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Calcutta Doordarshan News Helps Parents To Trace Out Missing Son

Nakashipara, Sept. 16: A Driver of a multinational courier service from Ahiritola in Calcutta traced out his mentally unstable son while watching a news bulletin aired on Calcutta Doordarshan on Friday night. The 13 years boy Sahil Shaw who was reunited with his parents at a home in Nadia’s Nakashipara…


Meal For Expectant Mothers At ICDS Centre Only For Photo Op, Not To Eat

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…



8 Stray Dogs Poisoned To Death In Bethuadahari

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…



Students, Teachers Angry With India’s First Transgender Principal Manabi Bandopadhyay

Krishnanagar: First transgender principal of India Professor Manabi Bandopadhyay has ignited a major resentment among the students and teachers in her college since she suspended a popular Mathematics teacher allegedly going beyond her jurisdiction. Condemning the suspension the students and teachers of the Krishnanagar Women’s College on Friday took on…


Elderly Man Lured To Smoke And Killed For Gold Chain

Taherpur, Sept. 11: An unemployed youth who happens to be the son of a catholic catechist of a church, allegedly killed his 75 year old neighbour on Sunday night in Nadia’s Taherpur Christian Para to snatch his gold chain and finger rings luring him for a cigarette which was prohibited for…


Businessman Gets Threat Letter With Bullet Inside

Karimpur, June 3: Police have started investigation on a complaint by a businessman who allegedly received an extortion letter on Saturday night with a bullet enclosed inside the envelope threatening to kill his 15 year old Madhyamik examinee son unless he paid the money. The fictitious writer of the letter…


Student Accidentally Hit With Cricket Bat, Died

Kalyani, April 23: In a bizarre incident a second year student of a private optometry college in Kalyani had died after one of his batch mates accidentally hit a cricket bat on his head. The incident occurred on Sunday evening when the bat apparently slipped off the batsman’s hand and…


Youth Beaten To Death By Girl’s Family Over Affair

Kaliganj, Feb. 15: A 21 year old youth from Nadia’s Kaliganj was beaten up to death allegedly by the family members of a girl with whom he was having an affair. The incident occurred on Monday evening. Subrata Halder, a resident of Matiary-Tiley Para, had succumbed to the injuries late on…