Santipur, May 21: Amit Ghosh and Moumita Ghosh, a newly married couple from Nadia’s Santipur marked the reception of their wedding ceremony on Friday by distributing meal packets to over 100 needy persons who have been suffering a survival crisis due to the Covid situation. Amit, 37, a contractual worker…
Chakdah, Jan. 3: Two Kolkata based young women entrepreneurs setting up an export-oriented food processing and preservation unit on a 49 bigha land adjacent to NH12 in Nadia’s Chakdah have been forced to suspend work due to a threat by a group miscreant for their unsatisfied extortion attempt. The company…
As per the legend, after his arrival his chariot (Rath) at Sundarachal, Lord Jagannath stays there for seven days before the return journey (Ulta rath) to Neelachal on the eighth day. During his stay at the holy Sundarachal where he remains in seclusion and enjoys pastimes, he is offered special…
Santipur, April 10: 36 crew of a private vessel management company were denied to land at the Guptipara ghat in Santipur since the local villagers have forced them to remain confined on board on the Hooghly river without food and water for past nine days fearing that they could spread…
Santipur, July 28: Nearly a dozen expectant mothers were allegedly asked to pose for photographs before a nutritious platter before being asked to leave with a packet of ‘Dim-Bhat’ (Egg-Rice) during an awareness programme on nutrition for mothers and children organised by the West Bengal Government at an ICDS centre…
Bethuadahari, June 4: At least eight stray dogs were suspected to have been killed by unidentified persons by feeding them meat laced with poison in Nadia’s Bethuadahari on Monday night. The local residents in Khidirpur village near Bethuadahari were shocked to see that the dogs are lying dead at several…
Ranaghat, Jan. 17: A 45 year old homemaker in Nadia’s Ranaghat gave a special treat to her neighbors and to about 200 street dogs in the town to celebrate the 5th anniversary of her pet Pusu on Wednesday night. While she welcomed the neighbors with snacks and coffee at home, her real “guests”,…
Krishnanagar, Aug. 17: 59 year’s Majid Seikh, head cook at Krishnagar Circuit house in Nadia can still recollects how he felt a dilemma to plan food for Atal Behari Vajpayee for his one night stay in the town during a poll campaign in September 1999 when he was the caretaker…
Krishnanagar, May 23: Krishnanagar Municipality authorities on Wednesday announced a temporary ban on sale of meat based cooked food items, particularly biriyani in the town for indefinite period as during an inspection it’s officials found that rotten meats were preserved in freezers of several eateries and restaurants for preparing different…
Kalyani, April 26: A retired supervisor of Gayeshpur based Multi Disciplinary Training Centre , was arrested from his home in Kalyani late Thursday night by South 24Pargana police for his alleged nexus with the noxious meat racket that was busted on Thursday. Police said that accused Manik Mukherjee (62), who…
