Agartala, Dec 4: The Centre has allowed external assistance only for Tripura in the forestry sector in Northeastern states with the success of joint forest management approach in the State.

Agartala, Dec 2: In a bid to improve self-employment opportunities and upgrade the skills of poor sections of the society, the Tripura government has announced to launch an ambitious project worth Rs 5 crore to be implemented through Self Help Groups (SHGs).

Serious discontentment is brewing in interior tribal hamlets in Kalajhari hill range of Gandacherra and Amarpur subdivisions over the Tripura Government

In a major initiative to prevent accidental death of rhinos and other endangered spices in road mishaps, the Centre has modified its earlier proposal clearing a four-lane Kaziranga National Highway bypass.

Agartala, Nov 17: The Tripura government has urged the Centre to extend recently launched National Urban Sanitation Policy.

AGARTALA, Nov 16

Agartala, Nov 5: The Tripura Government has decided to set-up an elephant reserve in the State to preserve the animal which had nearly disappeared due to large-scale poaching and migration to neighbouring Bangladesh. The latest census has shown that the population of the elephant has gone up from 38 in 2002, when the last census was taken, to 59 now, the State Board for Wild Life said.

AGARTALA, Oct 20

Agartala, Oct 15: The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 665 Crore for water project in Agartala under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) to ensure supply of safe drinking water.
Official sources here today said the project include renovation of existing water systems, maintenance of ground pipes and transportation of water from Gumati River, 70 kilometres away from Agartala.