Agartala: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has approved a proposal for setting up an Indian Institute of Information Technology(IIIT) in Tripura. "Though no formal letter has been received by the state government yet, we came to know that the MHRD issued a notification clearing the proposal for establishing the IIIT, Special Secretary to Higher Education Kishore Ambuly said. "We are happy the state will have an institute like IIIT,"...
04:06 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Agartala: Eight months ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state, the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist(CPI-M) on June 15 retained the Nalchar seat by increasing its victory margin from the previous polls. "CPI(M) candidate Tapan Chandra Das, who secured 18,001 votes, defeated Congress nominee Dwijendralal Majumder, who got 13,224 votes, by a margin of 4,777 votes," returning officer Sankar Chakraborty told IANS on phone. The CPI-M's victory margin...
04:13 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Agartala: Tripura will be the first state in the North East to have an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty said on Friday. He said that during a recent visit to Delhi, Union HRD and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal had informed him that the North East's first IIIT would be set up in the state. The central government had decided to set up 20 more...
09:17 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Agartala: The Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has assured the cash-strapped northeast states that his ministry and the Planning Commission would soon work out strategy to provide special financial aid. The Tripura Finance Minister Badal Choudhury said on June 7 that Mukherjee also said the central government intended to involve the northeast region in a big way in India's much talked about Look East Policy. "Pranab Mukherjee has assured the...
01:05 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Agartala: A farmer was killed and 175 injured in Tripura when a tornado, accompanied by rain and hailstorm, hit the state, destroying more than 1,000 houses, uprooting trees and disrupting communication, officials said on Tuesday. Authorities have stepped up efforts to provide relief to those affected by the tornado that struck late on Monday. The injured comprise children, women and elderly people. "Of the 175 injured, the condition of 60...
10:45 AM, May 01, 2012
Agartala: India will soon start the final survey to lay the rail link between Akhaura in Bangladesh and Agartala, a project which New Delhi plans to implement within two years, a top railway official said on Monday. Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) of Northeast Frontier Railway Mohan Lal said the survey for the 11.5 km line would start immediately after allocation of funds in the coming budget. "Just after allocation of...
05:35 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Dhaka: Nine Indian trucks on Wednesday crossed into Bangladesh's north-eastern borders marking the formal launch of a regularised transit of goods to Agartala, even as Premier Sheikh Hasina visited her country's enclave via the Tinbigha corridor in West Bengal. Hasina said the two neighbours were expected to soon begin exchange of cross-border enclaves and exclaves to end an over 60 year impasse. Officials and reports said nine trucks loaded with...
09:58 PM, Oct 19, 2011
Agartala: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to Tripura on July 22 has been cancelled owing to unavoidable circumstances, official sources said. The Prime Minister was scheduled to visit the state capital to inaugurate the newly built Assembly Building and lay the foundation stone for a new Governor's House at the new capital complex. The state government has received an official communication from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) about the...
07:37 PM, Jul 17, 2011
Police suspect that banned All Tripura Tiger Force was behind the blasts. ...
11:15 PM, Oct 14, 2008
Blasts could be triggered to avenge the killing of HuJI cadres in Assam. ...
12:13 AM, Oct 03, 2008
The Centre claims that it had given the state intelligence on blasts. ...
01:23 PM, Oct 02, 2008
All the bomb blasts took place within a span of 45 minutes. ...
09:17 AM, Oct 02, 2008
Two people were killed and about 70 injured in serial blasts in Agartala. ...
02:01 AM, Oct 02, 2008
The terror attack came on the eve of Eid and ahead of Durga Puja festival. ...
08:22 PM, Oct 01, 2008
Sheer determination has helped a teenager from a Tripura village to overcome his childhood handicap of stammering. ...
08:31 AM, Jan 10, 2007
