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…
Haringhata, Feb. 19: A four member team of eCommerce giant Flipkart has urged the Nadia administration to clear all sorts of encroachments and agricultural works from the 100-acre land in Birahi area of Haringhata which the state government has allotted them for setting up a its proposed logistic hub. The Flipkart…
Ranaghat, Feb. 19: Abhijit Pundari, suspected killer of Krishnaganj’s Trinamul MLA Satyajit Biswas, on Tuesday claimed that he has been falsely implicated by police in the murder case due to political reasons. He said this inside additional chief judicial magistrate’s court in Ranaghat where he was produced by a CID…
Krishnanagar, Feb. 18: A joint team of Nadia Police and CID have arrested Abhijit Pundari (26), prime accused in Trinamul MLA Satyajit Biswas’s murder case from South Eastern Railway’s Radhamohanpur station near Debra in West Midnapur district on Monday morning. A special team of eight cops, who were closely following…
Palashipara, Feb. 16: The body of slain CRPF jawan Sudip Biswas arrived late on Saturday evening in Hanspukuria village of Palashipara after an inordinate delay of about 12 hours since it was originally scheduled. Nevertheless, a crowd of about five thousand villagers waited with impeccable patience since the morning to…
Tehatta, Feb. 15: For 27 year old CRPF constable Sudip Biswas of Nadia’s Tehatta, his dream to build a house for his elderly parents remained unfulfilled forever. The young constable attached to 98 Battalion of CRPF died in terrorist attack in Kashmir on Thursday barely within two hours when he…
Ranaghat, Feb. 15: Police have arrested an elderly ‘Mandal’ committee president of Bharatiya Janata Party as well and one of the FIR accused in connection with the murder of Trinamul’s Krishnaganj MLA Satyajit Biswas during the wee hours Friday morning. Police claimed that accused BJP leader has confessed his involvement…
Krishnanagar, Feb. 13: In the wake of murder of Trinamul’s Krishnaganj MLA Satyajit Biswas, Nadia district police administration has asked the cops to don khaki uniform while performing duties as personal security to the MLAs and MPs in the district. The district police administration has issued a circular this week…