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Howrah: see Haora, India.

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JESSOP: Rebuilding History ; Howrah Bridge, Parliament House, India's first electoral multiple unit coach factory. But Jessop (Established 1820) is not resting on its laurels. (India Today)

A study on performance, response and outcome of treatment under RNTCP in a tuberculosis unit of Howrah district, West Bengal.(Original Article) (Indian Journal of Community Medicine)

Signposts ; Filmmaker Shakti Samanta, who made films like Howrah Bridge and Kashmir Ki Kali died this week. (India Today)

A preliminary inquiry into the derailment of the Kolkata Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (IRJ October p2) has concluded that the crash was caused by sabotage. (World in Brief: India). (International Railway Journal)

A proposal for a new metro line connecting Dumdum airport with Howrah station.(Kolkata) (International Railway Journal)

Chief minister for West Bengal Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has laid the foundation stone for the Rs 48.7 billion ($US 947 million) east-west metro line from Salt Lake to Howrah Maidan.(Kolkata) (International Railway Journal)

West Bengal government plans to set up a metro development corporation for the state's 23km metro project between Rajarhat in North 24 Parganas district and New Dasnagar in Howrah, the twin city of Kolkata that was once called the Birmingham of the east.(West Bengal) (International Railway Journal)

Howrah express ; The volatile cabinet minister for Railways goes full throttle to project herself as a daughter-of-the-soil liberator, much to the discomfort of her ally at the Centre. (India Today)

A Century Of History On December 1, the station which began as a single platform, completed 100 years. The event is a tribute to the history that it has been witness to. (India Today)

Death by Design ; Flawed engines may explain two major recent train accidents, including the one at Fatehpur. Over 120 such locomotives still ply. (India Today)

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