A large number of passengers stranded at Rourkela railway station created a commotion on Wednesday morning.
The arrest lends weight to the Prime Minister's Diwali-eve comment that there were external links to terrorism on Indian soil.
What makes Helen such an endearing figure even three decades after she first hit the silver screen?
Though taxi owners body Bengal Taxi Association called an indefinite strike, drivers under the banner of Progressive Taximen Union were opposing the strike.
The high octane campaign marked by vitriolic attacks and counter-attacks by political leaders and use of derogatory language and objectionable remarks that forced the Election Commission to step in ended at 6 pm.
Train services on Howrah-Bandel route have been restored.
Mohun Bagan got past Railway Football Club in another Kolkata Super Division football match.
'The handling of the pandemic, under this totally constitutional and legal three-level dictatorship, has begun to show its downside,' observes Shekhar Gupta.
10 central trade unions have called a nationwide shutdown against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. Apart from being successful in Bengal, Kerala and NE states, the bandh has also got support from Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
Unidentified armed criminals looted cash and valuables worth over Rs 400,000.
It was the fourth such incident in Bihar in less than a fortnight.
The chief commissioner of railway safety has ratified the cause and the same has also been accepted by the Railway Board, he said
The meeting was convened by the Congress. Six major parties -- the DMK, the SP, the BSP, the TMC, the AAP and the Shiv Sena -- choose to stay away. The BJP took a swipe at the absence of major opposition parties at the meet and also said that their anti-CAA resolution must've made Pak happy.
At least 62 passengers were on Wednesday injured when 15 coaches of the Sealdah-Ajmer Express derailed while it was crossing a bridge near Rura Railway Station in Kanpur Rural district, the second rail accident in the region in two months.
Among the first landmarks around the world to dim their lights for the Earth Hour 2014 environmental campaign was Australia's Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, which plunged into darkness on Saturday.
The railway minister said this a day after the derailment of the Howrah-Guwahati Kamrup Express.
The railway ministry said it took the decision for the safety of passengers.
The Kolkata side rallied to scored a 3-2 victory in the National Football League.
Syed Rahim Nabi scored a brace in a 3-1 victory in the National Football League.
The death toll rose to 5,394 after a record single-day spike of 230 fatalities in the 24 hours since Sunday 8 am, the Union Health Ministry said in its morning update. It showed the number of confirmed cases rising by 8,392 to 1,90,535. However, a PTI tally of figures announced by states and union territories, as of 9.35 pm, showed a higher death toll of 5,501.
Seven gunmen boarded an AC-III tier coach of the train at the Bhabhua Road station on the Mughalsarai-Sasaram section of the East-Central Railway and went on a looting spree.
A senior official of India Post at Kolkata General Post Office told PTI that since e-commerce is a sunrise industry, it is trying to earn higher revenue in the region by involving local traders and business houses.
General Manager of East Central Railway R S Varsney told PTI that the cause might have been a bomb placed in the luggage of a passenger in one of the sleeper coaches.
James Singh did the star turn as Mahindra won 3-0 and entered the semis of the Federation Cup football tournament.
Readers share their experience of ordering meals in the Indian Railway.
Passengers can now book a meal from the different menu options available as per the choice, for delivery at the opted station or train.
Biswas, 64, complained of chest pain at the Howrah station after his return from New Delhi. He was admitted to the Medical College Hospital where he breathed his last.
A Kolkata-bound luxury bus from Orissa collided with a loaded truck at Baliara National Highway in Howrah district.
Though buses and trains plied normally in Bengal and TN, office attendance was less.
The engine and 10 coaches of the train derailed about 90 km from Guwahati.
'Trains, at one point in time, were not just a mode of transport. They told a story,' says Bibek Debroy.
Two premium new long-distance trains and plan to convert a strategically important metre gauge line into broad gauge were announced on Wednesday for the Northeastern region in the Railway Budget, but opposition BJP and AGP dubbed the sops as "frustrating".
