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SER new timetable

South Eastern Railway has announced its new timetable, effective from December 1. The Vasco Da Gama Vijaywada Amaravati Express will run between Vasco and Howrah four days a week. It will leave Howrah at 11.45 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Besides, eight pairs of mail and express trains have been upgraded to superfast express. These include the Howrah-Chennai Mail, Howrah-Kanyakumari Express, Howrah-Puri Express, Shalimar-Digha-Santragachi Express and the Howrah-Nagercoil Express. The departure timings of 16 trains from Howrah have also been changed.

Thai flight

Thai Airways will operate daily flights between Calcutta and Bangkok from December 15 to January 31. The airline operates five flights a week on the route. Airline officials said the decision has been taken in view of the limited open-sky policy of the directorate-general of civil aviation.

Body found

B>nThe body of a 30-year-old man was found on Diamond Harbour Road in Bishnupur, on the southern fringes of the city, on Sunday. Police suspect the man was killed elsewhere.

Piracy cry

Members of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association on Sunday requested the city police and the enforcement branch to raid various markets in Calcutta and seize pirated CDs of Dhoom 2. Reports of pirated CDs of Dhoom 2 being sold have reached from Egra, East Midnapore.

Demolition

A complaint was lodged with New Market police station on Sunday, alleging that a shop was demolished by the landlord, who had filed a counter-complaint alleging harassment by shopkeepers. Police said 50 shopkeepers came to the thana in the afternoon and demanded action against the landlord.

Rescued

A police patrol spotted a 21-year-old woman moving around aimlessly in the Bhowanipore area on Saturday night and brought her to the local thana. She later told police that she had come to the city from Bihar with her father. The woman was told that her marriage had been fixed with a Calcutta youth. But on reaching the city, the father abandoned his daughter.