Sakdaha, Sept. 24: A Durga puja committee in Nadia’s Sakdaha today portrayed slain journalist turned activist Gauri Lankesh as Goddess Durga while enacting a folk drama titled ‘Mahishasuramardini’ that was staged as part of the inaugural ceremony of this year’s festival. Glorifying the sacrifice of the elderly journalist the organizers…
Kalyani, Sept. 22: A new modern fish market for the people of Kalyani was inaugurated today by state fisheries minister Chandranath Sinha. The new market has been constructed at the Market No.2 in theb town, dismantling the old market by Kalyani Municipality with the financial support of Benfish, an organisation…
Kolkata, Sept. 20: Former Indian women’s cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami is the latest sports personality to be added to the list of Hindi biopic set to be made in Bollywood very soon. The story of Jhulan to be portrayed in a Hindi movie to be directed by Bengali film…
Sept. 20: Bikers without helmet riding recklessly may get this festive season spoiled as the police would be on road to carry out extensive checking and crackdown. So put the helmet on head, ride carefully and never dare to make any lewd gesture to women to avoid being caught and prosecuted….
Kalyani, Sept. 19: A polytechnic student died today morning and his teen-aged friend of class nine was critically injured in Nadia’s Kalyani as they were hit by a train while taking selfie standing on railway track. The incident occurred near a level crossing (T-42) in Anandanagar area close to Kalyani…
Krishnanagar, Sept. 18: One person earned critical burn injuries when a mysterious explosion ripped off a part of the basement of a house located on a by-lane off DL Roy road in Krishnanagar on Monday evening. The injured person, identified as Goutam Das (35), a resident of Dhubulia who used…
East Bengal: 2 (Mahmoud Al Amna 2, Willis Plaza 88) Mohammedan Sporting: 2 (Jiten Murmu 23, Aser Dipanda Dicka 67) Kalyani, Sept. 16: A goal barely 2 minutes ahead of the final blow by Willis Plaza today saved the honor for title aspirant East Bengal in their Calcutta Football League…
Ranaghat, Sept. 13: Rumpa Das (31), a teacher in English attached to Cooper’s Colony high school in Ranaghat has become the first woman from Nadia to reach 6387 meter (20950 ft) high Black peak on September 6. A trainee with the Mountaineers’ Association of Krishnanagar (MAK), the young teacher climbed…
Fresh erosion that has been started in last week posing serious threat to around fifty families in Sarati village of Chakdaha block. In last month, the irrigation department made some patch works to prevent erosion by boulder pitching filling during the incessant rain that created a flood like situation in…