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Teenager crushed by bus, another injured in Alampur
A teenager was killed and a boy, was injured in a mishap at Alampur, Howrah
HS examinee found dead in Domjur
A higher secondary examinee, who went missing after giving the history examination yesterday, was found dead in a pond near her resident at Domjur in Howrah this morning. ...Howrah bridge from Howrah station is a nightmare for commuters
A series of craters, the stench of urine, malfunctioning street lights and a proliferation of drunks and addicts… The road to Howrah bridge from Howrah station is a nightmare for commuters...
China sets Monday deadline for Tibet protesters to surrender
China set a "surrender deadline", confirmed the death of 10 people and showed the first extensive television footage of rioting in Lhasa on Saturday, launching a crackdown after the worst unrest in Tibet for two decades....
Sarabjit Singh to be hanged on April 1 in Pakistan
Indian national Sarabjit Singh, condemned to death for his alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Pakistan in 1990, will be hanged on April 1 in a prison in Lahore....14th state sports meet for the disabled at Uluberia
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Sunday inaugurated the 14th state sports meet for the disabled at Uluberia in Howrah district....Alternative IT hub to be developed near Rajarhat
West Bengal, where the IT and ITeS sector is growing at a galloping 71 per cent, is gearing up to develop an alternative IT hub near Kolkata as the existing one in Salt Lake is fully sold out....Congress leaders detained for enforcing bandh in Panchla
Two local Congress leaders were arrested for forcibly enforcing bandh in Panchla in Howrah on Friday. The Congress had called a bandh today to protest against the Thursday’s arrest of Panchla gram panchayat pradhan Hafizullah Sheikh in connection with the March 10 clashes between the two communities....
Anti-China protests erupt in Tibet capital
Independence protesters burned shops and cars in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Friday and Chinese police were reported to have shot dead at least two people, in the fiercest unrest in the region for two decades....10 year boy burnt alive in delhi
A 10 year boy burnt alive in delhi by a group of drunk men for protesting against his bicycle being damaged....Normal life affected due to bandh at Panchla
Normal life was hit at Panchla in Howrah district, scene of violent clashes that took a communal hue earlier this week, in a bandh by the Congress on Friday....KMRC puts East - West Metro on fast track
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) — the company that will set up and finally run the East-West Metro — is likely to be formed in the first week of April. The state government is in a hurry to start work on the project earlier than scheduled. ...CBI acted beyond its mandate in Rizwanur death case: WB Govt
The West Bengal government on Wednesday alleged before the Calcutta High Court that the CBI had acted beyond its mandate by registering a murder case in the Rizwanur Rehman death case. Opposing the findings of CBI,including the abetment charges against some senior police officers and Rizwanur's industrialist father-in-law Ashok Todi...Gram Panchayat pradhan arrested in Panchla
Panchla Gram Panchayat Pradhan Hafizullah Mallik was arrested in connection with monday's clashes between two groups in which 25 houses were set on fire and 30 others ransacked....Vedanta to build Rs 20k cr West Bengal plant
Vedanta Resources, the $6.5 billion diversified metals and mining group, on Wednesday signed a development agreement with the West Bengal government to set up a large aluminium complex at Bidhanbag in Asansol at an investment of Rs 20,000 crore. ...
Bayern Munich to play against Mohun Bagan AC at Salt Lake stadium
Oliver Kahn will play the last match of his 20-year career under the floodlights of the Salt Lake stadium. The soccer legend will defend his goal one last time in Bayern Munich colours against Mohun Bagan on the evening of May 27....Bomb scare at Howrah railway station
An abandoned bag led to much drama and tension at Howrah railway station on Wednesday morning. When security guards checked it with a metal detector, the beeps were loud enough to trigger a bomb scare. ...Prohibitory orders relaxed in Panchla
Prohibitory orders relaxed in Panchla where situations improved....71 Bengali Second paper answer scripts gets lost.
