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]Trinamool Congress worker, supporter found dead in Bengal
Local TMC leaders have claimed that Mia was murdered by BJP workers, but the BJP refuted the allegations saying that it was the result of TMC infighting.
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 11:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
BJP worker’s death triggers protests in Hooghly, Kolkata
BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu, the party’s state youth front president Saumitra Khan and others leaders led a peaceful dharna outside the office of the sub-divisional police officer of Arambagh in Hooghly on Monday.
Updated on Sep 15, 2020 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
BJP worker’s body found hanging from tree in Bengal’s Hooghly district
BJP alleges TMC workers killed Ganesh Roy; claim his feet were touching the ground, which couldn’t have been the case if he died by suicide
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 02:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
Accident in Bengal’s Hooghly leaves three police personnel, including woman officer, dead
The dead have been identified as Debasree Chatterjee, Tapas Burman and Manoj Saha. While Chatterjee was the commandant of the Kolkata Police’s 12th battalion, Burman was her security guard and Saha was the driver
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 11:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
Bengal begins survey to identify people with co-morbidities to reduce Covid-19 mortality rate
Till August 24 at least 2,851 people, who had tested positive for Covid-19, have died. Co-morbidity was present in 2,483 patients, which is around 87% of the total deaths. In only around 13% of the cases there were no co-morbidities.
Updated on Aug 26, 2020 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
West Bengal registers highest single-day spike of 542 Covid-19; count rises to 16,190
Four deaths were reported from Howrah, three from Kolkata and one each from Hooghly, Darjeeling and South 24 Parganas, the bulletin said.
Published on Jun 26, 2020 07:56 PM IST
Kolkata | By Press Trust of India
Amid Covid-19 lockdown, man pedals nearly 600 km on stolen bicycle to commit dacoity
An investigation has revealed that Ghosh had pedalled all the way from Basara village in Rajapakar area of Bihar to reach Uttarpara in West Bengal’s Hooghly district where he puts up at his in-law’s house.
Updated on Jun 07, 2020 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By Joydeep Thakur | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
In Bengal, more than 400 migrants test positive for Covid-19, state count soars
Of them, the districts of Malda, Murshidabad, Birbhum, Hooghly and Howrah are the most affected, as most of the state’s migrant workers hail from these districts. Of Bengal’s 23 districts, only two in north Bengal are presently unaffected by Covid-19.
Updated on May 28, 2020 08:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent | Edited by Sohini Sarkar
Power restored, Kolkata limps back to normalcy
The state home department said 240 out of the affected 273 substations in Hooghly, North 24 Parganas, Nadia, East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas districts have been restored.
Updated on May 25, 2020 10:32 AM IST
Kolkata, West Bengal | By Tanmay Chatterjee
Bengal man dresses up like coronavirus to spread awareness against Covid-19
42-year-old Milan Pandey could not keep himself from dressing up as the virus and stepped out of his home despite the lockdown.
Updated on Apr 23, 2020 03:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By Joydeep Thakur
After collision with Kolkata Port Trust ship, Bangladeshi cargo vessel sinks in Hooghly
The Bangladeshi vessel, ‘M V Mamatamoy’, developed a mechanical failure and a crack in the hull because of the collision. It was brought near the jetty at Maheshtala in the Budge Budge area of South 24 Parganas, where it slowly sank along with the cargo
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
School student, injured in Kolkata carpool accident dies of multiple organ failure
Police had created a 60-km long green corridor to bring Singh and Dibyanshu Bhakat to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on February 14 after their carpool vehicle fell into a roadside canal. They were among the at least 15 students, one guardian and driver who were injured in the accident.
Published on Feb 22, 2020 04:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
Six held for abducting man for running fake job racket
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.
Updated on Nov 18, 2019 01:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
Bengal school serves puffed rice and snacks in midday meal
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.
Published on Sep 04, 2019 06:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
Tourist drowns in Bengal’s coastal town Digha; fourth incident since Aug 11
Dipu Senapati, a resident of Rajahati village of Khanakul in Hooghly district was declared dead on arrival at the Digha Hospital.
Updated on Sep 03, 2019 05:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | By Koushik Dutta
Mamata brings up ‘cut money’ again, asks villagers not to pay for govt schemes
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.
Updated on Aug 28, 2019 09:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
Worms found in midday meal for children at Bengal’s ICDS centre
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 were served only rice and salt.
Updated on Aug 25, 2019 07:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | By Koushik Dutta
Bengal magician disappears in Hooghly river after act fails
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.
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By Tanmay Chatterjee
Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP aims to breach Mamata Banerjee’s citadel in Bengal
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.
Updated on May 06, 2019 07:24 AM IST
Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
Mamata Banerjee cancels all political programmes as cyclone Fani hits Odisha
Seven parliamentary constituencies — Bongaon, Barrackpore, Howrah, Uluberia, Hooghly, Serampore and Arambag — in the state are set to go to the polls on Monday.
Updated on May 03, 2019 01:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata/Digha | By HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Akhilesh, Mamata unite in attack on PM’s Bengal claim
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.
Updated on May 01, 2019 09:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent
‘BJP greatest danger for India like 440 volts’ : Mamata Banerjee
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.
Published on Apr 27, 2019 08:03 PM IST
Pandua/Joypur/Panchla (West Bengal) | By Press Trust of India
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Trinamool will aim to win former Left bastion of Hooghly
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.
Updated on Apr 30, 2019 03:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
In a first, jailed Maoist passes test for lecturership in Bengal
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.
Published on Mar 15, 2019 10:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | By Koushik Dutta
5 killed in political clashes in 4 days in West Bengal
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.
Updated on Dec 17, 2018 05:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | By Koushik Dutta
In December-January politics in Bengal will revolve around BJP’s rath yatra
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.
Published on Dec 04, 2018 04:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Kolkata
7 dead in storm, lightning in West Bengal: Officials
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
Updated on May 09, 2018 12:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | By HT Correspondent
Twin storms kill 15 in West Bengal as winds top 98 kmph, disrupt life in Kolkata
According to the met department, a northwestern -- seasonal storm common in this part of the world -- with gale speed of 84 km per hour hit Kolkata and other South Bengal districts in the evening.
Updated on Apr 18, 2018 02:52 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
IIT-Delhi student found hanging in hostel room, blames sexual assault in note
Gopal Maloo, from Hooghly in West Bengal, was a first year student of Masters in Chemistry at the institute. He was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room at Nilgiri Hostel.
Updated on Apr 14, 2018 09:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent