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2 Died As Lorry Overturned On NH12 Near Birohi

Haringhata, March 20: Two persons including a woman died when a lorry laden with jute had overturned and hit a roadside tea stall adjacent to NH12 at Ayeshpur-Dakghar in Barohi on Friday evening. Five persons who were having tea at the stall suffered serious injuries. They were rushed to JNM…


Covid19 Threat: Restrictions On Daily Darshan At ISKCON Mayapur

Mayapur, March 20: As a precautionary measure to contain the Coronavirus threat the Iskcon authorities have reduced the visiting time for the devotees and imposed a number of restrictions on entries to its temple premise in Mayapur from Thursday.  The measures include limited time for daily darshan of the deities…


MAKAUT Begins Manufacturing Hand Sanitizers For Free Distribution

A group of students, teachers, and officials of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) began manufacturing sanitizers at its laboratory for free distribution. The University authority took the initiative since the hand sanitizers went out of the market due to huge demand in the wake of the Covid 19…


Doctor Comes Without Mask, Skips Examining Suspected Covid 19 Patients

Karimpur, March 18: A medical team sent by the Nadia administration to examine four suspected patients with fever in Madhugari village of Karimpur-1 block had allegedly returned skipping the task claiming that they were not provided with any protective gears. Sources said, the team comprising doctors and health staff from…


Father Of First Covid 19 Positive Patient Flouted Precuationary Norms

Krishnagar, March 18: A day after the Bengal bureaucrat’s son tested positive with Covid 19, the state administration came to know that his father a doctor with Krishnagar Municipality had treated a number of patients in Krishnagar based private chambers and worked in close proximity with around half a dozen…


Coconut Trees Suffer Rugose Spiraling Whitefly Invasion

Krishnagar, March 17: A sudden invasion of Rugose Spiraling Whitefly (RSW), a species of pest largely on coconut trees has unfolded a sort of fresh panic among the residents in several parts of Nadia and North 24 Parganas amidst Covid 19 threat. During the past three days, a huge number…


HC Petition For Compensatory Plantation Along Chakdaha-Bongaon Road

Chakdaha, March 17: Two nature care activists have filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court seeking a directive to the state Public Works Department to stop the ongoing four-laning work of 27.44-km road stretch between Chakdaha and Bangaon unless it undertakes compensatory planting of trees. The duo has alleged…


Kalyani University Offers Fellowship For Research Works On Filmmaker Satyajit Ray

Kalyani, Feb. 20: Kalyani University authorities on Wednesday evening announced a fellowship dedicated after filmmaker Satyajit Ray.  Vice-chancellor professor Sankar Kumar Ghosh while speaking at the concluding day of a symposium Satyajit Ray announced this.  University authority claimed that this would be the first fellowship programme in memory of the…


Choumaha Will Always Remember Tapas Paul As Actor, Not The Politician

Choumaha, Feb. 18: Residents of Choumaha village in Nadia’s Nakashipasra will always remember actor Tapas Pal, but not the politician, who served them as two times MP. The residents in the village which changed the life of Tapas Pal for his infamous June 2014 ‘rape and kill’ speech mourned the…