The Latest Breaking News from Howrah

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

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.

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…

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.

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.

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

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…