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Adhir writes to railway minister for special trains during Eid

Senior Congress leader and erstwhile Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has urged today railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce special trains on the Malda, Murshidabad, and Dinajpur (North and South) routes ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to accommodate the surge in passenger traffic during the festive season.

Darjeeling MP visits landslide-hit areas

Raju Bista, the Member of Parliament from Darjeeling, today visited the Mahanadi area (63 Line) in Kurseong sub-division that was affected by a major landslide on 3 July.

Fresh face of India’s armed forces

After the central government introduced the Agniveer scheme, there has been considerable debate on the nature of the scheme and the future of the Agniveers, who leave the Indian Army or who die in the line of duty.