India and Pakistan have never been friends, but the war they fought in 1965 actually ended up benefiting the hundreds of thousands of people who commute daily between Kolkata and Howrah, the two ...

A ferry service between two ghats across the Hooghly was suspended after a floating landing platform of a jetty in Howrah district was damaged by the thrust of the river water during high tide. HOWRAH ...

Howrah: Both yellow taxis and app cabs were unavailable at Howrah station, but what lessened the woes of commuters to some extent was that they could take AC bus and ferry services from a stone’s ...

On a sultry summer day, a pocket-friendly and breezy journey from one part of the city to the other may sound like a dream in other cities, but not in Kolkata. Avoiding the noisy traffic and ...

The second largest city of West Bengal, Howrah, is Kolkata’s twin city. Chief among the places of interest for the wandering traveler is the iconic cantilever Howrah Bridge. It is is the sixth-longest ...