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Lockdown Impact: Boom In Indo-Bangla Border Smuggling

Krishnagar, Aug. 2: Border Security Force authorities have expressed serious concern over the increasing trend of migrant workers who lost their jobs due to lockdown are in turn getting involved with the smuggling rackets in the districts located along the Indo-Bangladesh border. Since April the BSF authorities in the South…


Flood-like Situation Hits In Parts Of Nadia

A flood-like situation was created in some parts of Nadia and East Burdwan district following a large stretch of the river Bhagirathi had overflown and inundated the adjacent areas since Friday night. The water level in Bhagirathi has increased apparently due to continued rain in the North Bengal where a…


Friendly Gesture: India Gives 10 Diesel Locomotives To Bangladesh

Gede, July 27: Indian Railways on Monday as a friendly gesture hand over 10 broad gauge locomotives to Bangladesh as ‘gift’ to help it handle the increasing volume of passenger and freight train operations. The 10 locomotives, worth Rs.60 crores were handed over to Bangladesh at the Gede (India) –…




Nabadwip Couple Get Birth Certificate For Their Newborn Without Surname

Krishnanagdar, July 8: The Nadia administration on Thursday handed over the birth certificate to the Nabadwip based couple for their newborn son who were earlier denied it by the local Municipality authorities for not affixing a surname to the name of the child in the prescribed application format. The couple…



Scientists From India And Denmark Jointly Developed Beta-Thalassemia Screening App

Krishnanagar, July 2: A team of 10 scientists from India and Denmark’s Aalborg University has developed a mobile application, a first of its kind that can detect the suspected Beta-Thalassemia carriers by conducting a statistical analysis of the 5 hematological parameters available through a complete blood count (CBC) test. The…


Robbers Block Chakdah-Kalyani Road, Loot Traders

Chakdah, June 29: Armed miscreants with their faces covered by mask blocked Chakdah-Kalyani state highway in the Ishwaripur area with a branch of a tree and looted cash, camera, and gold ornaments worth over Rs.20 lakh from businessmen and farmers when they were heading to different markets on separate vehicles…


Theft At Trinamul’s Palashipara MLA’s Home

Tehatta, June 27: Burglars sneaked into the office cum residence of Trinamul’s MLA Tapas Kumar Saha in Nadia’s Tehatta and decamped with cash and valuables of an undisclosed amount during the wee hours of Saturday morning. Preliminary investigation revealed that the Saha, who represents Palashipara assembly seat in the district,…