In a bid to complete the approach roads on both ends and construction of an abutment at the Kona end of the Benaras road over bridge, the Eastern Railway has decided to take a complete traffic block of about ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanAs the pre-Puja crowd has started swelling in the city’s lifeline transport, the Kolkata Metro Railway has put up boards carrying instructions of do’s and don’ts for the commuters.The board having a list of what commuters and visitors could ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanLeader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari today lashed out at the state police, accusing them of extortion and corruption after a viral video appeared to show fish traders in South 24-Parganas protesting against alleged police misconduct.The ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanA single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed against the Vivek Agnihotri–directed movie ‘The Bengal Files’ because the petitioner could not back the claims behind his petition with substantiated information and supporting documents. ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, is scheduled to visit the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur for a two-day official programme, which has already stirred significant political debate.Professor Arvind Choubey, Director of NIT Durgapur, confirmed the visit ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanThe interim government in Bangladesh has decided to export 1,200 metric tonnes (MT) hilsa to India ahead of the Durga Puja festival virtually bringing smiles on the faces of fish-loving Bengalis in West Bengal.Last year, Bangladesh had approved 2,420 ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanThe officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are conducting parallel and marathon raid and search operations at three locations in West Bengal since early Monday morning in relation to sand-smuggling rackets running in the state.The three locations where the ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanKolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma has convened a meeting with Durga Puja committees in Kolkata on September 10 to discuss preparations for upcoming Durga Puja festivities. The meeting will be held at Dhano Dhanya Auditorium on Wednesday evening.Kolkata Police ...
8 September 2025 The StatesmanSenior Congress leader and former Union MoS Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw demanding toilet facilities in nine EMU–MEMU trains running between Sealdah in Kolkata and Lalgola in Murshidabad district stations.The former Berhampore MP ...
8 September 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Sunday expressed satisfaction over the manner in which the first round of the written examination for fresh recruitment for teaching jobs in state-run schools in the state was conducted earlier in the ...
8 September 2025 The StatesmanThe first round of the State Level Selection Test (SLST), conducted by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), concluded on Sunday without a hitch.The candidates submitted their answer sheets by 1.30 p.m. However, the specially-abled candidates have been ...
8 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Prime Minister has announced the year 2025 to be the ASEAN-India Year of tourism and has renewed the commitment of India to enhance its cultural, economic and tourism relations with the ASEAN countries. This bold proclamation outlines the ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanIn an age where plastic dominates our everyday lives, even in the smallest of practices, a modest college in rural Bengal has innovatively crafted an alternative. At Asannagar Madanmohan Tarkalankar College in Nadia district, a group of teachers and ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanA pall of grief and fury descended on Nischintapur Battala in Nadia’s Tehatta on Saturday after the body of a missing nine-year-old boy was recovered from a nearby pond, sparking violent mob reprisal that left two neighbours dead and ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanWith only a few weeks remaining for Goddess Durga to descend from her celestial abode on Mount Kailash to mark Mahalaya—the beginning of Devi Paksha—preparations are in full swing across West Bengal. This annual homecoming is a cherished occasion ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanA jewellery artisan who had recently migrated from East Burdwan, along with his young daughter, died when a four-storey dilapidated residential building collapsed in Jaipur, Rajasthan, late last night.Five individuals were rescued from beneath the debris by Civil Defence ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanWith an increasing demand by passengers during the upcoming festive season, the Eastern and South Eastern Railways have decided to run Puja Special trains to cater to the huge rush.In the Eastern Railway, the authorities have announced plans to ...
