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 …
6 dead in landslips due to heavy rain in past four days Flash floods marooned at least 3,000 families in Tripura, where incessant rain triggered mudslides that have killed six people, including three of a family, in the past four days. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb declared financial assistance for …
Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/04/2018 regarding appointment of Lokpal/Lokayukta in states of India. Supreme Court directs all the states to expedite the process of appointment of Lokayukta at the earliest and inform the Apex Court …
The present study deals with the identification, documentation and exploration of wild edible fruits consumed by different indigenous inhabitants in four districts of Tripura, viz. Khowai (forest of Tablabari, Tulsigarh and Subalsingh), West Tripura (forest of Barmura), Sipahijala and Dhalai (forest of Manu, Ambassa). Wild fruits available in the mentioned …
With the current trend of land use/land cover (LULC) change taking place globally, several parts of northeast India are also showing signs of change in LULC pattern leading to forest loss. This study focusses on the expansion of monoculture rubber plantation (Hevea brasiliensis) in selected sub-watersheds in northeast India, and …
Incessant rainfall since last week & rising water level of river Haora created unprecedented flood that submerged area of Agartala i.e Chandrapur Bazar & Jogindernagar District- West Tripura. This unexpected flood havoc disturbed the life of locals. A search & rescue team of 1st battalion National Disaster Response Force carried …
Herma, an obscure village mostly inhabited by the tribals under Charilam block in Western Tripura has turned into a modern village on Sunday with many modern facilities reaching the door step of its every household. All the 24 families of the village are now having sanitary toilets with 24 hours …
Previous studies have not adequately captured the heterogeneous nature of the diabetes epidemic in India. The aim of the ongoing national Indian Council of Medical Research–INdia DIABetes study is to estimate the national prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in India by estimating the prevalence by state. Original Source
Agartala: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale struck Tripura this afternoon, triggering landslides in the hill state and jolting the country’s Northeast. There was no report of any casualty. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the epicentre of the temblor which occurred at 1439 hrs …
: Following directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) recently issued closure notices to 31 brick kilns in the state for non-compliance with environmental norms. MK Das, scientist at the TSPCB, said the kilns had been operating without valid clearances from the board. …
Agartala/Aizawl : A 5.5-magnitude earthquake in the Myanmar-India border region on Tuesday rocked Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya and some other parts of northeast India, but there was no report of major damage, officials said. “The 5.5-magnitude quake hit various states of the northeastern region of India at 7.41 a.m. on …
Agartala: The spread of vector-borne diseases in Agartala and other towns of Tripura has prompted health department officials to direct Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and other authorities to take steps for killing mosquitoes. According to officials, as many as 12 cases of dengue and 18 chikungunya cases have been detected …
IMPHAL, The capital cities of three North Eastern States – Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura are listed among the ten cleanest cities of the country in a survey conducted by New Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation – Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The top three cleanest cities of the country …
Aizawl/Agartala: The Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) disease which has so far killed at least 3,500 pigs in Mizoram has largely been contained, officials said in Aizawl on Wednesday. The Tripura government’s animal resource development department (ARDD) also sounded an alert in the villages and government farms along the …
Agartala: Eastern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Kolkata has imposed a fine of Rs 1.39 crore on 132 brick industries of Tripura for not complying with the mandatory environment norms. Last year, a Kolkata-based lawyer filed a PIL alleging 1,000 brick kilns in the state were …
Around 4,000 people from 800 families were rendered homeless due to floods at Dharmanagar, the headquarters of North Tripura district, while the arterial Assam-Agartala National Highway remained water logged cutting the state off from the rest of the country. Due to incessant rain since Tuesday night, entire Dharmanagar town and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Pollution Control Board, Tripura & Others dated 13/05/2016 regarding brick kilns operating without valid consent in Tripura. In the Order NGT allows the Pollution Control Board of West Bengal to take all steps …
The Left Front government in Tripura has announced to achieve open defecation free status for all the 1,118 villages of the sate under Swachh Bharat Mission in the coming financial year. Talking to the media Finance Minister Tapan Chakraborty said the state budget has made adequate allocation to ensure the …
Government will meet its target of electrifying 18,452 villages by March next year, much ahead of the May 2018 deadline as over a third of the task has been completed already, power minister Piyush Goyal said. "During the last 11 months we have already electrified 6,029 unelectrified villages under our …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Abinash Chandra Das Vs State of Tripura & Others dated 16/02/2016 regarding implementation of the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980, Tripura.
India’s NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. (NVVN) and the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), both state-run companies, will soon sign an agreement to supply 100 MW of electricity to Bangladesh, Tripura’s Power Minister Manik Dey said on Monday. “Transmission lines are ready to supply 100 MW of power to Bangladesh …
