Karimpur, May 19: Sejejul Haque Shah, alias Mithu, a prominent Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and deputy chief of the Karimpur-II panchayat samity in Nadia district, was arrested on Monday for allegedly firing at a police constable assigned to his personal security. The incident reportedly took place in the early hours…
Ranaghat, May 16: Just a day after Ranaghat erupted in joyous celebration over local mountaineer Subrata Ghosh’s triumphant conquest of Mount Everest, the town was plunged into profound grief on Friday morning. The news, a devastating blow, confirmed that Subrata, 42, had tragically passed away during his descent from the…
Tehatta, May 7: In a powerful display of both sorrow and resolute pride, the family of slain Para Commando Jhantu Ali Sheikh of Tehatta, Nadia, has hailed the Indian Army’s “Operation Sindoor,” a late-night precision strike against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), as a long-awaited act of…
Krishnanagar, April 28: In a significant development, the Election Commission (EC) of India has deleted 9,228 names from the electoral rolls of Nadia’s Kaliganj Assembly constituency during a special summary revision conducted between April 8 and 24 — an unusually high number that has sparked fresh debate over the presence…
Tehatta, April 26: Para Commando Jhantu Ali Sheikh returned to his native village of Patharghata in Nadia on Saturday morning, his body sealed in a coffin, his final homecoming marked by grief and pride. The 37-year-old hawaldar’s mission to defend the motherland ended on Wednesday when he was killed during…
Tehatta, April 24: Jhantu Ali Sheikh, a 37-year-old para commando with the 6 Para Special Forces and a havaldar by rank, was martyred during a counter-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur on Thursday morning. A resident of Patharghata village of Tehatta in Nadia, Jhantu sustained fatal bullet injuries in…
Kalyani, March 28: Satya Gupta, President of VLSI Society of India urged the students to become “mentor” to the juniors to see themselves in “Bigger Role” in Nation’s growth and development. Gupta known for his instrumental role in shaping the India Semiconductor Mission, told this while speaking at the 4th…
Krishnanagar/Ranaghat, March 26: Former Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday escalated his party colleague Suvendu Adhikari’s polarisation pitch, staunchly defending the leader of the Opposition’s anti-Muslim rhetoric. While Adhikari’s remarks have drawn unease from some within the BJP, Ghosh dismissed concerns, instead accusing the Trinamool Congress’s Muslim MLAs of…
Calcutta/Krishnanagar; March 21: The Nadia district administration has informed the Calcutta High Court that it has taken necessary steps to ensure Scheduled Caste community members enter and offer puja at a Shiva temple in Bairampur village, Kaliganj. The report was submitted before Justice Tirthankar Ghosh on Friday, following the court’s…
Calcutta, March 20: A visible rift among BJP MLAs in the Bengal Assembly over repeated walkouts and session boycotts became evident on Thursday when party’s Chakdaha MLA Bankim Ghosh, a known loyal of Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari, termed such decisions as “mistakes.” In a remark that left Adhikari uncomfortable, Ghosh…