teesta torsa express

KOLKATA: The Teesta-Torsa Express from New Jalpaiguri to Sealdah derailed around 11.45 on Thursday night near Mahipal Road station in Murshidabad district. No casualties have been reported so far. Enquiry numbers Malda: 03512-66000| Sealdah: 033-3503536/6825/8828/8836/8876/9736| Howrah: 033-6602217 Missing fish plates: Accident averted near Dhanbad

KOLKATA: Following heavy rains eight long distance trains were either cancelled or rescheduled by Eastern Railways.

When 45-year-old Garen Roy was walking along the tracks beside his house in Maynaguri to answer the anture’s call on Saturday morning, little did he know that in the next 30 minutes he would save hundreds of lives.

"They were already occupying the berths when the train reached NJP and refused to budge.When we asked for their tickets, they showed us their badges, which they said were much more 'powerful' than any ticket.

KISHANGANJ: The recent seizure of contraband foreign goods from Kolkata-bound express trains is a pointer towards the fact that smugglers are using railways for drug trafficking.

North Bengal bound trains that originated from Sealdah and Howrah were terminated at various stations as heavy rains in sub-Himalayan districts of West Bengal led to a deluge.

A 70-year-old man was run over and killed in Nadia's Hogolberia on Saturday morning just days after he pulled up the driver for harassing his granddaughter.

A 70-year-old man was run over and killed in Nadia's Hogolberia on Saturday morning just days after he pulled up the driver for harassing his granddaughter.

Travel time to North Bengal and northeast by train will be cut short soon, thanks to the doubling project by minister of state for railways Adhir Chowdhury.

A 45-year-old man was killed and his 64-year-old companion admitted to hospital in a serious condition after they were drugged on a train on Monday.

A group of unidentified persons hurled bombs at Trinamool politician and state minister Jakir Hossain, critically injuring him, as he was waiting to catch a train to Kolkata late on Wednesday in order to attend a party meeting on Thursday, likely to be addressed by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, reports Sukumar Mahato.

A 24-year-old man died after allegedly being thrown out of a local train by travelling ticket examiners near Katwa station.

With the pre-paid taxi booth remaining locked for more than a year and policemen preferring to look the other way, the Sealdah station premises has turned into a safe haven for touts.

The state government is chalking an ambitious plan to put in place a flood forecasting system in Bengal which seeks to introduce a remote satellite telemetry system.

KOLKATA: The customs department, railway authorities and law enforcement agencies are at their wit's end to figure out how to check the flow of contraband goods into India through the Indo-Nepal border on trains.

Heavy rains in the last three days triggered flash floods in parts of Bihar, where 41 people have died so far, and inundated large areas in Assam and north Bengal, paralysing normal life and snapping rail link to the Northeast from the rest of the country.