Ranaghat, Aug. 6: The Border Security Force (BSF) has appealed to the state government to discourage farmers from cultivating tall crops—such as jute, mustard, and bananas—in areas beyond the border fencing. These crops obstruct the visibility of patrolling personnel, posing security risks. Strategically, the BSF maintains a prohibition on plants…
Ranaghat, July 25: Two Trinamool Congress activists were found dead under suspicious circumstances in an under-construction house in the Anulia area of Ranaghat town, on Thursday evening. The victims, identified as Suman Chakraborty (40) and Rupak Das (34), who had left their homes on Thursday morning, were discovered by locals…
Badkulla, July 25: Payel Singh, 18, a girl from Nadia’s Badkulla was killed in a road accident when the car she was traveling in had a head-on collision with a motorcycle carrying three riders near Kharipukuria bus stand of Marishda on the Digha-Nandakumar road of East Midnapore district during the…
Gede, July 19: Escalating unrest in Bangladesh over the contentious reservation in government jobs has significantly impacted cross-border passenger movement through land ports between the two neighboring countries. The ongoing political unrest in Bangladesh, compounded by a second consecutive day of complete shutdowns that have claimed at least 39 lives,…
Krishnanagar, July 8: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra accused BJP MP and Union Minister Shantanu Thakur of issuing official passes for smugglers at the Indo-Bangladesh border. On Monday she tried to corner the Ministry of Home Affairs drawing its attention by sharing an official letter purportedly signed by BJP MP…
Ranaghat, July 10: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) paid a heavy price for its complacency and lack of strategic acumen in the assembly bye-elections held on July 10. The party lost two prominent Matua-dominated segments: Ranaghat South and Bagda. In the 2021 assembly polls, the saffron party had triumphed over the…
Krishnanagar, June 26: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) initiated the restoration of the Jalangi river stream in Krishnanagar in Nadia on Tuesday by removing the concrete blocks and sludge from the riverbed that throttled the flow due construction of a new bridge over it. This action came in…
Mohanpur (Nadia), June 20: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) has embarked on a plan to explore disease management through interdisciplinary projects in collaboration with other organizations. Amid the challenges posed by the Covid pandemic, IISER-K aims to address critical issues by fostering inter-disciplinary and collaborative research….
Santipur, July 7: A state-aided college teacher attached to the Santipur College in Nadia was allegedly beaten up by a section of students with the support of outsiders as he refused to award some construction works of development projects inside the campus to a contractor of their choice. Ramkrishna Mondal,…
Krishnanagar, June 4: Both Trinamool Congress and BJP retained their Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday which the two parties won in the 2019 general election. While the expelled Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra has been re-elected from the Krishnanagar seat, BJP’s Jagannath Sarkar emerged victorious in Ranaghat despite his party falling…