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

Fire at Titagarh power plant of CESC

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:10:00 -0500

A fire broke out at the Titagarh power plant of power utility CESC in North 24 Parganas district early on Thuresday morning.

Derailed wagons disrupt traffic on G T Road

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:08:00 -0500

Traffic along the Grand Trunk Road remained disrupted near Barachak in Burdwan district throuhgout Wednesday night after four wagons derailed and fell on the road.

Salt Lake couple held for faking robbery

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:23:00 -0500

In a dramatic turn to the Baisakhi Abashon robbery investigations, the police has booked the complainants, Pranay Dey and his wife Chameli Dey, under Section 182 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They have also sought the court’s permission to send the couple to Hyderabad for a narco-analysis test. They will be produced in the Bidhannagar additional chief magistrate’s

Shopping Mall and Multiplex mania to hit the high road

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:15:00 -0500

The landscape along National Highway 34 is about to change. For ever. Over the next 18 months, the stretch between Jessore Road intersection to Siliguri will have twice as many malls as Kolkata has now.

Pollution Control Board has asked two state-run hospitals to stop admitting patients

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:17:00 -0500

Uluberia Sub-Divisional Hospital and Satyabala Devi ID Hospital have been given a month’s time to get their act together, failing which both will be closed down.

Park Circus Maidan too busy playing host to look good

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:16:00 -0500

Despite having the requisite funds, the much-hyped beautification work of the Park Circus Maidan has been stalled. And the reason: the civic body's inability to stop the grounds from playing host to a variety of events and fairs. So much so that even the concerned member mayor-in-council is unable to do anything in this regard.

Bengal to skip ITB Berlin tourism fair

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:50:00 -0500

he West Bengal tourism department which spent Rs 1.3 crores out of its total publicity budget of Rs 2.8 crores for participating in the Surajkund fair in Haryana is not taking part in ITB Berlin 2008, schedule to be held between March 5 to 9. Last year, the state government had participated in ITB Berlin, the largest travel and tourism fair in the world.

Illegal LPG trade in city

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:46:00 -0500

Fastidious dealers are selling domestic LPG to car owners thereby leading to an artificial shortage of cooking gas in Kolkata

Torture by son, widow moves court

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:43:00 -0500

Krishna Mukherjee, a 65 years old widow moved Calcutta High Court asserting that her elder son and daughter-in-law are torturing her and her younger

Buddhadeb should first control his cadre : TC, Cong

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:43:00 -0500

The Trinamool Congress and Congress on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee that he control his party CPI(M)'s cadre in trouble-hit Nandigram.

CM warns people against Maoist attempts to re-enter Nandigram

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:41:00 -0500

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday warned the people that the Maoists driven out of Nandigram following violence last year, were trying to re-enter the area and were taking training in the state and in contiguous Jharkhand.

Mishaps claims one

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:52:00 -0500

A resident of Noapara in Amta was killed when he was riding the two-wheeler with his brother

Nandigram dig-up before CM trip

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:37:00 -0500

The road to a Nandigram village was dug up after almost a year today to keep police away as Bhoomi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee and CPM supporters clashed, injuring many.

Trasure Hunt in Kolkata to honour heritage

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:10:00 -0500

Conservationists together with city's keepers have come up with a game called Heritage Treasure Hunt which will educate the city people of Kolkata's heritage monuments and structures.

Boi Mela begins in Kolkata finally

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:21:00 -0500

Amid sighs by enthusiasts who wished that the book fair should have been held in Maidan, Boi Mela 2008 was inaugurated on Wednesday by professor emeritus of Toronto University, Joseph T. O’Connel, at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan.

Bomb panic at Presidency College

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:13:00 -0500

Panic struck the Presidency College campus after an anonymous call claimed on Saturday morning that a bomb has been planted on the college premises.

CPM, RSP supporters clash in 24 pargana

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:10:00 -0500

Armed supporters of two partners of West Bengal’s ruling Left Front — Communist Party of India (Marxist) and RSP — clashed

CESC hikes Electricity Charge from February

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:10:00 -0500

The State Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered the “provisional” hike with effect from February

McDolands make its way back to Kolkata

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:47:00 -0500

McDolands at Park Street address is expected to open its gates to the city food-lovers by the end of April, nearly six months after an explosion had had greatly damaged the Park Street outlet .

Death strikes due to denied treatment

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:45:00 -0500

Rajpati Devi from Kharagpur expired on the streets of Kolkata because she was denied treatment at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute.

Mobile phone hunt in Jagacha twin murders

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:45:00 -0500

Police are searching for a missing cellphone of Srabonti Ghosh, who was found murdered, along with her eight-year-old daughter, at her Jagacha home on Tuesday.

Fire broke out in a coconut oil factory in Domjur

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:07:00 -0500

The fire that broke out in a coconut oil factory in Domjur, Howrah, on Tuesday evening was doused around 10 the next morning.

Fresh row at JU campus

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:59:00 -0500

Jadavpur University students held demonstrations and gheraoed the dean of student affairs for more than two hours claiming that there were major inaccuracy in the arts faculty voters’ list.

6 held in Kanchrapara killing

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:55:00 -0500

Police has arrested six persons in connection with the murder of housewife Chandana Das at Kanchrapara.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to meet Buddha today

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:43:00 -0500

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has agreed to meet chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tomorrow. Bimal Gurung, the Morcha president, will lead a seven-member delegation to Writers’ Buildings in Calcutta.

Man escapes with minister’s purse and cellphones

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:16:00 -0500

Despite a security cover, a petty thief managed to get close to a VIP train cabin, numbered ‘8’, and flee with a purse and two mobile handsets belonging to Minister of State for Forests Bilashibala Sahis.

Bangladeshi student commits suicide after teacher's rebuke

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:34:00 -0500

A Bangladeshi girl has committed suicide in a hostel in West Bengal after being reprimanded by her teacher for playing volleyball with boys outside the campus,

Pepsico to procure 30,000 tonne potato from West Bengal farmers

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:29:00 -0500

Pepsico India Holdings Pvt Ltd plans to procure at least 30,000 tonne of potato from West Bengal by 2010 for Fritolay, the food division of the company. At present, the company procures 12,000 tonne potato from the state.

Frito Lay organises training programme for rural women

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:27:00 -0500

In order to boost self employment and augment daily income of rural women, the Frito Lay division of Pepsico India Private Limited has begun a six-month long training programme in five districts of the state.

Police suspect abducted student lied about incident

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:11:00 -0500

A day after a student of Entally Hindu Balika Vidyalaya alleged of being abducted on her way to Madhyamik examination centre, police today said that she could be lying as every time she gave a different version of what had happene