Agartala | 1 hour ago
Another ISI agent held in Tripura
Agartala, Sep 3 - An agent of Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence - has been arrested by the Border Security Force - along the India-Bangladesh border in west Tripura, police said here Friday.BSF troopers detained ISI agent Nayeem Ahmed Mamoon, 22, from Lankamura border on the outskirts of Agartala Thursday night while he was crossing the border towards Bangladesh, a police spokesman ... read more

New Delhi | 23 hours ago
Tripura minister's son dies of jaundice, kidney failure
New Delhi, Sep 2 - Tripura Health Minister Tapan Chakrabarty's only son Tuhin Chakrabarty died of jaundice and kidney failure Thursday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences - here, family sources said.'Twenty six-year-old Tuhin, who was doing his post-graduation in business administration, was diagnosed to be suffering from jaundice Friday and immediately shifted to AIIMS,' family ... read more

Agartala | 2 days ago
NLFT guerrillas abduct five Tripura farmers
Agartala, Sep 1 - Separatist guerrillas have abducted five tribal villagers in northern Tripura and demanded that each household in their village cough up a sum of Rs.1,000 for their release, police said here Wednesday.Militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura - kidnapped the farmers Sunday night from Boalkhali, a tribal hamlet in northern Tripura's Dhalai district bordering the Chitta ... read more

Agartala | 3 days ago
Assam, Tripura police to jointly probe ISI activities
Agartala, Aug 31 - The police in Assam and Tripura are jointly probing the activities of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence - agency in northeast India following the arrest of a suspected ISI agent last month, officials said here Tuesday.'A five-member police team of Assam came here Monday to take ISI agent Manir Khan alias Omar Ashraf, 30, and his Indian associates to Guwahati for further int ... read more

Agartala | 3 days ago
A Vigyan Gram in Tripura to popularise science
Agartala, Aug 31 - A Vigyan Gram, or a science village, is to come up on the outskirts of Tripura's capital, complete with a museum, library, planetarium, botanical garden, bird sanctuary and other attractions to popularise science among the masses.The Vigyan Gram, to be modelled on the lines of science cities in various cities in India, would be set up at a cost of Rs.35 crore in western Tripura' ... read more

Agartala | 4 days ago
Northeast asks centre to reduce gas prices
Agartala, Aug 29 - The northeastern states have urged the central government to reduce the prices of natural gas being used in various thermal power projects of the region, a Tripura minister said here Sunday.The power ministers of the seven northeastern states met union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora in New Delhi last week and told them that ... read more

Agartala | 6 days ago
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Tripura hit by sex scandal
Agartala, Aug 27 - A day after the principal of a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya - in Tripura was arrested following rape charges slapped by a teacher, hundreds of students of the school took out a march demanding his immediate release saying the charge was 'a blatant lie and motivated', officials said here Friday.A local court Friday sent Rupendra Singh, principal of JNV of Ramchandraghat in western ... read more

Agartala | 7 days ago
Take agriculture knowledge to farmers in their language: Expert
Agartala, Aug 26 - There is enough global information available on the latest agricultural techniques and strategies, but farmers need to be educated about it in their local dialect and the techniques translated into applications, an expert said here Thursday.Speaking at the valedictory session of the three-day 'Agriculture Education and Knowledge Management' conference here, IGNOU's Pro-Vice Chan ... read more

Agartala | 9 days ago
'Informed farmers vital to food security'
Agartala, Aug 24 - To achieve food security, scientific research-oriented farming, propagation of latest global information among the farmers and suitable policy research are very vital, experts and scientists said here Tuesday.'It is extremely crucial to evaluate the potential of genetically-modified - crops as these are nutrient-enriched, drought-resistant and disease-resistant varieties,' said ... read more

Agartala | 9 days ago
Don't be guided by emotions on GM food issue: expert
Agartala, Aug 24 - There is an urgent need to assess the potential of genetically modified - crops as these are nutrient-enriched, drought- and disease-resistant varieties, an expert said here Tuesday at an international conference.Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, director of International Food Policy Research Institute -, Washington, said: 'On the Bt Brinjal issue, everybody should be guided by science, not ... read more