Kolkata, Oct. 14: In a major boost to West Bengal’s industrial and manufacturing landscape, Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL)—the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) arm of Reliance Industries—is set to establish an integrated food and beverage park in Nadia’s Haringhata. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that the foundation stone for the…
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at a puja pandal in Ranaghat on Tuesday. Pictures by Abhi Ghosh
Krishnanagar, Sept. 17: TMC MP Mahua Moitra has formally petitioned the United Nations (UN), alleging that senior Muslim bureaucratic and police officers in West Bengal were systematically excluded from official meetings and protocol duties during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent visits to the state, allegedly on account of their…
Tehatta, Sept. 16: TMC MP Mahua Moitra was allegedly pelted with eggs by BJP supporters on Wednesday afternoon in the Tehatta-I block area of Nadia district. The attack occurred as the Krishnanagar lawmaker was leaving a party meeting, sparking intense political friction and casting a shadow over local law enforcement’s…
TAHERPUR, Sept. 9: Police arrested a 53-year-old slaughterhouse worker early Wednesday for allegedly attacking a stray dog during mating with a meat-cutting dagger and severing part of its genitalia near the Taherpur fish market on Tuesday afternoon. The accused, Manik Das, a resident of B Block in Taherpur town, was…
Krishnanagar, Aug. 19: Trinamool’s Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra was on Wednesday faced with an arrest warrant from a Krishnanagar court after she repeatedly failed to appear before it in connection with a complaint alleging hate speech and remarks insulting the modesty of women. The Third Judicial Magistrate’s Court at Krishnanagar…
Krishnanagar, Aug. 17: Senior Congress leader and former MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday questioned the state government’s jail surveillance and security arrangements after allegations emerged that the murder of Pradesh Congress leader Anisur Rahman and his lawyer son Abu Sufian was ordered from inside Krishnanagar jail, where a Trinamool…
Krishnanagar, Aug. 16: Police on Sunday arrested three persons, including Fatema Bibi, Trinamool Congress chief of Haranagar panchayat, in connection with the murder of senior Pradesh Congress leader Anisur Rahman, 54, and his son Abu Sufian, 23. Sufian was a lawyer and scheduled to leave for London for additional studies…
Krishnanagar, Aug. 15: Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar Mahua Moitra has sought Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s intervention after she was allegedly asked to vacate the Nadia district circuit house in Krishnanagar late on Friday night, while a crowd gathered outside the premises raising “Jai Shri Ram” slogan verbally abusing…
Phulia, Aug. 13: In a landmark fusion of traditional craftsmanship and national symbolism, handloom weavers in Phulia, Nadia have created what is believed to be India’s first-ever unstitched national Tricolour woven as a single, seamless piece of fabric. Crafted on traditional Tangail fabric at a workshop in Phulia ahead of…