The 500-year-old town used to be a river port in the 15th century. It is located on the west bank of the Hooghly River, about 40 km north of Kolkata. The medieval kingdom of Bhurshut or ...

Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) launched night navigation on Saturday in the upper reaches of Hooghly river— from Budge Budge to the sea— a crucial development aimed at ...

Kolkata: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday inspected the progress of the East-West Metro project work and the newly built Metro tunnel under river Hooghly. The minister also ...

The test run from Howrah Maidan station to Esplanade, covering a distance of about 4.8 kilometres, was conducted successfully A Calcutta Metro train passes through a tunnel under the River Hooghly ...