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The opposition Congress in Tripura on Wednesday burnt effigies of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, and called for a 24-hour shutdown on April 18 demanding a CBI probe into the assassination of former health minister Bimal Sinha 18 years ago. "The Congress has called a 24-hour strike on April 18 demanding a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the assassination of Bimal Sinha in 1998 and the resignation of the chief minister," Tripura Congress president Birajit Sinha told reporters. "Without the CBI inquiry, the real truth would not be revealed. "As the Yusuf Commission report accused Sarkar, the Congress has no other alternative to raise these demands and launch a massive stir," he said. Birajit Sinha, a former minister -- who was accompanied by party legislator Gopal Roy and the party's women's wing chief Kalyani Roy -- said the Yusuf Commission report blamed the then Left Front government, Left parties and the chief minister...

The Tripura state assembly on Monday witnessed bedlam over assassination of former Tripura health minister Bimal Sinha and his brother in 1998, with the opposition Congress demanding a fresh probe in it. The pandemonium started after Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debnath rejected an adjournment motion moved by opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman. The house had to be adjourned twice due to the uproar in the house. The adjournment motion sought to discuss the judicial inquiry commission's report on the assassination of the former minister and his brother 18 years ago. The report of the inquiry commission, headed by Justice (retd) M.A. Yusuf of the Calcutta High Court, submitted before the government in June 2000, was presented in the state assembly on March 23 following the Tripura High Court order. "To hush up the real truth, the Left Front government has not cooperated with the inquiry commission. The state government, headed by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar that tim...

Tripura government today submitted the report of the Yusuf Commission into the assassination of former Health Minister Bimal Sinha in the state assembly today.  "The Commission finds that neither the state government nor the Tripura police was responsible for the assassination of minister Bimal Sinha. The minister was solely responsible for his assassination...," the report claimed.  Sinha was shot dead by the ultras on March 31, 1998 at Kamalpur subdivision in Dhalai district.  The Commission in its purported findings claimed, "minister (Sinha) used to instruct his escorts to remain far away from him whenever he went to meet the collaborators of the militants and he never allowed his security and escort personnel to come nearer to him or to accompany him..."  The report further claimed, "This he did for the release of his brother Bikram Sinha from the clutches of the militants".  The slain minister's younger brother had...

By RK Rishikesh Sinha For us Pakistan as a neighbouring country is headlines of newspaper reports and attention gripping media content. But lately my interest on this country went to such an extent that I watched almost all You Tube videos for weeks without timely food and sleep! To my dismay (and I must accept) that my knowledge about the country was insufficient and bare; I was living in a fool’s dream. Today after 69 years of its independence, many commentators and think tanks describe the country in our neighbourhood as a ‘failed state’, a ‘toxic jelly state’, and some even go further saying it as a ‘paranoid state’ suffering from paranoia! And not to forget the country is also termed as a ‘terrorist state’.  The adjectives are given by Pakistani intelligentsia, media, foreign specialist on Southeast /sia, and our own journalist fraternity. As I have said, Pakistan is indeed very interesting. While I was engrossed watching videos after videos, I tho...

By our Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Feb 16: Chitrangada, a Bishnupriya Manipuri socio-cultural organization with its head office in Guwahati, today felicitated two Bishnupriya Manipuri shooters –Anjan Singha and Mahendra Kumar Singha – who represented Bangladesh’s contingent in the 12th South Asian Games and came out successful with a silver medal and a bronze medal respectively. While Anjan clinched a silver medal in rifle shooting, Mahendra won a bronze medal in 50-metre pistol shooting. Conducted by one of the directors of Chitrangada, Ananda Sinha, the function was graced as the chief guest by Bangladesh’s BSSF general secretary Intakhabui Hamid and as the guest of honour by BSSF coach Saiful Alam Choudhury. Other directors of Chitrangada – Parimal Sinha, Ashim Sinha, Babul Sinha and others – felicitated the two shooters and other members of the Bangladesh contingent, including BSSF general secretary and the coach.        Other members of the Bangladesh...

Guwahati: Manipuri players in Bangladesh's contingent for the ongoing South Asian Games (SAG) expressed happiness at being in the northeast and called for more sporting events between the region and the neighbouring country. Shooters Mahendra Kumar Singha and Anjan Singha, both Bishnupriya Manipuris, said such programmes would help the community nurture sporting talent. Belonging to the first generation of players from the Bishnupriya Manipuri community in Bangladesh to feature in the national team, both Mahendra and Anjan were full of praise for the Manipuri athletes taking part in the event. "There should be more sporting events like this, especially between Bangladesh and this part of India. People here and back home are the same. Our food habits, culture and even vehicles and roads are similar. More people-to-people contact will be helpful and eventually it will improve relations between the two countries," Mahendra, who won a bronze in the 50-m pistol team ...

By our Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Jan 2: At a time when a large number of organizations are agog with activities for the celebrations of the birth anniversary of Indologist KP Sinha on January 3 at as many as five places in Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh, all misty-eyed office-bearers of Dr. Kali Prasad Memorial Divyashram Sanskriti Kendra remembered the philosopher today. On the eve of the birth anniversary Dr. Sinha, Divyashram Sanskriti Kendra secretary Gopidas Sinha gave a brief account on the oeuvre of the philosopher, linguist, academician and a litterateur – all rolled into one.  Dr. Kali Prasad Memorial Divyashram Sanskriti Kendra, which was set up by none other than Dr. KP Sinha himself, is located at West Kachudharam, post of office Chincoorie on the outskirts of Silchar town. In a statement issued to the press today, Gopidas Sinha said: “Born on January 3, 1937 at Kachudharam, a sleepy village near Silchar town, KP Sinha did his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University ...