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Family shackles woman for 7 yrs at Domjur
For the past seven years, she has been kept shackled in this room — all because she is 'mentally challenged'.
Husband under scanner in Jagacha twin murders case
The needle of suspicion in the Jagachha twin murders has turned towards Shrabanti's husband Partha Ghosh...
East-West Metro moved a step closer to Howrah
Finance minister P. Chidambaram has given a nod to sanction the loan agreement for the East-West Metro between Kolkata and Howrah...
Rizwanur Rahman committed suicide,says CBI
Rizwanur Rahman,a 30-year-old computer graphics trainer who died in mysterious circumstances in Kolkata had committed suicide, the CBI concluded and wanted a charge sheet to be ...Revenge seen in Jagacha murders
Srabonti Ghosh and her eight-year-old daughter Prapti were killed for revenge and not for gain, believe police, since nothing was missing from their Howrah home...
Highlights of Boi Mela 2008
Organisers have declared that a number of Latin American countries, along with the US, the UK, Scotland, Bangladesh and Spain, will participate in the 10-day Boi Mela 2008 to be held at the Salt Lake stadium grounds from March 1...Mother and daughter murdered at Jagacha
A 38-year-old woman, Shrabani Ghosh, and her seven-year-old daughter Tithi were murdered at their residence near Jagacha...India successfully tests undersea launched missile
India on Tuesday successfully test fired its first-ever undersea nuclear capable ballistic missile off the eastern coastal city of Vishakahpatnam, catapulting it to the select band of five countries equipped with the technology....
Highlights of Railway Budget 2008-09
highlights of the Railway Budget 2008-09, presented in the Lok Sabha Tuesday by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav...
Fortune Park Hotels, a subsidiary of ITC introduces Fortune Park Panchwati at Howrah
Howrah Fortune Park Panchwati Located on Kona Expressway just 5 Kms from Vidyasagar Toll Plaza...
Govt. to appoint foreign experts for Nayachar study
West Bengal government is trying to rope in some foreign experts to conduct a feasibility study for the proposed chemical hub at Nayachar Island in the East Midnapore district of West Bengal....Shooting near Bhattacharjee's Kolkata house, four injured
At least four people were injured when a criminal, being chased by the police, fired indiscriminately in the neighbourhood of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday....
Bengal base for Hawk pilots
The Indian Air Force will shortly order an additional 40 Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft to be based in Kalaikunda, Bengal, where a new base to train its fighter pilots is to be set up....
Top Bengal Maoist leader in police net
A top Maoist leader of West Bengal has been arrested by sleuths of the state's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from a railway station near here, police said on Sunday....
Pre-school fiesta
hildren from Anganwadi centres participated in a musical extravaganza — Aaj Amader Din — to draw attention to the poor state of pre-primary education in the state. ...West Bengal to start bidding process for deep-sea port
The West Bengal government is all set to prepare a document for the interested developers to directly bid for its upcoming deep-sea port project....
Sunil Gangopadhyay elected as new president of Sahitya Akademi
Sunil Gangopadhyay got the rare privilege by becoming the new President of Sahitya Akademi, India’s most valued literary body after defeating two of his rivals on Wednesday....Castro opts for VRS championed by Basu Castro opts for VRS championed by Basu - Bowout binds Cuba and Bengal
Old soldiers, it is said, never die; they only fade away. Communist rulers, by contrast, seldom retire. They are either purged or stay in power till their dying day....Teenager saves Howrah Station
Kolkata should thank a 13-year-old homeless boy for his curiosity....2 killed, 1 injured in mishap
Two men were killed and a woman was injured after being hit by a truck on National Highway 6, off Amta-Ranihati Road ...
Unitech SPV to develop Chemical SEZ in Nayachar
Unitech Ltd has announced that Government of West Bengal has given possession of about 12,500 acres of land at Nayachar Island (near Haldia) on February 15, 2008 to the developer PCR Chemicals Pvt Ltd for development of, inter alia, Chemical SEZ....Trinamool Congress protests against petrol price hike
Trinamool Congress activists took out processions and blocked roads across West Bengal on Sunday to protest against petroleum price hike....Candlelight exam in Howrah school
It was a surprise they had not bargained for. Sitting for their first major exam, 100-odd Madhyamik examinees were in for a shock when the centre - Howrah Haat High School - plunged into darkness at 11.55 am following a power cut....Tainted retired WBCS
A retired WBCS officer, who was allegedly involved in Rs 165 crore iron export scam that took place in the state during 2004-05, surrendered before the court of the chief metropolitan magistrate today. ...Tram jumps track, rams building
A Rajabazar-bound tram jumped off the track and rammed into a building on BB Ganguly Street this morning leaving four persons injured. The incident occurred near the Lalbazar police headquarters around 6.20 a.m. today. ...Teacher detained, beaten up in custody
A school teacher and her son were kept in the lockup of Sagar police station in South 24-Parganas for seven hours and were allegedly tortured by policemen on 11 February. ...
