Tripura

Officials of the State Election Commission (SEC), which is conducting the politically important civic polls, on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has already secured the majority in the seven civic bodies in Jirania, Ranir Bazar, Mohanpur, Bishalgarh in Western Tripura, Santir Bazar and Udaipur in southern Tripura and Kamalpur in northern Tripura.

Tripura Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief spokesman Subrata Chakraborty on Tuesday said that after the Monday's State Executive meeting, which was held after 10 months due to the Covid pandemic, district and 'Mandal' (state Assembly constituency) level executive meetings would be completed by July 15.

A Tripura cadre 1990 batch IAS officer Alok Kumar (also known as Kumar Alok), who is currently posted as Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat of the central government, would join his new assignment next week. Officials said that Alok Kumar before going to the central deputation in March last year was the Additional Chief Secretary of the Tripura government.