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River erosion threatens surface communication in northeast

June 10th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

A portion of the Assam-Agartala national highway, considered the life-line of southern Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and eastern Manipur, is on the verge of being washed away due to erosion by the Barak river, officials said Tuesday.
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India will develop national highway linking Bangladesh

June 10th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

After deciding to construct a bridge over the Feni river in south Tripura to get access to the Chittagong port in Bangladesh, India has decided to convert the connecting two-lane national highway into four-lane one, officials said Tuesday.
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Agartala to be northeast’s first ’solar city’

June 7th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Agartala, June 4 : The Tripura government Friday announced ambitious plans to make its capital Agartala a ’solar city’ replacing at least 10 percent of conventional energy use by solar energy.
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Tripura’s rural bank posts record Rs. 35.35 crore profit

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The Tripura Gramin Bank , one of India’s 84 Regional Rural Banks , posted a net profit of Rs.35.35 crore in 2009-2010, the highest among RRBs in Tripura.
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CPI-M politburo to discuss Bengal civic polls setback

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Agartala, June 4 : The Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo will meet in New Delhi Saturday to discuss the West Bengal civic polls setback and other issues, party sources said here Friday.
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Five die in Tripura flood

June 7th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Press Trust of India AGARTALA, 5 JUNE: At least five persons, including two women and a five-year-old child, were killed as heavy rain, storm and thundershower hit several parts of Tripura, uprooting electricity and telephone posts.
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Agartala to be northeast’s first ’solar city’

June 6th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Agartala, June 4 : The Tripura government Friday announced ambitious plans to make its capital Agartala a ’solar city’ replacing at least 10 percent of conventional energy use by solar energy.
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ASEAN envoys to visit northeast to boost trade, tourism

June 4th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Agartala, May 31: Diplomats of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will soon visit the northeastern states to explore possibilities of promoting tourism and trade, officials said here Monday.
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India to build bridge over Feni river

June 4th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

India will construct a bridge over Feni river in southern Tripura to get access to the Chittagong international sea port in Bangladesh for carrying goods and heavy machineries for the land-locked northeastern region, a state minister said here Tuesday.
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