Phulia, Nov. 13: For legendary weaver Biren Kumar Basak, Saturday morning brought a delight when he saw that Prime Minister Narenda Modi tweeted a picture of him presenting a special Sari, a unique piece of his craftsmanship, with his image weaved on it. But, his delight became short lived as…
Chakdaha, Nov. 13: Two cousins in their early twenties drowned while taking holy dips in the river Hooghly after performing a ritual in connection with demise of their grandfather in Nadia’s Chakdah on Saturday morning. Divers engaged by the district administration traced out body of one of the girls, identified…
Krishnagar/Malda, Nov. 10: 5 Jagaddhatri puja organisers were arrested by Krishnagar police during the early hours of Wednesday morning following a seven year’s boy from Malda died inside an ambulance on way to SSKM hospital during a night long blockade on NH12 put by them at the outskirt of the…
Krishnagar, Nov. 10: 5 Jagaddhatri puja organisers were arrested by Krishnagar police during the early hours of Wednesday morning following a seven year’s boy from Malda died inside an ambulance on way to SSKM hospital during a night long blockade on NH12 put by them at the outskirt of the…
Krishnanagar, Oct. 20: Traffic communication between Nadia and East Burdwan district has been seriously suffered since Wednesday morning following the state Public Works Department has suspended movement of heavy vehicles on the Gouranga Setu over Bhagirathi river following the expansion joints of the suspended spans of this cantilever bridge were dislocated. The PWD authorities have…
Mayapur, Oct. 18: Monks and devotees of Iskcon organised a congregation at its headquarters in Nadia’s Mayapur on Monday evening to condemn to alleged atrocities on its devotees unleashed by fundamentalist miscreants in several places in Bangladesh and also demanded “tangible action” against them at the earliest ensuring security of…
Ranaghat, Oct. 10: Police have arrested three youths on Sunday for throwing a street dog into the river Churni from a foot bridge over the river in Ranaghat town during a night walk on October 6 after a feast on the occasion of Mahalaya. The arrest was made based on…
Hanskhali, Sept. 26 Four persons including a woman had suffered bullet injuries during a clash that occurred between the Trinamul Congress and BJP activists in the Kaikhali village of Nadia’s Hanskhali as the erring rivals fired indiscriminately against the other on Saturday night. The injured persons whi ch include two…
Krishnanagar, Sept. 17: A BSF team of 82 Battalion rescued a Victoria Crown Pigeon while being smuggled to India from Bangladesh through a porous point of Indo-Bangladesh border in Nadia’s Gongra on Friday morning. The Bluish-Grey color bird with elegant lace like crests, maroon breasts and red irises, that commemorates…
Ranaghat, Sept. 15: The Customs Preventive wing authorities have expressed concern over a smuggled gold supply racket that has become active to lure the jewelers with cheaper price and eventually spoiling that gold market in the country which is trying for a revival after a prolonged dull condition due to…