The Howrah Division of the Eastern Railway completed track Renewal (CTR), tamping and deep screening works on critical routes, ensuring smoother and safer train operations in one year.
Suvomoy Mitra, commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) of Eastern Circle, conducted an extensive inspection of the newly-built Broad Gauge line from Jayrambati station, spanning over 79.43 km from Sheoraphuli station to Baragopinathpur station, 86.589 km from Sheoraphuli station) of Howrah Division in connection with Tarakeswar – Bishnupupur new Broad Gauge line Project today.
The residents of Dankuni Municipality are living in agony over the recent incidents in and around the garbage dumping grounds at Howrah and Belgachia, have now intensified their longstanding demand for the relocation of the existing garbage dumping ground from the residential and market areas in Dankuni.
Disruptions in supply of drinking water, electricity and food still continue in a large part of mainly north Howrah and Shibpur for six days in a row, since Thursday.
Large parts of north Howrah and Shibpur have been reeling under severe civic services crisis with acute shortage of drinking water, clogged sewerage system and cracks appeared in walls of shanties and local roads adjacent to Belgachia dumping ground, the only site where solid wastes of the entire Howrah city are dumped.
To cater to the increased passenger demand during the Holi festive season, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will operate eight pairs of special trains on key routes.
Airports Authorities of India in its second day of National Aeronautical Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX 2025) concluded in Howrah.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) is set to contest the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections with a renewed focus on rural struggles, highlighting issues such as unemployment, low crop prices, and the migrant labour crisis.
The Howrah shooting incident, in which IC of Chanditala police station, Hooghly sustained bullet injury in the presence of a woman, turned murkier today, as investigations revealed that the alleged shooting had occurred from a local firearm usually used by miscreants and not the service revolver of the cop.
The inspector in-charge (IC) of Chanditala police station in Hooghly was shot at in the Byantra area of Howrah on Wednesday midnight and admitted to a private hospital close to the state secretariat, Nabanna.
