Everything you need to know about Hooghly: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Hooghly: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Israel intends to set up a centre of excellence on agriculture in West Bengal's Hooghly district, its envoy to India said Thursday.
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Defying a police ban, hundreds of workers of opposition Left Front (LF) Friday courted arrest here in support of their eight-point charter of demands, which included a CBI probe into the chit fund scam under the supervision of a court.
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) A middle-aged woman in West Bengal's Hooghly district was allegedly raped and murdered by a man to whom she refused to marry her daughter, police said Tuesday.
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) A middle aged man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping his seven-year-old sister-in-law in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said.
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Welcoming the Calcutta High Court's verdict ordering a CBI probe into the custodial death of a Trinamool Congress worker in West Bengal, the Congress Monday hoped for punishment of the guilty policemen.
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Police have unearthed property worth Rs.750 crore so far by quizzing chit fund-aided Saradha Group's arrested promoter Sudipa Sen and his top aides, an official said Saturday. Six motorcycles with red beacons and hooters allegedly used by company's officials to carry cash was also seized.
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Police have unearthed property worth Rs.750 crore so far by quizzing chit fund-aided Saradha Group's arrested promoter Sudipa Sen and his top aides, an official said Saturday. Six motorcycles with red beacons and hooters allegedly used by company's officials to carry cash was also seized.
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) In a bid to augment food security, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra Friday announced the successful completion of digitised zoning and land-use mapping in 129 blocks in the state.
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) Three persons, including the step-mother, have been arrested in West Bengal's Hooghly district after they set on fire a minor girl who refused to be forcibly married, police said Friday.
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) In the wake of the Saradha chit fund scam that has rocked West Bengal, the spate of distressed agents and operators of ponzi firms committing suicide continued, with yet another agent ending his life.
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) A person was killed and four others of a family were seriously injured after a bomb exploded in their house Sunday in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said.
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) Unable to bear the ignominy of seeing the youth who had allegedly raped his wife go free, a man in West Bengal's Hooghly district committed suicide, his family said. Police maintained there was no evidence against the accused.
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress MP has threatened violence if anyone dares to harm party leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, attracting criticism from the opposition.
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) National level shooter Bibaswan Ganguly and his family members were injured after they were attacked by a gang of miscreants in West Bengal's Hooghly district after he protested their harassment of his wife, police said Thursday.
Hooghly, Mar. 10 (ANI): An adulterated batch of bootleg liquor killed 10 persons in West Bengal's Hooghly District.
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) A minor schoolgirl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in West Bengal's Hooghly district, and the attacker has been arrested, police said Monday.
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday that she would crack down heavily on striking trade unions, who have called for a countrywide shutdown Feb 20.
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Urging the restive farmers of Singur not to lose hope, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said she would keep her promise of giving back their land, acquired for a Tata Group plant.
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday that she would crack down heavily on striking trade unions.
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Thursday ordered winding up of beleaguered tyre maker Dunlop India Limited (DIL).
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Veteran parliamentarian and member of the Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas Monday courted controversy, using obscene words to describe what he called "opportunistic" policies of the Trinamool Congress government.
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) West Bengal's human rights panel Monday expressed "grave concern" over the alleged custodial death in Hooghly district and asked the state police chief to conduct an inquiry into the incident.
Hooghly, Jan. 19 (ANI): Irate Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers on Saturday pelted stones at a police station and damaged its property in here in West Bengal after a person was allegedly killed in police custody on January 18.
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Local residents pelted stones at a police station in West Bengal's Hooghly district Saturday after a Trinamool Congress worker allegedly died in police custody.
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) Hindustan Motors Limited (HML), the makers of the good old Ambassador car in India, is planning to launch new SUVs next fiscal in collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors Japan, a company official said here.
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) At least 11 woman inmates, among them two Bangladeshis, escaped from a destitute home in West Bengal's Hooghly district Monday. A state minister later attributed the fleeing to their "tendency to escape".
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) At least 11 women inmates, who were earlier rescued from Mumbai after they were trafficked from the state, have escaped a home for the destitutes in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said Monday.
