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Celebrations Begin Again In Nadia With Jagadhatri Puja
The Jagadhatri idol of Krishnanagar Bowbazar Barowari Puja Committee being decorated with the gold made ornaments weighing over 10kg on Friday night. The festivities resumed in Nadia again with the Jagadhatri puja. the maximum number of pujas are held in Krishnanagar, where it is traditionally celebrated for two days –…
Senior Journalist Dipankar Bhattacharya Passes Away
Krishnanagar, Oct. 26: Senior journalist Dipankar Bhattacharya, working as a Nadia district correspondent with Bengali daily ‘Dainik Sambad”, passed away on Thursday afternoon at Saktinagar district hospital in Krishnanagar. He was 52 and is survived by his wife and a daughter. His last rites were done late in the evening at…
Villagers Block Road Alleging Police Inaction Over Homemaker’s Death
Taherpur, Oct. 26: Family members and relatives of a Tumpa Biswas, a homemaker, who was found hanging under mysterious circumstances in last week at her in-laws house in Barasat village of Taherpur, today blocked Ranaghat-Krishnanagar state highway in front of Taherpur police station accusing the police of inaction on their…
Bed Ticket Lost, Patient Died As Treatment Delayed
Kalyani, Oct. 26: Relatives of Situ Swarnakar, a youth from Nadia’s Chakdaha who died at JNM Hospital in Kalyani on Wednesday evening have alleged that the patient could not be administered any medicine by the doctor for about an hour when he was gasping because the attending nurse in the…
Houses, Land Lost In Fresh Erosion Of Hooghly In Chakdaha
Chakdaha, Oct. 26: At least ten houses and over 2 Bigha agricultural lands lost over past 24 hours in Sannyalchar village of Chakdaha due to severe erosion of embankment of Hooghly River. The district administration has urged the local people to shift to safer places and sent relief materials for…
Nadia Trinamul Leader Duped, 3 Held By Titagarh Police
Barrackpur/Krishnanagar, 25: Two prominent Trinamul Congress leaders one each from Nadia and North 24Parganas fell victim to three youths, who allegedly cheated the one by impersonating the other and decamped with Rs.1.5lakh in cash. The Titagarh Police have arrested Bapi De and two of his aides Rahul Yadav and Somnath Pal…
Tortured By Son Elderly Man Seeks Police Help
Gayeshpur, Oct. 24: A helpless 75-year-old man has requested the Kalyani Police and the sub divisional officer of Kalyani to get him justice as he has been brutally beaten up and thrown out of his own house by his youngest son and daughter-in-law because he refused to make him the…
CHWO Distributes Winter Garments In Char Meghna
Char Meghna, Oct. 22: Community Human Welfare Organization (CHWO), a Kolkata based voluntary organization working for the poor, destitute and lunatics, today distributed cloth and winter garments among 600 financially weaker villagers living in Hobolberia’s Char Meghna village in collaboration with Sanlaap, a non-governmental organization developing awareness among people living…
Governor Concerned Over Degradation Of Agricultural Resources
Mohanpur, Oct. 23: Bengal Governor Kesharinath Tripathy today expressed his concern over the degradation of agricultural resources like soil, water and other factors associated with productivity that has been affecting the crop production in the country. Speaking at the 20th convocation of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya as the Chancellor of…