Attack on journallist at CPIM leader’s house: at least 20 injured
Dec 20: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) leader Pabitra Kar’s residence at Khayerpur today came under attack of a gang of miscreants. Pabitra Kar, a senior CPI-M leader and a former State Minister alleged that “goons of BJP were behind the attack”.Notably, as many as 3 journalist were also allegedly attacked by the miscreants , when they went to Pabitra Kar’s residence to cover the incident. “A meeting was underway at my residence when it came under attack of miscreants backed by the ruling BJP,” Pabitra Kar alleged.Further holding the ruling BJP responsible for the attack Pabitra Kar alleged that such kind of “attacks on CPI-M workers have have been going on since March 2018”.At least 20 CPI-M workers including women were allegedly injured in the attack.“At least 20 CPI-M workers including women were injured in the attack. Condition of 3 of the injured is critical,”Pabitra Kar added.
After tribal council polls, Tripura now defers urban local body elections
Reacting to the postponement of the local body elections, CPI(M) leader Pabitra Kar said the BJP has lost credibility and is afraid to contest the polls. December 18, 2020 5:12:15 pm
The current tenures of these local bodies are to expire between December 17 and 20. (Representational Image)
The State Election Commission in Tripura has deferred polls to urban local bodies till February 27, 2021, citing the Covid-19pandemic. The state has 20 local administrative bodies, including six urban panchayats, one municipal corporation and 13 municipal councils.
The current tenures of these local bodies are to expire between December 17 and 20. According to municipal guidelines, all the local bodies would be deemed dissolved on the date of expiry of their tenures, unless they already are.
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Tripura civic polls postponed till Feb 27, opposition criticises the move
The civic body polls of Tripura has been delayed till February 27. Kiren Gitte, Secretary, Urban Development Department issued a notification for the same
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| 18 Dec 2020 11:59 AM GMT
Agartala: The civic body polls of Tripura has been postponed till February 27. The same was informed by a notification issued by the secretary of the state urban development department, Kiren Gitte.
Gitte has also ordered the appointment of administrators to the urban local bodies, from the date of dissolution of these bodies. Most of the civic bodies in Tripura will end their tenure in December.
State government appoints administrators to civic bodies
Dec 17: The State government has appointed administrators to run twenty civic bodies in the state despite objections by different political parties.The tenure of most of these civic bodies comprising of six nagar panchayats, 13 municipal councils and one municipal corporation, is scheduled to end within the next three days.The state urban development department issued appointment letters to several magistrates, who were likely to take responsibility as administrators to these civic bodies from Thursday.While the district magistrate of West Tripura district will take responsibility for the Agartala Municipal Corporation, sub-divisional magistrates will act as administrators of other civic bodies in the state.The state election authority has postponed the elections to the civic bodies till February 27 next year in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.CPIM leader, Pabitra Kar said, “The government’s decision to appoint admi