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Tripura govt bars GBP-AGMC doctors from private practice

Tripura govt bars GBP-AGMC doctors from private practice

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The Tripura government has decided to bar doctors at the state-run GBP-AGMC hospital from private practice to improve services at the health facility, a minister said. A 20 per cent hike on basic salary will be given as a non-practice allowance to faculty members and medical officers of GB Pant Hospital and Agartala Government Medical College, state Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said on Tuesday. He said the council of ministers, in its last meeting held on Monday, passed a proposal to bar the faculty members and medical officers of GBP Pant Hospital & AGMC from private practice. “In exchange, they will get a 20 per cent hike in basic salary as a non-practice allowance. A notification will be issued soon in this regard,” he said. The decision, the minister said, was taken to improve services at the state’s premier healthcare institution. “Chief Minister Manik Saha views that despite the strengthening of infrastructure, complaints are being received when it comes to the satisfaction of patients. The authorities concerned have consulted with the doctors’ body before taking the …

4 Bangladeshi infiltrators ‘headed’ to Bengaluru arrested in Tripura | India News

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The police arrested four Bangladeshi infiltrators in Dharmanagar under North Tripura district on Saturday. The police later said a patrol team first detained the four after they were seen behaving suspiciously near the station road in Dharmanagar. “During the interrogation, they admitted that they were from Bangladesh. They were identified as Md Hanif, Yusuf Ali, Parul Begum, and Jasmine Akhter. A case has been registered against them for illegally crossing the border,” an official said. One of the arrested Bangladeshi nationals told media persons that the situation in Bangladesh has become dire following the regime change last month and there is an acute lack of employment opportunities in the neighbouring country. “An agent brought us here late at night two days ago. We did not know which part of Tripura we crossed into. But we were supposed to leave for Bengaluru on a train Saturday,” the Bangladeshi national said. He further said that the human traffickers dropped them in front of the railway station and went away. They were waiting near the railway station when …

Amid protests, Agartala Municipal Corporation withdraws plans to create a parking lot in the Netaji Subhas Vidyaniketan school ground

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Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Amid protests, the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC), a partner of the Agartala Smart City Project, announced on Friday that it would not be converting the playground of the renowned Netaji Subhas Vidyaniketan into a parking lot. AMC Mayor Dipak Majumder clarified that “there had only been a discussion, not a decision, about implementing suitable traffic management measures in Agartala city”. However, the Municipal Commissioner had previously sent a letter to the school management requesting a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to proceed with creating a “modern parking facility in the basement, with a sustainable revenue generation model under the ADB funded scheme.” Netaji Subhas Vidyaniketan, a higher secondary school established in 1948 by a group of volunteers inspired by India’s independence hero Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, also had some members of the Indian National Army (INA) involved in its founding. Over the past few decades, a significant portion of the school’s land has been encroached upon by traders and residents on the east, south, and …