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Farmers Paid Compensation, Flipkart Land Cleared In Haringhata

Haringhata, March 3: State government on Sunday handed over cheques of compensation to 121 farmers who have been cultivating on s piece of 100 acre land in Nadia’s Haringhata which ecommerce giant Flipkart had procured to set up a logistic hub.  The payment of compensation to the farmers ensured a…


Matua Chief Binapani Devi’s Condition Is Critical

Kalyani, March 1: Health condition of Matua community chief Binapani Devi (102), continued to be critical on Friday with respiratory problem owing serious lung infection coupled with fever that she has been suffering for about past few days. The elderly matriarch of the religious organisation was admitted to Kalyani based…



Trinamul’s Youth Wing Leader Killed In Chakdah

Chakdah, Feb. 28: A Trinamul youth wing leader hacked to death inside an orchard barely two hundred meters away from his home by one of his neighbors in Nadia’s Chakdah on Thursday afternoon.  Police said, Sudhin Som (45), party’s youth wing president of Ward-12, was summoned from home by suspected…


Mob Beaten Up Kashimiri Shawl Seller In Taherpur, 5 Arrested

Taherpur, Feb. 20: In an incident that apparently caused sheer embarrassment to the West Bengal Government, a Kashimiri shawl seller was ruthlessly beaten up by a violent mob in Nadia’s Taherpur for his alleged inflammatory comment on the Pulwama terrorist attack on CRPF convoy in last week. The incident came as…


Industrialist Sajjan Jindal To Lead Iskcon’s World Heritage Centre Advisory Committee

Mayapur, Feb. 19: Eminent industrialist and JSW group chairman Sajjan Jindal will ‘help’ the Iskcon authorities in Mayapur in its flagship project ‘Chaitanya Cultural World Heritage Centre’. Iskcon authorities in Mayapur said, the industrialist met Iskcon’s Alfred Ford alias Ambaris Das on Sunday and has agreed to be a part of the…


Flipkart To Begin Works For Haringhata Logistic Hub In March

Haringhata, Feb. 19: A four member team of eCommerce giant Flipkart has urged the Nadia administration to clear all sorts of encroachments and agricultural works from the 100-acre land in Birahi area of Haringhata which the state government has allotted them for setting up a its proposed logistic hub. The Flipkart…


CID Takes Up Trinamul MLA Murder Probe, Constitutes SIT

Ranaghat, Feb. 19: Abhijit Pundari, suspected killer of Krishnaganj’s Trinamul MLA Satyajit Biswas, on Tuesday claimed that he has been falsely implicated by police in the murder case due to political reasons. He said this inside additional chief judicial magistrate’s court in Ranaghat where he was produced by a CID…


Suspected Killer Of Nadia Trinamul MLA Arrested

Krishnanagar, Feb. 18: A joint team of Nadia Police and CID have arrested  Abhijit Pundari (26), prime accused in Trinamul MLA Satyajit Biswas’s murder case from South Eastern Railway’s Radhamohanpur station near Debra in West Midnapur district on Monday morning. A special team of eight cops, who were closely following…


Nadia Bids Teary Farewell To CRPF Constable Sudip Biswas

Palashipara, Feb. 16: The body of slain CRPF jawan Sudip Biswas arrived late on Saturday evening in Hanspukuria village of Palashipara after an inordinate delay of about 12 hours since it was originally scheduled. Nevertheless, a crowd of about five thousand villagers waited with impeccable patience since the morning to…