Trinamul Congress and the BJP are trying to forge close ties before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and have a “secret understanding” for the Howrah Lok Sabha bypoll on June 2, the Congress on Friday said.

A fire broke out in a garment manufacturing factory in the Foreshore Road in Howrah district on Friday night, Fire Brigade sources said.

The fire broke out in the garment manufacturing factory at aro

A rickshaw puller, who went to draw water for bathing from a well, died after falling into it in Howrah district, police said.

Malay Ray, 53, was pulled up from the well by locals who took him to a

Hours after the body of four-year-old Mahi was pulled out of a borewell in Haryana where she was trapped for the past four days, a youth fell into a well in West Bengal's Howrah district on Sunday but

A 20-year-old youth on Sunday fell into a 30-ft deep well in Liluah area of Howrah district, police said. Rausan Ali Mondal, a mason by profession, slipped and fell into the well at Eksara village.

Hours after the body of four-year-old Mahi was pulled out of a borewell in Haryana where she was trapped for the past four days, a youth fell into a well in West Bengal's Howrah district on Sunday but

Two men have been sent to police custody by a local court in West Bengal's Howrah for allegedly raping a newly married woman in connivance with her own husband who is absconding, the police said on Friday.

Passengers travelling aboard the New Delhi-Howrah Duronto Express were assaulted by a group of men and four persons have been arrested in this connection, railway officials said.

The incident occ