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

Political clash in Nandigram, 40 houses ransacked

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:28:00 -0400

Some houses were ransacked and a few rounds of firing took place in a political clash at Nandigram in West Bengal Sunday evening.

North Bengal tea to be exported to Egypt, Iran, Pakistan

Sun, 04 May 2008 14:15:00 -0400

Centre will take initiatives to export tea grown in the gardens of north Bengal to countries like Pakistan, Iran and Egypt.

CPI(M)-Trinamool clash in Nandigram, 400 displaced

Sun, 04 May 2008 13:23:00 -0400

A fresh clash between supporters of the state's ruling CPI(M) and those of opposition Trinamool Congress

Exploiting creative side of disabled in Kolkata

Sun, 04 May 2008 06:45:00 -0400

To instill a boost of confidence, graphic designers from as far apart as Mauritius, Seychelles, Costa Rica and Philippines were in the city to conduct a week-long workshop

Gorkha group ends hunger strike in Darjeeling

Sat, 03 May 2008 12:20:00 -0400

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters on Saturday ended their fast unto death after the West Bengal government gave them permission

Selling eggs to fulfil mountain of a dream

Sat, 03 May 2008 12:18:00 -0400

Tusi Das, a 25-year-old resident of this city, wants to climb Mount Everest - and so she sells eggs. She has been selling eggs for the last six years to collect enough money to fund

Calcutta airport gets ready for Airbus A380

Sat, 03 May 2008 11:41:00 -0400

The Kolkata airport will expand its runway and build a taxiway for the Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial aircraft.

LF partners hold CPI (M) responsible for pre-poll terror

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:31:00 -0400

Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and the Forward Bloc (FB) have charged 'Big Brother' Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) with resorting to large-scale violence

Morcha protesters caught in mob furyin Siliguri

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:35:00 -0400

Siliguri wore a tense look for most part of Friday following a mob violence and rampage by supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. Around 10 people were injured in separate incidents of violence

Jyoti Basu says situation in Darjeeling grim; advises against visiting

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:33:00 -0400

The situation in the Darjeeling Hills of West Bengal is grim in view of the ongoing agitation there by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu said in Kolkata on Friday.

CPI(M) MLA abuses West Bengal CPI chief

Sat, 03 May 2008 03:35:00 -0400

Communist Party of India (CPI) state general secretary and senior party leader Manju Kumar Majumdar was virtually abused and gheraoed by a Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) MLA from Chakdah

Fire at printing press in Kolkata

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:24:00 -0400

A fire broke out in a printing press at Canal South Road in the eastern part of Kolkata on Friday. Ten fire tenders were on the job to douse the flames, police said. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained

Kolkata to get its first ENT hospital

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:54:00 -0400

Kolkata is all set to get a hospital fully dedicated to ENT (ear-nose-throat) problems by the end of this month.

Maoists kill RSP worker, 2 cops

Thu, 01 May 2008 03:42:00 -0400

Red rage continued unabated in Bengal with Maoists killing three men, including two police constables, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Kolkata zoo gets rare attractions

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:25:00 -0400

Zoo visitors in Kolkata will now get to see white peafowls, open-billed storks and hamadryas baboons at Alipore Zoological Gardens

Nandigram voting booths to be sealed for panchayat poll

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:19:00 -0400

poll booths at volatile Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal will be sealed off during the panchayat elections starting May 11, officials said today.

Sonia slams Left govt over Nandigram

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:44:00 -0400

Criticising the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee led-government of West Bengal for its handling of the Nandigram situation, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that she was with the people of the area in their sorrow.

Cable theft at Eden ahead of IPL match

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:34:00 -0400

It seems that Eden Gardens' bad days are far from over. After a power failure, unsporting pitch and water shortage during a match last week, the hallowed turf has earned negative publicity yet again with the discovery of a cable theft.

Apollo Hospitals to start medical college in West Bengal

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:22:00 -0400

The Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals is to set up a medical college with a 350-bed hospital on the outskirts of the West Bengal capital.

BMW opens its first showroom in Kolkata

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:33:00 -0400

BMW India has opened its first showroom in the city following increasing demand for its cars and announced plans to launch a dealership providing sales, service, spares and systems to its clients. The 4,300 sq ft showroom was inaugurated on Wednesday.

CID nabs accused in WBJEE question paper leak case

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:09:00 -0400

The main accused in the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination question paper leak case, Manas Patra was arrested on Wednesday by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department from Tikiapara, Howrah.

2 killed, 24 injured in a bus-truck collision in Nadia

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:08:00 -0400

Two people killed and 24 others injured after a Siliguri bound bus running at a high speed lost control and collided with a heavy truck coming from the opposite direction in Nadia district.

Maoists kill CPI (M) leader in Birbhum

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:54:00 -0400

Suspected Maoists today gunned down a CPM leader in Birbhum, a Red bastion where the rebels had never struck before.

Chief Minister plays guardian angel to CAB president

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:51:00 -0400

As if the blackout on Sunday evening was not enough to blacken the face of Bengal Eden Gardens in Kolkata once again plunged into darkness for almost half an hour on Tuesday evening when the knights of Knight Riders were in the middle of their practice.

Residents call for elections boycott in Kalyani

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:51:00 -0400

In an unusual political incident, around 4000 residents of Rathtala area of Nadia district, decided to boycott the upcoming West Bengal panchayat poll to be held in May, demanding their immediate inclusion under the Kalyani civic authorities. The three phased panchayat elections in the state to be held in May 11, 14 and 18.

Hospital ransacked over patient's death in Kalyani, Nadia

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:06:00 -0400

Death of a four year old girl led to a violent situation at Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial (JNM) hospital in Kalyani on Monday.

Sonia to visit West Bengal before local body poll

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:50:00 -0400

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will visit West Bengal on April 28 to campaign for her party for the local body polls in May.

Trinamul shutdown brings West Bengal to a halt

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:16:00 -0400

Train services in West Bengal were hit and schools and colleges were closed Monday during a daylong strike over rising food prices. With security in mind, Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka and Shah Rukh Khan cancelled their flights.

Question paper leak led authorities to cancel WBJEE

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:58:00 -0400

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) was canceled on Saturday due to the seepage of question papers just before the D-Day. The WBJEE was scheduled on Sunday but the West Bengal Joint Entrance Board was forced to call off the exam as the medical question paper got leaked from Kharagpur area on Friday.

Rats nibble away dead infant's eye in Bengal hospital

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:30:00 -0400

As the family members of a newborn who had died went to the morgue of a hospital in West Bengal, they were shocked to see one of the eyes and a portion of the face had been eaten away by rats.