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"Ganga Flows Through Soul Of Bengal": PM Modi's Boat Ride On Hooghly River
The Prime Minister's visit comes as the state goes through the Assembly election process. The first phase of polling for the 294-member West Bengal Assembly took place on Thursday
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2 Women Caught Dumping Human Body Parts Into River In Kolkata
Two women were caught in north Kolkata's Ahiritola on Tuesday while allegedly dumping human body parts into the Hooghly river in a suitcase, police said.
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Bengal Names Kalyan Banerjee As Hooghly River Bridge Body Chief
In a reflection of the widening gap between him and the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, estranged senior minister Suvendu Adhikari has resigned from a state government corporation dealing a blow to the party's backchannel efforts to woo him back.
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Kolkata Man Beaten To Death, Cut Open With Razor Over 50 Lakh Loan: Cops
A 35-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by stone in Kolkata, his body cut open with shaving razor and then thrown into the Hooghly river over a financial tiff, police said on Friday.
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Fire Still Raging In Bagri Market, Firemen May Take Hours To Tame Flames
The fire that engulfed the famous Bagree Market in the central part of the city early on Sunday is still raging, with fire fighters saying it may take several hours to control the blaze.
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Goddess Durga's Idol Saves Three From Drowning In Ganga
Clinging to a wooden structure of an immersed idol of goddess Durga helped save three people who drifted away after high tide of river Ganga. They were rescued around 8 km away in the city today, police said.
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Exclusive: How Kolkata Is Building Tunnel Under Water For 60-Second Metro Ride
Two top-order tunnel boring machines, nicknamed Rachna and Prerna, are digging India's first ever under-the-river Metro tunnels in Kolkata at full speed. If all goes through, then one could take a Metro ride under the Hooghly river in December 2019.
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West Bengal Jetty Collapse Toll Rises To 13
Seven more bodies were fished out from the Hooghly river today, taking the toll of Wednesday's jetty collapse in Bhadreswar in Hooghly district to 13, police said.
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Iron Rods Used on His Head for Fighting Sexual Harassment. Today, He Died.
Five days after he was beaten up for asking a group of young men to stop their lewd comments against women, 24-year-old Arup Bhandari died in a hospital in Howrah, 16 km from Kolkata.
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One drowns, six missing in boat capsize
One woman drowned and six others, including a two year-old are reported missing after a country boat capsized today in Hooghly river near a ghat on Konnagar, about 14.5 km from Kolkata.
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"Ganga Flows Through Soul Of Bengal": PM Modi's Boat Ride On Hooghly River
The Prime Minister's visit comes as the state goes through the Assembly election process. The first phase of polling for the 294-member West Bengal Assembly took place on Thursday
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2 Women Caught Dumping Human Body Parts Into River In Kolkata
Two women were caught in north Kolkata's Ahiritola on Tuesday while allegedly dumping human body parts into the Hooghly river in a suitcase, police said.
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Bengal Names Kalyan Banerjee As Hooghly River Bridge Body Chief
In a reflection of the widening gap between him and the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, estranged senior minister Suvendu Adhikari has resigned from a state government corporation dealing a blow to the party's backchannel efforts to woo him back.
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Kolkata Man Beaten To Death, Cut Open With Razor Over 50 Lakh Loan: Cops
A 35-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by stone in Kolkata, his body cut open with shaving razor and then thrown into the Hooghly river over a financial tiff, police said on Friday.
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Fire Still Raging In Bagri Market, Firemen May Take Hours To Tame Flames
The fire that engulfed the famous Bagree Market in the central part of the city early on Sunday is still raging, with fire fighters saying it may take several hours to control the blaze.
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Goddess Durga's Idol Saves Three From Drowning In Ganga
Clinging to a wooden structure of an immersed idol of goddess Durga helped save three people who drifted away after high tide of river Ganga. They were rescued around 8 km away in the city today, police said.
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Exclusive: How Kolkata Is Building Tunnel Under Water For 60-Second Metro Ride
Two top-order tunnel boring machines, nicknamed Rachna and Prerna, are digging India's first ever under-the-river Metro tunnels in Kolkata at full speed. If all goes through, then one could take a Metro ride under the Hooghly river in December 2019.
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West Bengal Jetty Collapse Toll Rises To 13
Seven more bodies were fished out from the Hooghly river today, taking the toll of Wednesday's jetty collapse in Bhadreswar in Hooghly district to 13, police said.
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Iron Rods Used on His Head for Fighting Sexual Harassment. Today, He Died.
Five days after he was beaten up for asking a group of young men to stop their lewd comments against women, 24-year-old Arup Bhandari died in a hospital in Howrah, 16 km from Kolkata.
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One drowns, six missing in boat capsize
One woman drowned and six others, including a two year-old are reported missing after a country boat capsized today in Hooghly river near a ghat on Konnagar, about 14.5 km from Kolkata.
