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Trafficked Girl Repatriated From Bangladesh On Calcutta High Court’s Order

Gede, Sept. 4: An Indian girl trafficked to Bangladesh and recovered by local police, was repatriated on Sunday due to direct intervention of the Calcutta High Court, which categorically directed the centre to bring her back and to produce before the court on September 12. On August 22, Justice Sampa…


BJP MLA Mukut Mani Adhikari Accused Of Siphoning Money With Fake Job Promise

Ranaghat, Sept. 01: In a fresh embarrassment to the Bengal BJP, the Ranaghat police have begun a probe against BJP’s Ranaghat south MLA Mukut Mani Adhikari allegedly for taking money from an unemployed youth promising him to arrange a job in the group C employees’ category at the AIIMS Kalyani….




BJP-TMC Supporters Clashed Over Housing Scheme Anomalies, 10 Inured

Ranaghat, Aug. 11: At least 10 persons were injured when a group of BJP and Trinamul activists clashed in front of a central government team at the Ranaghat-I BDO office premise in Nadia’s Habibpur on Thursday when it went there to examine the implementation of the centrally funded projects. BJP…


Smugglers Fired At BSF Team In Nadia, Constable Injured

Chapra, Aug. 08: A head constable of BSF suffered a bullet injury when a group of smugglers allegedly attacked a team of the force that was conducting a raid in search of narcotics at Sikra village of Chapra, located adjacent to the Indo-Bangladesh border on Monday afternoon. Satish Kumar, 43,…


Sedan Hits 8 Pedestrians Near Karimpur, 1 Killed

Karimpur, Aug. 06: A pedestrian was killed and at least 8 persons including two children and a civic police personnel were injured when a Hyundai i10 apparently lost control and hit a lamp post before ramming onto a stationary autorickshaw near Mahishbathan market on the Krishnagar-Karimpur state highway on Saturday…


Nadia Bifurcation Announcement Triggers Protests

Santipur, Aug.2: A large number of people living in Nadia staged demonstrations on Tuesday in several places across the district to protest the Bengal government’s decision to bifurcate Nadia creating a separate district out of it with the name ‘Ranaghat’. The protestors alleged that the new administrative ‘Ranaghat’ would rob…


Biren Basak Handcrafted Droupadi Murmu’s Image On Jamdani Fabric

Phulia, July 29: Padmashree awardee weaver Biren Kumar Basak and his three assistants have handcrafted a “line art” image of the newly elected President of India Mrs. Droupadi Murmu at his workshop in Nadia’s Phulia. The decorative piece of work, a wall hanging, was crafted on a piece of Jamdani…


Kalyani University Professor Accused Of Raping Lady Researcher

Kalyani, July 20: Police have started a probe against an assistant professor of Kalyani University’s visual arts department allegedly for raping a lady researcher inside the campus on several occasions since November last year. The case has been started based on a complaint lodged by the 37-year victim at Kalyani…