Articles by NFN Network

Fire Fighter Arrested For Hate Post In Social Media

NfN NETWORK Karimpur, July 7: An auxiliary worker of West Bengal fire services posted at Karimpur fire station was arrested today by a team of Bidhannagar police commissionerate for an alleged communal hate post in social media. The accused was identified as Ahmed Hosssain Seikh (34), a resident Raopara area…


Goldsmith Shot At, Jewelry Snatched In Ranaghat

NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, July 6: An elderly goldsmith was shot at from close range by unidentified miscreants when he tried to prevent a snatching bid by them in Purnanagar area of Ranaghat town on Thursday night. One of the bullets hit the goldsmith’s right foot. The incident occurred when the…


Baul On Bicycle To Spread Kanyashree Honor From Hague

NfN NETWORK Santipur, July 4: The success of Kanyashree scheme that earned United Nation’s public service award for chief minister Mamata Banerjee from The Hague has found new words on the lips of a baul from East Burdwan. Swapan Dutta, 51, a devoted baul singer from Burdwan’s Khaja Anwar Behr…


Durga Puja Committee Vows To Help Girl To Fight Cancer

NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, July 3: Members of a Durga puja committee in Ranaghat today handed over Rupees 25000 to a girl suffering from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer, and also vowed to provide her with more support later during the puja by curtailing expenses so that she could continue…


Lord Jagannath Returns To Iskcon’s Rajapur Temple

SUBROTO BISWAS Mayapur, July 3: The devotees today celebrated Ulta Rath festival, the return journey of Lord Jagannath from Gundicha, with fervour and gaiety at the Keertan capital of the world and spiritual headquarter of Iskcon in Mayapur of Nadia. To mark the occasion the devotees were busy preparing various…


Homemaker Raped, Blackmailed; Jumped Into Churni

NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, July 3: A 35 year old homemaker from Ranaghat, who was allegedly raped by one of her neighboring youths, today tried to end her life by jumping into Churni from the top of a bridge over the river Churni in Ranaghat being unable to bear the threat…


3 Workers Die In Chapra Septic Tank

NfN NETWORK Chapra, July 2: Three construction workers suffocated to death in an under construction septic tank in Nadia’s Chapra today morning. The bizarre incident occurred at the house of one Ranjit Singh Yadav, a milk supplier, at about 10am when the three workers climbed down into the 15-ft deep…


Fake Dentist Arrested In Chakdaha

NfN NETWORK Chakdaha, July 2: Police today arrested a fake dentist from his chamber in Gorachandtala area of Nadia’s Chakdaha. Accused ‘doctor’ identified as Swapan Sarkar, has been practicing for long claiming to be a ‘Bachelor of Dental Surgery’ (BDS). A resident of Tantla area, Swapan was produced before the…


‘Nature First’ Begins Week Long Tree Planting Programme

NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, July 1: Nature first, a nature lovers’ organization, today organized a tree-planting programme at the Rabindranath Tagore Sesquicentennial auditorium compound in Ranaghat town. The programme was organized to mark the week-long “Van Mahotsav” programme that commenced today. The “Van Mahotsav” is an annual tree planting programme that…