AGARTALA: Tripura has secured the top position in implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) during the 2009-10 financial year. The state has achieved 82 mandays of job creation which is more than that of national average of 54 days. Sikkim also did well by creating 80 mandays in NREGA in the last financial year.

Agartala, July 21: Tripura has continued to remain on top in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) while Sikkim came a close second in the 2009-10 fiscal.

Agartala, July 6: Leading environmental advocacy and lobbying group ARPAN today submitted a 16-point charter of recommendations to Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Governor Dr DY Patil demanding immediate implementation for environmental sustainability.

Tripura House session
Agartala: Altogether 24 tribal villagers died of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) at Kangrai in North Tripura district since June 13, the Assembly was informed here on Tuesday.

Agartala, June 28: Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Chowdhury has expressed deep concern over degradation of forest land due to shifting cultivation (Jhum) over the years and revealed that Manipur has emerged as the worst-affected State, followed by Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura.

Agartala, June 15 (IANS): China's reported plans of construction of a dam over the Brahmaputra river and diverting water to its arid regions were on Tuesday strongly opposed by Congress legislators in the Tripura Assembly.

AGARTALA, June 13: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) led Left Front government in Tripura on Friday urged the Central government stop futures trading in food commodities to control the rising prices of essential goods.

AGARTALA, June 6: Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury has urged the groups lobbying for the cause of environment to plead for increasing the sphere of access and benefit sharing of forestry resources.

AGARTALA, June 3: The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant of Rs 45 crore as part payment of first installment of Phase VI for construction of rural roads in Tripura under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).