AGARTALA, March 4

Workers leave tea gardens for better NREGA wages More than 5,000 tea garden workers in Tripura have switched jobs in the past six months. They have found a better option in the works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega), 2005, leaving a tea industry in crisis in their trail. Concerned about workers not reporting to tea estates, the Tea Association of India, a

Tripura capital plans to get water from 70 km THE Tripura government plans to transport water to Agartala from the Gumati river, which is 70-km away, through a water conduit. This is to meet the water shortage faced by about 500,000 people in Agartala. But the project has run into controversy. The state government justified the Rs 665 crore project saying Howrah river, the main

SIPAHEEJALA (TRIPURA): A vulture has been spotted in Tripura after a gap of ten years. The bird was sighted during an animal census in Sipaheejala sanctuary, wildlife warden Nirad B Debnath said. "It was a matter of immense joy that a vulture was sighted by forest officials in this sanctuary recently especially at a time when the population of the bird has declined considerably in the country.

AGARTALA, Feb 17

CORRESPONDENT
AGARTALA, Feb 16

The only water palace in Eastern India may crumble any day, as the lake on which it stands is slowly shrinking--------

The only water palace in Eastern India may crumble any day, as the lake on which it stands is slowly shrinking

AGARTALA

AGARTALA, Feb 9

AGARTALA, Feb 4