7 September 2025 The Statesman“Advocates don’t retire, judges do,” remarked the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice T S Sivagnanam, while inaugurating the new court building at City Centre this morning. Reflecting on his career, he added: “I have served the judiciary ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanA pall of grief and fury descended on Nishchintapur Battala in Nadia’s Tehatta on Saturday after the body of a missing nine-year-old boy was recovered from a nearby pond, sparking violent mob reprisal that left two neighbours dead and ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanNearly nine years after the last recruitment test, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) is set to conduct the state-level teacher recruitment examinations again, beginning Sunday, with papers for Classes IX and X.SSC chairman Siddhartha Majumdar on Saturday ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanUnion Cabinet minister Giriraj Singh on Friday lashed out at opposition parties for what he described as attempts to politicise the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR).During the last day of his two-day visit to West Bengal, Singh warned ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanIn a landmark achievement for Bengali cinema, Bijoyer Pore (Autumn Flies) has become the first Indian Bengali film to be officially selected at the prestigious Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) 2025 in Japan. Directed by Abhijit SriDas and produced ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has announced a series of nationwide marathons to mark the birthday celebrations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, the ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanOn suspicion of practising witchcraft, an elderly woman was brutally beaten to death and her throat slit before her body was dumped in a pond at a village in Memari early this morning.Police have booked four youths on charges ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanBelieve it or not, West Bengal has the highest “disability adjusted life year” for brain stroke in India. It has emerged as one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability. Kolkata bears a particularly heavy burden, worsened ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Fest5 International Film Festival (F5IFF’25) opened on Friday with great enthusiasm at the Anthropological Survey of India auditorium. The festival will continue till 8 September. This year, F5IFF received over 550 film submissions from 69 countries, reflecting its ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Asansol division rescued an 11-year-old boy under the “Nanhe Fariste” operation at Madhupur railway station on Friday.The incident occurred around 9.30 a.m. during a routine patrol, when RPF personnel noticed a young boy ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, announced today plans to hold a protest march and rally at Dum Dum later this month, accusing state education minister Bratya Basu of making “disparaging” comments about the Indian Army ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanAmidst legal tangles over SSC tainted candidates, the commission today published the list of about 35,726 vacant posts for which examinations are scheduled on 7 and 14 September.According to the commission, the highest number of vacant posts are in ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanThe first-ever sighting of West Bengal’s state animal, the Fishing Cat, has taken place in West Burdwan, quite by accident. The seemingly historic incident has led to high levels of excitement among nature lovers, wildlife conservationists, forest department officials, ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanFor the benefit of the aspirants of the 2nd State Level Selection Test to be conducted by West Bengal School Service Commission on 7 September, Metro Railway will run usual services from 9 a.m. on Blue Line and Green ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien on Friday expressed concerns about the impact of cess on federalism, stating that it is “slitting the throat of federalism.” In a statement, O’Brien highlighted that funds collected as cess go entirely to the ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress legislator Jafikul Islam of Domkal died Thursday after a prolonged illness, party officials said. He was 54.Islam, a resident of Govindpur in Domkal municipality’s Ward 14, had been battling chronic liver disease, kidney complications and diabetes for ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanAhead of the Amazon Great Indian Festival (AGIF), Amazon India is gearing up to meet rising customer demand in West Bengal, bringing customers unmatched value, speed, and selection. Strengthening its infrastructure in West Bengal, Amazon India has expanded its ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Limited has signed a teaming agreement with M/s Merlinhawk Aerospace Pvt Ltd on 03 Sep 25, for the design, development, and manufacture of composite doors and hatches for the ships of the Indian ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanThe decomposed bodies of the widow of a former professor and their daughter were recovered from their house in Burdwan town last night, sparking shock and mystery in the region.Shikha Bhattacharya (56) and her married daughter Trisha Bhattacharya (30) ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanFire broke out at the house of a physician that was locked from outside in the third-floor of an integrated health city compound in Durgapur today.One fire tender controlled the fire within an hour, but the firefighters were shocked ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanA female employee of a corporate office in the New Town area was run over by a state government bus on Thursday.The incident occurred near the Biswa Bangla Crossing when the victim Banashree Pal riding on a two-wheeler was ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanKolkata’s yellow taxis got a makeover before this year’s Durga Puja. The taxis, 40 in number, were transformed into moving time capsules. With richly painted exteriors and interiors done up with wallpapers, fabrics, and textures, each taxi represents a ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanThe state government is taking legal advice to see whether the tainted teachers can be absorbed in group C category. The state chief secretary Manoj Pant is talking to legal experts on the matter, said chief minister Mamata Banerjee.She ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanMethane spreading from the failing pipeline triggered tension in City Centre locality since last night that led breathing difficult as the unrelenting leak of the inflammable gas continued for more than 30 hours.The panicked residents sent an SOS call ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanThe invalidated ‘tainted’ candidates on Thursday suffered