Prince Kiritbikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, son of the last king of Tripura, Birbikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, died at a hospital in Kolkata recently after a massive cardiac arrest.
He was 74 and is survived by four daughters, one son and wife, Bibhu Kumari Devi, a former minister of Tripura.
He was suffering from heart ailments for a long time and was admitted to the Rabindranath Tagore Cardiac Hospital in Kolkata where he breathed his last at 11-30 PM. He was also elected as Member of Parliament from Tripura for two terms on a Congress ticket. Tripura, a princely state, joined India on October 15, 1949 and attained the status of a Union territory

30% prostitutes in Mumbai are from North East: NGO

Thirty per cent of prostitutes in red light areas of Mumbai are from the country's Northeastern region, an NGO working in this field has claimed. The National Human Rights Commission conducted a study on trafficking in India in 2003 and its report was published recently, said K Choudhury, executive board member of the NGO Impulse. Several world bodies including ADB and UNICEF have conducted surveys in this field and their reports corroborate this claim, he said.
Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day workshop to train policemen in Arunachal Pradesh against human trafficking, Choudhury called for a coordinated approach by NGOs, police and other stakeholders to eradicate this menace.

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