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Opening showers: The skies open up at Dibrugarh, where the journey to Kanyakumari begins. On A hot summer afternoon in 1853, as the first steam locomotive pulled out of Bombay, India entered the rail era. Today, 160 years later, even at a time when ...

Candidates at the first all-India medical entrance test had a harrowing time on Sunday because of an alleged lack of communication from the authorities over the size of the photograph each was to produce at the venue. Students and guardians said the ...

Kurseong is famous not only for its majestic mountain ranges, but also colonial schools, tea estates and, of course, its date with revolutionaries like Subhas Chandra Bose. SOMEN SENGUPTA comes back rejuvenated after a short visit to this place If ...

It's no longer just raining. It's pelting down like you can't imagine and there are more flashes of light than youd see at a Hollywood movie premiere. And were just at Cooch Behar; I can't imagine what Mawsynram will be like. We move the cars as ...

Roy was attempting to cross River Teesta with his hair attached to a wire Kolkata: A daredevil Indian who held the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip-line while hanging by his hair has died while performing a stunt, ...

are counting the cost after the introduction of the rule that has made identity proofs compulsory for rail passengers travelling in all classes. Beny, a booking agent with Sri Sri Bhanvani Travels in Bangalore, said: "We are definitely getting fewer ...

The best option in 2014 is the formation of a non-Congress, non-BJP government based on alternative policies, says CPI-M leader Sitaram YechuryCommunist Party of India-Marxist senior leader and member of Parliament  Sitaram Yechury tells Aditi Phadnis  why people are angry with the Trinamool Congress, and what will be party’s strategy in 2014A member of your own party has apologised for incivility in the behaviour of party cadres with the chief minister and the finance minister ...

The driver of a vehicle was arrested and one AK-47 rifle and a pistol were seized from his car at Rambi near here. The vehicle was going to Gangtok from Siliguri, the police said. An AK-47 rifle which was concealed in its trunk, a 9 mm pistol and Rs ...

The Left-wing Students Federation of India has given a shutdown call in Kolkata on Thursday in protest against the death of student leader Sudipta Gupta.The students will be carrying out protests close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence to vent their ire over the incident, which led to Sudipt'as death.A shutdown has also been called in Kolkata''s Garia and Tollygunge areas. The student organistaion has also called for a shutdown in West Bengal''s Siliguri town. The SFI ...