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Thursday, July 24, 2025
TopicHooghly

Topic: hooghly

How KMRC overcame obstacles to build India’s 1st underwater metro tunnel in Kolkata

Part of East-West Metro Corridor, tunnel runs for 520 metre underneath Hooghly river that cuts through twin cities of Howrah & Kolkata. Tunnel section of line to open this December.

‘Situation was horrible’ — shuttered shops & abandoned homes haunt Bengal’s Rishra after violence

Section 144 is in place in Rishra in Bengal's Hooghly where violence erupted between groups of Hindus and Muslims after stones were allegedly pelted at Ram Navami processions.

Days after Howrah violence, fresh clashes at BJP’s Ram Navami rally in Hooghly

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh was leading the religious procession in Hooghly’s Rishra, claims stones thrown at ‘woman and children’. 

Ruckus, stone pelting during BJP Shobha Yatra in Hooghly, days after Ram Navami clashes

Earlier on Thursday, several vehicles were set on fire after two groups clashed in Howrah amid Ram Navami celebrations.

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Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.