yet another setback after the division Bench of Calcutta High Court (HC) upheld the single Bench order rejecting their plea to appear in the fresh recruitment examination for assistant teachers’ posts in ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanThe murder of 19-year-old college student Ishita (Isha) Mallick took a decisive turn today when her mother and brother identified the prime accused, Deshraj Singh, during a test identification (TI) parade inside the Krishnagar district correctional home.Brought under tight ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanIn a bid to address the issue of congestion resulting in late arrival of trains as complained by several commuters, the Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to re-operate Tollygunge carshed to improve the Metro commercial services in the Blue ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress on Tuesday organised massive protest demonstrations across North Bengal districts condemning the vandalism of the Bhasha Andolan (language movement) stage on Mayo Road in Kolkata.From Malda to Cooch Behar, TMC leaders and supporters took to the ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Leather Sector Skill Council (LSSC) inaugurated a training programme and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme awareness camp at Amtala in South 24-Parganas on Tuesday, targeting 620 candidates for leather goods and garment stitching operations.The centre will initially train 120 ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanPratyasha, an inclusive and multispeciality outpatient (OPD) healthcare chain, launches its services at Dr Ashutosh Sastri Road. Backed by the Deep Ranjani Foundation as its neurodiversity partner, Pratyasha is set to redefine healthcare by creating spaces rooted in trusted ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), acting on directives from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), has instructed the Member Secretary of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to submit a report on the rising cases of silicosis in ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanThe West Bengal Assembly on Thursday witnessed uproar as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a fierce attack on the BJP, accusing it of being “anti-Bangla” and waging “linguistic terror” against Bengali-speaking people. During the session, BJP chief whip Sankar ...
5 September 2025 The StatesmanA herd of 25 migratory elephants from the Dalma Range has entered the Bankura forests during the paddy cultivation season, unusually ahead of the harvest months.Meanwhile, six resident elephants lodged in the Barjora and Beliatore Range forests for the ...
4 September 2025 The StatesmanDurga Puja in Bengal tells the story of the long-cherished culture and heritage of the state.Durga Puja has received the Intangible Culture Heritage Tag from UNESCO. The colourful carnival, started by the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, has attracted people ...
4 September 2025 The StatesmanThe BJP MLA from Siliguri, Dr Sankar Ghosh, has placed a series of proposals before Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, urging the Centre to strengthen educational infrastructure in North Bengal.During his meeting with the minister, Dr Ghosh stressed the ...
4 September 2025 The StatesmanIn his famous poem “Draupadi and Jayadratha”, professor Purushottama Lal draws his readers’ attention to a significant episode in The Mahabharata when the Pandavas passed the last year of their exile in a forest. As Pandavas went out for ...
4 September 2025 The StatesmanKolkata Police have arrested absconding BJP leader Rakesh Singh on charges of vandalism at the headquarters of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee in Kolkata last week.The police arrested him early on Wednesday morning from a flat in the ...
4 September 2025 The StatesmanAll pending and upcoming projects, but especially those of the Merlin group of Sushil Mohta, the Surekha group of Pradeep Sureka and the JB group of Prakash Bachhawat, in the New Town-Rajarhat area will be subjected to intense scrutiny, ...
4 September 2025 The StatesmanAs the frenzy of Durga Puja themes grips over the city, the role of artisans at Kumartuli, who shape the idols, gets overshadowed by the theme-makers, some of whom have now acquired celebrity status. After working tirelessly through many ...
4 September 2025 The StatesmanCommuters in Sealdah division are to get their Durga Puja gift from the railways soon. The Sealdah division of the Eastern Railway has decided to introduce two more routes of the air-conditioned rakes from 5 September.The decision comes after ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanSyama Prasad Mookerjee Port has recorded a 16 per cent growth in cargo handling during April to August months of the current fiscal. During the period, the city port is said to have handled a total of 28.236 million ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanMilind K Deouskar has been appointed as the general manager of Kolkata Metro Railway by the ministry of railways. Mr Deouskar is an officer of Indian Railway Management Service and originally belonged to Indian Railway Stores Service (1987 batch). ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanOn account of suspension of Kavi Subhash station and due to operational constraints and maintenance related issues it will not be possible to operate the special experimental night Metro services at 10.40 p.m. from Dum Dum and Shahid Khudiram ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, dismissed the petition of ‘tainted and ineligible’ School Service Commission (SSC) candidates, who moved the court a day before seeking to participate in the fresh recruitment process for school teachers. The high court ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanKeeping in mind that four of the seven seats in the Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency were won by the BJP in the 2021 Assembly elections, All India Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee today instructed the Arambagh organisational district ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanIn the name Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission of India (ECI) is trying to bring NRC through backdoor, INTTUC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee said today.He was addressing a gathering at Dharmatala crossing this afternoon.AdvertisementHe ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanSouth 24-Parganas witnessed two shocking incidents on Tuesday morning — one involving a fatal accident involving convoy of Trinamul Congress MLA Saokat Mollah, and the other a brutal mob lynching in Canning that triggered widespread outrage.In the first incident, ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday, was suspended from the Assembly on the second day of the special session of the House after he raised slogans in support of the Indian Army ...
