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Rural chit fund owner dies, toll climbs to 14


The owner of a rural chit fund firm, active in two south Bengal districts, died on Thursday in Hoogh...

Court orders CBI probe into Dhaniakhali custodial death


Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into the alleged custodial death of a yout...

First homicide in Bengal chit fund scam


Apart from suicides which followed the chit fund scandal in West Bengal, a director of such a compan...

Panchayat polls in Bengal on April 26, 30


The West Bengal government Friday announced that the panchayat (rural body) polls in the state will ...

Boat capsizes in West Bengal, 4 missing


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


Maha Shivratri was celebrated in the eastern metropolis here Sunday with hymns, chants and fasts as ...

Minor raped in Bengal’s Hooghly


A minor schoolgirl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in West Bengal`s Hooghly district, and the a...

Eleven inmates of home for destitute women escape


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

Congress leader killed, protesters turn violent


Road blockade by Congress at Bandal in Hooghly district in protest against the murder of a local lea...

Hooghly ‘horror home’ shutdown; inmates relieved


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

Doctor quizzed in woman`s unnatural death case


With the CID taking over the investigation of the unnatural death of a woman at a private home for m...

Mentally ill women sexually abused, tortured in WB


The horrific case of cruelty came to light after the body of Guria, a 30-year-old woman inmate of th...

Body of woman exhumed after allegation of unnatural death


The body of a destitute dumb woman who died at a private home for orphans and the mentally was exhum...

Mamata announces IT hub at Chinsurah


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

Hooghly: Boat capsize death toll reaches four


The death toll in yesterday`s boat capsize in the Hooghly river here in Hooghly district increased t...

West Bengal: One drowns, six missing in boat capsize


One woman drowned and six others, including a two year-old, are reported missing after a country boa...

Six dead in West Bengal road accident


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

Boat capsizes in Hooghly river, two missing


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

Trinamool and CPI(M) activists clash in Hooghly


At least 6 persons were arrested today after a clash between Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) at a vill...

Container vessel runs aground in the Hooghly river


A container vessel, carrying wooden logs, ran aground in the Hooghly river during low tide near Nu...

Two cargo ships collide in Hooghly River, sinking


The ships `Green valley` and `Tiger Spring` collided at about 11.30 am at the confluence of the Hoog...

Trawler capsized following turbulence: Passengers


Turbulence caused by waves after two ships passed the overcrowded trawler resulted in its capsize in...

Dacoits loot Rs 19 lakh from bank in Hooghly


Unknown gunmen Friday looted Rs 19 lakh from a bank minutes after the officials opened it for dail...

Six injured in post civic poll violence in Hooghly


Post-civic-poll violence left six injured at Chandannagar in Hooghly district on Wednesday when bo...