Biplab Kumar Deb

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.

Not Summoned, Biplab Deb Invited By PM Modi To Meet A Month Ago: Official

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 30, 2018

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has been invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend a meeting in the National Capital on May 2, a senior official said today.

Tripura's Biplab Deb May Get An Earful From PM Modi Over Howlers: Sources

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 30, 2018

Less than two months after he became Chief Minister of Tripura and was feted by his party for a remarkable election victory, Biplab Kumar Deb may face a reprimand from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a series of howlers, say sources.

Row Over Tripura Governor's Letter To Chief Minister For BJP Worker

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 30, 2018

As Tripura stays firmly in the headlines for controversial comments by its new Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, a move by Governor Tathagata Roy, no stranger to controversy, has sparked a row. A confidential letter by the governor urging Biplab Deb to consider a Bengal BJP worker as an advisor to his government for "interacting with possible entrep...

Tripura Chief Minister Reportedly Summoned By PM Over Off-Hand Comments

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 30, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has summoned Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb over his controversial statements.

Tripura Chief Minister Now Has Career Advice For Mechanical Engineers

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday April 29, 2018

Just out of a full-blown controversy over his critique of model-actor Diana Hayden's looks, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has spoken out again. This time, the Chief Minister says mechanical engineers should not join the civil services, only those from civil engineering stream should. Because, in his words, "those in administration need to...

"Proud Of My Exotic Brown Skin Colour," Diana Hayden Hits Back At Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb

India News | Edited by Amrita Ray (With inputs from IANS) | Friday April 27, 2018

Diana Hayden, subjected by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb to an offensive and unsolicited critique of her looks, said today that his comments disparaging her Miss World title were "hurtful" and a shame.

Mamata Banerjee Needs "Mental Treatment", Retorts Tripura Chief Minister

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury and Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Thursday April 26, 2018

A day after Mamata Banerjee equated the BJP's win in Tripura assembly polls with "winning municipal elections", Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said his West Bengal counterpart should get her "brain examined at a hospital".

Not Internet, Internet Like Thing Existed In Mahabharata Era: Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 20, 2018

Three days after supporting Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's claims that the Internet existed in the days of Mahabharata, the state's Governor Tathagata Roy today said what he had meant was there was a possibility of something of that sort.

Javed Akhtar's Double-Edged Rejoinder For Tripura Chief Minister's Claim

India News | Written by Anuj Pant | Thursday April 19, 2018

After Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb claimed that satellite communication and the internet existed during the Mahabharata, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar took to social media today to hit back at the Chief Minister.

In BJP's 'Skeletons In Septic Tanks' Jibe, Manik Sarkar Mentioned

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 11, 2018

BJP Tripura in-charge Sunil Deodhar has urged newly sworn-in Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb to get the septic tanks of all ministers' quarters cleaned before these are occupied, as skeletons could be hidden there.