Passengers of the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express waiting at the Banshtala station near Jhargram in West Midnapore district on Tuesday, after Maoist-backed activists detained the train.Kolkata: Following the detention of the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express by Maoist-backed Police Santrash Birodhi Janasadharaner Committee at Banstala near Jhargram, the South Eastern Railway (SER) authorities...
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Train services on Howrah-Mumbai rail route were disrupted for over five hours today after Congress activists squatted on the tracks at Dalbhumgarh station to press for their demands including stoppage of express trains at the station. Congress workers, led by JPCC chief Pradip Kumar Balmuchu, began the blockade in the morning at Dalbhumgarh under Kharagpur division of South Eastern Railway. They were...
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trains running through Chhattisgarh region have either been delayed or cancelled as a result of the blast carried out on the railway track between Manoharpur-Pusaita stations during the passage of Tata Nagar-Bilaspur passenger train yesterday by Maoists in Jharkhand. The worst affected trains which were running late by several hours are Howrah-Pune, Howrah-Mumbai Mail, Howrah-Kurla Superfast Express...
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ministry of environment and forest has identified Howrah as an environmental hotspot, but the unfortunate tag may soon fetch Calcutta’s twin city central funds to improve its condition.“Howrah is among the 24 hotspots identified across the country”, Union environment minister Jayram Ramesh toldrecently. He said his ministry was conducting a study on the hotspots along with IIT Delhi. “We will decide...
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With the new Railway time table coming into effect from November 1 this year, the timings of 19 trains originating in the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway (ECoR) would be changed. The trains whose timings would be changed include the Puri-Tirupati express, Puri-Howrah Jagannath express, Puri-Howrah weekly express, Puri-Howrah Garib Rath express, Bhubaneswar-Puducherry express, Bhubaneswar-Chennai...
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trains were cancelled and as many diverted, mostly long-distance ones, after the Maoists detained Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Special at Banstola halt station on Kharagpur-Tatanagar section of the South Eastern railway today.The cancelled trains were Kharagpur-Tatanagar passenger, Kharagpur-Tatanagar MEMU, Tatanagar-Kharagpur passenger, Howrah-Tatanagar Steel Express, Howrah-Korapur Express and...
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scuffle.The Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani is among 12long-distance trains that will reach their destinations faster from November 1.Eastern Railway is increasing the speed of these trains, some of which originatefrom Sealdah and Howrah and others from Asansol."The journey time of12 long-distance trains will be reduced. The trains will reach theirdestinations earlier with the time saved ranging from 5...
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JAMNAGAR/JUNAGADH: Okha port ofJamnagar district was allotted a long distrance rail service. It was connectedto Howrah via Okha-Howrah Link Express. The service was flagged off with fanfareon Sunday.The train no 2905A/2906A OkhaHapa Howrah Link Expresswill be linked to the existing train no 2905/2906 respectively.Thetrain no 2905A will leave from Okha three days a week Wednesday, Thursday andSunday...
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HOWRAH:The Howrah district health administration on Sunday formed four medical teamsunder medical officers to control the outbreak of chikungunya in four villagesof two gram panchayats in Domjur's Makardah in Howrah.On Sunday,the disease was found to be further spreading into Naskarpara and Laghabpurvillages falling under Makardah gram panchayat-II.Fourneighbourhoods under the two gram panchayats Chatterjee...
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auto owner set his vehicle ablaze in Pilkhana, Howrah, on Tuesday to protest the ongoing drive to seize illegal three-wheelers. Police impounded 25 illegal autos in the town during the day.Soon after the auto was set on fire, more than 500 drivers blocked GT Road to protest the drive and demanded LPG stations be set up in Howrah.Nearly 1,000 illegal autos ply in Howrah. Sabir Ali, the owner of an illegal...
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