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'Only 53% wash hands after defecation' (Times of India)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:56:30 GMT

A study conducted in West Bengal and Tripura last year found that only 49% washed their hands after using the toilet.

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Tripura asks for adequate funds for 'Vision 2020' plan (India eNews: Top Headlines)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:45:58 GMT

A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled a roadmap for alround developemnt of the northeast, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar asked the central government to allocate adequate funds for the project.

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Tripura security beefed up following VHP’s bandh call (Timpu)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:47:32 GMT

Agartala, Jul 3: The Tripura government deployed extra security forces at all major establishments, including all bus terminuses and roads of the state, following the Vishwa Hindu Parisad’s (VHP) ‘Bharat bandh’ call today to protest the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) land acquisition issue. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Meghalaya launches Edusat network (merinews - citizen powered media)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:42:00 GMT

Meghalaya launched Edusat network system to became the second state in the North-East after Tripura to have this system. This system has been set up by ISRO and is expected to facilitate teaching in the 50 satellites interactive terminals (SITs).

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Bangla-India ties could open up slew of possibilities (merinews - citizen powered media)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:12:04 GMT

If Bangladesh extends the hand of friendship to India a number of road, rail and riverine routes could be opened up between Kolkata, Myanmar, Assam and Tripura. The external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee is all for it, provided Bangladesh agrees.

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Meghalaya launches EDUSAT (Indian Express)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:54:38 GMT

Meghalaya became the second state after Tripura in the Northeast to launch EDUSAT, a satellite-based education...

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Agartala in Tripura comes up on Indian railway map (India eNews: Top Headlines)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:00:48 GMT

Agartala, the capital city of Tripura, Sunday came up as the newest point on the map of the Indian Railways in the country's northeast.

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Tripura to introduce health insurance scheme for workers (India eNews: Top Headlines)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:31:38 GMT

The Tripura government will introduce a health insurance scheme for daily wage earners and those in the unorganised sector, a minister said Saturday.

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ONGC Tripura Power Co. Pvt. Ltd (Just In Just Out)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:17:00 GMT

ONGC Tripura Power Co. Pvt. Ltd. (OTPC) has issued a Notice of Award to BHEL on 23rd June 2008 for setting up 726.6 MW capacity combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) based power project in Palatana. This initiative of ONGC, the lead promoter of OTPC with 50% equity participation, is expected to transform the power scenario of entire North-Eastern Region of the country and catalyze rapid economic...

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Bedlam in Tripura assembly, two Congress members suspended (Thaindian News)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:38:56 GMT

Agartala, June 24 (IANS) Two Congress legislators were suspended after a ruckus in the Tripura assembly over alleged irregularities in the higher secondary examination results. Two opposition Congress lawmakers, Sudip Roy Barman and Biswabandhu Sen, were also injured during the melee, which lasted for about two hours disrupting the scheduled proceedings. With the house witnessing uproarious...

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Railway services, food supply hit in parts of northeast (Thaindian News)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:41:50 GMT

Agartala, June 23 (IANS) The supply of essential items, including food grain, was sevrely affected in the three northeastern states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur and parts of Assam due to disruption of railway services in the region for one and a half months, officials said here Monday. “The Tripura government has asked the Northeast [...]

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ONGC places Rs 2,207-cr order with BHEL, GE (Daily News Analysis)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:56:00 GMT

ONGC Tripura Power Co, a unit of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has awarded a Rs 2,207-crore order to a consortium of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and General Electric.

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Tripura CM warns UPA govt on policy issues (Timpu)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:08:46 GMT

Agartala, Jun 22: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has flayed the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre with regard to economic policy and civil nuclear deal with the US. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Tripura hosts higher studies database for global students (Timpu)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:08:45 GMT

Agartala, Jun 22: To facilitate academic prospects and higher studies for the students of Northeastern states, Tripura Higher Education Department has launched a comprehensive Higher Studies Information database, which includes information on government and affiliated institutions for higher studies in the country as a whole. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Lokayukta Bill to be tabled in Assembly soon (Timpu)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:08:44 GMT

Agartala, Jun 22: As part of transparency management and to check corruption among the people’s representatives, the Tripura Cabinet has approved the draft of Lokayukta Bill, 2008, for tabling in the current Assembly session. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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BHEL eligible for Palatana project (Sify)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:33:10 GMT

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has announced that Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL) has emerged as the lowest bidder for the project construction contract for 740 MW gas-based Palatana power project in South Tripura, outbidding internationally acclaimed Alstom.

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Bhel outbids Alstom to bag EPC contract for Tripura project (Indian Express)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:35:10 GMT

The state-run Bhel has outbid Alstom to emerge as the L1 bidder for EPC contract for the 740 mw gas-based Pallatana power project in Tripura.

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Tripura had to start from scratch (Indian Express)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:45:50 GMT

> > Story National NetworkTHE CHIEF MINISTER WRITESManik Sarkar, Chief Minister, Tripura‘Tripura had to start from scratch’Posted online: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 2221 hrs As part of The Indian Express’s initiative of getting in the views of chief ministers from across the country, we asked Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to elaborate on what it means to be a border state,...

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Tripura minister conferred literary award (Thaindian News)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:45:49 GMT

Agartala, June 15 (IANS) Tripura Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Anil Sarkar was conferred a literary award Sunday for his outstanding contribution to the state’s literature and culture. The 70-year-old politician, who is also a writer and poet, received the “Bhasa Sahitya Sanman 2008″ award at a function here. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar gave [...]

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Tripura (know places in india)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:05:00 GMT

The region was the center of a long-lived kingdom that reached its apogee in the 15th cent. Though the region was annexed by the Mughal empire in 1733 and passed under British rule in the 19th cent., the original kingdom did not disappear until it joined India in 1949. Tripura became a union territory in 1956 and a state in 1972. In the 1970s many Bengali-speaking immigrants began arriving from...

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