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) With Cyrus Mistry taking over as the new chairman of the Tata Group, West Bengal's opposition CPI-M Sunday asked the Mamata Banerjee-led state government to initiate talks to resolve the Singur land impasse.
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) A consumer court in West Bengal has slapped a Rs.20 lakh fine on a doctor for medical negligence that resulted in a three year boy losing an arm due to gangrene and subsequent amputation.
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) West Bengal minister Becharam Manna was Tuesday asked by the Calcutta High Court why contempt of court proceedings may not be initiated against him for his alleged remarks on its verdict on a Singur land dispute.
Singur, Dec 2 (IANS) A West Bengal minister Sunday assured restive farmers from Singur, the centre of the ruling Trinamool Congress' volatile movement against the Nano car plant in 2006-08, that the problem would be solved by January next.
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Congress strongman from Murshidabad Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Saturday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of betraying the expectations of the people of Singur, and said signs were ominous for her party Trinamool Congress.
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Faced with criticism, intra-party feuds and disgruntled farmers, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is facing the gloomiest phase in office, 18 months after she ousted the Left.
Singur, Nov 30 (IANS) Disgruntled Trinamool Congress minister and Singur lawmaker Rabindranath Bhattacharya Friday said he has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting to be relieved of his political responsibilities in view of his "unsound physical and mental condition".
Singur, Nov 30 (IANS) To contain the rising resentment among Singur farmers, who had stood by her during the peasant movement against the Nano factory in 2007-2008, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday assured them of regular supply of rice and Rs.2,000 in cash.
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Continuing his tirade against the Trinamool Congress, Singur legislator Rabindranath Bhattacharya Wednesday accused West Bengal's new Minister of State for Agriculture Becharam Manna of being close to a businessman who was against the party's anti?Nano car factory agitation.
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) A time will come when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will face steep opposition from the aggrieved people of Singur, CPI?M leader Gautam Deb said Wednesday.
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Continuing his tirade against Trinamool Congress, Singur legislator Rabindranath Bhattacharya Wednesday accused West Bengal Minister of State for Agriculture Becharam Manna of being close to a businessman who was against the party's anti?Nano car factory agitation.
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress's MLA from Singur Friday threatened to resign from the state ministry and retire from politics, expressing unhappiness over the new ministerial assignment "imposed" upon him.
Hooghly (West Bengal), Nov. 14 (ANI): Seven people have died from consumption of illicit liquor on Tuesday while eight others have been hospitalized in Hooghly district of West Bengal.
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) Three Trinamool Congress supporters, arrested for allegedly storming the premises of a private waste management company and beating up its employees in West Bengal's Hooghly district, were released on bail Saturday.
Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) The management of beleaguered Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) has urged trade unions to sit for a "fruitful dialogue" with it on reopening the closed Sahagunj plant in West Bengal's Hooghly district.
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IANS) Eleven people were charge sheeted in a court for the rape and murder of a mentally deranged women whose body was earlier exhumed from inside a mental asylum in West Bengal's Hooghly district.
Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 39 others injured after a mini-truck they were travelling in overturned and skidded into a ditch in West Bengal's Burdwan district, police said Tuesday.
Arambagh (West Bengal), Sep 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government is sinking due to unchecked corruption and unbridled capitalism, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here Sunday.
Arambagh (West Bengal), Sep 9 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday called for mass resistance against the "atrocities" against his party and people by the Trinamool Congress-led regime in the state.
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Going against the grain of the Teachers Day spirit, the vice principal of a West Bengal school Wednesday caned seven students, causing head injuries to some of them. He was arrested, police said.
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Showing no bitterness over what happened in Singur, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata Friday said some day Tata Motors will have a plant somewhere in West Bengal and reiterated that the salt-to-software conglomerate has no intention to "walk away" from the state.
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Showing no bitterness over what happened in Singur, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata Friday said some day Tata Motors will have a plant somewhere in the state.
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Raising the hackles of the opposition, the state administration has denied former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee permission to hold a party conference in the state's Hooghly district, citing law and order reasons.
