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Officer Suspended After Row Over Naming Lion, Lioness 'Akbar' And 'Sita'
The Tripura government has suspended IFS officer Pravin L Agrawal following the row over naming a lion and lioness 'Akbar' and 'Sita', on which a case was filed by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), officials said on Monday.
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Hindu Outfit Goes To Court Over Lioness Named 'Sita' At Bengal Safari Park
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has filed a petition before the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court claiming that a lioness transferred to Bengal Safari Park here from Tripura was named "Sita" and prayed that the name be changed
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60 Sitting MLAs Among 334 Candidates For Meghalaya Assembly Polls
7 Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer FR Kharkongor on Tuesday said a total of 379 candidates, including 37 women, have filed their nominations for the February 27 election to the 60-member assembly in the state.
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Security Tightened In Poll-Bound Tripura On Last Day Of Filing Nomination
Security was tightened up across Tripura to avoid any untoward incident today, the last day of filing nomination papers for the upcoming assembly elections, a poll official said.
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Ex Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb Files Nomination For Rajya Sabha Poll
Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday filed his nomination as a BJP candidate for the September 22 bypoll to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the northeastern state.
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Trinamool Releases "Tripura Files" To Spotlight BJP's Misrule
Tripura By-Polls: In the run up to by-elections in Tripura, the Trinamool Congress released the "Tripura Files" to show "misrule, under development" in the state. The short documentary film is made in many episodes, TMC's Rajib Banerjee said.
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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Among Candidates In Bypolls
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, and 23 others filed their nomination papers on Monday for the June 23 bypolls to four assembly seats.
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Fake Report In CIA Name On Ex-Tripura Chief Minister, His Wife Files Case
Three days after Biplab Kumar Deb resigned as chief minister of Tripura, his wife Niti Deb has filed a police complaint, alleging that a fake report attributed to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is being circulated on social media in the name o
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'What About Bengal?': Tripura's Rebuttal To Communal Violence Plea
Accusing the petitioner of "unclean hands" and "selective outrage", the BJP government in Tripura has filed a strongly-worded objection to a plea in the Supreme Court which sought an independent probe into incidents of communal violence that took pla
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Tripura Cops Make Transgenders "Strip To Prove Gender", Uproar Over Video
Four LGBT members were arrested by the police here and made to strip in a police station to prove their gender, according to an FIR filed by one of them.
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Tripura Chief Minister Orders Review Of Terror Cases Against Journalists
The Supreme Court had on November 17 granted relief to three people who had filed a plea demanding the UAPA cases against them be cancelled.
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2 Women Journalists Detained Over Tripura Report Granted Bail
Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha said they were covering the recent violence in Tripura. They were detained in Assam on Sunday after a case was filed against them by the Tripura police for "spreading communal disharmony" following their reportage.
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Two Women Journalists Detained, Editors Guild Demands Release: 10 Points
Two women journalists were detained in Assam on Sunday after a case was filed against them by the Tripura police for "spreading communal disharmony" following their reportage on the vandalism at mosque in the state.
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"Fake News" On Tripura Clash: Cases Filed Under Tough Law UAPA
Investigating officers of the Tripura police have, in separate letters to the Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube authorities sought details of the 101 accounts from which fake and provocative posts were made.
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Tripura Police Files Criminal Cases Against 71 For "Provocative Social Media Posts"
The Tripura Police on Wednesday said it has registered five cases against 71 people for alleged provocative and fake posts on social media aiming at disturbing peace and communal harmony in the state.
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Officer Suspended After Row Over Naming Lion, Lioness 'Akbar' And 'Sita'
The Tripura government has suspended IFS officer Pravin L Agrawal following the row over naming a lion and lioness 'Akbar' and 'Sita', on which a case was filed by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), officials said on Monday.
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Hindu Outfit Goes To Court Over Lioness Named 'Sita' At Bengal Safari Park
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has filed a petition before the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court claiming that a lioness transferred to Bengal Safari Park here from Tripura was named "Sita" and prayed that the name be changed
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60 Sitting MLAs Among 334 Candidates For Meghalaya Assembly Polls
7 Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer FR Kharkongor on Tuesday said a total of 379 candidates, including 37 women, have filed their nominations for the February 27 election to the 60-member assembly in the state.
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Security Tightened In Poll-Bound Tripura On Last Day Of Filing Nomination
Security was tightened up across Tripura to avoid any untoward incident today, the last day of filing nomination papers for the upcoming assembly elections, a poll official said.
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Ex Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb Files Nomination For Rajya Sabha Poll
Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday filed his nomination as a BJP candidate for the September 22 bypoll to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the northeastern state.
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Trinamool Releases "Tripura Files" To Spotlight BJP's Misrule
Tripura By-Polls: In the run up to by-elections in Tripura, the Trinamool Congress released the "Tripura Files" to show "misrule, under development" in the state. The short documentary film is made in many episodes, TMC's Rajib Banerjee said.
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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Among Candidates In Bypolls
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, and 23 others filed their nomination papers on Monday for the June 23 bypolls to four assembly seats.
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Fake Report In CIA Name On Ex-Tripura Chief Minister, His Wife Files Case
Three days after Biplab Kumar Deb resigned as chief minister of Tripura, his wife Niti Deb has filed a police complaint, alleging that a fake report attributed to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is being circulated on social media in the name o
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'What About Bengal?': Tripura's Rebuttal To Communal Violence Plea
Accusing the petitioner of "unclean hands" and "selective outrage", the BJP government in Tripura has filed a strongly-worded objection to a plea in the Supreme Court which sought an independent probe into incidents of communal violence that took pla
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Tripura Cops Make Transgenders "Strip To Prove Gender", Uproar Over Video
Four LGBT members were arrested by the police here and made to strip in a police station to prove their gender, according to an FIR filed by one of them.
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Tripura Chief Minister Orders Review Of Terror Cases Against Journalists
The Supreme Court had on November 17 granted relief to three people who had filed a plea demanding the UAPA cases against them be cancelled.
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2 Women Journalists Detained Over Tripura Report Granted Bail
Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha said they were covering the recent violence in Tripura. They were detained in Assam on Sunday after a case was filed against them by the Tripura police for "spreading communal disharmony" following their reportage.
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Two Women Journalists Detained, Editors Guild Demands Release: 10 Points
Two women journalists were detained in Assam on Sunday after a case was filed against them by the Tripura police for "spreading communal disharmony" following their reportage on the vandalism at mosque in the state.
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"Fake News" On Tripura Clash: Cases Filed Under Tough Law UAPA
Investigating officers of the Tripura police have, in separate letters to the Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube authorities sought details of the 101 accounts from which fake and provocative posts were made.
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Tripura Police Files Criminal Cases Against 71 For "Provocative Social Media Posts"
The Tripura Police on Wednesday said it has registered five cases against 71 people for alleged provocative and fake posts on social media aiming at disturbing peace and communal harmony in the state.
