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West Bengal: Made-in-Howrah Tricolours to fly high across India on 75th Independence Day

HOWRAH: As the country gets ready to celebrate its 75th Independence Day next week, the occasion has made business brisk for National Flag-maker Raju Haldar, 46, whose family has been churning out millions of Tricolours since 1947 from their home at Unsani in Howrah.

The Times of India

Aunt held for killing newborn in West Bengal

HOWRAH: A newborn was killed at Tikiapara in Howrah on Friday morning, reportedly following a family dispute over property. Jemima Pervin, the child's aunt, has been arrested.

The Times of India

Congress expels 3 Jharkhand MLAs arrested over cash haul

Congress says the three — Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari — were carrying cash to destabilise the Hemant Soren government

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Rs 10cr, ministerial berth offered to each MLA for toppling Jharkhand govt: Congress

RANCHI: Alleging that the BJP was trying to topple the JMM-led government in Jharkhand by offering Rs 10 crore to each MLA, the Congress on Sunday said it has lodged a police complaint against its three legislators arrested in West Bengal's Howrah with a huge amount of cash.

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West Bengal: Eastern Railway to install LED TVs in local trains; first train inaugurated from Howrah

Now it will be easier for train passengers to beat those travel blues, as Eastern Railway is going to install LED TVs in local trains. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Seven die after consuming illicit liquor in Howrah

The liquor shop owner has been arrested.

The Hindu

Kolkata: Summer special to Digha till September 30

KOLKATA: To accommodate the extra rush of passengers, South-Eastern Railway has decided to continue running summer special trains between Howrah and Digha every Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, till September 30.

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Uttar Pradesh: Kolkata-Rajdhani exp halts due to engine failure

KANPUR: The Kolkata Rajdhani Express was halted for about an hour at Kanchausi railway station in Auraiya district on Howrah-Delhi route after it had an engine failure while it was on way to Delhi, at around 6.30am on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Railway Mail Service coach gutted in Secunderabad station arson

Howrah-bound East Coast Express coach, which was torched, was carrying nearly 430 bags of mail

The Hindu

No untoward incident in last 2 days during Prophet remark stir: Bengal government to HC

218 held for violence across West Bengal

The Hindu

Prophet row | Uneasy calm prevails in violence-hit Howrah

More than 100 people have been arrested in the two districts for their alleged involvement in the violent incidents

The Hindu

Protests against Prophet remarks | West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar arrested on way to Howrah

Mamata Banerjee alleges attempts to incite riots in Bengal

The Hindu

Prophet remark row: Internet banned in Howrah, protests throw road, rail traffic out of gear

HOWRAH: Internet services in Howrah were shut down till 6am on Monday as protests against objectionable remarks by BJP leaders on Prophet Muhammad turned violent on Friday with protesters attacking police, resorting to arson and blocking roads and railway tracks.

The Times of India

In a first, Particulate matter 2.5 count in Kolkata touched ambient air quality standard last year

KOLKATA: In 2021, PM2.5 - the tiniest of pollutants that play havoc with human lives - had for the first time touched the annual national ambient air quality standard of 40 g/m³ (microgram per cubic meter) in Kolkata. Compared to 2018, the dip in PM2.5 was 6.4%, revealed a study…

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Bangladeshi trafficking victim’s repatriation cannot be stalled: Calcutta High Court

The survivor has been in Liluah Home at Howrah for safe custody since December 2017.

The Hindu

Six tourists killed as bus from West Bengal overturns in Odisha

50 tourists from Howrah district of West Bengal were on a sightseeing trip to Odisha and Andhra Pradesh when the accident occurred.

The Times of India

West Bengal: 19 positive from 11,000 samples in second sentinel survey

KOLKATA: The second Covid 'sentinel survey' in Bengal, conducted between May 18 and 20 on 10,975 samples, has thrown up a positivity of 0.17%, with just 19 positives, a shade lower than that of the first survey, which had been 0.18%. In Kolkata, RG Kar tested 235 random samples, all…

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Waterfront house in Howrah sells for $8.533 million, breaking Tasmanian real estate records

A waterfront estate on Hobart's eastern shore sells for $8.533 million, breaking the real estate record for a suburban house in Tasmania.

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Eminent Bengali elocutionist Partha Ghosh dies at 83

KOLKATA: Eminent Bengali elocutionist Partha Ghosh died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Howrah on Saturday, his family said. He was 83.

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Behala clash in Kolkata: Suspended TMC worker in cop net

KOLKATA: Suspended Trinamool Congress worker from Ward 121 in Behala – Somnath Banerjee alias Baban — was nabbed from rural Howrah’s Joypur (near Nischintapur) on Sunday morning by a joint team from the Anti Rowdy Section of detective department and Behala Police.

The Times of India

Howrah man held for spreading fake news

KOLKATA: The Behala police arrested a resident of Howrah on Monday for allegedly trying to spread fake news in the city, claiming that some cinema goers were “threatened” for attending the screening of a movie at two cinema halls located in Behala and Tollygunge. The accused, Ajit Verma, also made…

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1 in 28 vehicles in Kolkata polluting, finds remote ‘profile-map’ study

KOLKATA: One in 28 vehicles plying on the city’s roads is polluting, a first-of-its kind study by the transport department — a “profile-mapping” of 5 lakh vehicles in Kolkata and Howrah in 2019 — has revealed.

The Times of India

SIT takes over Anis Khan probe after Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ‘justice’ promise

KOLKATA/HOWRAH: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday formed a special investigation team to probe Aliah University alumnus Anis Khan's death and invited his father to Nabanna, assuring the family that she would ensure "justice" and that she stood with them in their bereavement.

The Hindu

Maoists trigger blast on railway track in Jharkhand, train services disrupted

Train services on the Howrah-New Delhi route were disrupted for around six hours after the explosion

The Times of India

Rising input cost pushes up bread price in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Major bread manufacturers in Kolkata and Howrah have revised the price of regular white bread loaf from Rs 24 to Rs 28, citing hike in input costs including fuel. The last time bread price was hiked was four years ago in 2018. Then, too, the MRP of bread had…

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