Tripura Shutdown

The Congress in Tripura has called a 12-hour shutdown in the state to protest the attack on top opposition leaders allegedly by BJP supporters in the state. The protest call comes just hours after state Congress chief Pijush Biswas suffered minor injuries after his vehicle was attacked while he was on his way to attend a party meeting.

An indefinite shutdown has been called in northern Tripura's Kanchanpur subdivision as a protest against the state government's decision to rehabilitate thousands of tribal refugees, who had fled from Mizoram 23 years ago following ethnic violence.

A dawn to dusk 12-hour shutdown was observed today in North Tripura's Kanchanpur sub-division to protest against the resettlement of the Reang or Bru refugees.

Schools and colleges were closed, offices were shut and vehicles remained largely off roads in Tripura today amid a 24-hour shutdown call given by the Congress, officials said.

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 on Tuesday said that there will be no effect of the bandh called against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the state.

Even as Northeast India witnessed sporadic violence during the dawn-to-dusk shutdown against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed in the Lok Sabha today, at least five protesters were injured in a clash with the police at Khumulwng in Tripura. Two of them reportedly suffered bullet wounds.

After a senior journalist was shot dead allegedly by a paramilitary force personnel on Tuesday, the newspapers in Tripura's capital Agartala today ran blank edit columns in protest. The BJP and Congress have also called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown accusing the ruling CPI(M) government of failing to protect mediapersons as two journalists have bee...

A 12-hour shutdown called by the Congress on Friday to protest against a proposed wealth tax of the Left-ruled Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) crippled life in the Tripura capital.

The opposition Congress in Tripura has called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in the municipal corporation area in Agartala tomorrow to protest the killing of three employees of a local Bengali daily.

The Congress in Tripura has called a 12-hour shutdown in the state to protest the attack on top opposition leaders allegedly by BJP supporters in the state. The protest call comes just hours after state Congress chief Pijush Biswas suffered minor injuries after his vehicle was attacked while he was on his way to attend a party meeting.

An indefinite shutdown has been called in northern Tripura's Kanchanpur subdivision as a protest against the state government's decision to rehabilitate thousands of tribal refugees, who had fled from Mizoram 23 years ago following ethnic violence.

A dawn to dusk 12-hour shutdown was observed today in North Tripura's Kanchanpur sub-division to protest against the resettlement of the Reang or Bru refugees.

Schools and colleges were closed, offices were shut and vehicles remained largely off roads in Tripura today amid a 24-hour shutdown call given by the Congress, officials said.

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 on Tuesday said that there will be no effect of the bandh called against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the state.

Even as Northeast India witnessed sporadic violence during the dawn-to-dusk shutdown against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed in the Lok Sabha today, at least five protesters were injured in a clash with the police at Khumulwng in Tripura. Two of them reportedly suffered bullet wounds.

After a senior journalist was shot dead allegedly by a paramilitary force personnel on Tuesday, the newspapers in Tripura's capital Agartala today ran blank edit columns in protest. The BJP and Congress have also called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown accusing the ruling CPI(M) government of failing to protect mediapersons as two journalists have bee...

A 12-hour shutdown called by the Congress on Friday to protest against a proposed wealth tax of the Left-ruled Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) crippled life in the Tripura capital.

The opposition Congress in Tripura has called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in the municipal corporation area in Agartala tomorrow to protest the killing of three employees of a local Bengali daily.