Orissa launches massive operation to nab Maoists
Maoists killed 14 people, including 13 policemen, and took away a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in a meticulously planned attack on a police ...Fear of shame caused Porel incident
The fear that his name would be linked to a fudged audit report made Ramesh Porel kill his wife and son and then hang himself in Howrah’s Malipanchghara early on Thursday. ...
Kidney crooks buy cops for Rs 20 lakh
India’s premier police force has been accused of selling itself to kidney thieves.Seven Delhi policemen apparently let off a key suspect in the organ transplant ...BJP calls nationwide stir against petrol price hike
BJP on Thursday attacked the government for increasing the prices of petrol and diesel and announced a nationwide agitation against the hike, which it said will heap burden on the common man....Bike-borne snatchers robbed Rs 1 lakh on G.T. Road
Bike-borne snatchers robbed Rs 1 lakh from a Howrah resident on the crowded GT Road on Wednesday morning. ...
Twin thefts in Howrah
Thieves decamped with cash and jewellery and also a chain was snatched from the neck of a woman....
West Bengal lifts poultry ban
Authorities in West Bengal on Tuesday largely lifted a ban on the trade, transport and consumption of poultry, imposed a week ago as part of efforts to stamp out a bird flu outbreak....Tata Motors initiative to support primary education at Singur
To support primary and secondary school education at Singur, Tata Motors on Tuesday said it had helped a primary school at Joymollah, near the its small car project site, upgrade its infrastructure....West Bengal to hold talks with Gorkhaland supporters
The State administration will hold talks for the first time with the leadership of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) that has called for the creation of a separate Gorkhaland State to be carved out of the Darjeeling hills and certain areas contiguous to it....Landlord admits to gas in howrah case
Promoter Kashinath Jaiswal and his associate Amarnath Prasad have confessed to the gas-and-grab plot at 276 GT Road, police have informed the Howrah court in their preliminary report....8-yr-old abused by headmaster
A Class III student here was sexually abused allegedly by his headmaster on Thursday morning....
Next weekend you can be at ... Mayachar
Mayachar will not find a place in the list of top tourist draws in West Bengal. What this modest village in East Midnapore offers is a peek into rural Bengal. The miles of green meadows and a meandering river present a pleasant setting to take a break for a day or two. ...
Rs 4 lakh robbed from UCO Bank in Liluah
Dacoits looted nearly Rs four lakh in cash from a bank in Howrah this morning. The dacoity occurred in a branch of the UCO bank at Liluah in Howrah...NHRC's notice to West Bengal government on Dinhata Firing
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday sent a notice to the West Bengal government and the State police, asking their replies on police firing at Dinhata in Cooch Behar District that claimed five lives. ...
Science Express at Howrah
Unique experience awaits the city's science lovers and wannabe scientists. They can now attend a science exhibition on wheels at Howrah Station that began today....
Firing without warning Guidelines to avert fatalities flouted
Bengal police did not adhere to the most basic guidelines laid down for crowd control and opened indiscriminate fire on violent supporters of the Forward Bloc yesterday, a preliminary probe has revealed....One killed, three injured in Howrah fire
Fire in a residential house at Shibpur in Howrah district has claimed one life and left three others injured, police said....West Bengal incurs loss of Rs 5bn
West Bengal has incurred a loss of Rs.5 billion due to bird flu outbreak in the state since Jan 15, a top state official said here Wednesday....Anthrax kills cows in West Bengal
At least 13 cows have died of anthrax in West Bengal's Siliguri district even as the state administration battles bird flu....Commuters hard hit due to rail blockade in WB
Thousands of commuters were put to inconvenience as 26 trains were cancelled and 31 either detained or terminated short of destination during the day in Sealdah and Howrah divisions of West Bengal due to the Bangla bandh....
FB’s bandh cripples normal life in WB
A day-long bandh called by Forward Bloc on Wednesday in protest against the killing of its six supporters in police firing during a party agitation in Cooch Behar District yesterday is affecting normal life in West Bengal...Bandh affects life in West Bengal
The 24-hour bandh called by the Forward Bloc on Wednesday affected normal life in West Bengal with rail and road transport disrupted even as police arrested 166 bandh supporters for putting up road blockades in many areas....Strike in India's eastern state after six activists killed
Daily life was disrupted in India's eastern state of West Bengal on Wednesday due to a strike called by a constituent of the ruling communist government in protest against the killing of its six activists by police. Senior police official Raj Kanojia told reporters that the death toll in the shooting in the northern Coochbehar district rose to six after three more supporters of the Forward Bloc succumbed to injuries overnight....- 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 ...