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) The West Bengal government must take measures to attract big investment as industrialists are still "very apprehensive" about its policies, industry group Assocham said Wednesday.
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) Giving another jolt to its already alienated ally Trinamool Congress, the Congress Friday said it would submit protests Aug 24 to all police stations in West Bengal against the arrests of its functionaries.
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) Over 20 people, including 16 policemen, were injured in West Bengal's Hooghly district after supporters of a murdered Congress leader clashed with the police, officials said Wednesday.
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) The monsoon delicacy Hilsa, without which a Bengali platter is never complete, has been selling between Rs.1,000 and Rs.1,500 and a state minister says the silvery delight will continue to be elusive as its prices soar courtesy a truant monsoon and decline in imports.
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said lapses in investigation cannot be exploited by an accused to his advantage if there is sufficient evidence to nail him for a crime.
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Tyre maker Dunlop India Wednesday said it has no plans to reopen the Sahagunj unit in West Bengal and do so when the workers unions accept its proposal for a phased opening.
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) In the wake of the suspected rape and murder of a mentally-ill woman in a government-run asylum, the West Bengal government Monday announced the setting up of an eight-member committee tasked with regularly inspecting asylums in the state and submit a report.
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) A doctor was detained Sunday in connection with the death certificate of a mentally-ill woman suspected to have been raped and murdered last month in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said.
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Three people have been arrested for murder after the body of a mentally-ill woman was exhumed from a mental asylum's backyard in Dhaniakhali in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said Thursday.
Kolkata, June 11(IANS) The body of a mentally deranged woman was exhumed Wednesday from the backyard of a mental asylum at Dhonekhali of West Bengal's Hooghly district, amid allegations that she was raped and then murdered.
Singur (West Bengal), July 1 (IANS) Advocating Singur farmers' "right to snatch back their land", the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) Sunday urged political parties to join peasants of this rural belt of West Bengal in their fight for justice.
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) A total of 126 couples hailing from underprivileged backgrounds, tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony here Sunday.
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Stating that the British-era Land Acquisition Act cannot be a yardstick for justice, the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist (SUCI-C) Friday said the farmers of Singur have the right to take back their land, allegedly acquired forcibly by the then Left Front government to set up an industrial unit.
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) "Deeply touched" by the overwhelming response to her Facebook post on Singur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said, on the social networking site, that the moral support was fuelling the struggle for the cause of the farmers.
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Round Table India (RTI), a non-profit organisation which has tie-ups with several state governments, will build 500 school blocks across the country in the next five years, its president said here Saturday.
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Lashing out at the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for lacking inner party democracy, expelled party leader Anil Basu Monday said the ongoing rectification process within the party should start from the top.
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) parliamentarian Anil Basu, who had acquired infamy for his lewd comments against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, has been expelled on the charge of "grievous indiscipline and anti-party activities".
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Two professors in two government colleges of West Bengal have been issued show cause notices by the higher education department and asked to explain their "anti-state government comments" on television programmes.
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MLA and legislative party whip Abdur Rezzak Mollah Friday said he had resigned from the post of whip for 'health reasons'. He said he had sent his resignation letter to state party secretary Biman Bose.
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) At least 15 more people died from the prevailing oppressive heat in Kolkata and the districts, taking the toll in the blistering summer heat across southern West Bengal to 45 in two days, police said.
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) With a heat wave prevailing across southern West Bengal, the death toll rose to 42, with 12 more people succumbing Wednesday in Kolkata and the districts, police said.
Dankuni (West Bengal), May 28 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wishes to set up a factory at 600 acres of land in Singur-the site of abandoned Tata Nano car plant, even as she Monday attacked the central government for not providing West Bengal the much needed financial aid.
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Backed by 13 per cent tariff hike, power utility CESC Ltd., an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company Tuesday reported a 137.5 percent jump in its net profit at Rs.2.66 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 as against Rs.1.12 billion during the same period the previous year.
London, May 7 (ANI): A shoe box full of images, which document life in India at least a century ago, has been discovered in one of Scotland's national collections.
