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Young Doctor Thrashed For Puja Donation Delay in Phulia

Santipur, Nov. 12: A young doctor attached to a state government run hospital in Nadia’s Phulia was allegedly beaten up by a group of youths on Sunday morning as he failed to pay them Kali puja donation instantly on the spot since he forgot to take the wallet with him…


Man Arrested While Transferring Ration Items For Sale In Open Market

Birnagar, Nov. 11: Amid the ongoing probe into the ration scam in the state, Police in Nadia’s Birnagar arrested a person allegedly for transferring government-supplied fortified flour (Atta) and rice in sacks of local brands for sale to the retailers in the open market. Prasanta Roy, a small transporter, who…


Trinamul Councilor Arrested For Thrashing Civic Volunteer On NH12

Ranaghat, Nov. 10:  A lady Trinamul Congress councilor of Kalyani Municipality and a youth wing leader of the ruling party were arrested after they allegedly thrashed an on-duty civic volunteer as he stopped their SUV – a Renault Duster for entering a wrong lane at a diversion of NH12 in…


BSF Installs Beehives To Fencing To Combat Cattle Smuggling

Gede, Nov. 3: Border Security Force (BSF) has begun installing beehives to the smart fencing erected along the Indo-Bangladesh border in an attempt to combat the smuggling of cattle while at the same time helping the local villagers to generate livelihood. The installation of the beehives is part of an…


Kalyani Luminous Club Rejects Bengal Governor’s Durga Ratna Award

Kalyani, Oct. 25: Kalyani based Luminous Club that was chosen by the Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose for Durga Ratna award, has declined to accept the honor as a mark of protest for freezing of funds for rural job scheme by BJP led central government of which he is a…


Elderly BJP Activist Killed In Santipur

Santipur, Oct. 25: Adhir Sarkar, an elderly BJP activist was allegedly beaten to death by some suspected Trinamul Congress supporters at a rural market in Nadia’s Santipur on Wednesday night. The victim was the vice president of Booth -17 in Baro Jiakur village under Arbandi panchayat, where he lived.   Police…


Avigyan, Class XI Boy From Chinsurah Bagged National Intellectual Property Award

New Delhi/Chinsurah, Oct. 13: Avigyan Kishor Das, 16, a class XII student from Hooghly’s Chinsurah, became the first Bengali, to have conferred with the prestigious National Intellectual Property awards this year. Avigyan, a student of the science stream at the Hooghly Collegiate School in Chinsurah, was chosen for his commitment…


18 Students On Boat Trapped In Jungle Of Water Hyacinth For 9 Hours

Santipur, Oct. 13: 18 students were rescued by a combined team of National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence personnel on Friday evening after they remained trapped on a boat on a canal of the river Hooghly in Nadia’s Santipur for about nine hours since the morning as dense patches…