Ranaghat, June 25: An elderly BJP activist was allegedly killed in Nadia’s Dhantala during a clash between the two rival groups of a club with allegiance to Trinamul Congress and BJP on Saturday night. Local residents claimed that the victim Narottam Bagchi, 62, father-in-law of a lady BJP candidate of…
Kolkata, June 14: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued an order to the State Election Commission asking it to direct all police authorities in the districts across the state to “assist” candidates who are not able to file nominations. Thursday is the last day for filing nominations for the…
Badkulla, June 9: A heavy spell of rain coupled with thunderstorms disrupted Trinamul’s mass outreach programme Jono Sanjog Yatra on Friday afternoon in Nadia eventually leading to the cancellation of at least two public rallies of party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the district. Two decoration workers were injured in…
Kalyani, May 25: Delays in the recruitment of doctors and licensing of a blood bank have stalled the launching of the much-awaited in-patient department (IPD) services at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalyani even after the infrastructure is otherwise ready in all respects. Constructed on a…
Nabadwip, May 24: A Vaishnava temple authority in Nadia’s Nabadwip issued an unconditional apology through a written statement from residents of the town after it was accused of forcing a dance institute to remove pictures of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam because he was a Muslim. The temple authority under pressure…
Gede, May 23: India on Tuesday offered PM Gati Shakti Technology, a National level master plan for multi-modal connectivity, to Bangladesh as a friendly gesture so that the planning process for the development of railways in the neighboring country improves significantly. This has been announced by union railways minister Ashwini…
Mohanpur, May 17: Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has rejected the names of three eminent scientists as the recipients of D Sc (Honoris Causa) as proposed by the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswabidyalaya because he found that conferment of this honorary academic degree could create controversy with the allegations of “nepotism”…
Krisjnaganj, April 25: Three construction workers died apparently of while trying to remove wooden planks from the newly constructed concrete walls of a septic tank in Nadia’s Bhimpur on Tuesday afternoon. The bizarre incident occurred at the residence of one Dipak Biswas, in the Natunpara area of Bhimpur. One laborer…
Kalyani, April 25: The state government has ordered an internal probe following a person has lodged a complaint before the Health University that he and at least five others were transmitted HIV while taking dialysis at the Kalyani-based College of Medicine & JNM Hospital recently. Acting with alacrity the Medical…
Kolkata, April 17: The fresh revelation of the alleged security lapse has come as a shocker to the family members of the two Pulwama terror attack victims from Bengal. An allegation of denial of aircraft to ferry the CRPF jawans that surfaced four years after the deadly attack has revived…