Kolkata, March 3: Former BJP MP from Nadia’s Krishnanagar and Union Minister Satyabrata Mookherjee, better known as Julu Babu, passed away at his residence in Kolkata after a prolonged illness on Friday morning. Mookherjee, 90, who originally hailed from Nadia’s Kaliganj, was also very popular as a Good Samaritan. He…
Karimpur, Feb. 28: To make the educated unemployed youths proficient and skillful enough for various competitive examinations, the BSF authorities have set up a ‘library-cum-multi facility training centre’ at the Bousmari border outpost under 141 Battalion in Nadia close to the Indo-Bangladesh border. The training centre – ‘Azad Granthagar’ –…
Krishnaganj, Feb. 23: Kitab Sing, 60, a BSF Inspector attached to the 54-Battalion and posted in Nadia’s Tungi’s border outpost was arrested on Wednesday night allegedly for raping a 34-year-old lady constable. The alleged rape occurred on the night of February 18 (Saturday). The accused officer had summoned the on-duty…
Gede/Kolkata, Feb 21: An Inspector attached to the BSF’s 54-Battalion deployed in Nadia’s Krishnaganj has been accused of raping an on-duty lady constable outside a border outpost in Tungi village close to Indo-Bangladesh on Saturday night. This is the first occasion a lady personnel has been raped by her superior…
Kalyani , Feb. 19: An alleged errant driving of a patrolling vehicle of police through a narrow road crowded due to a religious congregation of the Matua community that unleashed panic and spoiled “prasad” for distribution led to a violent clash between the cult group members and cops in Kalyani…
Ranaghat, Feb. 18: Police have arrested two youths with three country-made revolvers and 15 rounds of live ammunition when they were trying to flee ignoring an ‘anti-crime’ naka checking by police on the Ranaghat-Dhantala road in Nadia during the early hours of Saturday morning. A team from Dhantala police station…
Santipur, Feb. 12: Forest department has lodged a complaint against three persons in Nadia’s Santipur allegedly for killing two civet cats and for cooking its meat for a feast. Acting on a tip-off about the alleged feast a team of forest officials conducted a raid in Govindapur village of Santipur…
Bethuadahari, Jan. 19: BJP President J.P.Nadda on Thursday asked the party workers in Bengal to focus on the corruption of the ruling Trinamul and to make people aware of how it deprived them of their benefits of the different central sponsored welfare schemes like Awas Yojna. After speaking at a…
Krishnanagar, Jan. 18: Barely within 48 hours of the extension of his tenure, BJP’s National President J.P.Nadda would kick off the party’s campaign for the ensuing panchayat poll in Bengal from Nadia’s Nakashipara on Thursday To begin his new term Nadda will address a rally at the Bethuadahari Junior East…
Dhantala (Nadia), Dec. 31: The indefinite wait for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 appeared to have made the Bengal BJP leadership a little demoralized as the party on Saturday advised the Matua to pray before God seeking a ‘divine intervention’ so the much-awaited act comes into effect in…