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ডাক সাঁকারী : জমির “সাধ” ভক্ষণের কৃষি পার্বণ

– পার্থ চট্টোপাধ্যায় বাংলার চাষিদের কাছে জমি হলেন “মা”। “মেয়ে”। মেয়ের কন্যা ধান। ধানে যখন দুধ আসে তখন তারও “সাধ ভক্ষণ” দেওয়া হয় আজকের দিনটিতে। এই উৎসবকে বলে “ডাক সাকরাণ”। দুটি বা একগুচ্ছ ধানের গাছের কাছে কলার ফাতনা দিয়ে পাঁকাটির তিনটি কাঠিকে যুক্ত করে কচু পাতার ওপর দেওয়া হয় ফল…


2 Cousins Drown In Hooghly During Post Death Rituals Of Grandfather

Chakdaha, Nov. 13: Two cousins in their early twenties drowned while taking holy dips in the river Hooghly after performing a ritual in connection with demise of their grandfather in Nadia’s Chakdah on Saturday morning. Divers engaged by the district administration traced out body of one of the girls, identified…


‘Caste Bias’ Denies Rehabilitation To Erosion Victims In Chakdaha

Chakdaha, Aug. 29: At least 16 families of ‘Dom’ community in Gournagar area of Nadia’s Chakdaha who either lost their home due to erosion of the Hooghly river bank or facing the threat were denied rehabilitation on government land by the local panchayat authorities because of opposition by a section…


Protective Works Begin To Save Erosion Prone River Banks

Santipur, June 27: The state government has taken up protective works in the erosion-prone areas of river banks in six districts so that a difficult situation likely to emerge upon due to monsoon could be tackled effectively. With the continued spate of intermittent rain that has led to fresh erosion…


Gharial Trapped In Fishing Net In Chakdaha

Chakdaha, May 17: A mature fish-eating crocodile, commonly known as ‘Gharial’ was trapped in a fishing net on the river Hooghly in Raninagar area of Chakdah town during the early hours of Sunday morning. Fishermen Subhash Biswas and Dipankar Sarkar who were sailing a fishing boat on Hooghly spreading a…


Avigyan’s ‘SAVE’ Can Stop Train If Driver Suffers Heart Attack

Kalyani, March 13: A class seven boy of Hooghly Collegiate School has developed a device that can automatically stop a running train to avert a possible accident in case the driver suffers a cardiac arrest and collapses being unconscious. Chinsura’s Avigyan Kishor Das’s device, titled “Safety and Alert for Vulnerable Emergency” (SAVE)…


WB Govt To Launch ‘Ro-Ro’ Boat Service Between Kalyani And Bansberia

Kalyani, March 11: Bengal government would soon launch ‘Roll-on-Roll-off’ (“Ro-Ro”) boat service between Kalyani and Bansberia over river Hooghly to ferry trucks and heavy loaded vehicles since it has decided to stop plying of heavy vehicles over the 30 year old Iswar Gupta Bridge from April owing to its poor…


New Ishwar Gupta Bridge To Add Beauty To 21Km Long Mogra-Barojaguli Flyover

Kalyani, Jan. 15: The 21km flyover that would link Mogra (Hooghly) with NH12 near Barajaguli in Nadia will have a 714-meter long six lane ‘extradosed’ bridge of artistic look designed by Danish designing giant COWI. The new bridge, which is set to come up soon over the river Hooghly parallel to the existing one, has…


2 Students Escaped School, Drowned In Hooghly River

Chakdaha, July 17: Bodies of two class twelve students, who drowned in the Hooghly river on Monday afternoon, were recovered on Tuesday evening from two different locations near Sannyalchar area of Chakdaha. Jyotirmoy Ghosh and Utpalentdu Singha, both aged about 18, drowned in Hooghly when they were taking bath at…


‘Killfie’ Craze: Motorcyclist Dies While Filming Ride Video

Santipur, March 17: Craze for an ambitious picture while riding a motorcycle claimed life of a second year polytechnic student in Nadia’s Santipur on Friday evening. Subhranil De (19), a mechanical engineering student at Hooghly’s Saroj Mohan Institute of Technology   (SMIT), died on Guptipara ghat road as he lost control…