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Fourth rail line approved through strategic 'Chicken's Neck' corridor: Official

A fourth railway line has been approved for the strategically important Chicken's Neck corridor. This crucial link connects the Northeast with the rest of India. Infrastructure initiatives include a nearly 29-km double-line underground project near Bagdogra. New local train services are planned from Jogbani, Radhikapur and Balurghat soon.

The Economic Times

Nathu La Pass Travel Guide: Permits, Altitude, and What Awaits at India's Border With China

What Nathu La Actually Is, and Why It MattersNathu La sits at 14,140 feet in the Sikkim Himalayas, about 54 kilometres east of Gangtok, on the old Silk Road trade route between India and Tibet. The pass was sealed after the 1962 Sino-Indian War and remained closed for 44 years.…

Times Life

6 people killed as car rams into group of pilgrims in West Bengal's Darjeeling

Six people were killed after a car rammed into them at Muni tea estate near Bagdogra in Phansidewa block of West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Monday morning, confirmed ACP Siliguri Metropolitan police Debasish Bose, read further on Dynamite News:

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Emergency declared at Delhi airport over plane with more than 200 passengers onboard

An IndiGo fight, bound for Bagdogra was forced to make an emergency landing at the Delhi airport

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Kolkata: Flights diverted from Bagdogra

KOLKATA: Five Bagdogra-bound flights were diverted to Kolkata due to bad weather in North Bengal. Among the flights diverted was an Air Asia flight from Delhi and a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai.

The Times of India

Rain hits Bagdogra flight operations, tourists suffer

KOLKATA: Flight movement between Kolkata and Bagdogra suffered for the second day in a row as heavy rain and poor visibility in north Bengal prevented flights to land and take off from Bagdogra before 1pm, forcing seven cancellations and 22 delayed departures and arrivals.

The Times of India

14 non-aerobridge AAI airports get ambulifts to facilitate divyang flyers; 6 more by month-end

NEW DELHI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has provided ambulifts to facilitate flyers with reduced mobility at 14 airports — Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Patna, Bagdogra, Darbhanga, Imphal, Vijayawada, Port Blair, Jodhpur, Belgaum, Silchar, Jharsuguda, Rajkot and Hubli.

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Bagdogra closure prompts rush for north Bengal trains, buses

KOLKATA/SILIGURI: With the Bagdogra airport being shut for runway repairs from Monday, demand for trains and buses to north Bengal soared ahead of the Good Friday-Poila Baisakh long weekend.

The Times of India

Airlines bullish on Kolkata, international flights get ready for take-off

KOLKATA: Air India is reintroducing its flights to Kathmandu, launching flights to Hong Kong and increasing frequency to Dhaka. AirAsia India is set to connect Bagdogra with Bangkok. In addition, it has plans to introduce flights to Kathmandu, Dhaka and Abu Dhabi from other airports in the region.

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