Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal took to Twitter to announce that India’s first underwater metro will soon start functioning that is being built under Kolkata’s Hooghly river. “India’s first underwater train will soon start running under the Hooghly River in Kolkata. This train is an
Kolkata was always known to be a city where the standard of living was affordable. But now prices seem to be rising and even a pice hotel meal of fish or chicken costs more than Rs 30. Keeping in mind the low-income group labourers, workers,
He was one of the foremost poets of Kallol Yug, the post Tagore era, when poets wrote more of protest poems against the social atrocities, voicing out their resentments. Shakti Chattopadhyay not just revolted through his creations, but he was also a rebel in his
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Last Sunday a group of foreign students and volunteers were seen cleaning the Mullick Ghat, slightly downstream from Howrah Bridge. Hundreds of such volunteers who are a part of the clean up project funded by Lochie Burke, co-founder of an Australian company, were working along
The Rail Board has finally passed an order to run two high-class, expensive, high-speed private trains from Howrah. One will be between Howrah-Delhi and the other between Howrah-Mumbai. They will have a speed of 160 km/ hour! Laying of special tracks to accommodate such high
Durga Puja is an emotion that never ends. And keeping this emotion intact, the state government every year gives a befitting end to the Durga Puja celebrations through a fabulous Durga Puja Carnival. This year the signature Red Road Carnival will take place tomorrow. According
It is a great moment for Kolkata’s Municipal Development Corporation (KMDA) as they add a new feather to their cap. KMDA has received the prestigious honour of being the best administrative organization of the world to have successfully implemented pollution less transport system in Kolkata.
In the recently concluded World Mayor’s Summit at Copenhagen where KMDA got one of the highest honours, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has mentioned how the state transport department is ready with a roadmap to convert the entire transport fleet of the city to E-buses by
Tales of bygone era always fascinate us though varied aspects of historyare hardly ever unearthed due to lack of resources. Technology rules the world and has made life easier and faster. Amalgamation of history and technology is a unique concept by itself. The Indian Museum