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Nabadwip Dham-Sealdah Rail Link Work Suspended Over Land Dispute

Nabadwip, Jan. 18:  The residents of Mahisura, a Muslim dominated village near Nabadwip town, have accused Trinamul led Government for an ambiguous approach  over acquisition of land for a major rail project linking Nabadwip Dham with Sealdah since they found the district administration and the local Trinamul leadership insisting them…


Feast For Street Dogs To Celebrate Pet’s Birthday

Ranaghat, Jan. 17: A 45 year old homemaker in Nadia’s Ranaghat gave a special treat to her neighbors and to about 200 street dogs in the town to celebrate the 5th anniversary of her pet Pusu on Wednesday night. While she welcomed the neighbors with snacks and coffee at home, her real “guests”,…


Villagers Helped Elderly Woman To Get Home Reconstructed

Santipur, Jan. 15: Local residents in Nadia’s Santipur rehabilitated an eighty year old woman on Tuesday renovating her dilapidated two room house that became uninhabitable and dangerous. They handed over the key to Jyotsna Sen of KC Das road in Santipur and also arranged a “griha probesh”, to mark the entry…


New Ishwar Gupta Bridge To Add Beauty To 21Km Long Mogra-Barojaguli Flyover

Kalyani, Jan. 15: The 21km flyover that would link Mogra (Hooghly) with NH12 near Barajaguli in Nadia will have a 714-meter long six lane ‘extradosed’ bridge of artistic look designed by Danish designing giant COWI. The new bridge, which is set to come up soon over the river Hooghly parallel to the existing one, has…



‘Neera’ Coconut Jaggery: A Sweet Alternative For Diabetics

Mohanpur, Ja. 14: Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalay (BCKV) has launched a project to help farmers to produce coconut nectar named ‘Neera’, to provide a new taste to the traditional sweet deserts for the foodies in Bengal. Scientists at BCKV said that ‘Neera’s USP is that it is incredibly delicious and…




Mamata Opts Out Of Ayushman Bharat Blaming Centre’s Interference

Krishnanagar, Jan. 10:  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the West Bengal has opted out of the flagship health protection scheme Ayushman Bharat as a mark of protest against sending entitlement letters by centre directly to the beneficiaries claiming the entire credit of the scheme allegedly to woo them…


Mamata Feels ‘Sorry’ For NH; To Put Blame Board Against Centre

Ranaghat:  Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has instructed PWD authorities to put illuminated boards along the 80km stretch of National Highway 12 from Barasat to Krishnagar to appraise people that the state government is “sorry” for the trouble they have been facing regularly for its poor condition despite it tried best…