Train services on Howrah-Bandel route have been restored.
Mohun Bagan got past Railway Football Club in another Kolkata Super Division football match.
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.
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.
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.
The chief commissioner of railway safety has ratified the cause and the same has also been accepted by the Railway Board, he said
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.
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.
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.
Readers share their experience of ordering meals in the Indian Railway.
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.
Though buses and trains plied normally in Bengal and TN, office attendance was less.
James Singh did the star turn as Mahindra won 3-0 and entered the semis of the Federation Cup football tournament.
Passengers can now book a meal from the different menu options available as per the choice, for delivery at the opted station or train.
'Trains, at one point in time, were not just a mode of transport. They told a story,' says Bibek Debroy.
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'
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.
Gamers are losing sleep because of the craze of catching Pokemons.
The engine and 10 coaches of the train derailed about 90 km from Guwahati.
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".
The Railways has also reduced flexi-fares from 1.5 to 1.4 times the base ticket fare in 101 trains
Asked by reporters whether the BJP is looking to him to play a winning card in the upcoming elections in the state, Bose said it is not a question of winning card or losing card, asserting his job is to bring back 'inclusivity' in Indian scenario.
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
Passengers have to specifically opt out from the mandatory food option and catering charges will be excluded from the ticket fare
'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.
She asserted that all the regional anti-BJP parties were together and they should sacrifice for the country's benefit.
Heavy overnight rains lashed Kolkata leading to water-logging in many parts and slow traffic movement.
