Kalyani, March 11: Bengal government would soon launch ‘Roll-on-Roll-off’ (“Ro-Ro”) boat service between Kalyani and Bansberia over river Hooghly to ferry trucks and heavy loaded vehicles since it has decided to stop plying of heavy vehicles over the 30 year old Iswar Gupta Bridge from April owing to its poor…
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced that elections to constitute 17th Lok Sabha would be held in seven phases which beginning from April 11. Lok Sabha Polls for the 42 seats in Bengal to begin from the same day and to be completed on May 19 in…
Haringhata, March 3: State government on Sunday handed over cheques of compensation to 121 farmers who have been cultivating on s piece of 100 acre land in Nadia’s Haringhata which ecommerce giant Flipkart had procured to set up a logistic hub. The payment of compensation to the farmers ensured a…
Kalyani, March 1: Health condition of Matua community chief Binapani Devi (102), continued to be critical on Friday with respiratory problem owing serious lung infection coupled with fever that she has been suffering for about past few days. The elderly matriarch of the religious organisation was admitted to Kalyani based…
Kalyani, Feb. 28: 102 year old matriarch of Matua community Binapani Devi has been admitted to Kalyani based Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital on Thursday night in serious condition. A team of some close family members along with a doctor rushed her to the hospital in Kalyani at about 9pm with fever…
Chakdah, Feb. 28: A Trinamul youth wing leader hacked to death inside an orchard barely two hundred meters away from his home by one of his neighbors in Nadia’s Chakdah on Thursday afternoon. Police said, Sudhin Som (45), party’s youth wing president of Ward-12, was summoned from home by suspected…
Mayapur, Feb. 25: To help devotees interested to visit its temples in Mayapur on the occasion of ensuing Gaud Purnima festival set to begin this week, the Iskcon authorities will operate direct cruise services from Kolkata to Mayapur Ghat from February 28. The special cruise, titled as ‘Jaladuta1’ will run…
Mayapur, Feb. 24: A large number of devotees celebrated the 146th holy appearance day of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Swaraswati Thakur Prabhupad with pomp and enthusiasm in Nadia’s Mayapur on Sunday. The day is otherwise celebrated as Sri Vyas Puja Mahotsava. Sri Saraswat Gaudiya Vaishnav Sangha, a body of all the…
Taherpur, Feb. 20: In an incident that apparently caused sheer embarrassment to the West Bengal Government, a Kashimiri shawl seller was ruthlessly beaten up by a violent mob in Nadia’s Taherpur for his alleged inflammatory comment on the Pulwama terrorist attack on CRPF convoy in last week. The incident came as…
Mayapur, Feb. 19: Eminent industrialist and JSW group chairman Sajjan Jindal will ‘help’ the Iskcon authorities in Mayapur in its flagship project ‘Chaitanya Cultural World Heritage Centre’. Iskcon authorities in Mayapur said, the industrialist met Iskcon’s Alfred Ford alias Ambaris Das on Sunday and has agreed to be a part of the…