Biplab Kumar Deb

"Conspiracy By Myanmar Drug Peddlers To Kill Biplab Deb": BJP Leader

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 19, 2018

Myanmar-based drug peddlers have issued a threat to the life of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb as he has called for making the state narcotics and drug-free, the ruling BJP in Tripura has claimed.

Biplab Deb's Latest Nugget Involves Ducks And Rural Economy. Go Figure

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Stela Dey | Tuesday August 28, 2018

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has contributed another gem to his growing list of howlers. Today, he said oxygen levels 'automatically' rise in water bodies if ducks swim in them. He also said he wanted to distribute ducks among villagers in his state because they would boost the rural economy.

Tripura King's Biography Written By Chief Miniter To Release Soon

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 24, 2018

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has written a Hindi biography of the states erstwhile King Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur, which will be published soon, an official said today.

Tripura CM Urges People To Shun Narcotics, Go back To Old Cultural Roots

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 15, 2018

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb today urged the people of the state to shun narcotics. "Our slogan of nesha mukt (addiction free) Tripura can be realised if people dont use drugs and adopt Rabindra Sangeet, modern songs, dance competition, boat race, football, sports competition," he said while addressing a gathering at a blood donation cam...

No Demand For Citizen's Register In Tripura: Chief Minister Biplab Deb

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 31, 2018

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said today that there was no demand for a citizen's register like the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in his state.

Tripura's Biplab Deb's Latest: "Assam Citizens' Register Not A Big Issue"

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday July 31, 2018

As the ruling BJP faces opposition anger over the updated National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam leaving out 40 lakh people, one of its chief ministers in the northeast, compulsive motor-mouth Biplab Deb, has stepped on another landmine.

"Baidyanath Statue Vandalised To Discredit State Government": Biplab Deb

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 28, 2018

The BJP will reconstruct the razed statue of Tripura's communist leader Baidyanath Majumder and the police are probing the incident, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said here on Saturday. Majumder's life-sized statue was knocked down late on Wednesday in Unakoti district headquarters Kailashahar.

Tribals Struggle In Tripura, Once Best Performer In MNREGA Implementation

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday July 8, 2018

In the small tribal village of Karja Kumar Roaja Para - 150 km away from Tripura's capital Agartala - 44 years old Ponthijoy Tripura, the vice-chairman of the village council, is worried that the last stock of rice at his home may soon finish.

Agartala-Deoghar Express Flagged Off To Ease Journey Of Devotees

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 6, 2018

Union Minister Rajen Gohain and Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb today jointly flagged off the Agartala-Deoghar Express to ease the journey of devotees visit the pilgrim town of Deoghar.

Tripura Chief Minister Rubbishes Social Media Reports About Illegal Harvesting Of Minor's Organs

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 28, 2018

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has rubbished social media reports about illegal harvesting of the kidneys and other vital organs of a minor found killed in the Tulabagan area of West Tripura district on Tuesday night.

Tripura Will Develop 56 Inch Chest If Its Youth Take Fitness Challenge: Biplab Deb

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 3, 2018

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday said that if Tripura's youth take up the fitness challenge campaign by the union sports minister, they would become healthy and the health of the state would improve too.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's Latest: Rabindranath Tagore Returned Nobel Prize In Protest

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Friday May 11, 2018

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has added another blooper to the list of his gaffes. In a video being circulated on social media, the 46-year-old chief minister is seen telling his audience that "Rabindranath Tagore returned his Nobel Prize in protest against the British."

More Funds For Judicial Infrastructure Upgrade In North-East, Says Judge

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari (with inputs from IANS) | Sunday May 6, 2018

In a departure from the existing funding pattern, the centre will give 100 per cent funds to upgrade judicial infrastructure in north-eastern states, a Tripura High Court judge has said. Under the current funding system, the state and the centre contribute in a 10:90 ratio, respectively.

"Fingernails Will Be Cut": Biplab Deb On Those Questioning His Governance

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Debanish Achom | Wednesday May 2, 2018

In the 50-odd days that he has served as Tripura chief minister, Biplab Kumar Deb hasn't lost an opportunity to speak his mind and share his opinion on a range of subjects. Mr Deb, who last week had to apologise for one of his comments on the crowning of Diana Hayden as Miss World in 1997, however, isn't letting the backlash that followed, slow him...

Biplab Deb To Attend Chief Ministers' Meet In Delhi Tomorrow

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 1, 2018

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb will attend a meeting in New Delhi tomorrow on schemes to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, official sources said today.