These are the old archives of Northeast Vigil which have been put up here for the academic interest of the public. THESE ARCHIVES ARE NOT UPDATED ANYMORE.
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These are the old archives of Northeast Vigil which have been put up here for the academic interest of the public. THESE ARCHIVES ARE NOT UPDATED ANYMORE.
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ARCHIVES
Development / Tripura
June 26, 2004 |
Press Trust of India |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
The flood situation in Tripura took a turn for the worse with the death toll rising to three even as many villages were inundated, rendering thousands of people homeless, official sources said. The Assam-Agartala national highway, cons ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura, Environment / Tripura
May 28, 2004 |
Special Correspondent |
The Telegraph, Kolkata
Environmental degradation is well on course to replace insurgency as the burning problem in Tripura. Stating this at a seminar on Solid Waste Management to Combat Water Pollution in Tripura, US consul-general in Calcutta George Neil Sibl ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura, Environment / Tripura
May 9, 2004 |
Correspondent |
The Telegraph, Kolkata
The Neepco has threatened to suspend power supply unless the Tripura government clears its dues immediately. The threat issued by the North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation (Neepco) by a formal letter yesterday sent officials of the p ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura
April 11, 2004 |
Manas Paul |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
AGARTALA, April 10– Tripura has recorded an alarming rise in the number of AIDS patients in recent years despite the fact that crores of rupees are being spent on the prevention of the deadly disease. According to the Project Director of the AIDS Contro ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura, Society / Tripura
March 22, 2004 |
Press Trust of India |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) has signed an agreement with a consortium of 13 banks for structured term loan aggregating Rs 800 crore, and said it would raise Rs 2500 crore to part finance its two projects of 880 MW in the north ... full story
March 1, 2004 |
Correspondent |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
The only hydel power project in Tripura, Dumboor located between Dhalai and South Tripura districts which displaced several thousand tribal an estimated 5000 to 8000 tribal families, as well as non tribal villagers in early seventies, has always been a ... full story
December 13, 2003 |
Correspondent |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
Agartala Bench of Gauhati High Court has served a notice to Tripura government on a litigation that questioned legality of amendment of electric supply conditions enhancing power tariff on the basis of a 1910 act, which is not in force. ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura, Economy / Tripura
December 11, 2003 |
Correspondent |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
The Tripura Government is contemplating to set up a medical college in the State in collaboration with the Manipal Group. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar held a detailed meeting with the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman KC Pant and Chair ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura, Society / Tripura
December 10, 2003 |
Special Correspondent |
The Telegraph, Kolkata
The tourism sector in Tripura has been hit by two unfavourable developments. The income of Comilla View, a tourist lodge in the Kasba area of West Tripura, plummeted after secretary of the department of tourism D.K. Chakraborty banned th ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura, Society / Tripura
April 23, 2003 |
Press Trust of India |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
The Rubber Development Board has decided to bring 5000 hectares of fresh land under plantation programme in Tripura in the Tenth Five Year Plan, according to Commissioner of the Board S Krishnakumar, reports PTI. The total outlay for ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura, Economy / Tripura
March 31, 2003 |
Correspondent |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
Darkness looms large over the state following NEEPCO’s decision to ‘regulate’ power supply to the electricity department from April 3 next. The ‘Regulation of power supply’ in straight words means ‘stoppage or at least drastic reduction ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura
March 30, 2003 |
Correspondent |
The Telegraph, Kolkata
Tripura is heading for a major power crisis, with the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) threatening to cut off electricity supply as the state government has not cleared its dues. ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura
January 5, 2003 |
Correspondent |
The Telegraph, Kolkata
A major expansion and infrastructure upgradation drive has been taken up at the Agartala airport, the only one in the state. Located close to Bangladesh, the distance between the edge of the runway and the international border is 150 yar ... full story
Sections: Development / Tripura
January 2, 2003 |
Correspondent |
The Telegraph, Kolkata
Two government projects in the Northeast, one in Assam and the other in Tripura, have been declared “success stories”, having achieved their “intended goals”. Making it to the Planning Commission’s list of top 20 “success stories” are ... full story
December 29, 2002 |
Correspondent |
The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
As the clickety clicks of the rail wheels reverberated in the high hills of Langtarai range and thousands of people rejoined. Railway Minister Nitish Kumar flagged off the first train on Kumarghat-Manu sector in North district on Friday ... full story
Sections: Development / Assam, Development / Tripura
 • Development funds for Assam (May 20, 2006): The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs 74.52 lakh to Assam under Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission for implementation of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities in four districts namely, Cachar, Hailakand ... More
Sections: Development / Assam, Economy / Assam • Tripura hikes excise duty on liquor (May 20, 2006): In order to generate more revenue from the liquor sector, the Tripura Cabinet has decided to increase excise duty on liquor. The decision will come into effect from April 1. ICAT minister Jitendra Choudhury said the new duties will be ... More
Sections: Economy / Tripura • Blow to Bodo unity hope (December 5, 2005): Prospects of a reconciliation between bickering Bodo political leaders evaporated today as a ?special political convention? got under way in Kokrajhar, one that is expected to lead to the formation of a parallel set-up of the Bodoland People?s Progressive Front (BPPF).
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