Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg. The fort was originally named after a monarch who played a crucial role in the rise and ...

KOLKATA: A fire broke out in a jute mill in the Kadapara area here on Tuesday morning. Fire Brigade officials said the fire was reported at 8.10 am and 10 fire engines were immediately sent to the ...

Kolkata: The renaming of the nearly 250-year-old Fort William — the only fort in the world where not a single shot was ever fired — to Vijay Durg by the Narendra Modi govt found little favour ...

Fort William, the headquarters of Indian Army's ... ministry of defence, Kolkata, told TOI that the decision was taken in December 2023. "The order came in the second week of December but is ...

In an effort to shed colonial influences, the Indian Army has renamed the Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata from Fort William to 'Vijay Durg'. Additionally, other structures within the fort have ...