Tripura

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding a dumping ground located at Debendra Chandra Nagar run by the Agartala Municipal Corporation, Tripura, 15/05/2025

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 …

Rains bring respite to NE

The Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC) here forecast probability of rain or thundershower at many places over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh and at a few places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram during the next 24 hours since today noon. It has also warned possibilities of isolated thunder squall or hailstorm with …

Tripura sounds swine flu alert

Close on the heels of the outbreak of meningitis, the Tripura Government on Thursday sounded a red alert to prevent the outbreak of the deadly swine flu in the State, official sources said here. The decision was taken at a review meeting that was chaired by Principal Secretary YP Singh …

Tripura, Manipur sound swine flu alert

AGARTALA/IMPHAL April 30: Tripura Government has sounded an alert in the state to check an outbreak of the deadly swine flu, official sources said today. The decision to issue the alert was taken last night at a meeting chaired by principal secretary of the Health department Yash Pal Singh.Two health …

Normal life affected in Tripura due to soaring heat

Normal life was affected by soaring heat coupled with prolonged dry spell in Tripura as mercury touched 38.6 degree Celsius today, Met officials said today. Weathermen said Tripura recorded the maximum temperature of 39.9 degree Celsius yesterday, a record over the last 15 years. Director Met office, Dilip Saha said …

Rural healthcare in Tripura faces challenge

Despite efforts to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas, communicable diseases like meningitis, malaria and diarrhoea continue to haunt the tribal hamlets of Tripura. According to official figures, as many as 58 tribal villagers died of meningitis, malaria and diarrhoea over the past three months. The deadly meningitis has so …

Tripura government to use ACT to combat Malaria

Agartala, April 5: Tripura government has started the extensive use of Artesunate Combination Therapy (ACT), a second generation drug against malaria in Tripura while setting a target to distribute six lakh mosquito-nets before the next monsoon, besides spraying DDT in sensitive locations of the state at least for the next …

Meningitis outbreak in N-E states

New Delhi: The government has decided to vaccinate the entire population living in the meningococcal meningitis affected areas of Meghalaya and Tripura. This will be the first time that government will undertake such a drive to combat a meningitis outbreak. WHO is procuring 3.5 lakh doses of the vaccine to …

Clouded leopard joins save-&-breed project

Darjeeling, March 30: The Padamaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park is set to start conservation breeding of the clouded leopard with the arrival of a pair from Sephoyjhola zoo in Tripura. The World Conservation Union, an international organisation that maintains a global list of endangered species, has classified the clouded leopard …

Vaccination drive delayed in Tripura

Agartala: Worried by the spiraling cases of meningitis, Tripura government has finally decided to procure 10,000 World Health Organization (WHO) approved vaccines- Bivalent to undertake mass vaccination the deadly disease affected Longtarai Valley subdivision. However, the government will have to wait for another 20 days to receive the vaccines since …

Meningitis claims 6 more lives in Tripura

Agartala: An alarming situation prevails in tribal hamlets in Tripura

Meningitis peril in North-east

Meningitis is once again weaving a web of death and suffering in India's North-east having taken at least 250 lives so far The inhospitable terrain of northeast India - home to hundreds of ethnic tribes - has been plagued by killer diseases that often assume epidemic proportions. The latest scourge …

Three endangered tortoises die in Tripura

Udaipur: Three endangered species of tortoises have died in the Kalyansagar lake of the famous Tripureswari temple here during the last fortnight, official sources said on Tuesday. The district magistrate of South Tripura district, Shantanu Das said one tortoise died on Monday and two others had died during the last …

Centre mulls mass vaccination in Tripura

Agartala: The Centre has finally given a green signal to launch mass vaccination in Tripura

Tripura prays to ghosts to contain meningitis

By Sanjib Deb Agartala March 9: Worship of ghosts, an age-old practice which almost went into oblivion, has returned with full fury in the hilly areas of Tripura as the medical care process extended by the state government has failed to contain the meningitis epidemic in the Longthorai Vally areas …

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