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After Akshay Kumar's public apology and Ajay Devgn's defence on his "personal choice" of starring in a tobacco brand's elaichi product ad, an IAS officer from West Bengal has come down heavily on actors like SRK, Ajay and Amitabh Bachchan.

Bhubaneswar/ Kolkata: At least 14 passengers in the Kolkata-bound 12278 Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express had to be briefly hospitalised  allegedly after consuming the breakfast served on board on Wednesday morning. Around  33 of them complained of uneasiness and vomiting after having the food, informed a senior railway official. “Initially, two passengers complained of vomiting and uneasiness […]

Soro: A 70-year-old man died and two others were critically injured after the tourist bus they were travelling in was hit by a truck on NH 5 near Maitapur Mahantipokhari under Semulia police limits in Balasore district late on Friday night. The deceased was identified as LN Naidu. According to reports, the truck rammed into […]

Lucknow: The engine of the Sealdah Express derailed on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh between Jafarganj and Akbarpur stations, disrupting rail traffic on the route, an official said. The train was going from Jammu to Howrah in West Bengal. While no one was injured in the incident, the Lucknow-Varanasi-Faizabad route was temporarily closed for trains. Due […]

Kolkata: A fire broke out in a plastic factory in West Bengal’s Howrah district early on Thursday, a fire department official said. However, no one was injured in the blaze as the factory was immediately evacuated. “A fire broke out in a plastic chair factory in Sankrail industrial park around 2 a.m. Some parts of […]

New Delhi: The tunnelling work under the Hooghly river, the first such under-river project in the country, to provide metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata is slated to be completed next week. The under-river tunnel is a crucial link for the Railway’s 16.6-km long East-West Metro project in Kolkata. The 520-metre twin tunnel, one east-bound […]

Rail services on Tata-Rourkela section under Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway resumed after the agitation by local people at Bondamunda (Odisha) on Howrah-Mumbai trunk route was withdrawn

Kanpur (UP): Twelve coaches of the Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derailed near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday, injuring at least 13 people, railway officials said. The train was going to New Delhi when the incident occurred near Rooma railway station under Maharajpur police station in Kanpur Nagar district around 12.50 am. Four out […]