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Sabita Basu, wife of suspended CPI-M leader and former MP Anil Basu, Friday rubbished allegations of "corruption and nepotism" against her husband and threatened to file a defamation case against state party secretary Biman Bose.
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha member Anil Basu, who acquired infamy for his lewd comments against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls last year, has been suspended from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The West Bengal government Tuesday said tyre-maker Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) would have to clarify the timeframe within which the company would complete the process of taking workers back at its Sahaganj unit in Hooghly district.
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Two army personnel rescued four people from drowning in river Hooghly after they were caught in a high tide here Sunday. Soldiers of Inland Water Transport (IWT) Operating Unit of the Corps of Engineers were involved in the rescue act.
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Tyre maker Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) Tuesday urged the Calcutta High Court to stay its earlier order of appointing a provisional liquidator as it wanted to reopen its manufacturing unit in Hooghly within a week.
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) In a bid to reduce man-elephant conflict and rehabilitate jumbos driven away from the herd, the West Bengal government is planning to set up two 'Elephant Rescue Centres' on a pilot basis.
Hooghly (West Bengal), Dec 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said that she has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconsider the Union Cabinet's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the retail sector.
Kolkata, Apr 27 (ANI): Around forty per cent polling was recorded in the first four hours of voting in 63 constituencies in Howrah Hooghly, East Midnapore and parts of Burdwan Districts of West Bengal on Tuesday.
Kolkata, May 3 (ANI): Twenty one per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours of voting in 63 constituencies in Howrah Hooghly, East Midnapore and parts of Burdwan Districts of West Bengal on Tuesday.
Kolkata, May 3 (ANI): Polling for the fourth phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal for 63 constituencies is going on today.
Kolkata, May 2 (ANI): Over 1.26 crore electorates will decide the fate of 366 candidates in the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly polls to be held tomorrow.
Kolkata, May 1 (ANI): Campaigning for the fourth phase of elections in West Bengal will come to an end on Sunday.
Kolkata, Apr 30 (ANI): Campaigning is in full swing in all the 63 seats spread over Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore and parts of Burdwan districts for the fourth phase of West Bengal polls, which is scheduled to be held on May 3.
New Delhi/ Puttaparthi, Apr 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday criticized Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Anil Basu for using foul language against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee at an election meeting at in Hooghly.
Kolkata, Mar.23 (ANI): Fans in Kolkata are praying for Team India's success in the quarter-final match against Australia on Thursday. The match will be played at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Haldia (West Bengal), Nov 23 (ANI): Two cargo ships, both coming from opposite directions, collided on Tuesday in the Hooghly River.
Kolkata, June 27 (ANI): A Karachi-bound ship, which was intercepted on the Hooghly with UN peacekeeping mission arms and ammunition, is all set to sail for the Kolkata port amid tight security on Sunday for thorough investigation.
Hooghly (West Bengal), Jan 16 (ANI): A rare endangered reticulated python, rescued recently, is being treated by an NGO in Hooghly district.
Singur (West Bengal), Nov 29(ANI): Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday laid the foundation for Perishable Cargo Centre (PCC) at Singur in West Bengal.
Hooghly (West Bengal), Nov 26 (ANI): A clash between the activists of CPI (M) and Trinamool Congress here claimed one life and left over six others injured including two police men, said a police official.
Hooghly (WB), Nov 16 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said the railways will not forcibly acquire land for its projects.
Hooghly (WB), Nov 3 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury has appealed to the Maoists to leave the path of violence and leave it to the people to decide what was right for them.
Kolkata, Oct 21 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) demanded expulsion of the ruling Communist government here on Tuesday.
Hooghly/Kolkata, July 28 (ANI): Tribals armed with bows and arrows on Monday blocked highway and railway tracks in Hooghly district as a mark of protest against the deployment of security forces in Lalgarh region.
Kolkata, May 31 (ANI): Demanding immediate and proper relief for the people affected by cyclone Aila, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) staged a protest march here on Saturday.
Kolkata, May 30 (ANI): Congress Party supporters protested on Saturday against inefficient disaster management by the State authorities following cyclone Aila's havoc in different parts of the state.