3 September 2025 The StatesmanDeshraj Singh, the prime accused in the sensational murder of 19-year-old student Ishita (Isha) Mallik was arrested by Krishnagar district police, just short of the Nepal border on Sunday evening. Police sources said Singh, who had been on the ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanA Division Bench of Calcutta High Court rejected virtually all arguments in mitigation advanced by the promoter of Elita Garden Vista, while holding that a 16th tower constructed illegally in its New Town project must be demolished. The court ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanOther than chief minister Mamata Banerjee, no MLA along with his/ her private security personnel, will be allowed inside the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Monday.Only the chief minister along with her security guard provided by the state government ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanBudbud police station recovered the headless body of Jyotsna Bagdi (36) beside a road at Maro village in West Burdwan district.The body was discovered beside national highway 19 near Kota village. The victim was a resident of Bagdipara in ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanAfter a prolonged movement, litigation, and court directives from environmental activists, the administration has recently removed illegal cattle sheds along the banks of the Dankuni canal, paving the way for its renovation at a cost of about Rs 18 ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanJIS College of Engineering (JISCE) celebrated its Silver Jubilee recently. The milestone event, held on the college campus, highlighted the institution’s legacy of innovation, leadership, and contribution to technical education.As an autonomous institution, JISCE has expanded its academic offerings ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanElectrosteel Castings Limited hosted the third edition of their award ceremony, Electrosteel Jal Sevak Samman 2025. This award recognises individuals and institutions driving impactful change in the water conservation space. Jal Sevak Samman 2025 has upheld its spirit of ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress has demanded publication of a list by the Election Commission of India containing the names of false voters across the country after the names of close to two lakh false fresh names were revealed today in Bihar.Trinamul ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanShramshree scheme portal, an online platform for registration of migrant workers in the state, as announced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee became operational from today after it was formally launched by the state labour minister Moloy Ghatak.Mr Ghatak, who ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanA Bengali film, Ahana (The Light Within), which will have its special screening on Wednesday, is about breaking taboos. One such issue the film deals with is male infertility and its impact on society.The film with lead stars Joy ...
2 September 2025 The StatesmanIn a ruling that shakes the foundations of Kolkata’s real estate sector and evokes memories of the Supertech demolition in Noida a few years ago, a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered the demolition of a ...
1 September 2025 The StatesmanBJP leader Amit Malviya on Sunday slammed Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for making anti-Hindu and casteist remarks against SC communities in West Bengal.Sharing a video clip of her speech made on August 28, the BJP’s IT cell chief ...
1 September 2025 The StatesmanThe BJP on Sunday slammed the Mamata government after the names of Trinamool Congress leaders’ relatives figured in the “tainted candidates” list published by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC).Following the release of the list, the BJP slammed ...
1 September 2025 The StatesmanThe three-day special session in West Bengal Assembly beginning from Monday is set to be rocked by protests as the ruling Trinamool Congress has decided to bring a resolution against Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and a censure ...
1 September 2025 The StatesmanThe Joint Platform of Doctors in West Bengal have written a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking her intervention regarding police action against doctors and common citizens over protests regarding the RG Kar rape and murder incident which ...
