Krishnanagar: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday named Alifa Ahmed, daughter of the late party MLA Nasiruddin Ahmed, as its candidate for the upcoming assembly by-election in Kaliganj, scheduled for June 19. Kaliganj is one of five assembly constituencies across four states where by-elections will be held on that day. Alifa…
Haringhata, May 22: Rakesh Parui, 32, a Trinamool Congress councillor from Ward-2 of Haringhata Municipality in Nadia district, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a party office near Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) on Thursday evening. According to police and eyewitness accounts, his body was discovered hanging from a…
Karimpur, May 22: A woman allegedly murdered her two minor sons by thrashing their heads with a rock hammer typically used for grinding cooking spices, in Anandapalli of Karimpur, Nadia, on Wednesday night. During initial questioning, the woman, claimed to be mentally unstable, reportedly told police that she was angered…
Karimpur, May 20: A devastating road accident early Tuesday morning claimed the lives of five individuals, including three women, when a Maruti van collided head-on with a bus near Kanthalia Math in Mahishbathan. The crash occurred on the Krishnanagar-Karimpur state highway. The victims were traveling in the Maruti van from…
Karimpur, May 19: Sejejul Haque Shah, alias Mithu, a prominent Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and deputy chief of the Karimpur-II panchayat samity in Nadia district, was arrested on Monday for allegedly firing at a police constable assigned to his personal security. The incident reportedly took place in the early hours…
Ranaghat, May 16: Just a day after Ranaghat erupted in joyous celebration over local mountaineer Subrata Ghosh’s triumphant conquest of Mount Everest, the town was plunged into profound grief on Friday morning. The news, a devastating blow, confirmed that Subrata, 42, had tragically passed away during his descent from the…
Tehatta, May 7: In a powerful display of both sorrow and resolute pride, the family of slain Para Commando Jhantu Ali Sheikh of Tehatta, Nadia, has hailed the Indian Army’s “Operation Sindoor,” a late-night precision strike against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), as a long-awaited act of…
Krishnanagar, April 28: In a significant development, the Election Commission (EC) of India has deleted 9,228 names from the electoral rolls of Nadia’s Kaliganj Assembly constituency during a special summary revision conducted between April 8 and 24 — an unusually high number that has sparked fresh debate over the presence…
Tehatta, April 26: Para Commando Jhantu Ali Sheikh returned to his native village of Patharghata in Nadia on Saturday morning, his body sealed in a coffin, his final homecoming marked by grief and pride. The 37-year-old hawaldar’s mission to defend the motherland ended on Wednesday when he was killed during…
Bagula, April 25: The Political Science Department of Srikrishna College, Bagula, in collaboration with the Career Counseling Cell and the College’s Alumni Association, organized a discussion on the preparation for the UPSC examination on Saturday, titled “Inclusive Training: Making Civil Services Accessible to All”. The discussion was held at the…