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Road Trouble For School Children In Kalyani

Kalyani, March 7: A 200-meter dilapidated road stretch adjacent to an English medium primary school in Kalyani has become a blemish causing embarrassment to the local civic administration, as the tiny toddlers find it tough to reach their school walking over it. But since it failed to react by repairing the road even in…


Miscreants Molest Girl, Confined Her At Home, Beat Up Parents

Chakdaha, March 2:    Miscreants allegedly kept a BA second year girl and his Madhyamik candidate brother confined at their home since Friday afternoon beating up their parents in a bid to evict them from their residence over a land dispute in Nawda-Durgapur village under Chanduria-1 panchayat of Chakdaha. Miscreants had…


Holi Carnival To Raise Fund For Sanitary Pads At Schools

Kalyani, March 1: A Kalyani based social welfare organization today arranged a carnival on the occasion of Holi with an entry fee to donate sanitary pad vending machines for the girls at three schools in the neighborhood using the fund it garnered for the occasion. Members of US, saved about…


Student Died During Train Selfie Stunt

Ranaghat, Feb. 28: Raj Bhakta, a student of class XII at Purnanagar high school in Dhantala, died this afternoon while taking a selfie using his mobile phone with a fast approaching train on his background. Raj who stepped on railway tracks died on the spot as a Ranaghat bound train…


‘Padman’ Show For Girls For Menstrual Hygiene Awareness

Krishnanagar, Feb. 28: In an attempt to develop concept of menstrual hygiene, a group of 214 young girls and women living East Burdwan’s Purbasthali (East) block were shown Hindi film “Padman” at a Cineplex today in Krishnanagar. The team included School girl, members of self help groups as well as…


Civic Volunteer Marries Destitute Girl

Krishnanagar, Feb. 28: Nadia district administration today arranged marriage of a 20 year old girl from Siliguri who was forced to escape from home being tortured by her step mother and rescued by police near Gede. Asha Das of Baghajatin colony today tied the marital knot with Buddhadeb Biswas, a…


Rotten Rice In Ration Shops: Blame Game Begins

Krishnanagar, Feb. 28: The Nadia district administration has asked the ration dealers in the district to “check” quality of rice and food grains while receiving the same from the distributors. The district administration, embarrassed with large number of complaints for distribution rotten rice, has also asked the dealers not to…


Howrah Youth On Roller Skates Spreading Road Safety Message

Krishnanagar, Feb. 26: A 30 year old tailor from Howrah’s Chengail has been travelling to district riding over his roller skates through the busy roads like Kona Expressway, Durgapur Expressway and National Highway appealing the drivers and motorcyclist to drive safe to save own life and others. Partha Bhattacharjee launched…


Father Tom Apologized For Video Message Words

Krishnanagar, Feb. 25: Father Tom Uzhannalil, an Indian catholic priest kidnapped in Yemen during March 2016 by IS backed rebels and rescued during September last year, today apologized for his words in the video message during captivity that apparently hurt the Indians. An employee of the Vatican, the 59 year…


Miscreants Vandalized Bust Of Kargil War Martyr

Kaliganj, Feb. 22: The students Sapjola Deshbandhu high school in Nadia’s Kaliganj were burst into anger on Thursday as unidentified miscreants on Wednesday night entered their school campus and allegedly vandalized the bust of Premananda Chanda, a former student of their school and a sepoy of the Indian Army’s artillery…