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3 [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] On 9 August 2024, a 31-year-old female postgraduate trainee doctor [ 4 ] at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, was raped and murdered in a college building. Her body was found in a seminar room on campus. On 10 August 2024, a 33-year-old male civic volunteer working for Kolkata Police was ...
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.Commissioned in 1943, [9] [11] the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata, which are located at the opposite banks of each other.
The Telegraph is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982. the upper market newspaper is published by the ABP Group and competes with the Middle-market newspaper The Times of India. The newspaper is the eighth most-widely read English language newspaper in India as per Indian Readership ...
Construction end. 1931. Opened. 29 December 1931; 92 years ago (1931-12-29) Location. Vivekananda Setu (also called Willingdon Bridge and Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge that was built to ...
Port of Kolkata or Kolkata Port (Bengali: কলকাতা বন্দর), officially known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (formerly Kolkata Port Trust or Port of Calcutta), is the only riverine major port in India, [17] in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around 203 kilometres (126 mi) from the sea. [18] It is the oldest operating port in ...
Kolkata, [ a ] also known as Calcutta[ b ] (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. [ 16 ]
t. e. Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using violence to intimidate non-muslims and their leadership for a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots. [5]
India claimed surgical strike on terrorist camps across Line of Control, Pakistan denied that a cross-border strike took place. [42] 100 3 October 2016 2016 Baramulla attack: Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir: 5 101 6 October 2016 2016 Handwara attack at Rashtriya Rifles camp Handwara, Jammu & Kashmir: 102 29 November 2016 2016 Nagrota army base attack