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Nischintapur

Nischintapur, Howrah, a village in Howrah District of West Bengal, India


2008 H5N1 outbreak in West Bengal

At least eleven districts of West Bengal, including Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Malda, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and South Dinajpur are affected by bird flu.

The infection was caused by the H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus and occurred in at least thirteen districts, including Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Malda, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and South Dinajpur and several new inclusion are reported daily.

Amrit-class victualling barge

The Amrit class of victualling barge is a pair of yardcraft built by The Peoples Engineering & Motor Works Ltd, Salkia, Howrah for the Indian Navy.

Ashoknagar Kalyangarh

Buses from Habra Bus Terminal are directly connected to Naihati, Maslandapur, Madhyamgram, Bangaon, Barasat, Nagarukhra, Kalyani, Basirhat, Kolkata, Bagdah, Chakdah, Bagjola, Digha, Durgapur, Bandel, Baruipur, Howrah, krishnanagar, Barasat, Alampur, Dattaphulia, Nimta, Sodepur, Duttapukur, Jagulia.

Bandel railway station

In 1950s EMU(Electric Multiple Unit) trains started running in between Howrah and Bandel.

Bellerive, Tasmania

It stretches from Kangaroo Bay where it borders Rosny Park, around the curved shoreline of Bellerive Esplanade to Kangaroo Bluff, then down to Bellerive Beach and east to Second Bluff, where Bellerive borders Howrah.

Central Railway zone

12221/12222 Duronto ExpressPune to Howrah Super Fast Non-stop Express & run in LHB Coaches (Managed by South Eastern Railway (S.E), 2 days)

Chittaranjan

The Chittaranjan railway station is in Howrah-Patna-Mughalsarai main line at a distance of 237 km from Howrah.

Daltonganj

It is connected to Bhopal and Jabalpur of Central India (Madhya Pradesh) by Jabalpur - Howrah Shaktipunj Express (Daily) and Bhopal - Howrah Bhopal Express (Weekly/Monday), Varanasi by the Intercity Express and Patna by the Palamau Express.

Diocese of Calcutta of the Church of North India

The diocese currently has jurisdiction over the corporation limits of Kolkata and the Districts of Hooghly & Howrah in the state of West Bengal.

Fatuha train crash

Removal of fishplates led to the packed Howrah-Danapur Express jumping tracks, killing at least 11 passengers and injuring more than 50 others near Fatuha Station in Fatuha city on the Eastern Railway's Danapur division.

Garbha

Garbha Superfast Express, a superfast train running between Gandhidham and Howrah Junction

Godavari Arch Bridge

The second bridge is a railroad bridge, the Godavari bridge, built in 1960's as a part of doubling of railway track between Chennai - Howrah.

Habra

Buses from Habra Bus Terminal are directly connected to Naihati, Maslandapur, Madhyamgram, Bangaon, Barasat, Nagarukhra, Kalyani, Basirhat, Kolkata, Bagdah, Chakdah, Bagjola, digha, Durgapur, Bandel, Baruipur, Howrah, krishnanagar, Barasat, Alampur, Dattaphulia, Nimta, Sodepur, Duttapukur, Jagulia.

Halsey Ricardo

He designed several buildings, of which the best were the Howrah Station, gateway to Calcutta, situated in the twin city Howrah, district Howrah, West Bengal, India (1901; with a glowing exterior of brick and coloured tiles), and Debenham House in Holland Park (1905–8), completely faced with impervious glazed materials, even the roof-tiles.

High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

Howrah Ahmedabad Superfast Express

The 12834/33 Howrah Ahmedabad Superfast Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Howrah Junction and Ahmedabad Junction in India.

Howrah Jodhpur Express

The 12307/12308 Howrah Jodhpur Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Howrah Junction and Jodhpur in India.

Howrah railway station

The station is served by the Eastern Railway for local trains to Belur Math, Tarakeswar, Katwa, Bandel, Sheoraphuli, Bardhaman and numerous intermediate stations (see Main Line, Chord and Tarakeswar branch line); and mail/express trains to Central, North and North-East India.

