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Bengal: Mother-son duo ‘tortured woman, forced her into prostitution’, absconding
June 09, 2025 5:07 am
The National Commission for Women (NCW), meanwhile, has taken suo motu cognisance of the case
'Plot to incite communal tension in Ram Navami': Bengal Police file case, ask public not to pay heed to rumours
March 30, 2025 8:44 am
Police registered an FIR in Shyampur, Howrah, against individuals allegedly plotting to create trouble during the festive season
Howrah landslide: Bengal govt to ‘build apartments for families affected, stop dumping garbage in nearby landfill’
March 26, 2025 8:31 pm
On Thursday morning, a landslide in the area at the edge of a landfill cracked roads, damaged over 100 houses, and disconnected the drinking water pipeline.
Bengal: Land sinks in Belgachia, residents left without roof, water and power
March 24, 2025 6:51 am
A significant land subsidence took place in the area on Thursday morning, damaging critical infrastructure
Four injured in explosion in Howrah Mail coach in Punjab
November 04, 2024 8:59 am
Preliminary investigation suggests that the explosion took place in a plastic bucket, which contained some firecrackers.
Bengal Police claim arresting 'BJP leader' on charges of running sex racket; party denies association
February 23, 2024 8:36 pm
In a statement, the BJP denied any association with the accused, labelling the arrest as a "desperate attempt" by the police to deflect attention from alleged incidents of sexual abuse in Sandeshkhali,
Two dozen injured in Howrah communal clash, Section 144 imposed
January 28, 2024 8:25 am
Markets remain closed on Thursday amid tension in area, a large police contingent deployed
Survivors from Kerala recount chaos, darkness inside crowded sleeper coach of Coromandel Express
June 03, 2023 5:16 pm
K S Kiran, 36, and three others, all natives of Thrissur in Kerala, had taken the train from Shalimar in West Bengal, and had planned to return to Thrissur on another train from Chennai.
Kolkata's upcoming metro under Hooghly river: How it will work, challenges ahead
April 22, 2023 7:01 am
Trial runs are underway on the challenging western portion of the Kolkata Metro’s East-West corridor, a 520-m stretch of which passes under the Hooghly. This is the country’s first underwater transport tunnel, and the corridor will significantly improve commuting on one of the city’s most congested stretches
Howrah Maidan to Esplanade: Trial runs in full swing, KMRC to roll out India’s first underwater metro by year-end
April 21, 2023 1:38 am
The train will cross the portion of the tunnel right beneath the Hooghly river in just 45 seconds, officials said. It will ply 100 metres beneath the river waters. Also, Howrah will be the deepest metro station in the country, 33 metres below the ground surface, it is learnt.
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Floods bring further misery for Bengal residents amid pandemic
August 06, 2021 9:02 pm
Mamata Banerjee blamed the DVC for being responsible for the floods in Bengal.
Howrah tea-seller, record-holding swimmer, is fighting to turn the tides
August 03, 2021 6:40 pm
For Howrah-based Mukesh Gupta, spending time in water is an addiction. The self-taught swimmer holds the records for performing maximum non-stop river plunges in India. Mukesh works as a tea seller.
HOWRAH VIDEOS
Mentally unstable man climbs over train in Lucknow
February 26, 2016 8:05 am
Lucknow, Feb 26 (ANI): Railway officials had a tough time when a man likely to be mentally unstable climbed over the top of Doon Express. After half-an-hour struggle, the Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel succeeded in bringing the man down. Station Master RK Baghel informed that a high-tension wire running over the train created trouble in the rescue work. Eastern Railway's Doon Express runs between Howrah Junction and Dehradun.
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