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 and Mizoram governments are compu-terising their Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to implement the National Food Security Act from April, officials said on Thursday. “Over 95 percent of the 960,000 ration cards in Tripura have been already digitized. Remaining computerisation works and setting up of call centres are now …
A meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Steering Committee (JSC) on power sector development begins on Thursday in New Delhi, reports UNB. At the two-day meeting, Bangladesh will place a joint survey report on its proposed import of 100 MW power from India’s Palatana Power Plant in its Tripura state. Sources …
A massive landslide that occurred today evening at Umling, about 43 kms from Guwahati on National Highway 40 that connects the Assam capital with Shillong, has brought traffic to a standstill, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides for several kilometres. Ri Bhoi district deputy SP (Traffic) Rymphang Pde …
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), an undertaking of Ministry of Power has agreed to replace existing city illuminating system of Agartala with Light Emitting Diode (LED) without initial capital investment, said secretary Urban Development Ashutosh Jindal. “We are expecting the signing of MoU with EESL by next week to install …
The malaria epidemic that so far claimed nearly hundred lives in Tripura has been worst in past three decades. Experts identified the menace as a result of biting by mainly Anopheles Baimai which is most dangerous of all mosquitoes, a Health Department report informed. Four districts were badly hit, with …
Tripura government will set up an elephant reserve at Gandhari in Gomati district for better conservation of the jumbos whose population was dwindling in the state. The reserve would be spread over 123.8 sqkm area in Gomati district at the initiative of the state government and the site has been …
Landslides on national highways in Meghalaya and Assam's Dima Hasao district have cut off the Barak Valley, Tripura and Mizoram for the last 30 hours. Reports said trees, boulders and mud came down the hills on NH-6 connecting Silchar with Shillong at Tansen in East Jayantia Hills district of Meghalaya, …
In a warming world, species distribution models have become a useful tool for predicting plausible shifts of a species occurrence enforced by climate change. Using maximum entropy (Mexent) model, we analysed present and future distribution patterns of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in two distinct bio-greographical regions of India: the Western …
Agartala: At least 76 people have died of malaria in the state during the past one and a half months, the state government on Sunday said. The deaths occurred mostly in the tribal dominated areas since mid-June till date, Health and Family Welfare Minister Badal Chowdhury told reporters here. “Insurgency …
Two-month long malaria epidemic in Tripura’s rural districts is now under control. However, hundreds of people are still being detected with the disease. The situation which went out of control improved with the help of NGOs and volunteers who worked alongside official teams in affected areas. “It was a fight …
Over a 100 people die every year from the disease in the seven northeastern States Malaria toll continues to rise in Tripura with at least 67 people having died from the disease and many stricken ill within a month, Tripura Health and Family Welfare Minister Badal Choudhury said here Sunday. …
A malaria epidemic has killed at least 55 people, including 46 children, in Tripura this month while thousands have fallen ill, officials said here on Sunday. “At least 55 people, including 46 children, have died in malaria since the first week of June,” a Health Department spokesperson said. “Over 70,400 …
The official death toll in Tripura after the outbreak of malaria reached 45 on Tuesday. Among the deceased at least 30 are children and most of them are under 10 years of age. Confirming this, state health minister Badal Choudhury said nearly 23,000 people, mainly belonging to tribal communities, have …
The meeting of the JSC on Cooperation in Power Sector will be held in New Delhi in September India will supply another 100 megawatts (MW) of power to Bangladesh from Tripura's Palatana power plant by the end of this year. The decision came from the joint technical committee (JTC) meeting …
41 including 31 children dead Agartala: The deaths in a malaria outbreak in Tripura have risen to 41, including 31 children, a minister said here Sunday. Over 22,000 people have fallen ill in the tribal-dominated mountainous areas of Dhalai, Gomti, Khowai, North Tripura and South Tripura districts. “At least 41 …
Agartala: State-owned ONGC found huge gas reserves in the Trishna area of southern Tripura 14-years ago but couldn’t proceed as it is yet to get environmental clearance, an official said here Monday. “We have found huge natural gas at Trishna in 2000. But we are yet to explore the gas …
State-owned ONGC found huge gas reserves in the Trishna area of southern Tripura 14-years ago but couldn't proceed as it is yet to get environmental clearance, an official said here Monday. "We have found huge natural gas at Trishna in 2000. But we are yet to explore the gas in …
Most fatalities are children below 10 years, hundreds admitted to hospitals At least 17 people died and several hundred were admitted to rural hospitals as malaria gripped tribal hamlets in remote Dhalai district in Tripura. Health Minister Badal Choudhury, who chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the health …
Agartala: A tribal woman had died and at least 1450 houses damaged and unspecified number of people displaced from their homes due to a cyclone accompanied by hail storms in two districts of Tripura, official sources said on Wednesday. One Sandhya Rani Debbarma (52) had died last night when her …
The Tripura government rushed water tankers to 399 villages to tackle a drought-like situation in the state, a minister said on Tuesday. "Due to scanty rainfall and heat wave, water sources in many villages have dried up. We have arranged water for 399 villages," minister for drinking water supply and …
