Sporadic instances of violence in pockets of Agartala and beyond, opposition parties alleging rampant poll malpractice and voter intimidation while the ruling BJP dispensation claimed fair elections “hitherto unseen in the history of the State” and a high voter turnout despite those odds marked the highlights of the Tripura civic body polls on Thursday. The run-up to the largely triangular …
A day after violent clashes were witnessed in Tripura in which CPM offices were ransacked and set afire by miscreants and arson was reported at several places, rallies and protests took place in the BJP-ruled state and West Bengal on Thursday condemning the attacks. The opposition CPM took out a rally headed by former minister Manik Dey in the state …