71 corrected answer scripts of Bengali Second paper of Madhyamik (second) Examination were reportedly lost near BT College in the town on Wednesday....Three Landmines discovered in midnapore
Landmines were found in midnapore today near the road along the Jhitka forest . ...
Firefox 3 Beta 4 Is Released
Mozilla released the fourth beta of Firefox 3. According to Mozilla, the new beta offers more than 900 enhancements and especially improvements to performance and memory usage. ...Sons suspect in death of 60-year-old in Liluah
The body of a 60-year-old man was fished out of a well inside the complex of his Liluah house on Tuesday. His three sons have been arrested. ...Oil leakage in Indian Oil pipeline at haldia
Today a pipeline of Indian Oil at Haldia was found leaking crude oil....Body of a businessman found in a well
The body of a 80 years old businessman was found from a well in liluah....
`Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re`; Knight Riders get set for IPL
Shah Rukh Khan owned Kolkata franchise of the Indian Premier League has been named as the ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’. Addressing a press conference, the Bollywood icon also revealed the Kolkata team’s jersey colours, black and golden. The jersey has been designed by Reebok. The jersey has been designed by Reebok....Prohibitory orders remained in force in Panchla
Prohibitory orders remained in force in Panchla police station area of Howrah district on Tuesday where markets were closed and roads wore a deserted look following yesterday's clash between two groups in which 25 houses were torched and 30 shops ransacked....Government pledges help to all whose house were gutted
The West Bengal government on Monday offered "every kind of assistance" to the people of Panchanna Gram slum area whose houses were reduced to ashes in a devastating fire last night. Minister Kanti Ganguly, Mayor Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya and CPI (M) leader Robin Deb assured all possible assistance to 600 people who were rendered homeless in the fire after visiting the slum in the southern fringes of the city on the day....Outbreak of communal violenceat Panchla
In an outbreak of communal violence, 25 houses were torched and as many ransacked in three villages of Howrah district on Monday after which curfew was clamped in the riot-torn areas....
Indian Hockey team bows out to Great Britain.
Indian Hockey team is out of the olympics for the first time since its debut in 1928....
Devastating fire gutted 5000 houses at EM bypass kolkata
A devastating fire broke out in a slum near Easter Metropolitan Bypass at kolkata in the wee hours of Sunday evening , leaving around 5000 houses completely destroyed ....Fire destroys chemical godown at Ramkrishnapur, Shibpur
A major fire broke out at a chemical godown at Forshore Road near Ramkrishnapur at Shibpur area this evening. Six fire tenders rushed to the spot and still struggling to control the flames ....Activists of a right wing Hindu outfit attacked the Left party's headquarters on Sunday.
At least 10 CPM workers were injured in a clash that broke out after activists of a right wing Hindu outfit attacked the Left party's headquarters on Sunday....
Fresh bird flu cases confirmed in Murshidabad, West Bengal
Fresh cases of bird flu were confirmed in a Murshidabad district, West Bengal on Saturday, almost a month after roughly four million birds were culled to combat India's worst ever outbreak of the deadly avian influenza....Youth allegedly threw acid on girlfriend at Jagacha
A youth allegedly threw acid on a 20-year-old girl, apparently his girlfriend, on Saturday at Jagachha ,Howrah...Two ran over by train at Santragachi
Two labourers working on the tracks between Mourigram and Santragachhi stations were run over by the Howrah-bound Purulia Express around 11am on Friday....
Blackberry blackout threat leaves CEOs aghast
Tata Teleservices' application to offer BlackBerry Services in India has been rejected after the Department of Telecom (DoT) forwarded the request to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). ...
Left toughens stand on N-deal as govt fall is unavoidable
For the first time since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made his abortive take-it-or-leave-it offer to the Left on the nuclear deal, he has again began to display the same assertiveness in parliament lately...
