Agartala Feb 28 PTI Tripura for the second consecutive day on Monday did not record any new COVID-19 case a health department official said The COVID-19 tally in the state remained at 100860 State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Deep Debbarma said He said more than 500 samples were taken for COVID-19 test on Sunday and Monday out which not a single positive case was found The northeastern state currently has 27 active COVID-19 cases while 99849 patients have recovered from the disease the SSO said The COVID-19 death toll remained at 916 as no fresh fatality has been reported in the last 24 hours he said It is true there has been no new COVID-19 case in the state during the past two days but it doesnt mean Covid has disappeared We will have to remain alert he said Debbarma said the state had witnessed a sudden rise in COVID-19 case in January but it has started coming down in February PTI PS RG RG RG

Agartala Dec 22 PTI The Tripura government has decided to appoint 1178 Panchayat Executive Officers a group-C non-gazetted post and 35 Dental Medical Officers through Tripura Public Service Commission TPSC a minister said on Wednesday The decision to appoint the officers was taken in the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury told reporters in the state Civil Secretariat here He said the three-tier Panchayati Raj is the root of developmental works There are a total of 1178 panchayats and village committees in the state To achieve more efficiency in the implementation of various development works the state government has decided to recruit one Panchayat Executive Officer in every Panchayat and Village Committee Chowdhury said As per the decision the recruitment for such Group-C non-gazetted posts and dental medical officers would be done through the Tripura Public Service CommissionThe pay scale for the Group-C non-gazetted posts would be Rs 5700-24000 The age limit is 18-40 years with relaxation of five years for SCST candidates and persons with disabilities Chowdhury said He said in addition five posts of scientific officers were created for the state forensic science laboratory under the Home department However the modalities for recruitment are yet to be set he added PTI JOY RG RG