Howrah News Service - Latest news and headlines on Howrah,West Bengal and World

Shipping resumes from Haldia jetty after accident

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:41:00 -0400

The main jetty at West Bengal's Haldia port - the fifth largest in India - which had been damaged as a ship collided into it last Friday, has been repaired to the extent that operations have resumed, officials said here.

One killed in tiger attack in Sundarbans

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:00:00 -0400

One villager was killed and another injured when they were attacked by a tiger in Ajmalmari forest area of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, forest department officials said here Monday.

Wildlife vaccination drive in West Bengal to prevent anthrax outbreak

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:53:00 -0400

Amid fears of anthrax spreading in West Bengal, the state forest department Monday said a vaccination drive had begun and wildlife was being closely monitored to prevent an outbreak of the disease.

Kolkata gets new ICCR cultural centre

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:50:00 -0400

he Rabindranath Tagore Centre, has been set up here by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to promote art in the country's eastern region.

Chargesheet filed on medical entrance exam paper leak

Sat, 31 May 2008 16:27:00 -0400

West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Saturday submitted before a district court a chargesheet in the case of medical entrance examination question paper of the state's joint entrance examination being leaked and sold.

SREI to invest Rs.10 bn in rural IT infrastructure

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:01:00 -0400

SREI Sahaj e-village, a wholly owned subsidiary of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited, plans to invest Rs.10 billion over two years to set up a rural IT infrastructure project spread over six states.

After 13 years, girl tops Madhyamik

Thu, 29 May 2008 17:53:00 -0400

A 16-year-old who would rather gaze at stars than watch a Shah Rukh Khan blockbuster has broken a 13-year jinx by knocking boys off the Madhaymik top slot.

No sensible person can accept Gorkhaland demand

Wed, 28 May 2008 20:23:00 -0400

No sensible person can accept the absurd demand for a separate Gorkhaland state, a minister in the West Bengal government today sa

Kolkata gives legendary goalie Kahn a grand farewell

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:21:00 -0400

When he started his career two decades back, Germany's legendary goalkeeper Oliver Kahn could hardly have imagined that he would end his illustrious professional career thousands of miles away from his homeland.

Kahn disappoints his little fans

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:10:00 -0400

Ten-year-old Ritam Bakshi was ecstatic at the prospect of meeting the famous German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn at his hospital bed. When the Bayern munich players came, the one man he wanted to have at least a glimpse of was not there. A big disappointment not only for Ritam , but also other young children undergoing treatment in the hospital.

West Bengal goes all out to woo German investment

Mon, 26 May 2008 20:57:00 -0400

The industrialisation process seems to have got a filip after Industry Minister Nirupam Sen visited Germany in April 2008, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here Monday.

Kolkata airport project to take off soon

Mon, 26 May 2008 20:47:00 -0400

The modernisation of the Kolkata airport project is set to take off soon with the Public Investment Board (PIB) meeting this week to approve the Rs.20 billion airport project, a civil aviation ministry official said Monday.

CPM shutdown, Trinamool Martyr's Day in Nandigram

Mon, 26 May 2008 14:36:00 -0400

Shops remained closed in villages of Nandigram region in West Bengal today following a 12-hour shutdown called by the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) to protest the death of a party activist.

Kolkata to feature in Kahn's documentary

Sun, 25 May 2008 19:25:00 -0400

The city of Kolkata is all set to become an integral part of German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn as he ends his illustrious career here Tuesday.

Kolkata gets a taste of Kahn's Bengali

Sun, 25 May 2008 19:03:00 -0400

Legendary German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn drove his fans delirious with joy with his Bengali here Sunday.

CPI-M violence continues in Nandigram: Mahasweta Devi

Sat, 24 May 2008 20:06:00 -0400

West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) continues to unleash violence in Nandigram even after they lost local bodies elections in the trouble-torn region last week, Bengali novelist and rights activist Mahasweta Devi has said.

MiG 21 crashes in Bengal, pilot safe

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:55:00 -0400

In a fifth crash of an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft this year, a MiG-21 fighter caught fire while landing at West Bengal's Bagdogra airport Friday, but the pilot managed to eject unharmed, an official said.

CPI-M activist beaten to death in Nandigram

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:53:00 -0400

A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist died Friday at Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal after he was allegedly beaten up by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers Thursday.

ICCR to open first cultural diplomacy centre in Kolkata

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:31:00 -0400

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will open its first cultural diplomacy centre in Kolkata next week - that will exclusively interact with South East Asian nations.

Gorkhaland activists meet West Bengal chief minister

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:48:00 -0400

Representatives of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), spearheading a movement for a separate state for the hill districts, Thursday met West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and submitted to him a map of the proposed Gorkhaland.

Singur and Nandigram's referendum against the CPM and Left Front government's policy

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:16:00 -0400

Tremor after tremor rocked the CPI-M headquarters on Alimuddin Street, as poll results confirmed that both Nandigram and Singur had dealt the Left Front a blow in the 2008 panchayat elections.

Left retains dominance in panchayat polls

Wed, 21 May 2008 11:43:00 -0400

The early indications from counting centres of the three-layer panchayat elections in West Bengal, indicate that the Left would retain its dominance in the rural areas, a position it has enjoyed since it came to power in 1977.

Woman kills her two children, self in Amta, Howrah

Wed, 21 May 2008 07:56:00 -0400

A woman killed her two sons and then committed suicide by consuming poison in Amta, Howrah late Tuesday night, police said.

Panchayat poll counting begins in West Bengal

Wed, 21 May 2008 07:50:00 -0400

Counting of votes polled in the three-phased panchayat elections in West Bengal began Wednesday.

Poll police on rampage in Cooch Behar Poll police on rampage in Cooch Behar Train delay sparks station riot

Tue, 20 May 2008 06:31:00 -0400

A group of policemen beat up railway employees and ransacked the station here because a train that was supposed to take them back after election duty had not arrived on time.

Four killed as third phase of Bengal polls ends

Mon, 19 May 2008 05:30:00 -0400

At least four political activists were killed in a clash in Murshidabad and around 145 people were arrested across West Bengal as the third and final phase of the local body elections concluded Sunday.

Molestation charges in Nandigram proved wrong

Mon, 19 May 2008 05:21:00 -0400

The charge of molestation brought by two women in Nandigram against DIG CRPF Alok Raj on the eve of the first phase of the May 11 panchayat polls has been found to be without basis, West Bengal government said today.

Congress supporter killed in West Bengal panchayat polls

Sun, 18 May 2008 08:50:00 -0400

The third and final phase of Panchayat polls in seven districts of West Bengal began today on a violent note with a Congress supporter being killed, allegedly by Communist Party of India-Marxist(CPI-M) activists in Murshidabad district.

Bird flu back in Bengal, culling to start Sunday

Sat, 17 May 2008 13:47:00 -0400

Bird flu has been detected in West Bengal's Darjeeling district where culling of thousands of poultry will begin Sunday in five affected villages, an official said.

Naxalites to host Nepalese Maoist leader in Kolkata

Sat, 17 May 2008 13:44:00 -0400

Nepalese Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai is coming to Kolkata in early June. Interestingly, it is not the ruling Left Front but the Naxalites who are hosting him.