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Modi flags off India's 1st Vande Bharat sleeper train

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off India's first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati, and launched several rail and road infrastructure projects worth Rs 3,250......

Stampede-like situation as fire breaks out in Kolkata Metro; 16 injured

IMAGE: Rescue officials offer an oxygen mask to a metro passenger after several passengers were taken ill due to smoke inside an air-conditioned coach of the Kolkata Metro, in Kolkata, on......

Kolkata Metro creates history, runs rake under river for first time in India

Kolkata Metro created history on Wednesday when its rake ran through a tunnel under a river for the first time in the country, a senior official said in Kolkata. IMAGE: Image used for......

Ten dead as torrential rain paralyses Kolkata; Puja holidays advanced

At least 10 people were killed, nine of them due to electrocution, as torrential overnight rain -- among the heaviest in four decades -- left Kolkata and adjoining districts paralysed on Tuesday,......

Unpaid Rs 15 crore loan led to Kolkata triple murder

Kolkata Police detectives on Wednesday visited the house, where three female members of a family were killed last month, and reconstructed the crime scene with an accused -- the husband of one of......

India's remarkable metro rail systems

India has developed Rapid Transit systems to make travel easier for commuters across cities. While Metro rail is successfully running across 4 cities, more metro rail systems, and monorail are......

Metro rail: Of Dubai and India

Hailed as the world's longest automated driverless project, the Dubai Metro Project opened to the public on September 9, 2009. Built at a cost of $7.6 billion, the first metro rail in the......

Kolkata metro corridor may hit Mamata hurdle

The East-West corridor of Kolkata Metro rail -- India's first underwater transport project -- might face delay and fresh planning as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has 'sought details' about......

More funds for Metro Rail projects

The funding for Metro Railway projects will be hiked by 5 per cent. The Kolkata Metro will be extended inside the city, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said while presenting the Budget on...

In Kolkata, underwater rail for soccer fans!

Kolkata, the first Indian city to get a metro railway network, will set another precedent by having an underwater rail connection. The Union cabinet on Thursday approved the much-awaited extension......

Bollywood's FABULOUS train journeys!

On the silver screen, the significance of trains can be traced all the way back through its use in innumerable movies. As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in......

Delhi blast: Security tightened for India vs SA Test in Kolkata

'The number of police personnel deployed at all ticket sale points has been increased. Patrolling around the stadium has also been intensified.' IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah bowls during a team training......