Tripura DM apologises for disrupting wedding ceremony that continued into curfew hours

In a video that went viral on social media, the District Magistrate was seen stopping a wedding ceremony at Manikya Court, a marriage hall at North Gate of the Palace Compound, supposedly after the 10 pm cutoff time for Covid-19 night curfew to come into force in the Agartala Municipal Council (AMC) areas.By Debraj DebTripura West District Magistrate (DM) Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav orders...

Tripura Tribal Council Polls Deferred

Agartala, Mar 15 : The State Election Commission of Tripura has deferred the autonomous district council (ADC) polls by two days to April 6 following objections by some political parties and a body of the Christian community to the earlier date which coincided with Easter Sunday....

Bijoy Hrankhawl Wants To Act As 'Interlocutor' in Peace Talks

Agartala, Aug 25 : A former insurgent turned politician, Bijoy Hrankhawl, on Monday offered to be an "interlocutor" in the ongoing tripartite peace talks between the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), the state government and the Centre."We should always give peace a chance. I am ready to be an interlocutor to persuade the NLFT or any banned outfit to have a meaningful dialogue...

Tripura co plans piped gas supply to 10000 homes

By Biswendu BhattacharjeeAgartala, Jul 7 : Aiming to ensure smokeless cooking gas to kitchens in Agartala, Tripura Natural Gas Company Ltd (TNGCL) has set a target of supplying piped natural gas (PNG) to 10,000 new households by March 2016.TNGCL had already connected more than 20,000 households in Agartala with PNG."If we replace all Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders with PNG in the city,...

Tripura Withdraws AFSPA

The Tripura government had withdrawn the eighteen-year-old AFSPA from the state with immediate effect, said chief minister Manik Sarkar. Agartala, May 28 : The Tripura cabinet withdrew the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in a state cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The present six-month term of the Act will expire this month. The Tripura...

'Tripura Tribal Council To Be Made Model Autonomous Body'

There are 16 autonomous district councils (ADCs) in northeast India, facilitating the socio-economic development of tribals, who make up 28 percent of the region's total population of around 45.58 million. Agartala, May 19 : The Tripura tribal council will be be made a model autonomous body in the northeast India, ensuring alround development of tribals, its new chief Radhacharan Debbarma...

Kokborok in Tripura University

By Sekhar DattaAgartala, Apr 30 : The Tripura Central University will introduce full-fledged MA course in Kokborok language.Since the 1996, the university has been teaching Kokborok as a six-month certificate course but growing demand for development of the language persuaded governor P.B. Acharya to call for its study at the university level.A final decision was taken at a recent meeting of the...

Northeast Gets its First Solar Power Plant

By: Sujit ChakrabortyMonarchak (Tripura): North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has commissioned a five-MW solar power plant at Monarchak in Tripura, which will be the biggest and the first of its kind in Northeast  India. "We started generation...

Mizo IAS Oficer Transferred Over Report Leak in Tripura

Agartala, Oct 23 : Tripura’s Left Front government has initiated efforts to save the officers and employees involved in the Rs 17-crore scam in Bishalgarh block.In a move to punish those responsible for leaking out the special audit report that found gross irregularities in the 36 out of the 52 gram panchayats and village committees under the Bishalgarh block to the tune of Rs 17 crore, the state...

Tripura High Court starts SMS Service

Agartala, Sep 25 : The high court of Tripura is now being recognized as an IT-enabled HC in the country.According to reports, the Tripura HC has introduced SMS service for both litigants and respondents for the first time in the country. It has drawn the attention of the Supreme Court. Now, it is being replicated in other HCs of the country."Pull-based SMS system is working as client satisfaction...

Central Team To visit Bru Refugee Camps in Tripura

Agartala/Aizawl, Aug 26 : A central team arrived here on Monday to take stock of the condition of Mizoram's displaced Reang tribals, locally called 'Bru', living in refugee camps in Tripura, an official said here.About 35,000 Reang tribals are staying in seven camps in Tripura for about 17 years after they fled their villages in Mizoram following ethnic troubles after the killing of a Mizo forest...

Foodgrains for Tripura Reach Ashuganj Port

Agartala, Aug 7 :  The first consignment of food grains for landlocked northeast India’s Tripura state has reached the Ashuganj river port, a minister here said. He said that in the next two days, the consignment will enter the state through the Akhaura integrated check...

Tripura Shows Way To Regulate E-rickshaws

By Biswendu Bhattacharjee Agartala, Aug 5 : While the Delhi high court on Monday agreed to review its decision to ban e-rickshaws in the capital, Tripura has long brought these vehicles within the ambit of legislation and is probably the first state to do so. Replicating the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the state framed the 'Tripura Battery Operated Rickshaws Rules 2014' to regulate...

Tripura Get Rice Via Bangladesh From Tomorrow

Agartala, Jul 30 : Rice from southern India to Tripura via Bangladesh is likely to reach here on Thursday, bringing to fruition a three-year-long diplomatic and strategical endeavour between New Delhi and Dhaka.“The first consignment of 5,000 tonnes of rice in small ships from Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh reached on Saturday at Ashuganj river port in (eastern) Bangladesh via Kolkata port,” Food,...

Tripura Cut-Off By Road From Rest Of Country

Agartala, Jul 7 : The landlocked Tripura was cut-off from the rest of the country by road as a large portion of National Highway-44 (NH-44) was damaged in Assam due to the rains, a minister said here on Friday.The National Highway got badly damaged in around 10 km in southern Assam's Karimganj district three days ago due to incessant monsoon rains.The 630-km-long NH-44 is the only one that links...

Work on Agartala-Akhaura Railway Link To Begin Next Year

Agartala, Jun 30 : The proposed 15-km long railway link from Agartala to Akhaura will bring economic prosperity and strengthen people to people contact between India and Bangladesh.An eight-member delegation from Bangladesh recently met their Indian counterparts during the third meeting of the Agartala-Akhaurah railway Link Project Steering Committee in Agartala.They did a field inspection and visited...

Work on New India-Bangladesh Railway Link from 2015

Agartala, Jun 18 : The Indian and Bangladeshi governments will start work early next year on a new rail link to ease surface transport, officials said here Tuesday.India will build a 15-km railway tracks linking Tripura's capital Agartala with Bangladesh's southeastern city of Akhaurah, an important railway junction connected to Chittagong port, resource-rich Sylhet and Dhaka.An Indian delegation...

AFSPA Extended in Tripura For 6 More Months

Agartala, Jun 16 : Tripura government has once again extended for six months the operation of AFSPA, the anti-terrorism law that gives full powers to the armed forces to take any steps to control terror, an official said here Saturday."Top security and civil officials of the state government recently assessed the prevailing law and order situation of the state and decided to extend the AFSPA (Armed...

Hunt on for 25 Bangladeshi tribal families in Agartala

By Syed Sajjad AliAgartala, Jun 11 : Police and the civil administration have launched a search to track down Bangladeshi tribal families, who have evaded repatriation after around 300 people sneaked into Dhalai district of Tripura through unfenced border. An alert has been sounded for information about 25 families who got scattered after infiltration on June 1 and 2 under the Raisyabari police...

Youth in Tripura Revives Bamboo Industry, Drive Ahead Employment

Katlamara (Tripura), May 21 : Youth in Tripura has revived bamboo industry, which once flourished under their forefathers, generating employment and driving ahead local economy.A group of young entrepreneurs in border area in West Tripura district, Katlamara, have come together with an idea to encourage self-employment and work on locally available ‘kanakaich’ species of bamboo.They have started...