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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…


Mamata Brings Keshto To Revive Party In Nadia Before Lok Sabha Poll

Krishnanagar: Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday tried to infuse fresh blood in to party’s Nadia organization when she inducted Birbhum district president Anubrata Mandal to revive party prospects in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. In a special meeting with the elected representatives at the different levels that was…


Professor Died During Seminar At Kalyani University

Kalyani, Dec. 29: A senior professor died of cardiac attack on Saturday afternoon while introducing key note lecturers at a National seminar on Library science organized by Kalyani University at an auditorium inside the University campus. Eye witnesses said, the deceased, Professor Juran Krishna Sarkhel (63),  a prominent National figure…


Partha Prefers Kanyashree University At Krishnanagar Government College Land

Krishnanagar, Dec. 21: The proposed Kanyashree University is most likely set to come up at the heart of the Krishnanagar town after Nabanna raised its objection to 14 acres land the district administration identified earlier for the project. On Friday education minister Partha Chatterjee visited at least two others lands…


ISKCON Devotee From Abroad Molested, Assaulted In Mayapur

Nabadwip, Dec. 21: A 30 year old lady devotee of Iskcon from Taiwan touring Mayapur in Nadia for about past two months to learn about the ‘Gaudiya Vaishnabism’ was allegedly molested by a e-rickshaw operator in the vaishnab township on Wednesday afternoon at her rented house. The accused e-rickshaw operator…


Awareness Drive Against Trapping Of Birds With Nets

Krishnanagar, Dec. 10: Responding to repeated appeals made by nature lovers and different organizations to save birds being trapped in nets covering the water bodies and paddy fields, the state forest department has off late flung into action launching an awareness drive since last week putting boards at vulnerable locations across…


Jackal Attacks Villagers, One Critial

Hogolberia, Dec. 10: Panic gripped local residents in Harekrishnapur village in Nadia’s Hogolberia after a jackal had attacked at least seven persons, injuring an elderly woman critically, in two separate incidents that occurred during the early hours of Monday morning. While five persons were released after primary treatment, two others…