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 …
Ignatius Pereira KOLLAM: Efforts started by the Tripura government and the Rubber Board in 1995 to guide the Adivasi population of that State away from the path of terrorism and bring them to the mainstream through a rubber-plantation programme have started bearing fruit. To assess this success story through an …
AGARTALA, Dec 18: Following a report of fresh cases of Meningococcal Meningitis in remote locations of North Tripura, the state government has demanded 1.83 lakh vaccines from Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, State Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty said. Talking to mediapersons here today, Chakraborty said two deaths were reported …
Alarmed by the spiralling number of Hepatitis B cases, the Hepatitis Foundation of Tripura (HFT), a voluntary organisation has envisaged an ambitious Statewide plan
AGARTALA, Dec 13: The Tripura Government has adopted a new strategy for protection of forest land, besides promoting settled agriculture among the tribal communities. Addressing convocation in Tripura Forest School here today, State Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury said about 1.5 lakh hectares of forest land had already been distributed among …
Tripura Government has urged the Centre to introduce an employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor on the lines of NREGA. Addressing the National Conference on the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Delhi recently, Tripura Urban Development Minister Manik De said ascheme, like NREGA, ought to be …
AGARTALA, Nov 25: The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act has been proving to be a hurdle in the implementation of Tripura JICA project, an externally aided project for poverty alleviation of forest-dependent people of the State. According to reports, the Japan International Cooperation …
AGARTALA, Nov 19: At a time when Tripura recorded a huge number of new flora and fauna species during study on bio-diversity resources, researchers uttered concerns over the declining trend of the natural carcass cleaner
Agartala: The Tripura government has demanded funding for land utilisation projects for more than 84,000 tribal families who got land deed under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act in the state. Talking to newpersons here last week, Tripura Tribal Welfare Minister Aghore Debbarma …
Five pieces of ivory worth Rs 1 crore were seized from a house at Shantipara, a remote tribal hamlet in North Tripura district, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the house of one Birsen Reang at Shantipara and recovered the ivory yesterday. Birsen and another person, Padmajoy Reang, …
The first unit of the 726 MW Palatana mega power project in Tripura will be operational by first quarter of 2012, said VK Jain, the Executive Director of ONGC Tripura Asset here on Saturday. Talking to media, Jain said that the Ministry for External Affairs (MEA) has already approached its …
Tripura building laws permit only five storeys the Agartala Municipal Corporation has banned the use of seven multi-storey buildings in the city that were constructed illegally. The council administration of the corporation pasted notices on the buildings saying they cannot be leased, rented or sold. The Tripura building rules of …
The brick manufacturing industry in Tripura is passing through a tough time with the State Government importing bricks from Bangladesh. Around four crore bricks will be imported from the neighbouring country to meet ever- growing demand of bricks in Tripura where development is not the fast-track. Of late, the government …
The brick manufacturing industry in Tripura is passing through a tough time with the State Government importing bricks from Bangladesh. Around four crore bricks will be imported from the neighbouring country to meet ever- growing demand of bricks in Tripura where development is not the fast-track. Of late, the government …
Tripura Government has requested the Centre to change the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006 to give dwelling rights in forests to non-tribals who entered the State after 1947. According to the present law, a patta can be given to a non-tribal whose family is living in …
Agartala: The Fitch Ratings, a leading global rating agency recorded the cost of water production in the state to be Rs 19 per kilo litre-one, highest in the country. The report said Agartala Municipal Council
AGARTALA, Aug 10: In a bid to protect, conserve and develop the degraded forest areas, the State Government has constituted as many as 472 Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMC) with local communities. Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury said JFMCs have done a commendable job in regeneration, protection and management of …