Howrah Rajdhani Express

The train runs the first route, Grand Chord via Gaya, from Monday through Saturday (from Howrah), and the second route, Howrah-Delhi main line via Patna, on Friday.

Howrah–Delhi main line

From Rajmahal, construction progressed rapidly, moving westward along the banks of the Ganges, reaching Bhagalpur in 1861, Munger in February 1862, and opposite Varanasi (across the Ganges) in December 1862 and then on to Naini on the bank of the Yamuna.

Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line

Bhusawal station was set up in 1860 and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to Nagpur.

Kisari Mohan Ganguli

Sometime in early 1870s, Pratapa Chandra Roy, with Babu Durga Charan Banerjee, visited Ganguli at his home in Shibpur in Howrah West Bengal requesting him to take up the translation project, which he took up after initial reluctance and a second meeting, when extensive plans were drawn, and the copy of a translation by Max Muller was left behind, made some thirty years ago, which on study Ganguli found to be literal and lacking in flow.

Kolkata Metro Line 2

Line 2, also known as East-West corridor of the Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system under construction which will serve Kolkata, Salt Lake and Howrah in the Indian state of West Bengal underneath the Hooghly River.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla

Shukla was born in Howrah, West Bengal, India and did his schooling at Shree Hanumaan Jute Mill Hindi High School and the Don Bosco High & Technical School, Liluah.

Old Godavari Bridge

Commissioned in 1900, the bridge served trains plying between Howrah and Madras.

Porbandar railway station

There were trains to different destinations in India like Mumbai, Howrah, Secunderabad, Delhi, Santragachi, Kochuveli.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta

The Archdiocese of Calcutta currently covers the Districts of Bankura, Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and North 24 Parganas in the State of West Bengal.

Rose Bay High School

In 1960 a deputation from the Clarence High School P & F Association strongly emphasised the urgent need for immediate action in the provision of additional high school accommodation on the Eastern Shore.

Sankari Prasad Basu

He was born in Howrah, West Bengal, and studied at the Howrah Vivekananda Institution.

Santoshpur

Santoshpur, Uluberia, a census town under Uluberia police station in Howrah district

Sarai Banjara train disaster

As he was walking to the train office in Sarai Banjara, the Howrah Mail train travelling between Calcutta and Amritsar crashed into the derailed freight train head on at high speed.

Singur

It is 2 km ahead of Kamarkundu junction, the crossing point of Howrah-Bardhaman chord and Howrah-Tarakeshwar lines.

Sitarampur

Some major trains providing stoppage at Sitarampur are Dhanbad - Howrah Coalfield Express and Black Diamond Express, Kathgodum Express, Mithila Express etc.

Sitarganj

The nearest major rail head is Lalkuan railway station, about 15 km west of the site, and is on the main line connecting Kathgodam with New Delhi, Howrah, Dehradun and Lucknow.

Theatre Formation Paribartak

Theatre Formation Paribartak is a group of theatres situated in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India.

Tranmere, Tasmania

The suburb is in the local government area of City of Clarence, and lies in close proximity to Howrah.

Transport in Kolkata

Also the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah are connected by local water ferries through the extensive ghats like Fairlie Ghat, Howrah Ghat, Shibpur Ghat, Prinsep Ghat, Cossipore Ghat, etc.

The electrified suburban rail network of the SER and the ER is extensive and stretches far into the neighbouring districts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly etc.

Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar Setu, commonly known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, a bridge in West Bengal, India linking Howrah to Kolkata

West Bengal Sampark Kranti

This train takes a total transit time of 22 hours 45 minutes even in one of the busiest route of Indian Railway's Main Line (Delhi–Kanpur–Allahabad–Patna–Gaya–Howrah)because of the fact that the Sampark Kranti Express gets the benefit of electrified path, double line track and almost no stops outside West Bengal on its entire route.


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