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).

SILCHAR, June 3: The stretch of National Highway 44 regarded as the lifeline of supply of Barak Valley, Mizoram, Tripura and East Manipur is now being threatened by slow but steady erosion caused by river Barak near Panchgram where the only industry of this valley, Cachar Paper Mill, is located.

Rooted Out

A report has deemed 335medicinal plants threatened
The cause: their use in ayurvedic medicines, for which there is a growing global demand
Guggal, from which gum-resin is used in ayurvedic medicines, is virtually extinct in India
One corrective initiative from the government is the setting up of 29 medicinal plant conservation areas (MPCAs)
A Rs 630-crore Nati

AGARTALA, May 17: At least three people were killed and over 10 injured as a cyclonic storm lashed several parts of Tripura, leaving behind a trail of destruction, officials said on Monday.

PASIGHAT, April 30: Unknown to most, the Third Northeast Consultation on Dams began here today at Pasighat, the headquarters of East Siang district.

AGARTALA, April 16

AGARTALA

Agartala/Aizawl, April 1: At least seven people were killed and nearly 16,000 houses destroyed as pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms continued to create havoc in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam, officials said here today.

Maphou dam site (Manipur), March 31

Agartala, March 30: A person was killed, over 200 houses were damaged and trees and electric posts were uprooted in a severe storm in Tripura last night, police said today.

Purnaram Reang (21) was killed and his wife Anjuti was seriously injured when lightning struck them at Paharpur, a remote tribal hamlet in South Tripura district.