Latest Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport News & Updates

Agartala, April 11 (IANS) The Assam Rifles on Saturday conducted a multi-agency training exercise at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala in coordination with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to enhance coordination, preparedness, and response among security agencies deployed at the airport, officials said.​ A defence spokesperson stated that the training was aimed at strengthening inter-agency synergy and improving the operational readiness of personnel responsible for securing…

Agartala, March 7 (IANS) Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan arrived in Agartala on Saturday as part of his maiden visit to three Northeastern states — Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura — and will address the 14th convocation of Tripura University on Sunday. After addressing the 20th convocation ceremony of Mizoram University in Aizawl, the Vice-President reached Tripura’s capital Agartala on Saturday afternoon on his maiden visit to the state since assuming office. Upon his arrival at the Maharaja …

Agartala, Feb 21 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, on Saturday, chaired a high-level review meeting on reviving the long-closed Kailashahar Airport in Tripura’s Unakoti district headquarters, officials said. An official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that Chief Minister Saha during the meeting directed the Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials to revive the long closed airport and resume flight operations. The Chief Minister asked the AAI officials to depute a technical …

Agartala, Jan 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the government’s ‘Purvodaya’ vision, aimed at accelerating development in eastern India, is also playing a transformative role in driving growth and progress in the Northeastern region. In a letter to Chief Minister Manik Saha on the occasion of Tripura’s Statehood Day, the Prime Minister said that for decades, it was an undeniable reality that the people of the Northeast, including Tripura, felt distant and isolated fro…