Hoogli River

A 40-year-old magician who went missing after being lowered into a river while tied up with chains and ropes in a Harry Houdini-inspired stunt is feared drowned, police said Monday.

In West Bengal, a 45-year-old man, who was caught throwing two bags allegedly containing body parts of a woman and her six-year-old daughter into the Ganga, has today been remanded to police custody for 12 days.

Two foreign ships - both cargo vessels - have collided 34 nautical miles from Kolkata on the Hooghly River.So far, no casualties or oil leaks are being reported from either ship.Green Valley of Bahamas was headed to Kolkata, while Tiger Spring of Gibraltar was on its way out. They hit each other at a spot called Hooghly Point- the narrowest point i...

The Sunfeast Avenue of Stars at the Millenneum Park by the banks of the Hoogly River in Kolkata has just gotten brighter.

A 40-year-old magician who went missing after being lowered into a river while tied up with chains and ropes in a Harry Houdini-inspired stunt is feared drowned, police said Monday.

In West Bengal, a 45-year-old man, who was caught throwing two bags allegedly containing body parts of a woman and her six-year-old daughter into the Ganga, has today been remanded to police custody for 12 days.

Two foreign ships - both cargo vessels - have collided 34 nautical miles from Kolkata on the Hooghly River.So far, no casualties or oil leaks are being reported from either ship.Green Valley of Bahamas was headed to Kolkata, while Tiger Spring of Gibraltar was on its way out. They hit each other at a spot called Hooghly Point- the narrowest point i...

The Sunfeast Avenue of Stars at the Millenneum Park by the banks of the Hoogly River in Kolkata has just gotten brighter.