A cruise on the Hooghly will take visitors to Serampore and Chandernagore every Saturday and Sunday. The 11-hour ride, which will have its inaugural run on February 14, will cost Rs 350 and will have...

A building along the Hooghly where the seeds of modern education in Bengal were sown under the tutelage of William Carey and two other British missionaries has slipped into decay unnoticed and uncared...

Seven Lok Sabha seats in Bengal will vote on Monday in the fifth phase of the general election. The Election Commission has directed officials to arrange two quick response teams (QRTs) for each polic...

Hooghly Imambara, ChinsurahLearning quotient: A prime example of Islamic architecture in Bengal by the river Hooghly.Imambara, a place where people assemble, was built in the memory of Hazi Mohammed M...

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The perimeter wall of a cemetery where 18th century missionary and educator William Carey was interred in Serampore, in Hooghly district, has been smashed allegedly to dump construction materials on t...

A retired upper division government clerk was arrested in Serampore, Hooghly, earlier this week on the charge of cheating people by promising them government jobs in exchange of money.Anjan Sengupta, ...

Four centuries ago, the settlements along the Hugli river or Hooghly as it is called now — a branch of the mighty Ganges — attracted maritime traders from as many as five European nations, turning...

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