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 …
Concerned over the large number of child deaths due to measles every year, the Centre has launched a massive anti-measles vaccination drive. More than 13 crore children are expected to be covered under the Measles Catch-up Campaign, irrespective of their previous measles vaccination status. The drive has been launched by …
The Centre on Saturday emphasised on the need for tapping the hydro power potential of North-East states which could contribute to more development of the region and improve socio-economic condition of people there. Union Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal called for concerted efforts from all quarters in …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to meet 10 chief ministers this month to finalise a strategy to deal with agrarian and land reforms, an official said here Sunday. A National Council for Land Reforms (NCLR), under the chairmanship of the prime minister, was set up earlier this year with …
On April 29, it directed that drinking water be provided in all schools in all States The Supreme Court on Thursday took a serious view of Tamil Nadu's failure to file a compliance report and directed it to provide drinking water facility in all its schools on or before October …
The conflict between development and protection of forests makes forestry as one of the most challenging sectors in the world, P.J. Dilip Kumar, Director General of Forests and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests said here on Thursday. Delivering his convocation address at the 10th Professional Course of Forest …
Aizawl/Agartala, Sep 23 (IANS): Authorities in Mizoram and Tripura, given the high vulnerability of India's mountainous northeast to earthquakes, are becoming stricter in enforcing official guidelines on the construction of concrete houses and structures. The Geological Survey of India had earlier notified that the northeastern region could experience a devastating …
In the wake of Sunday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked large parts of north, east and northeastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal, the northeastern States are reviewing their preparedness to deal with any such disaster. According to the officials, Chief Ministers and Chief Secretaries of Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur …
Two killed in Bihar, three in West Bengal; tremors felt in 10 States; Manmohan monitoring developments The northern and eastern parts of the country were jolted on Sunday after a powerful earthquake hit the Sikkim-Nepal border with a magnitude of 6.8 at 6.10 p.m., leaving at least 17 persons dead …
FOR the past two years 1,500-odd families in a small town of Tripura have not received a modest drinking water supply. Reason: a dispute over water withdrawal from the Feni river, the international border between India and Bangladesh. Though the Feni passes through Sabroom, the town entirely depends on groundwater. …
Bangladesh might get 100 megawatt of electricity from Tripura if it can negotiate properly with the central government of India with support from that of Tripura, its chief minister Manik Sarkar said. ‘We’ll get 200 megawatt electricity from Palatana Thermal Power Plant. We don’t have any objection to giving Bangladesh …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves on Tuesday for a much-awaited visit to Bangladesh during which the two countries are expected to sign a clutch of agreements to add a new dimension to bilateral ties. The importance of the two-day visit can be gauged from the fact that Manmohan Singh will …
Manmohan, Mamata visit to mark what could be a model for resolution of disputes with other neighbours. India and Bangladesh are set to make history when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to Dhaka on September 5 and signs a land boundary agreement with Bangladeshi counterpart Hasina that finally fulfills the …
SHILLONG: Seventeen towns and cities have been chosen as benificiaries under the Rajiv Awas Yojna. In pursuance of the Government’s vision of creating a slum-free India, a new scheme called ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana’(RAY) was launched on June 2 this year, which is expected to cover about 250 cities across the …
AGARTALA, July 31 – Tripura, one of the high endemic malaria zones in the country, has witnessed a sharp decline in the incidence of the ‘fatal’ disease. Incidence of malaria in the State has been reduced by 23 per cent when compared to 2009 while the dead toll stood at …
The census of India’s poor began on June 29 in Tripura, in the Northeast, with a methodology Jairam Ramesh, who was made Union rural development minister in the recent reshuffle, didn’t get a chance to contribute to. It has some improvements over the method followed in the previous census, but …
Aizawl: The State-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO) will set up three power plants in Mizoram, generating a total of 1,526 MW, officials said here on Monday. The two sides signed a Memorandum of Agreement last month
A protracted negotiation between Dhaka and Delhi on sharing the Teesta river is likely to end soon. The governments are set to sign an interim treaty on sharing the trans-boundary river water for 15 years, until they can strike a long-term agreement. The river, which originates in Sikkim, is the …
Agartala: Gas-based 100 MG watt Monarchak power plant in West Tripura district would start generation by January 2013. Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of North East Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO), Prem Chand Pankaj, told reporters today that in the first phase 60 MW would be generated by 2013 and later another 40 …
Agartala: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led ruling Left Front in Tripura on Saturday called for a 12-hour shutdown in the state Monday to protest against the hike in fuel prices. Left Front spokesperson Gautam Das told reporters here that by increasing prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and cooking gas, …
Agartala: The World Bank would provide a soft loan of Rs 1,100 crore to the Tripura government for improvement of the transmission and distribution of power in the State, official sources said here today. A five-member team of the World Bank headed by senior Energy specialist, Rohit Mittal today met …
