The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
New Delhi, Nov. 30: India has added forest cover over an area only half the size of Howrah district in two years, losing moderately dense forests and adding inferior-quality jungles, the latest biennial assessment has shown.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
A 38-year-old trader alleged he was shot at outside his Bally home in Howrah on Thursday afternoon after two motorcycle-borne men tried to snatch his bag, which contained around Rs 25,000.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The body of a woman in her 30s, chopped into three pieces, was found in two sacks and a bag abandoned on a vestibule of the Azad Hind Express at Howrah station on Tuesday morning.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The body of a woman in her 30s, chopped into three pieces, was found in two sacks and a bag abandoned on a vestibule of the Azad Hind Express at Howrah station on Tuesday morning.
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... with the electric wire falling on the track. As a result, trains between Hatia and Pathankot, Howrah and Bokaro, Howrah and New Delhi were left stranded at different railway stations. By late afternoon, the track and electric wire were repaired and the traffic resumed, said Additional DGP (Rail) Kumud Choudhary. “Now, almost all trains are being escorted by the security forces,”...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Hundreds of India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists Monday burnt public transport, damaged vehicles and ransacked offices in the eastern state of West Bengal to enforce a 12-hour shutdown protesting the rise in prices of essential commodities, said police. The dawn-to-dusk shutdown affected life in Kolkata as well as adjoining Howrah district. Police said BJP workers stopped...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Hundreds of India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists Monday burnt public transport, damaged vehicles and ransacked offices in the eastern state of West Bengal to enforce a 12-hour shutdown protesting the rise in prices of essential commodities, said police. The dawn-to-dusk shutdown affected life in Kolkata as well as adjoining Howrah district. Police said BJP workers stopped...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
On Saturday, she inaugurated an automobile logistics hub near Shalimar railways station in Howrah. Representatives from national auto majors, including Tata Motors, attended.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Traffic was also disrupted at the Howrah bridge with the demonstrators putting up blockades and deflating tyres of the vehicles.
wallpapers123.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Protests rocked West Bengal's Howrah as BJP workers went on rampage, taking to the streets protesting against rising price issues such as hike in power tariff on Monday (November 30). Public life was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit our website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... been blocked at Kharda area, while the Gangasagar Express was also held up at Agarpara station. In Howrah district, 12 city-bound buses were set afire allegedly by bandh supporters, police said. Train services were also disrupted at Howrah and Sealdah station as protesters squatted on tracks and threw banana plantation on the overhead section in the districts. All educational institutions...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Train services were also disrupted at Howrah and Sealdah station as protesters squatted on tracks and threw banana plantation on the overhead section in the districts.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Several express and passenger trains were held up at various places in the districts. Howrah-Ranchi Shatabdi Express, Ganadevta Express and Kanchenjunga Express were stopped by bandh supporters.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... at 1 p.m. Delayed Several trains had to be stopped at different stations due to the accident. The Howrah-Amravati express was detained at Chhatrapur station. The Howrah-Chennai mail was kept at Ganjam station, the Bhubaneswar-Yashwantpur express got detained at Rambha, Bhubaneswar-Sikandarabad Visakha express stopped at Khallikote and the Tirupati-Puri express was detained in Berhampur...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... and return 400 acres to the farmers,” the railway minister had said while flagging off the Singur-Howrah Andolan Local in August. Experts had then said that it would not be possible for the Centre to “hand over” the plot to Mamata because “land is a state subject”. The Singur plot had been acquired for the state by the West Bengal Industri- al Development Corporation. “Tata Motors is merely...