Left Front on Friday stormed back to power for the fourth consecutive time in Tripura
Inflicting a crushing blow on its opponents, the Left Front on Friday stormed back to power for the fourth consecutive time in Tripura securing a three-fourths majority in the 60-member assembly...
US delegation show interest in biz opportunities in West Bengal
A US delegation on Friday expressed interest in tapping opportunity in West Bengal with focus in port and airport modernisation. ...
Sensex comes crashing down below16k
After a brief respite on Wednesday despondency gripped Dalal Street in Mumbai on Friday morning soon after the Indian stock market opened. India’s benchmark index Sensex came crashing down by over 600 points or more than 3.5 per cent and tumbled down below 16, 000 mark. Nifty too slipped below 4,800 mark....
Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) network to include Satragachi and Kona Expressway.
The government plans to extend the proposed Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) network beyond the original 47-km alignment from Barasat to Baruipur to include Satragachhi and Kona Expresswayin Howrah. ...
Jagacha murders: Woman, lover confess to crime
The blood trail from the mother-daughter murder in Jagacha has led to a sordid tale of sex, blackmail and vengeance. The cause of the killing is saved in the mobile of victim Srabonti Ghosh, who had allegedly captured on her camera phone prime suspects Samir Barik and Somasree Das in compromising positions....Bodies of sisters found at Belur Math
The police are yet to make any headway into the case of two sibling infants, whose bodies were found in the main reservoir of pilgrimage site Belur Math in Howrah district on Tuesday evening....Husband detained in Jagacha Twin murder
A week after the bodies of housewife Shrabanti Ghosh (32) and her seven-year-old daughter Prapti were found in their home at Jagachha, Howrah, police detained three people including her husband and arrested one of his acquaintances. ...Another Indian student murdered in US
An Andhra Pradesh doctor pursuing his post-graduation in internal medicine in Pennsylvania was found murdered over the week-end. Akkaldevi Srinivas is the fourth Indian student to meet a violent end in the US in the last three months....Woman clue in the double murder at Jagacha
A woman may have been involved in the double murder at Jagacha, suspects the Criminal Investigation Department ...Help for chained woman in Domjur
Basanti Sardar, the 30-year-old mentally challenged woman who was kept in chains by her family in Domjur for seven years, is finally being treated. ...Child crushed as helper takes charge
Eight year old Rohan Das was crushed down by a truck driven by a helper in Behala....
Howrah finds a new icon , Shreevats Goswami
What Sourav Ganguly couldn’t do, Shreevats Goswami did with elan. ...Retired teacher dies before receiving pension
Purnima Bhaduri, MA, an assistant teacher (English) completed years of service in Jagacha Girls’ High School, Jagacha, Howrah and retired from her service in September 2003. Her pension papers were submitted in DI office Howrah in March 2004. It is really a pathetic story that she did not get her pension when she was alive and died of an incurable disease. It is not known how many retired teachers have died from incurable diseases without pension. She died on 3 June, 2006. When she was alive she had requested officials and even DI, to arrange for her pension as early as possible but of no avail....- Chatwal plans mega hotel projects in Punjab
- WBJEE 2008 - West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination 2008
- 500 TCS staffers resign
- One killed, three injured in Howrah fire
- Three of family found dead
editor
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28 February, 2008 12:12:56
Police arrested two youths on charges of snatching a hand bag of Ms Bilashibala Sahish, minister of state, forest department, near Tikiapara carshed while she ...
rishab
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27 February, 2008 03:42:46
how are we informed that our receipt has been received and processed? n by what date?
rishab
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27 February, 2008 03:42:46
how are we informed that our receipt has been received and processed? n by what date?
Chiranjib
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15 February, 2008 07:33:23
It is very pathetic. Prasenjit(the son) was my friend and he was very polite and down to earth character. I got the news yesterday night ...
vivek
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09 February, 2008 12:51:53
Really it is a great tragedy..for a topper student(hridesh) of maria's day school...why always good people has to sacrifice...i could not find out..and the culprit...of ...
