Ram Navami clashes: 6-member fact-finding team stopped by West Bengal Police from entering violence-hit Hooghly

Kolkata: West Bengal police prevented a six-member fact-finding team, including former Patna High Court Chief Justice Narasimha Reddy, from visiting Hooghly district, which recently witnessed communal clashes surrounding Ram Navami celebrations, news agency ANI reported.

'Criminal violence': Mamata Banerjee slamming BJP on Ram Navami clashes in Bengal

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called the clashes over the Hindu festival Ram Navami in two districts of her state "criminal violence" slamming the prime opposition camp Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

'Bengal people have right to peaceful living': Guv CV Ananda Bose in strict message after fresh Rishra violence

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday sent out a strong message promising an action on part of the law enforcement agencies after visiting Rishra in the Hooghly district which witnessed fresh violence last night.

Bengal: Fresh violence in Hooghly's Rishra post Ram Navami clashes, railway properties targeted

Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a clash over Ram Navami procession, violence broke out at Rishra in West Bengal's Hooghly district late last night, media reports said.

West Bengal: BJP MLA hurt as violence breaks out during Ram Navami procession in Hooghly

Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said one of the party MLAs was injured as violence broke out in Hooghly district of West Bengal as the political outfit took out a procession on Ram Navami.

Many industries will come up in Singur: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday asserted many industries will be set up in Hooghly district's Singur, where she led a massive land movement that had catapulted her to power in 2011, media reports said.

West Bengal: Six Bangladeshi nationals arrested from a Hooghly housing complex

Bandel/UNI: The West Bengal police have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals from a Hooghly residential complex and seized fake Indian residential documents like, PAN card, Aadhaar card and voter identity cards from them, official sources said on Saturday.

Mamata Banerjee to hold rally in Hooghly on same ground today where Modi visited Monday

Kolkata/IBNS: In a counter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a public meeting on the same ground, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart addressed a crowd a couple of days ago, on Wednesday. 

Bengal determined to bring real Poribartan: Narendra Modi

Hooghly (WB)/UNI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called upon the people to vote for BJP to bring "real poribartan" and assured them the party would not only restore West Bengal's past glorious culture but also pave the way for all round development of the state.

West Bengal: Asaduddin Owaisi visits Furfura Sharif and assures of AIMIM support

Kolkata/UNI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday paid a visit to Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district.

West Bengal: Mystery shrouds death of BJP worker in Hooghly

Kolkata/UNI: Mystery shrouded the death of a BJP worker at Goghat in Hooghly district.

CrPC 144 imposed, internet suspended in West Bengal's Hooghly after two groups clashed over COVID fears

Kolkata/IBNS: After a day-long violence between two groups over the fears of coronavirus spread in Telinipara area under Bhadreswar Police Station limits in Hooghly district of West Bengal, local administration on Tuesday imposed CrPC 144 and suspended mobile internet as well as broadband services in Serampore and Chandannagar Sub-Divisions till May 17, officials said.

I dedicate my victory to all those party workers who sacrificed their lives: BJP MP Locket Chatterjee

Kolkata, May 24 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party's new MP from West Bengal's Hooghly seat Locket Chatterjee on Friday dedicated her Lok Sabha polls victory to those party workers who sacrificed their lives for the sake of democracy.

Mild earthquake hits West Bengal, tremors felt in parts of Odisha, Jharkhand

Kolkata, Aug 28 (IBNS): A mild earthquake hit West Bengal with tremors being experienced in Kolkata, Hooghly, Purulia and Midnapore.

West Bengal jetty collapse: Death toll reaches 14, over 10 still missing

Kolkata/Hooghly, Apr 28 (IBNS): With the recovery of eight more bodies on Friday, death count in the Hooghly river jetty collapse has raised to fourteen while at least 10 others are still untraceable, officials said.