Tripura's Agar sector has huge potential and our government has already taken steps to promote it, said Chief Minister Manik Saha

CM Saha's gesture left the residents with surprise as he went door-to-door despite being on a tight schedule, and spoke to the families to confirm if they were getting the benefits of the government schemes.

Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], July 27 (ANI): The authorities of Bengal Safari, North Bengal Wild Animals Park are planning to introduce captive breeding programmes for fishing cats.

Kolkata Apr 24 PTI Following are the top stories from the eastern region at 5 pm on Sunday CAL4 MG-CASINO Meghalaya to bet big on Casinos for tourists Shillong The picturesque north-eastern state of Meghalaya has drawn up big plans to bring in casinos and online gambling and gaming for tourists to rake in much needed revenues top officials said CAL7 WB-VISVABHARATI-DEATH-VC Open to CBI probe Visva-Bharati VC on students campus death Kolkata Visva-Bharati was open to a CBI inquiry into the death of a student on its campus as it wants the truth to come out vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty said on Sunday CES2 TR-ASF-CULLING Tripura govt starts culling pigs in ASF hit Debipur farm Agartala The Tripura Animal Resource Development department has culled 165 pigs and piglets at the government-run Debipur farm and adjacent areas in Sepahijala district after African Swine Fever was detected among pigs an official said CES3 JH-RAPE-MINOR 6 minors held for rape of 11-year-old in Jharkhand Khunti Police have apprehended six minor boys in Jharkhands Khunti district for allegedly raping an 11-year old girl an officer said CES5 TR-FAKE-NOTE-SEIZURE Fake currency notes with face value of Rs 572 lakh seized two arrested Agartala Police arrested two persons in Tripuras Khowai district after fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 572 lakh were seized from their possession on Sunday an officer said PTI NN NN

Agartala Apr 24 PTI The Tripura Animal Resource Development ARD department has culled 165 pigs and piglets at the government-run Debipur farm and adjacent areas in Sepahijala district after African Swine Fever ASF was detected among pigs an official said The culling operation started on Saturday after confirmation of African Swine Fever ASF among pigs at the Debipur farm and on instruction from the Centre On Saturday 121 pigs and piglets were culled at Debipur farm while 44 pigs were disposed of in the localities falling under one km radius said Director of ARD DK Chakma Two teams have been pressed into the task and the culling operation is expected to be completed by Sunday in presence of veterinary officers he said At least 27 pigs have died at Debipur farm mysteriously since April 13 prompting the department to send blood samples for ASF test in Guwahati Recently the North Eastern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory NERDDL Guwahati has confirmed the presence of ASF in blood samples sent from the farm Chakma said an alert has been sounded across the state to stop the movement of pigs and piglets from one place to another as part of precautionary measures He however made it clear that pork is fit for human consumption after proper boiling as it is African Swine Fever ASF not African Swine Flu An awareness campaign has already begun in Sepahijala district involving local administration and panchayat samitis on African swine fever PTI PS RG RG

Agartala (Tripura) [India], April 21 (ANI): After African Swine Fever cases were reported in a breeding farm in Sepahijala district, the Tripura government on Wednesday decided to go in for mass culling of infected pigs at the farm.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], April 19 (ANI): After Mizoram, cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been detected in Tripura's Animal Resources Development Department (ARDD)-run government breeding farm located at Devipur under Sepahijala district, top sources in the department told ANI requesting anonymity.

Guwahati Apr 18 PTI Three persons arrested in Tripura for alleged links with a jihadi group based in Bangladesh were brought to Assam on Monday in connection with a case registered against them a police officer saidThe trio was engaged in recruiting and creating sleeper cells for their outfit he saidThe three accused - Abdul Kashim Hamid Ali and Imran Hussain were brought to Bongaigaon during the day the police officer said They hail from Sepahijala district of Tripura A Tripura court handed them to us on transit remand on Saturday on the basis of a case registered against them in Jogighopa police station in our district he saidThey had been arrested in Tripura on April 8The suspects are believed to be members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team a fundamentalist militant outfit in Bangladesh On possible links between the trio arrested from Tripura and those apprehended in Barpeta district of Assam the police officer said more details will be known after interrogating them Eleven suspected jihadists have been arrested in Barpeta district since March including six on FridayA Bangladeshi national was also among those arrested in March PTI SSG MM MM

Agartala, April 17: A Bangladeshi teenager who entered Indian territory illegally to buy chocolate has been arrested. Giving information about this, the Border Security Force (BSF) said on Friday that the teenager, Eman Hossain is a resident of a village situated on the banks of the river Shalda in Bangladesh and he regularly crosses the […]

Sipahijala (Tripura) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Sipahijala district and session court on Monday sent three suspected Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen (Bangladesh) terrorists to police custody till April 7.