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Howrah

Howrah: see Haora, India.

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Shalimar Paints: Paintmaker iconic ; The brand of paint that coats the Howrah Bridge has seen three ownership changes. A fourth may be on the anvil. (Business 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)

West Bengal government to acquire land in Howrah for foundry park. (Economic Times (New Delhi, India))

A Rapidly-Progressing Outbreak of Cholera in a Shelter-Home for Mentally-Retarded Females, Amta-II Block, Howrah, West Bengal, India (Journal of Health Population and Nutrition)

Ondeo to invest Rs 2 crore in Howrah factory. (Economic Times (New Delhi, India))

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)

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