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 …
Tripura House session Agartala: Altogether 24 tribal villagers died of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) at Kangrai in North Tripura district since June 13, the Assembly was informed here on Tuesday. Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty while informing the House on the latest position aftermath of the mysterious disease outbreak at Kangrai, …
Agartala, June 28: Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Chowdhury has expressed deep concern over degradation of forest land due to shifting cultivation (Jhum) over the years and revealed that Manipur has emerged as the worst-affected State, followed by Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura. Addressing a National Seminar on the Great Depression of …
Agartala, June 15 (IANS): China's reported plans of construction of a dam over the Brahmaputra river and diverting water to its arid regions were on Tuesday strongly opposed by Congress legislators in the Tripura Assembly. "Building of dam over the Brahmaputra river and diversion of water will not only adversely …
AGARTALA, June 13: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) led Left Front government in Tripura on Friday urged the Central government stop futures trading in food commodities to control the rising prices of essential goods. Presenting the state Budget for 2010-2011 in the Assembly, Finance Minister Badal Chaudhury also sought …
AGARTALA, June 8: Growing concerns over climate change owing to environmental degradation has led to acceptance of the concept of green energy in Tripura. The Tripura Renewable Energy Development Authority (TREDA) and urban development department in association with the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) have been actively …
AGARTALA, June 6: Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury has urged the groups lobbying for the cause of environment to plead for increasing the sphere of access and benefit sharing of forestry resources. Addressing a national seminar on Bio-diversity Conservation organized by leading environmental advocacy group of Tripura Association for Research …
AGARTALA, June 3: The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant of Rs 45 crore as part payment of first installment of Phase VI for construction of rural roads in Tripura under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Official sources here today said the amount was from the special …
SILCHAR, June 3: The stretch of National Highway 44 regarded as the lifeline of supply of Barak Valley, Mizoram, Tripura and East Manipur is now being threatened by slow but steady erosion caused by river Barak near Panchgram where the only industry of this valley, Cachar Paper Mill, is located. …
Rooted Out A report has deemed 335medicinal plants threatened The cause: their use in ayurvedic medicines, for which there is a growing global demand Guggal, from which gum-resin is used in ayurvedic medicines, is virtually extinct in India One corrective initiative from the government is the setting up of 29 …
AGARTALA, May 17: At least three people were killed and over 10 injured as a cyclonic storm lashed several parts of Tripura, leaving behind a trail of destruction, officials said on Monday. The pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorm on Sunday night damaged more than 1,000 houses and …
PASIGHAT, April 30: Unknown to most, the Third Northeast Consultation on Dams began here today at Pasighat, the headquarters of East Siang district. Incidentally, the organizers chose Pasighat as the venue for consultation on one of the hottest issues of the region, which, of late, has been a hotbed of …
Over 100,000 commercial and private vehicles will be off Tripura’s roads soon. On March 22, the Agartala High Court ordered the state government to withdraw vehicles in use for 15 years or more in a phased manner; they comprise more than a third of Tripura’s 288,000 vehicles. The court also …
Aiming at making the State capital a solar city, the Tripura government is preparing a report to make mandatory the use of this alternate form of energy.
Agartala/Aizawl, April 1: At least seven people were killed and nearly 16,000 houses destroyed as pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms continued to create havoc in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam, officials said here today. According to officials, between Sunday and Wednesday night, a cyclonic rainstorm accompanied …
Agartala, March 30: A person was killed, over 200 houses were damaged and trees and electric posts were uprooted in a severe storm in Tripura last night, police said today. Purnaram Reang (21) was killed and his wife Anjuti was seriously injured when lightning struck them at Paharpur, a remote …
One person was killed while over 200 houses were damaged and trees and electric posts uprooted in a severe storm in Tripura, police said today. Purnaram Reang (21) was killed and his wife Anjuti was seriously injured when lightning struck them at Paharpur, a remote tribal hamlet in South Tripura …
