From the function at the Esplanade metro station, the PM also inaugurated the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of the New Garia-Aiport line and the Taratala-Majerhat section of the Joka-Esplanade line of the Kolkata Metro, the country's oldest metro network.
Mboyo Iyomi's spectacular strike enabled Churchill Brothers, Goa, edge out ten-man East Bengal and catch up leaders Dempo Sports Club on points in the I-league on Sunday.
Shah said the decision was taken to free the nation from colonial imprints as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands had an "unparalleled place" in the country's freedom struggle and history.
Bhaichung Bhutia scored the solitary goal as Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal 1-0 in their eighth outing of the I-League football tournament.
The ongoing crisis in Manipur has affected several others in the country in one way or the other. Over the years Manipur has produced brilliant sports person in the country.
Mohun Bagan rallied to pip arch-rivals East Bengal 2-1 in an exciting National Football League match.
The prolific Nigerian scored a hat-trick as Churchill Brothers returned to winning ways with a 3-2 win over East bengal.
Churchill Brothers edged out a spirited East Bengal side 3-2 and gained full points in the 5th round ONGC I-League Championship.
Jayanta Roy Chowdhury reports on how the West Bengal elections are being fought by the BJP and Trinalool Congress amid COVID challenges, 'Bangaliana', and campaigns based on religion, region, and caste.
Even as the BJP makes inroads into previously unfamiliar territories in eastern India, the party will have to be wary of losing out elsewhere, says Amulya Ganguli.
Bypolls are due in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Here are glimpses of famous faces who got their fingers inked.
The club said it will wear black badges to protest against the IFA's alleged partisan attitude towards East Bengal.
Dempo emerged NFL champions after holders Mahindra United went down 1-2 to East Bengal.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.
The Nigerian striker scored his 12th goal as the Goa side beat JCT Mills 1-0 in the National Football League.
The Mumbai outfit are also negotiating with East Bengal's Baichung Bhutia.
Mahindra United moved to the third place in the National Football League with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa.
India has received 20 per cent less rainfall since the start of the monsoon period on June 1, with the rain-bearing system making no significant progress between June 12 and 18, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reviewed the post-cyclone situation and damages caused by Cyclone Yaas in the state at a meeting in Bhubaneswar where Odisha government demanded long term solutions to mitigate problems of repeated cyclones and provision of disaster resilient power systems.
East Bengal's coach has sharply criticised the association duirng the last few weeks.\n\n
During the Zero Hour of the Lok Sabha, BJP MP Anurag Thakur tried to corner the Leader of Opposition and Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi, by alleging that he has not spoken about ensuring the safety of minorities in Bangladesh.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
There are states that could swing either way and change the results of the 2024 general election.
It's a political gambit aimed at the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari who won the seat in 2016 as a TMC candidate, while also retroceding to the land movement that catapulted her to power.
It is in more than a decade that the IMD has predicted 'above-normal' rains in the country.
The defending champions beat arch-rivals East Bengal in the semi-finals via the penalty shoot-out.
The CAB has created a bio-secure environment with all the health safety protocols in place in order to set the ball rolling.
The Brazilian striker scored both the goals as the champions beat Haywards Sporting in their concluding match.
The Goa side needs to beat already-crowned champions East Bengal in their last National Football League match.
They beat Mahindra nited 2-1 in their last match of the National Football League.
"I sometimes think of leaving it, but the chief minister's post doesn't leave me," Ashok Gehlot famously said earlier this year, in part as a signal to the Congress top brass not to pick someone else for the job if the party wins the assembly polls.
Minerva Punjab FC will take on Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC on April 2 in the inaugural Super Cup football tournament which begins in Bhubaneswar on March 31.
East Bengal capitalised on the lapses to score a 2-1 victory over Indian Bank in the IFA Shield football tournament.
The AIFF has requested FIFA to make an exception to enable Baichung Bhutia turn out for Malaysian side Perak FC.
'I have got an offer from Perek and I will be going there next month on loan from East Bengal,' the Sikkimese said.
In the ASEAN tournament, twelve teams from South and East Asia are pooled in four groups.
