Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrata Debnath Vs State of Tripura & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to a dumping ground of Agartala Municipal Corporation under the name of ‘Waste Processing Center’ with the object of processing waste materials and …
Agartala: In a bid to manage the growing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), including thin plastic carry bags, leading Agartala based non-government research organisation ARPAN has planned to set up plasma gasification plant. Followed by a three-day seminar-cum-workshop and round table discussion on management of MSW and alternative use of plastic …
AGARTALA, June 7 (IANS): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has assured the cash-strapped North-east States that his ministry and the Planning Commission would soon work out strategy to provide special financial aid. Tripura Finance Minister Badal Choudhury said on Thursday that Mukherjee also said the central government intended to involve …
Agartala: A Bangladeshi agro-food processing group, Programme for Rural Advancement Nationally (PRAN), will invest Taka 10 crore (around Rs 6.80 core) to set up an agro-food processing unit in Tripura. PRAN has been permitted by Bangladesh Revenue Board to invest 10 crore Bangladeshi Taka in the state, Chairman of Tripura …
Silchar: World Bank would give Rs 13,000 crore for infrastructrual development of power generation facilities in the Northeast which would be executed by Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL). PGCIL Chairman-cum-Managing Director R N Nayak said on Thursday the company was keen to improve the power scenario in the region …
Guwahati: Assam is set to undertake the second phase of power sector reforms, which is expected to see major initiatives to boost generation and greater efforts for privatisation. “In 2005 we started the first phase of reforms which saw restructuring of the then power behemoth Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB).” …
Assam is set to undertake the second phase of power sector reforms, which is expected to see major initiatives to boost generation and greater efforts for privatisation. “In 2005, we started the first phase of reforms which saw restructuring of the then power behemoth Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB). “Now …
Projects to be executed by Power Grid Corp World Bank would give Rs 13,000 crore for infrastructural development of power generation facilities in the North East which would be executed by Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL), a company official said. PGCIL Chairman-cum-Managing Director R N Nayak said here today …
World Bank would give Rs 13,000 crore for infrastructrual development of power generation facilities in the North East, which would be executed by Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL). The PGCIL Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mr R N Nayak, was on a visit to the newly built 400/132 KV power substation at …
A farmer was killed and 175 injured in Tripura when a tornado, accompanied by rain and hailstorm, hit the state, destroying more than 1,000 houses, uprooting trees and disrupting communication, officials said on Tuesday. Authorities have stepped up efforts to provide relief to those affected by the tornado that struck …
GUWAHATI: The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is not being properly implemented in Assam along with other parts of the country. This was revealed by the Asian Indigenous and Tribal People’s Network (AITPN) in its report titled ‘‘The State of the Forest …
Agartala: Oil giant ONGC along with a Vietnamese company will launch joint exploration for oil in the South China Sea despite objections from China, a top company official said on Tuesday. “There is nothing wrong in it. ONGC-Videsh has got this asignment through an international bid and we will go …
Agartala: ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation (OTPC)’s 724-MW gas-based thermal power project at Palatana in South Tripura district would start generation by June, a top official of state-owned oil major ONGC said on Tuesday. The first phase of the project would be operational by June, ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Sudhir Basudeva, …
Agartala: Tripura will launch a disaster management programme in its schools to enhance the State’s preparedness in an event of a natural calamity striking it, an official said here on Monday. “The government has launched an ambitious School Disaster Management Planning (SDMP) project from this academic session. Under it, teachers …
tHE 724-MW gas-based thermal power project is a JV between ONGC and Tripura Power Corporation ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation (OTPC)'s 724-MW gas-based thermal power project at Palatana in South Tripura district would start generation by June, a top official of state-owned oil major ONGC said today. The first phase of the …
Agartala: Timely vaccination of birds and animals, access to standard laboratories and maintaining bio-security are among the measures required to curb the sporadic outbreak of bird flu in India’s northeast, says a team of international and Indian experts touring the region. Experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and …
Agartala: Two Mumbai-based entrepreneurs have expressed interest in making bamboo-based products like handicrafts, furniture and sticks for Agarbatti (incense stick) making, official sources said. “They have agreed to invest Rs 80 crore for setting up two industrial units at the proposed Bamboo Park at Bodhjungnagar and have already bought five …
AGARTALA, April 15 – Two Mumbai-based entrepreneurs have agreed to invest Rs 80 crore for setting up two industrial units – plywood manufacturing and incense stick-making factories at the proposed Bamboo Park. The Park, spreading over 69 acres of land at Bodhjungnagar Industrial Estate, 12 km from the capital town …
At least nine persons were killed and over 40 injured in a storm and lightning which hit different parts of Tripura and Mizoram, official sources said today. A woman and her daughter were crushed to death after a large tree fell on them during a turbulent pre-monsoon storm locally known …
Agartala, April 5: Production of bamboo-based products like handicrafts, furniture and sticks for Agarbatti-making in Tripura has grown three-fold to Rs 93.05 crore since 2006-07. Expressing satisfaction at the growth rate, State’s Forest Minister Jitendra Chowdhury, said there had been a commensurate increase in the revenue also. “While in 2006-07 …
Agartala: With an eye on next year’s assembly polls, Tripura’s Left Front government on Tuesday announced a 12 per cent subsidy on a 17 per cent power tariff hike by the Tripura Electricity Regulatory Commission (TERC). “To provide subsidy on the power tariff, Rs 40 crore has to be spent …
