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After the announcement, Biplab Kumar Deb (L) said, Jishnu Deb Burman will work with me as the deputy CM of Tripura. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Biplab Kumar Deb to be Tripura CM, Jishnu Deb Burman his deputy

'Biplab Kumar Deb to be the chief ministerial candidate for Tripura,' said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday.

6 March 2018 1:10 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony. (Photo: AFP)

Tripura govt to be sworn in on March 8, BJP-IPFT begin talks to pick...

Biplab Deb, a young BJP leader with a background in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is expected to be the state's...

6 March 2018 9:19 AM IST

Party President N C Debbarma said, The elections are a separate issue, our demand has for years been to create a separate state for tribal people of Tripura. We are hopeful that the Central Government will form a high-level monitoring committee to look into our demand. (Photo: ANI)

After Tripura victory, BJP ally demands separate state for indigenous...

The IPFT further said that they wanted the core issues of the indigenous people to be addressed on priority.

4 March 2018 7:23 PM IST

Sarkar will continue as the chief minister until the new government is sworn in. (Photo: PTI/File)

Manik Sarkar quits as CM after BJP drubs CPI(M) in Tripura polls

The BJP put up a spectacular show in Tripura on Saturday ending the 25-year-old reign of the Left Front government in...

4 March 2018 2:27 PM IST

Party leaders felicitate Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their victory in North-East Assembly election at party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Consolidation of Bengali, tribal votes helped BJP in Tripura

Nagaland also gave a fractured verdict with no party or pre-poll alliance having a majority.

4 March 2018 12:52 AM IST

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (Photo: PTI)

Manik Sarkar can take shelter in WB, Kerala or B'desh: BJP's Himanta...

Biswa had said that Tripura chief minister would be sent to Bangladesh after the assembly elections in the state.

3 March 2018 3:06 PM IST

In the image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and Manik Sarkar (R). (Photo: File | PTI)

Manik Sarkar to Modi Sarkar: BJP 1, Left 0 in first direct face-off in...

Tribal and Bengali push, campaigning blitzkrieg power BJP to victory in Tripura.

3 March 2018 2:39 PM IST

With few hours left for the final result, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Ram Madhav on Saturday asserted confidence of winning the Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland Assembly elections. (Photo: ANI)

Results will be very good for BJP: Ram Madhav on Northeast Assembly...

'This is due to blessings of Tripura Sundari Mata, hard work of Modi and party workers,' Ram Madhav commented on Tripura...

3 March 2018 12:21 PM IST

Visual from inside a counting centre in Agartala. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Poll results: BJP dethrones Manik 'Sarkar', gains in Nagaland

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also hailed the historic victory of BJP in Tripura.

3 March 2018 7:51 AM IST

Tripura CM Manik Sarkar, an MLA from Dhanpur constituency casts his vote at a polling booth in Agartala. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Tripura assembly polls: 76 per cent voter turnout, no untoward...

The polling for 59 seats of the 60-member Assembly was peaceful with thousands of central paramilitary forces fanning...

18 Feb 2018 7:53 AM IST

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who is seeking fifth term from his home constituency of Dhanpur, even stated that the main contest is between CPI(M) and the BJP in the February 18 assembly polls for 60 seats. (Photo: PTI/File)

Tripura to go to polls tomorrow; BJP looks to overthrow Manik 'sarkar'

The BJP has never been a major player in Tripura which hitherto saw a battle between Left Front and the Congress.

17 Feb 2018 1:21 PM IST

Taking the occasion to hit out at the Manik Sarkar-led state government, Prime Minister Modi said the people of the landlocked state have been deprived of their rights. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Get rid of 'Manik', choose 'Hira': Modi woos Tripura voters ahead of...

While addressing an election rally in Sonamura, the Prime Minister shared the '3T' plan for the north-eastern state.

8 Feb 2018 4:36 PM IST