Tripura lawmaker nailed for false Scheduled Caste tag
August 7th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) An administrative committee in Tripura has found that a ruling Left Front legislator, Partha Das, had falsely claimed he belonged to the Scheduled Castes category, officials ... Read more...
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BSF stops Bangladeshi tribals’ bid to enter India
August 5th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 5 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has foiled an attempt by over 250 Chakma tribals, including women and children, from Bangladesh to enter India after their homes ... Read more...
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Tripura to probe firing by forest guards
December 3rd, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 3 (IANS) The Tripura government Saturday ordered a magisterial probe into the killing of a tribal woman and injuries to another villager in the firing by forest guards ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi to visit Nagaland, Tripura
November 8th, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Nagaland and Tripura Wednesday-Thursday to interact with college students and also address public meetings, an official said ... Read more...
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Court orders Rs.10 lakh relief for raped minor girl
November 6th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 6 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court has asked the central government to pay Rs.10 lakh compensation to a minor girl whose school principal raped her in 1998 in ... Read more...
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Rahul to visit northeast next week
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Imphal, Nov 3 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will next week visit election bound Manipur as well as Tripura and Nagaland, ruled by non-Congress governments, party leaders said ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi to kick start poll campaign in Tripura
October 17th, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 17 (IANS) With the visit of the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi next month, the main opposition party in Tripura will kick start its campaign for the ... Read more...
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‘Cordial ties with Bangladesh important for India’
July 22nd, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 22 (IANS) As India and Bangladesh reopen a border haat (market) in Meghalaya Saturday, state Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said that maintaining cordial bilateral ties with the ... Read more...
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‘Northeastern capitals on rail map by 2017′
July 2nd, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 2 (IANS) The Indian Railways will connect all the capitals of northeastern states with the rest of the country by 2017, a senior railway official said here ... Read more...
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Left workers’ aid for ailing Congress leader
May 28th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 28 (IANS) In a rare gesture, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Saturday donated money for the ... Read more...
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Equipment reaches Tripura power plant via Bangladesh
March 30th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 30 (IANS) The oversized heavy turbines and machines for the Northeast's first giant power project of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) reached Tripura from Haldia ... Read more...
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Turbines for Tripura power project being brought via Bangladesh
March 18th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 18 (IANS) Heavy turbines for state-owned ONGC's 726 MW power project in south Tripura are being brought to the state via Bangladesh. The turbines will be ferried ... Read more...
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ONGC strikes new gas field in Tripura
March 15th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 15 (IANS) State-owned exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has established a significant gas discovery in the northeastern state of Tripura, officials said here Tuesday."The fresh ... Read more...
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Tripura government flayed over fake certificate
March 5th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 5 (IANS) The opposition Saturday denounced Tripura's Left Front government after an official probe found that a ruling party legislator had falsely claimed he was a Dalit.West Tripura ... Read more...
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Bangladesh accord pushes 14 irrigation schemes in Tripura
January 12th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) The India-Bangladesh secretary-level talks of the Joint River Commission (JRC), removed four years long deadlock over the construction of 14 irrigation projects along the border in Tripura, ... Read more...
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Developmental activities gain momentum in insurgency free Tripura village
December 4th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Pitra (South Tripura), Dec.4 (ANI): Development-related activities have gained momentum in South Tripura's Pitra Village following the decline of insurgency.The village is home to the Jamatia tribe and other non-tribals.It was once ... Read more...
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Tripura village tense as man killed in BSF firing
November 30th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 30 (IANS) Tension escalated in a border village in south Tripura Tuesday a day after a trader was killed and his son injured in firing by a Border Security Force ... Read more...
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Solve water sharing problem, Bangladesh urges India
November 11th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 11 (IANS) Bangladesh is keen to resolve the problems of water sharing and basin management of 54 common rivers and to sign an extradition treaty with India, its Foreign ... Read more...
