He said these will include two special trains each for Mumbai and Howrah and one for Delhi on the auspicious bathing days of 'makar sankranti' and 'mauni amavasya' falling on January 14 and 19.
Activists associated with women's movements from different parts of India on Wednesday wrote an open letter to social activist Anna Hazare expressing their disappointment over the Gandhian campaigning for the Trinamool Congress Party in the upcoming Loksabha elections.
An arrest warrant was issued against the soccer star for failing to appear before the court to identify an alleged thief who stole his luggage in a train.
An 18-year-old drowned last evening when he went for a swim in Mitha river at Saki Naka in Northeast Mumbai, while a woman sustained minor injuries today when the balcony of a building collapsed at Vakola.
Dominique Lapierre and his wife have worked in West Bengal for 25 years.
Parle Products Pvt Ltd announced the fourth year of 'Parle Saraswati Vandana - 2005', an initiative to help children showcase talent during 'Saraswati puja'.
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.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that at least 72 people have died due to Cyclone Amphan and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the affected districts and provide help to 'rebuild those areas from scratch'
Though taxi owners body Bengal Taxi Association called an indefinite strike, drivers under the banner of Progressive Taximen Union were opposing the strike.
Train services on Howrah-Bandel route have been restored.
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.
Mohun Bagan got past Railway Football Club in another Kolkata Super Division football match.
'The Modi government must create conditions to integrate millions into the rural economy as many migrants are certainly not going to return to live an undignified life,' notes Ramesh Menon.
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.
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 chief commissioner of railway safety has ratified the cause and the same has also been accepted by the Railway Board, he said
The extremely severe cyclonic storm, which made landfall at Puri on Friday, unleashed copious rain and windstorm that gusted up to 200 kmph, blowing away thatched roofs of houses, swamped towns and villages, before weakening and entering West Bengal
Though buses and trains plied normally in Bengal and TN, office attendance was less.
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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.
The Railways has also reduced flexi-fares from 1.5 to 1.4 times the base ticket fare in 101 trains
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.
'Trains, at one point in time, were not just a mode of transport. They told a story,' says Bibek Debroy.
Passengers can now book a meal from the different menu options available as per the choice, for delivery at the opted station or train.
Maharashtra Police found over 300 migrant workers holed up inside two container trucks meant for carrying essential commodities from Telangana to Rajasthan.
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.
"Very shortly we will come out with a concrete plan," Rao told reporters after meeting the Trinamool Congress president.
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.
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