Hooghly

The abductors told the police during interrogation, that the man, whom they had kidnapped, had earlier duped at least four people of Rs 10.5 lakhs with the promise of providing them jobs in the army. The man was booked for cheating. read more

The latest incident was even more galling as it came less than 10 days after chief minister Mamata Banerjee had directed the administration to ensure frugal but nutritious meals for the students. read more

Dipu Senapati, a resident of Rajahati village of Khanakul in Hooghly district was declared dead on arrival at the Digha Hospital. read more

Banerjee was addressing a meeting at Gurap in Hooghly district. Panchayat minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee was also present at the meeting. read more

The incident happened on Saturday at Charai village, about 190 kilometres from Kolkata, in the Dantan area of the district. On Friday, the state government announced a fixed menu for midday meals, days after students of a girl’s school in Hooghly district... read more

Sarkar, 42, a lesser-known magician who lived at Sonarpur in the southern fringes of Kolkata and had adopted the stage name Mandrake, succeeded in his acts many times till fate caught up with him on Sunday afternoon. read more

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has accused the Congress-led and Bharatiya Janata Party-led governments at the centre for the decline of jute, textile and other industrial units. read more

Seven parliamentary constituencies — Bongaon, Barrackpore, Howrah, Uluberia, Hooghly, Serampore and Arambag — in the state are set to go to the polls on Monday. read more

In a rally in Chanditala in Hooghly district, Modi on Monday warned Banerjee that her MLAs will abandon her after the results of the Lok Sabha polls are out. He claimed that 40 of them were in touch with him. read more

Campaigning for her party candidates at Joypur and Panchla in Howrah districts, Banerjee claimed that the Modi government had in the last five years failed completely to deliver for the people’s welfare and the country’s future. read more

Polling will be held in Hooghly Lok Sabha seat on May 6 during the fifth round of the seven-phased election. The votes will be counted on May 23. read more

Dam was an inmate of the Presidency jail in Kolkata when he wrote the test on December 2, last year. He now has to clear an interview to be eligible for a job in a college. read more

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah claimed in a press conference in the national capital on December 7 that Bengal accounts for as much as 26% of the political murders that take place in the country in a year. read more

BJP’s opponents have lined up programmes to counter what has been dubbed as the most spectacular political programme of the saffron camp in Bengal. read more

Normal life was disrupted in several areas in these districts as well as Nadia and Cooch Behar in Bengal as strong winds knocked down electricity poles and trees, caused mud houses and walls to collapse read more