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JSPL becomes first company to supply head hardened rails to Metro rail pro
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has started supply of 1080 grade head hardened rails to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for the completion of Kolkata Metro's Joka-Esplanade corridor, becoming the first company to do so.
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BSF troops seize 36 birds being smuggled
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 36 birds that were being smuggled from the Border Outpost, Baranberia on Tuesday night and handed them over to the Ranaghat forest office, a statement from the BSF said on Wednesday.
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India-Bangladesh building maritime ties to easily ship goods to NorthEast
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata/Dhaka [India/ Bangladesh], Aug 12 (ANI): Shipping goods from Kolkata to northeastern states is costlier and time-consuming. The 'chicken's neck' or the 22-km wide Siliguri corridor is the only land-based connection to northeastern states of India.
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Kolkata airport gets mobile command post vehicle after Kerala plane mishap
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): A mobile command post (MCP) vehicle that was commissioned by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) on April 30 has reached Kolkata airport amid COVID-19 lockdown, as a preventive measure after the crash-landing of Air India Express on August 7 at K
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West Bengal govt launches scheme to provide soft loans, subsidies to youth
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): On the occasion of International Youth Day, the West Bengal government launched 'Karma Sathi Prakalpa' scheme under which one lakh unemployed youth would be provided soft loans and subsidies to make them self-reliant, informed Chief Minister Mamat
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Flights suspended from six cities to Kolkata till August 31
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): In a bid to contain the novel coronavirus in Kolkata, the West Bengal government has extended the suspension of flights from six major cities-- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Nagpur and Ahmedabad till August 31.
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Harsimrat Kaur urges Railway Minister to start dedicated Kisan rail for ki
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to start a dedicated Kisan rail with refrigerated bogies from Abohar to Bangalore and Abohar to Kolkata respectively during the kinnow harvest to benefit farmers of Punjab, Raja
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Fire breaks out at building on Pollock Street in Kolkata
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): A fire broke out at a building on Pollock Street of Kolkata in West Bengal on Monday evening.
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Medica Superspecialty Hospital breathes new life to 60 yr. old ECMO COVID
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Medica Group of Hospitals, the largest private hospital chain in Eastern India, has successfully treated and discharged a 60-year-old, a renowned physician, who was detected with COVID 19 ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrom
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Mohammed Shami's estranged wife receives threats for congratulatory post o
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Cricketer Mohammed Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan has filed a police complaint against "certain mean-minded people" who are allegedly harassing and abusing her on social media after she wished Hindu brothers and sisters on the foundation stone
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Suspension of sponsorship with Vivo can't be termed financial crisis for B
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Sourav Ganguly, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said that the suspension of Indian Premier League's (IPL) title sponsorship with Vivo cannot be termed as a financial crisis for the board.
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COVID-19: Kolkata streets wear deserted look as lockdown measures enforced
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Streets in Kolkata wore a deserted look on Saturday as lockdown measures were enforced in West Bengal in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
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