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August 28th, 2009 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) A woman was detained at Eastern Railway's Sealdah station Thursday for raising a false alarm about a bomb on the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express after it had just ...
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August 22nd, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) The Metro Railway will set up a 75-bed hospital here, to be named after celebrated film-maker Tapan Sinha, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Saturday.
Banerjee also announced that ...
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August 16th, 2009 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 16 (IANS) The Eastern Railway (ER) Sunday ran a heritage train pulled by a century-old steam engine to commemorate the trip of the first passenger train from Howrah station 155 ...
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August 13th, 2009 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 12 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday named an Eastern Railway (ER) open theatre after Bengali theatre icon Sambhu Mitra and sanctioned Rs.35 million for the overall development of ...
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August 7th, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by IBNS
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Kolkata, Aug 7 (IBNS) Four wagons, one brake van and one diesel engine got derailed at Pakur railway station on Nalhati - Barharwa section of Eastern Railway’s Howrah Division in West ...
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August 4th, 2009 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) A ticketless passenger accused a woman ticket checker of stripping her, leading to a mob fury at the bustling Sealdah station here. But an official inquiry found she ...
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July 27th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Train services were disrupted and road blockades were put up as the Jharkhand Disum Party (JDP) Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in West Bengal, but the closure had ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms of ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by ANI
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Kolkata, July 4 (ANI): Atleast ten persons, including three women, were killed and 40 others injured when a mini bus carrying passengers fell from the over bridge onto a railway track of ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) At least seven people died after the bus in which they were travelling fell off a bridge on the rail tracks near the Howrah station in West Bengal ...
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May 26th, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata/New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Concerned over the plight of people in cyclone-hit West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee broke tradition Tuesday to formally take charge of her railways portfolio at the Eastern ...
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May 25th, 2009 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Ghaziabad, May 25 (IANS) Angered commuters in Ghaziabad Monday disrupted traffic on the eastern railway track after two people in a running train were killed when they hit a signal pole, allegedly ...
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May 3rd, 2009 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) A storm with wind speeds of 50 to 60 km per hour hit parts of northern and Gangetic West Bengal Sunday evening, causing six deaths. The storm, called ...
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March 3rd, 2009 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) The Kolkata Rajdhani Express train celebrated its 40th birthday with cakes, music and flowers at Howrah station Tuesday evening.
The entire station was in a festive mood since ...
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February 13th, 2009 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Feb 13(IANS) The mystery surrounding the death a police officer, who initially investigated controversial Rizwanur Rehman case, deepened Friday with a top Eastern Railway official saying since January there was no ...
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February 3rd, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): S.S. Khurana has taken over as the new Chairman, Railway Board and ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Railways.
Prior to this, ...
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January 22nd, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
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West Bengal, Jan 22 (ANI): A 12-hour shutdown called by the opposition party Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) on Thursday has disrupted train and road transport services in West Bengal.
The ...
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December 27th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Former Olympian footballer Sahu Mewalal, revered for his scoring ability, died at a state-run city hospital early Saturday following old age complications.A lethal centre forward in the five-strong ...
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December 1st, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) A day after tyre-maker Dunlop India Limited declared suspension of work in its Sahaganj unit in West Bengal, the company workers blocked roads and railway tracks demanding the ...
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November 19th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Three people died and three others were seriously injured after they fell off from an overcrowded train Wednesday in West Bengal, a railway official here said.Six people fell ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) As many as 14 long-distance trains were cancelled by the Eastern Railway (ER) Wednesday after violence in neighbouring Bihar following Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists' attacks on north Indians ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) The inspector in charge of a police station in South Parganas district of West Bengal was injured by a mob that put up a blockade at the Sonarpur ...
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September 13th, 2008 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) Passengers of an express train had a narrow escape when the engine got separated from the rest of the train near Tikiapara in Howrah Friday. Eastern Railway sources ...
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August 3rd, 2008 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) Several trains were halted in West Bengal Saturday as Trinamool Congress-led farmers blocked railway tracks demanding the state government return the land acquired in Singur for the Nano ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) The New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express and other trains were detained as farmers led by the Trinamool Congress set up a rail blockade Saturday demanding the West Bengal government ...
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July 11th, 2008 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
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Jamui (Bihar) July 11 (ANI): Suspected Maoists blew up railway tracks and a Block Development Officers (BDO) office in Bihar''s Jamui District in the wee hours today to protest against the ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Thousands of tourists were stranded Tuesday in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills as the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters called an indefinite shutdown demanding a separate Gorkhaland state. An ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:04 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): Vice-President Mohamad Hamid Ansari today urged the younger generation to join the scout and guide movement.
Presenting the Upa-Rashtrapati Awards to outstanding Rovers and Rangers for playing ...
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April 21st, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Train services in West Bengal were hit and schools and colleges were closed Monday during a daylong strike over rising food prices. With security in mind, Rahul Gandhi, ...
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