Outgoing Tripura CM Manik Saha meets governor, tenders resignationThe ruling BJP and its ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) won 32 seats and one constituency respectively to return to power i...
03 Mar, 2023, 07.05 PM IST
BJP, IPFT to continue alliance in 2023 Tripura pollsIPFT enjoys a following in the tribal areas of the state. There are around 20 tribal-dominated seats in the 60-member Tripura assembly. “We...
26 Dec, 2022, 05.47 PM IST
Tipra Motha to contest Tripura bypolls, plans to focus on non-tribal areasTipra Motha headed by Tripura's royal scion, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman, is contesting the Surma seat reserved for the Scheduled Cas...
11 Jun, 2022, 01.10 AM IST
Laying pitch for polls next year in Tripura , Amit Shah promises 33% job quota for womenShah was in Tripura to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the BJP-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) government. Shah said the no...
09 Mar, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
Tripura poll panel defers tribal council election to April 6"Several representations were received from political parties and other organisations of the state, requesting the commission to change the...
13 Mar, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
BJP ally IPFT seeks NRC for whole nationThere have been demand from other parties as well for an NRC in Tripura, which shares its border with Bangladesh.
15 Sep, 2019, 10.46 PM IST
IPFT to get two ministers in new Tripura cabinetThe IPFT had earlier demanded "respectable representation" in the new cabinet and that the chief minister be selected from among the tribal...
07 Mar, 2018, 09.52 PM IST
Vladimir Lenin's statue pulled down in TripuraIn the recently concluded Assembly elections, the BJP demolished the Left citadel in Tripura, winning a two-third majority with its ally th...
06 Mar, 2018, 03.31 PM IST
IPFT to support new govt in Tripura from outside if not given 'respectable' positions in ministry: DebbarmaThe BJP and IPFT combine had swept to power in the state winning 43 out of the 59 seats for which elections were held. The BJP had won 35 a...
05 Mar, 2018, 03.40 PM IST
BJP parliamentary board to meet for deciding Tripura CM: Ram MadhavThe BJP and its ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) had surged ahead and established a lead in 39 constituencies, according to...
03 Mar, 2018, 02.58 PM IST
Red flag stalled development in Tripura: PM Modi"You have to stop before a red traffic signal.Even if you are in a hurry, you cannot go ahead.Similarly the red flags of the Left Front hav...
16 Feb, 2018, 10.32 AM IST
Tripura will be BJP's Waterloo, claims Sitaram YechuryThe CPI(M) general secretary accused the BJP of trying to create a divide between tribals and non-tribal in Tripura and said it will not su...
09 Jan, 2018, 07.40 PM IST
Five Indigenous People's Front of Tripura leaders join BJP in TripuraBJP has said that an alliance could be forged with the regional party IPFT only if the latter drops its demand of a separate state to be ca...
02 Jan, 2018, 08.56 PM IST
Tripura journalist Santanu Bhowmik's murder inhuman, say media bodiesThe federation added, “Santanu Bhowmik's life was taken away by mindless violence when he was discharging his professional journalistic dut...
22 Sep, 2017, 11.16 AM IST
25 injured in clash in TripuraIn the clash at least 25 people were injured. Thousands of tribal members of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) took part in t...
24 Aug, 2016, 12.53 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Six candidates in Tripura crorepatisSix of the 25 Lok Sabha candidates contesting for the two seats in Tripura are crorepatis, with Aam Admi Party nominee Salil Saha the riche...
04 Apr, 2014, 05.22 PM IST
- CPI (M) resets poll strategy for Tripura Assembly poll
The CPI (M) replaced ageing Baju Ban Riyan with fresh tribal candidate, Industry minister Jitendra Choudhury.
04 Apr, 2014, 03.57 PM IST