1 September 2025 The StatesmanHCG Cancer Hospital Kolkata recently performed a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for a 68-year-old gentleman, who had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. He had earlier undergone a TURP with laser BNI at another hospital to ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanJaved Rahaman, a land dealer and employee of the Asansol Municipal Corporation posted at the Kulti Borough office, was shot dead last night when two assailants opened fire on him at close range in Neamatpur, under Kulti police station.Police ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanAsansol South police station has arrested one Rahul Paswan, an estranged lover from Durgapur, for allegedly killing a Class 10 girl of Gopalmath, Durgapur.On Thursday, the girl went to school but did not return. On Friday, her body was ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanAsansol Division, under the initiative Operation Nanhe Farishte aimed at ensuring the safety and care of children in railway premises, successfully rescued a minor girl who was found alone at Asansol railway station.On 29 August, at around 6 p.m, ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress today condemned the derogatory statement made by BJP leader Ramesh Biduri against party’s MP Mahua Moitra and asked the saffron party leaders to explain their silence on the issue.The party on its X handle wrote: “When the ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanHooghly MP Rachna Banerjee today inaugurated the first smart classroom in her constituency at Bani Mandir, Chinsurah.A smart classroom is a traditional classroom upgraded with technology such as interactive whiteboards, projectors, computers, and multimedia tools to create a more ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanThe Supreme Court on 3 April had upheld the Calcutta High Court order invalidating the appointments of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching employees of West Bengal government-aided schools across the state calling the entire selection process “tainted beyond resolution”.The appointments ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanIn a significant political move ahead of the 2026 Assembly election, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) high command has summoned its councillors from the troubled Krishnagar municipality to the party headquarters in Kolkata on 2 September.The development comes at a ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanAn unauthorised ‘CAA camp’ jointly organised by two groups triggered a stir in parts of East Burdwan this afternoon.In several localities of Memari, organisations, ‘Desher Dak Foundation’ and ‘Memari Udvastu Manch’ – a refugee welfare body – held camps ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanAs the West Bengal School Service Commission released the list of ‘tainted’ teachers on its website, the immediate chain of events go back to the 3 April verdict.The Supreme Court on 3 April had upheld the Calcutta High Court ...
31 August 2025 The StatesmanA youth who’d tried to kill his stepmother and stepbrother and stepsister and his father out of a grudge over property here, last Tuesday, died this morning at the Burdwan Medical College & Hospital.Babul Mistry (30), the accused, and ...
30 August 2025 The StatesmanThe West Bengal School Service Commission today told the Supreme Court during the hearing on “tainted” candidates that it would publish the list of about 1,900 such candidates tomorrow.The Commission also assured the court it would ensure that no ...
30 August 2025 The StatesmanState minister Chandrima Bhattacharya today attended the TMC Mahila Karmi Sabha at Haripal, where she energised party’s women workers and urged them to prepare for the forthcoming Assembly elections.She instructed them to strengthen contact and communication with the common ...
30 August 2025 The StatesmanOn the occasion of National Sports Day, Coal India Limited paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary hockey icon Major Dhyan Chand at its corporate headquarters in Kolkata. The tribute was led by Director (HR) Dr Vinay Ranjan, director (finance) ...
30 August 2025 The StatesmanThe Anganwadi centre at Khoyramari Char in Zirat gram panchayat, which was severely damaged during the cyclone Amphan, continues to stand as a stark reminder of the destruction left behind. Even today, the centre remains in a deplorable state: ...
29 August 2025 The StatesmanIn a tragic incident, an eleven-year-old boy, identified as Alamin Rahman, was killed in a leopard attack at Uttar Angrabhasha in Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri, on Wednesday evening.According to locals, the leopard pounced on Alamin around 6.30 p.m. and dragged him ...
29 August 2025 The StatesmanArup Singh Sardar (35), a resident of Pirgoria village under Manbazar police station in Purulia district, died after falling from the rooftop of his rented house in Odisha.He had been working as a migrant labourer in a private factory ...
29 August 2025 The StatesmanThe Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded the School Service Commission in West Bengal (WBSSC) for allowing “ineligible candidates” to appear in the recruitment examinations. A division bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma told the SSC’s lawyer ...
29 August 2025 The StatesmanCitizens of Aizawl are likely to have direct rail connectivity with Kolkata soon. The Bairabi-Sairang railway route, bringing Aizawl to the map of the Indian Railways, could have train services connecting Kolkata in the near future.The 51.3km stretch is ...
29 August 2025 The StatesmanMetro Railway, Kolkata, has successfully commissioned the TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) communication system on the Blue Line (Belgachia to Rabindra Sarovar underground tunnel section) and the Yellow Line on 26 August. P Uday Kumar Reddy, GM, Metro Railway inaugurated ...
29 August 2025 The Statesman