parties for several years to get government jobs and waste vital time of their life." A bank balance of Rs 5 lakh would have been a reality by now for them, ...

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has been courting controversies of late. Days after courting a controversy with his remarks against former Miss World Diana Hayden, he now thinks civil engineers are better suited for civil services as compared to mechanical engineers.

Just out of a full-blown controversy over his critique of model-actor Diana Hayden's looks, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has spoken out again. This time, the Chief Minister says mechanical engineers should not join the civil services, only those from civil engineering stream should. Because, in his words, "those in administration need to...

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb's remarks - made in front of government officials as he told them to "not to worry about contempt of court" - were "deplorable" and "wholly uncalled for", Attorney General KK Venugopal said today but he added that th

The Tripura High Court today said it doesn't want to "indulge" into any controversy after a group of lawyers requested the court to intervene over a recent comment by the Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on "contempt of court".

Chief Minister Biplab Deb said he would deal with instances where contempt of court may happen.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has run into another controversy over his remarks on politics and policy, and this time it is international politics.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb talked himself into a controversy after shocking comments that painted stereotyped caricatures of Haryana's Jatsand the Bengalis

The Biplab Deb government has blocked mobile internet and SMS services across Tripura for 48 hours in view of violent protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill. The move came amid violence that erupted during an 11-hour shutdown called by influential student groups in the Northeast to protest the central government's move which,...

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has stumbled into yet another controversy, this time for passing balloons around while the National Anthem was being played during an event at Tulakona, about 10 km from Agartala, on Wednesday. A video of the incident has gone viral on the Internet.

A Tripura minister seen on video groping a female ministerial colleague on stage in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in a major controversy with the opposition demanding that he be fired and charged with sexual harassment.

Weeks after Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb's controversial claim that internet and satellite communication existed in the days of Mahabharata, Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore has said that "Ram Sethu", the mythical bridge built by Lord Ram to reach Lanka in the epic Ramayana, showed that the application of technology was evident in ancient time...

As Tripura stays firmly in the headlines for controversial comments by its new Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, a move by Governor Tathagata Roy, no stranger to controversy, has sparked a row. A confidential letter by the governor urging Biplab Deb to consider a Bengal BJP worker as an advisor to his government for "interacting with possible entrep...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has summoned Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb over his controversial statements.

Continuing with his string of controversial comments, the Chief Minister of Tripura, Biplab Deb advised the educated youth in his state to "set up paan shops instead of running after political parties for several years to get government jobs and waste vital time of their life." A bank balance of Rs 5 lakh would have been a reality by now for them, ...

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has been courting controversies of late. Days after courting a controversy with his remarks against former Miss World Diana Hayden, he now thinks civil engineers are better suited for civil services as compared to mechanical engineers.

Just out of a full-blown controversy over his critique of model-actor Diana Hayden's looks, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has spoken out again. This time, the Chief Minister says mechanical engineers should not join the civil services, only those from civil engineering stream should. Because, in his words, "those in administration need to...