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Minor raped in Bengal’s Hooghly

Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013, 18:43

A minor schoolgirl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in West Bengal`s Hooghly district, and the attacker has been arrested, police said Monday.

Eleven inmates of home for destitute women escape

Last Updated: Monday, December 31, 2012, 17:36

Eleven inmates of a home for destitute women in Hooghly district`s Uttarpara have escaped.

Congress leader killed, protesters turn violent

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 15:37

Road blockade by Congress at Bandal in Hooghly district in protest against the murder of a local leader turned violent on Wednesday.

Hooghly ‘horror home’ shutdown; inmates relieved

Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2012, 16:21

Now shifted to a shelter home at Narendrapur off Kolkata, the women say they have got a fresh lease of life.

Doctor quizzed in woman`s unnatural death case

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 17:59

With the CID taking over the investigation of the unnatural death of a woman at a private home for mentally ill women in Hooghly district, a doctor was quizzed by the police.

Mentally ill women sexually abused, tortured in WB

Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2012, 13:44

The horrific case of cruelty came to light after the body of Guria, a 30-year-old woman inmate of the mental asylum, was found buried in the backyard.

Body of woman exhumed after allegation of unnatural death

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 23:27

The body of a destitute dumb woman who died at a private home for orphans and the mentally was exhumed this evening to ascertain allegations that she had died an unnatural death at Khajurdaho in Hooghly district.

Mamata announces IT hub at Chinsurah

Last Updated: Monday, June 4, 2012, 21:23

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced setting up of an IT hub at Chinsurah in Hooghly district.

Hooghly: Boat capsize death toll reaches four

Last Updated: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 19:44

The death toll in yesterday`s boat capsize in the Hooghly river here in Hooghly district increased to four with three more bodies found on Sunday.

West Bengal: One drowns, six missing in boat capsize

Last Updated: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 11:40

One woman drowned and six others, including a two year-old, are reported missing after a country boat capsized on Saturday in Hooghly River near a ghat.

Six dead in West Bengal road accident

Last Updated: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 09:22

Six people were killed when the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a lorry in Hooghly district.

Boat capsizes in Hooghly river, two missing

Last Updated: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 00:24

Two persons were missing after an overcrowded country-boat capsized midstream of the Hooghly river near Kuthighat.