Tripura Transport Ministe

The trial run for cargo movement from Kolkata to the northeast via Bangladesh's Mongla port has been successfully conducted, with Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik receiving a consignment in Tripura's Sepahijala district, officials said.

A core committee meeting of the Trinamool Congress at party chief Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Saturday had an unexpected attendee. Former Transport Minister Madan Mitra, accused in the Saradha chit fund scam and out on bail for the last couple of months, made an appearance.

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today asked ministry officials to send a technical team to the northeast region to restore Tripura's lifeline, National Highway-8, which has been badly damaged by rains of the past many weeks.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is keen to restore rail connectivity with India, which was snapped after the 1965 Indo-Pak war, and has agreed to give access to India for use of its Chittagong and Mongla ports, a state minister said on Monday.

Regular train services would start any time on the newly-laid broad gauge track from Lumding to Silchar in Assam that would provide better connectivity in the mountainous north-eastern region, Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey said today.

NITI Aayog will hold a meeting in New Delhi on June 18 in a bid to break the deadlock on the proposed India-Bangladesh railway project, Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey said today.

A trial run of the Kolkata-Agartala direct bus service via Dhaka will be held on June 1, Tripura transport minister Manik Dey today said.

The trial run for cargo movement from Kolkata to the northeast via Bangladesh's Mongla port has been successfully conducted, with Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik receiving a consignment in Tripura's Sepahijala district, officials said.

A core committee meeting of the Trinamool Congress at party chief Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Saturday had an unexpected attendee. Former Transport Minister Madan Mitra, accused in the Saradha chit fund scam and out on bail for the last couple of months, made an appearance.

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today asked ministry officials to send a technical team to the northeast region to restore Tripura's lifeline, National Highway-8, which has been badly damaged by rains of the past many weeks.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is keen to restore rail connectivity with India, which was snapped after the 1965 Indo-Pak war, and has agreed to give access to India for use of its Chittagong and Mongla ports, a state minister said on Monday.

Regular train services would start any time on the newly-laid broad gauge track from Lumding to Silchar in Assam that would provide better connectivity in the mountainous north-eastern region, Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey said today.

NITI Aayog will hold a meeting in New Delhi on June 18 in a bid to break the deadlock on the proposed India-Bangladesh railway project, Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey said today.

A trial run of the Kolkata-Agartala direct bus service via Dhaka will be held on June 1, Tripura transport minister Manik Dey today said.