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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
By Dr. Kaustav Chakraborty Alzheimer’s disease leads to the death of brain cells and also causes the shrinking of the brain. The disease commonly known as AD is the most common cause of dementia – a fatal gradual decline in memory, logical thinking, memory, behavioral patterns, and social skills, which…
Chakdaha, Sept. 18: Around five hundred families in Mosra-Nabapally village of Nadia’s Chakdaha have stopped accessing outside of their homes for over a month once sun sets in the afternoon, due to fear bite of Kalas snake (Common Krait). With the visibility of venomous snakes, like Kalas, has increased alarmingly…
Phulia, Sept. 15: Police on Friday arrested a BJP Mandal committee president from Nadia’s Phulia allegedly for beating up a businessman as he refused to contribute to the party fund to organize a public meeting of party leader Suvendu Adhikari. Businessman Sujan Joardar, who is also a social activist, lodged…