Everything you need to know about Howrah: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Howrah: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) With all tickets for Saturday's game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Pune Warriors India sold out, plans are afoot to install 12 giant screens across the city so that enthusiasts can watch the action live even when on the move.
Howrah, April 29 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 10 others seriously injured Sunday when they were struck by lightning in a village in West Bengal's Howrah district.
Howrah (West Bengal), April 29 (IANS) Six people were killed and 10 others were seriously injured after they were struck by lightning in Pancharul vaillage in West Bengal's Howrah district, police said Sunday.
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Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Italian lovers can now gift roses from West Bengal to their sweethearts, with the state government planning to tap the European nation's market for exporting the flower, said an official here Sunday.
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Several parts of Kolkata were waterlogged after heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms lashed the city and its outskirts Friday.
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Five people, including two women, were killed when they were hit by the Ranchi-Howrah intercity express at Satragachi station of Howrah district Saturday, a senior railway official said.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Indian Railways plans to provide internet facility using Wi-Fi in three rakes of the Howrah Rajdhani Express by September this year, as a pilot project, the Lok Sabha was informed Thursday.
Howrah (West Bengal), March 23 (IANS) Two men have been sent to police custody by a local court in West Bengal's Howrah for allegedly raping a newly-married woman in connivance with her own husband who is absconding, police said Friday.
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group Power Company CESC, which serves 2.5 million consumers in the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah, will sign an agreement next week with the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to fund a feasibility study for a smartgrid pilot project.
Howrah, Oct 8 (ANI): At least three persons were killed and five others injured in an explosion at a house in Bankra area of West Bengal's Howrah District last night.
Howrah (West Bengal), Aug 30 (ANI): Two coaches of the Howrah-bound Rajdhani Express derailed near Baruipara station in West Bengal today. However, no casualties were reported.
Jhargram, Aug 27 (ANI): People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Umakanto Mahato, a key accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment, was killed in an encounter with security forces at Mohanpur forest near Lothasuli in West Bengal's Jhargram District.
Sainthia (West Bengal), July 19 (ANI): Rescue workers and eyewitness spelled out the horror of the train accident involving Uttarbanga Express and the stationary Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express at Sainthia station in West Bengal's Birbhum District on Monday.
Sainthia (West Bengal), July 19(ANI): At least 49 people have been killed and 89 others injured when the Uttarbanga Express (New Cooch Bihar-Sealdah) rammed into a stationary Vanachal Express (Bhagalpur-Ranchi) at Sainthia Station in West Bengal's Birbhum District on Monday.
Ranchi, June 20 (ANI): Jharkhand Police on Sunday arrested People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Bapi Mahato, a key accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment.
Jhargram (WB), June 8 (ANI): West Bengal police on Tuesday arrested People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Sameer Mahato, a key accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment.
Jhargram (West Bengal), June 5 (ANI): A local court here sent Khagen Mahato, the man arrested in connection with the Gyaneshwari Express derailment, to ten days Criminal Investigation Department (CID) remand.
Howrah (West Bengal), March 15 (ANI): The poverty-stricken and unemployed youth living in Howrah's Bagdi Para slum area in West Bengal have found a way out through boxing to keep themselves away from a life of crime, drudgery and anonymity.
Howrah (WB), Feb 12 (ANI): A powerful bomb contained in a jerry can was found in Howrah railway station on Thursday, but it was defused before it could cause any damage.
Uluberia (West Bengal), Dec 14 (ANI): At least twenty people were killed and several others injured in a high-speed collision between a bus and a truck in Uluberia in West Bengal on Sunday.
Patna/Ranchi, Oct 13 (ANI): Maoists ransacked Banshipur Railway Station in Bihar's Lakhisarai district on the second day of their two-day shutdown.
Singur (WB), Aug 3 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her ministry was ready to set up a rail coach factory at Singur, if the land earlier acquired by the Tatas to set up 'Nano' factory was made available.
Bhubaneswar, Dec.3 (ANI): An Army jawan was lynched by irate train commuters after he tried to stop them from entering the reserved coach of a train at the Lingaraj Railway Station on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Monday night.
Howrah, Sept 30 (ANI): 45-year-old Gopal Chandra Adak of Jhalalsi village in West Bengal's Howrah District has mastered the art of performing difficult yoga postures while floating in water for hours uninterruptedly.
A day after Tata Motors Chairman, Ratan Tata eventually decided to pull out from Singur in West Bengal to keep alive the Nano Project dream, a 12-hour 'Singur shutdown'
Howrah, Sept 30 (ANI): 45-year-old Gopal Chandra Adak of Jhalalsi village in West Bengal's Howrah District has mastered the art of performing difficult yoga postures while floating in water for hours uninterruptedly.
Heavy rains in the last 48 hours have completely paralysed the life in eastern Indian states Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal. Most coastal regions of Orissa and West Bengal have completely submerged with water making it really