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We can’t forget Indians’ sacrifices for us: Bangladesh minister
November 11th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 11 (IANS) Bangladesh cannot forget the sacrifices made by Indians to help it gain independence in 1971 and the two countries need to work together to resolve issues, visiting Bangladeshi ... Read more...
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Cow is god: Tripura tribals dont milk cattle
October 25th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Sujit Chakraborty
Bagmara (South Tripura), Oct 25 (IANS) Tribals of the dirt-poor village of Bagmara in Tripura have been holding on to ... Read more...
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US keen to help northeast India tap its potential
September 21st, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 21 (IANS) The United States is willing to help northeast India utilise its potential and wants the region's capabilities to be harnessed for its economic development, a diplomatic official ... Read more...
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ONGC project to help end northeast’s power crisis
August 21st, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 21 (IANS) The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) 726-MW project coming up in Tripura will help to resolve the power crisis in the electricity-starved northeastern region by ... Read more...
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India building memorial for Bangladesh war heroes
August 20th, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala, Aug 20 (IANS) India is building an ambitious edifice and a park in Tripura in memory of Indian soldiers and Bangladeshi freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives during ... Read more...
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Bangladesh minister to visit India in July: Sangma
June 26th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 26 (IANS) Bangladesh Commerce Minister M. Faruk Khan will visit India in July to sign an agreement for reopening border "haats" (markets) along the international border, former Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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India will develop national highway linking Bangladesh
June 8th, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 8 (IANS) After deciding to construct a bridge over the Feni river in south Tripura to get access to the Chittagong port in Bangladesh, India has decided to convert the ... Read more...
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Tripura powering green with solar energy
June 8th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala, June 8 (ANI): Growing concerns over climate change owing to environmental degradation has led to acceptance of the concept of green energy in Tripura.The Tripura Renewable Energy Development ... Read more...
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Rs.6.53 Cr released for Tripura under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana
June 7th, 2010 - 11:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 7 (ANI): The Centre has released over 6.5 crore rupees for implementation of centrally sponsored Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana in Tripura's four districts."The Ministry of Rural Development has ... Read more...
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Sixteen dead, 50,000 displaced as rains lash northeast (Roundup)
April 22nd, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Itanagar/Guwahati, April 22 (IANS) Incessant rains caused havoc in the northeastern states of Asssam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, claiming at least 16 lives and displacing over 50,000 people, officials said Thursday.
At ... Read more...
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Cyclonic storm kills four in Tripura
April 22nd, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 22 (IANS) At least four people were killed and more than 50 injured when a cyclonic storm lashed several parts of Tripura, causing a trail of destruction, officials said Thursday. ... Read more...
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India-Bangladesh ‘historic’ pacts in full swing: Tripura CM
April 2nd, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 2 (IANS) New Delhi and Dhaka have started implementing the agreements finalised during the January visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar ... Read more...
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Hailstorm damages houses, crops in northeast India
March 30th, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Aizawl, March 30 (IANS) Hundreds of houses were destroyed, a large number of trees, electric and telephone posts uprooted and crops heavily damaged in pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong wind and hailstorm ... Read more...
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Tripura debates Maneka’s plea against animal sacrifice
March 14th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala, March 14 (IANS) Maneka Gandhi's appeal to stop animal sacrifice in Tripura's temples has sparked a debate with animal lovers supporting her while others dead against stopping of age-old ... Read more...
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40-kg tumour removed from Tripura woman’s body
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 3 (IANS) A bulky 40-kg tumour was removed from the ovary of a 55-year-old woman by doctors in a government hospital in Tripura who said this was "not a rare ... Read more...
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Exhibition on UPA government’s initiatives in the north-east (With image)
January 17th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 17 (IANS) A five-day mega exhibition showcasing the development initiatives of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the Indian north-east began in south Tripura Sunday.
Organised by the Directorate of ... Read more...
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ONGC strikes new natural gas field in Tripura
December 29th, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 29 (IANS) Public sector exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has found a huge gas deposit in the northeastern state of Tripura, officials said here Tuesday.
"The new gas ... Read more...
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