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17 Trinamool supporters injured in mishap

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 14:20

Seventeen Trinamool Congress supporters, on their way to attend a party rally in Kolkata, were injured when a bus carrying them rammed into a tree at Guptipara in Hooghly district amidst dense fog.

Former CPI(M) MLA assaulted

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 22:38

Former CPI(M) MLA of Arambagh Benoy Dutta was kidnapped and beaten up allegedly by Trinamool Congress-aided goons in the Hooghly district of the state.

West Bengal flood situation unchanged, death toll rises to 17

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 19:53

Flood situation in West Bengal`s six districts remain unchanged, even as the death toll rose to 17 with reports of eight more deaths from different districts on Friday.

Flood in West Bengal claims nine lives

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 20:54

Nine persons have lost their lives in the recent floods in five districts of West Bengal, state disaster management department sources said.

WB seat of administration shifts to new address in Howrah

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 16:01

For the first time in its history, the seat of West Bengal administration formally moved out of heritage Writers` Building to the new 15-storey HRBC building across the Hooghly river in Howrah district.

Youth who tried to molest techie in Bengal train arrested

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 16:02

A youth, who allegedly tried to molest a woman techie in a moving train in West Bengal, forcing her to jump out, was arrested.

WB panchayat polls: 75% voting in 2nd phase, 3 dead in violence

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 08:45

Three persons, including husband of a CPI(M) candidate, were on Monday killed and several others injured in violence during the second phase of panchayat elections in West Bengal where 75 per cent polling was recorded.

Rural chit fund owner dies, toll climbs to 14

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 18:14

The owner of a rural chit fund firm, active in two south Bengal districts, died on Thursday in Hooghly district taking the ponzi scheme fiasco deaths in the state to 14.

Court orders CBI probe into Dhaniakhali custodial death

Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013, 15:42

Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into the alleged custodial death of a youth in the Dhaniakhali police station area in Hooghly district.

Panchayat polls in Bengal on April 26, 30

Last Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013, 22:08

The West Bengal government Friday announced that the panchayat (rural body) polls in the state will be held in two phases in April.

Boat capsizes in West Bengal, 4 missing

Last Updated: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 22:28

Four people were missing after a boat capsized in the Ganga in West Bengal`s Howrah district.

Devotees in Kolkata throng Ganga to celebrate Maha Shivratri

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 18:44

Maha Shivratri was celebrated in the eastern metropolis here Sunday with hymns, chants and fasts as Hindu devotees thronged temples and the banks of the holy Ganga to offer prayers to Lord Shiva.