Chakdaha, Nov. 22: The 4th Chakdaha Book Fair is all set to begin from December 9 at the Nabaraun Samity ground in the town. The six days long event will be concluded on December 14 with a gala cultural programme. The fair will be inaugurated by state education minister Partha…
Aranghata, Nov. 22: A BA first year girl apparently from Nadia’s Aranghata ended her life after she was rebuked and admonished by her elder brother as she forget the personal identification number (PIN) of his debit card which he had given to her to withdraw money for him. Purnima Sarkar…
Phulia, Nov. 20: To mark Bengal’s win over Odhisha securing the Geographical Indication tag of Rasogolla, a social organization in Nadia’s Phulia made giant Rasogolla weighing about 8kg on Sunday night. The members of the Junior 100 foundation, who organized the celebration at the same time, paid their tribute to…
Gede, Nov. 19: Two years ago Mohammed Mamunur Rashid (37), a farmer from Rajsahi in Bangladesh, was found loitering in Mahatpur village of Nadia’s Chapra close to Indo-Bangladesh border. His clothes tattered and his memory was lost. A patrolling team of Border Security Force caught him and handed him over to…
Nabadweep: A 52 year old woman from Nadia’s Nabadweep today killed her alcoholic husband by hitting him with a digger apparently being failed to bear the alleged torture by him. Kajal Pal of Kutirpara, a daily wage earner rushed to Nabadweep police station and surrendered before the police officials a…
Krishnaganj, Nov. 17: The traders from Nadia and adjacent Bangladeshi district Chuadanaga today demanded restoration of an abandoned stretch of 3-km road connecting Nadia’s Tungi and Chuadanaga’s Daulatganj which they claimed could come up as a viable alternative route to bring Dhaka closer to Kolkata reducing the road distance by over…
Santipur, Nov. 16: A thick cover of water hyacinth infested over a stretch of about 2-square kilometre stretch of a canal of Ganga under Baghanchra panchayat in Nadia’s Santipur has made at least four village almost inaccessible. Water hyacinth is an invasive fast growing aquatic weed that surfaces on water bodies and form…
Ranaghat, Nov. 15: People in Ranaghat today celebrated Bengal’s victory over Odhisa on Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Rasogolla. Members of Nadia Swadhinata Dibas Udjapan Committee with the support of Ranaghat Municipality today distributed more than 2000 rosogollas among people in the town. Pedestrians and others got sweet surprises when…
Hogolberia, Nov. 14: Border Security Force personnel attached to 43Battalion seized 12kg of ganja while being smuggled to India through a porous point of Indo-Bangladesh border near Meghna border outpost under Hogolberia police station in Nadia. BSF sources said that a team of BSF personnel patrolling along the border spotted…
Nabadweep, Nov. 14: Police have today arrested a BA final year student of English honors of Nabadweep College allegedly for uploading some private photographs of her estranged wife, one of her classmates, creating a fake facebook account in her name that eventually led her to commit suicide out of humiliation….