Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) Operational preparedness and ongoing infrastructure development came in for discussion at the District/Station Commanders’ and Works Conference at the Coast Guard Region (North East) headquarters in Kolkata on Thursday and Friday, officials said. The conference was chaired by Iqbal Singh Chauhan, Inspector General and Commander of Coast Guard Region (North East).It was attended by district/station commanders, senior officers from the headquarters, works officers and repre…
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Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) bid farewell to one of its oldest Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVs) — also known as hovercrafts — at Haldia in West Bengal on Tuesday, officials said. H-186 was commissioned on March 21, 2002, and has participated in several Search and Rescue (SAR) missions during its 24 years in service.The ACV will be put up on display at a museum in New Town at Kolkata that also houses a decommissioned Tu-142M aircraft of the Indian Navy.The hovercraft will be …
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Panic spread across the industrial township of Haldia in East Midnapore district of West Bengal on Tuesday after a fire broke out in the naphtha pipeline at the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL) refinery.According to the eyewitnesses, the fire erupted early in the morning and very soon spread, taking a serious shape.Several people have been reportedly injured, and many of them have been rushed to a local hospital.The first extinguishing operations began immediately with…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The government is planning to invest Rs 4,800 crore in projects across northeast over the next five years, including community jetties, cargo vessels, dredgers and cruise terminals, according to an official statement.These initiatives are expected to strengthen last-mile connectivity, improve logistics efficiency and generate employment in riverine regions.According to Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, the Brahmaputra Board is being repositioned as a modern, tec…
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) The Centre is stepping up efforts to transform the Brahmaputra into a major economic and connectivity corridor for the Northeast, with Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday outlining an integrated river development strategy combining transport, trade, tourism, and scientific river basin management. The roadmap was discussed at the High Powered Review Board meeting of the Brahmaputra Board held in Guwahati, where ministers, technical experts, and representatives fro…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Barring stray incidents of tension in certain pockets, the polling process in 152 Assembly constituencies in 16 districts of West Bengal has been overall peaceful in the first two hours on Thursday, with 18.76 per cent voting recorded till 9 a.m.District-wise, the highest polling percentage till 9 a.m. has been recorded in West Midnapore at 20.51 per cent and the lowest in Malda at 16.76 per cent, as per the statistics provided by the office of the Chief Electoral Office…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address three consecutive rallies in West Bengal on Saturday, intensifying the BJP’s campaign ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled for April 23 and April 29. According to the programme, the Prime Minister will begin his day with a Vijay Sankalp Sabha in Katwa around noon. He will then proceed to Jangipur, where he is slated to address another rally at approximately 1:45 P.M.Later in the day, PM Modi will travel to Balurghat in …
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Friday release the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this month.The BJP is describing the manifesto as the “Sankalp Patra”. HM Shah released a social media post in the morning announcing this development, where he also said that the people of West Bengal, who are saddled by the misrule of the Trinamool Congress-led state government, are now l…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in West Bengal after the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state next month, there will be a special probe to identify those who had been facilitating illegal infiltrators to enter the state and settle here. “I promise the residents of Bengal that once the BJP government is formed in the state, there will be a special investigation into the infiltration issue. We wi…
Suri (West Bengal), April 9 (IANS) A wave of enthusiasm swept through Suri in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Thursday as large numbers of BJP supporters gathered hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting, eagerly awaiting his address.The rally in Birbhum will mark the Prime Minister’s third public engagement of the day in the state, after earlier events in Haldia and Asansol. Despite the time remaining before his arrival in Suri the area was already packed with suppor…