Articles by NFN Network

Mustard Cultivation Near Indo-Bangla Border Faces BSF Objection

Krishnanagar, Dec. 8: The farmers live close to Indo-Bangladesh border areas in Nadia and Murshidabad district who were advised to cultivate mustard by state government as an alternative to wheat, are encountered with serious objections from the Border Security Force. The state government in August declared ‘wheat holiday’ in these two…


Encroachers Attack Labourers, Stall Anjana River Reform Works

Taherpur, Dec. 8: The initiative by the Nadia administration to clear the obstructions and encroachment from the 45km dry course of of the Anjana river that flows through the district faced a jolt today as armed miscreants engaged by encroachers allegedly attacked around 50 labouers, mostly women, when they were…


Acid Burn Victim’s Family Appeals Mamata To Ensure Security

Dhantala, Nov.7: A farmer from Nadia’s Dhantala has made an appeal to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Director General of Police and Nadia’s police Superintendent requesting them to arrest a person, accused of fatally injuring his wife by throwing acid along with his father, as the Dhantala police did never bother…


Couple Postpones Feuneral Demanding Fresh Probe For Son’s Death

Dhantala, Dec. 5: Family members and relatives of a youth from Nadia’s Dhantala who died on Sunday night in a motor cycle accident, have refused to conduct his funeral demanding a fresh post mortem and a probe suspecting foul play behind his death. Unhappy with the “accident” theory of the…


Rs.85.70Lakhs Withdrawn From Government Account By Forged IDBI Cheque

Kaliganj, Dec. 3. : Nadia Police has started a probe on the basis of a complaint by the Nadia district administration after it found that one cheque from a cheque book issued to Kaliganj Panchayat Samity by IDBI Bank’s Krishnanagar branch was used at least two times and in one occasion…


Rice Ceremony At Hospital For Baby Born To Mentally Unstable Mom

Krishnanagar, Dec. 1: A four months old female child born to an abandoned and mentally unstable woman, who was being raised by the staff and nurses attached to the sick newborn care unit (SNCU) of Krishnanagar Sadar Hospital was given her first rice today – an annaprashan in a formal…


Students of Ranaghat ‘Convent Of Jesus And Mary” Staged ‘Prem Dhara”

Around 1000 students of ‘Convent of Jesus and Mary’ performed in a musical play based on life of Saint Claudine Thevet,  mother foundress of their congregation on the occasion of the bicentenary of foundation of the congregation at the school campus  Ranaghat town on Thursday night. The celebration was concluded…


Iskcon’s Bhakti Vedanta National School Organised Science & Craft Fair

Mayapur, Dec. 1: Bhakti Vedanta National School of ISKCON in Mayapur  organised a Science and Crafts fair on Friday at school campus where more than 200 students of different classes took part actively. Around 50 projects on various fields of science focussing the traditional means of agriculture, earthquake, solar panels,…


High Court Directs MEA, Police To Rescue Girl From Bangladesh

Nov. 29: The Calcutta High Court today asked the Ministry of External Affairs to submit a report about the steps it has taken so far to locate and to repatriate a 19 year college going girl from Nadia’s Tehatta who has been allegedly abducted and kept captive in Bangladesh. Justice Debangsu…


DST Nominates IISER-Kolkata Professor For Swarnajayanti Fellowship

Mohonpur, Nov. 29: Rahul Banerjee, an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata has been nominated for the prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship 2016-2017 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The Swarnajayanti Fellowships are bestowed upon only a few young scientists…