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Bangladeshi Boy Rescued In Santipur

Santipur, April 20: Police have rescued a 13 year old Bangladeshi boy from Kalnaghat area of Santipur town late on Thursday night.   Police sources said that the boy who has identified himself as Mohammed Ashiq, son of Mohammed Saiful, a resident of Kamalpur in Dhaka, was handed over to “Child Line”,…



Sannyasi Held For Sexually Abusing Boys

Nabadweep, April 19: A 70 year old Sannyasi (hermit) was arrested on Thursday morning allegedly for sexually harassing two class seven boys in Nadia’s Mayapur. Padmanabha Maharaj, whose earlier name was Madhusudan Kundu, was arrested from his ashram on the basis of a complaint lodged by mother of one of…


School Girl Left Home Protesting Marriage; Rescued By BDO

Kaliganj, April 18: Block Development Officer of Nadia’s Kaliganj Nazir Hossain today rescued a girl, after she rushed in to her school seeking shelter and refused to return home knowing that her father has fixed her marriage to a Doha based youth ignoring her desire wish to ready further. The…


Chandana Yatra Festival Begins At Iskcon In Mayapur

Mayapur, April 18: Braving the heat a large number of devotees of Iskcon have been attending the Samadhi temple regularly to render their devotional services to Lord Jagannath on the occasion of holy “Chandana Yatra” festival that has begun from Wednesday in Mayapur. The occasion also known as the “Boat…


Elderly Man Killed During Clash Over Eveteasing

Chakdah: An elderly farmer had died when he was hit by a bamboo pole amidst a clash between two groups of youths that broke out over teasing some school girls in Nadia’s Chakdah on Tuesday evening. The victim, Taher Biswas, a resident of Sahispur-Gohora village was rushed to Jawaharlal Nehru…


Sunil Pal Took 8 Days To Return To Trinamul

Krishnanagar, April 16: Sunil Pal (alias Kesto), a Nadia Zilla Parishad member elected on Trinamul ticket, who joined BJP on April 8, returned to Trinamul Congress on Monday appearing at the party’s head office in Kolkata. Pal, who was disgruntled with the Trinamul’s Nadia leadership received BJP’s party flag from…


Massive Wartime GP Bombs Found In Hanshkhali Pond

Hanshkhali, April 15: Two unexploded bombs, look quite similar to “general purpose bombs” (GP Bomb)  used by air force weighing approximately over 200kg were discovered during reclamation of a pond in Choto-Chupria village of Hanskhali on Sunday. The vintage bombs, which are approximately 75 years old, considering its initial look…


IPL Betting Racket Busted In Kalyani; 3 Arrested

Kalyani, April 15: The Kalyani Police arrested three bookies from on Saturday night for accepting bets for the ongoing IPL matches. The suspects, were arrested on the basis of a tip of from Gayeshpur and Dumdum Cantonment while they were accepting bets during the match between Mumbai Indians  and Delhi Daredevils. …