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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.

2 hurt after shootout at Howrah panchayat office

Two persons were injured during a shootout at Bankra gram panchayat office, hardly eight to 10km away from the state secretariat Nabanna, on Thursday afternoon, just 17 days ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Howrah constituency.