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Ahead of Diwali, Railways increases coach count of 58th Vande Bharat train to 16 - check route, stoppages, ticket price

October 18, 2025 5:14 pm

58th vande bharat express: India's 58th Vande Bharat Express train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 15, 2024. This semi-high-speed train has been allocated to the South Eastern Railway (SER) zone.

As survivors trickle in, kin throng station in Howrah

June 05, 2023 4:34 am

Holding Aadhaar cards and other documents to identify their kith and kin, people were seen rushing from inquiry desks and peeping inside train windows to find them.

Howrah-Titlagarh Ispat Express: Two coaches of Express train detach, none hurt

January 09, 2023 4:46 am

The coupling between the third and fourth coaches behind the engine got detached leading to the detainment of the train for a little over two hours, the SER official said. The 12871 Ispat Express, on its way from Howrah to Titlagarh in Odisha, was detained from 9.05 am to 11.15 am, the SER official said.

Howrah metro station, the deepest station in the country, expected to be operational by 2023

April 30, 2022 3:42 pm

"Commuters coming from suburbs and various districts will be able to reach Salt Lake in a very short time. This has been unthinkable so far," Rupayan Mitra, Public Relations Officer, Kolkata Metro Rail said

Missing EC official in charge of EVMs found at Howrah station

April 26, 2019 3:36 am

According to the police, before he went missing Roy was seen at Bipradas Choudhury Polytechnic College in Krishnanagar under Nadia district. The last tower location on his cellphone showed Shantipur, a locality around 18 km from the polytechnic college.

Mind that voice: A day in the life of Sealdah station announcement staffer

November 18, 2018 8:56 am

After a stampede at a Bengal rail station killed two, CM Mamata blamed train announcements. Roy, who works eight-hour shifts without a break, says they leave little chance of that

Kolkata Howrah railway station to set up rooftop solar power

May 21, 2017 12:08 pm

We are executing a three megawatt rooftop solar project for eastern railway at a cost of Rs 21 crore which will probably be the largest rooftop solar project in the Indian Railways: RaysExpert director

Diary Item: Platform tourism in Calcutta

September 04, 2015 8:25 am

Any Indian railway station is heartland of the middle class.

RPF cop beats up physically-challenged man, suspended

January 30, 2015 1:10 am

Kanti Ganguly, of the West Bengal Pratibandhi Sammilani, held a demonstration condemning the incident.

Poorva Express derail: ‘Slow speed prevented casualties’

December 15, 2014 3:24 am

The driver of a goods train, which was at platform number 4, saw the derailment and warned the driver of the Poorva Express.

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