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Class Six Boy Jumps Off Train To Escape From Clutches Of Kidnappers

Shimurali, Sept. 25:  A class six boy of a Kendriya Vidyalaya from North 24-Pargana’s Kanchrapara who was allegedly kidnapped on Monday afternoon from close to his house, had escaped from the clutches of his kidnappers by jumping off a Santipur bound running train at Shimurali rail station in Nadia around…


Trinamul’s Internal Feud In Chakdaha Leads To Assault On Councillor

Chakdaha, Sept. 26: Over a dozen Trinamul Congress activists were injured in a clash between two factions of the party in Nadia’s Chakdah on Sunday night after a party councilor was allegedly threatened and beaten up at gun point by rival activists, bringing to the fore the violent internal bickering…


Rikta Kundu Announced As New Nadia Zilla Parishad Chief

Krishnanagar, Sept. 22: Senior Trinamul Congress women’s wing leader Rikta Kundu was unanimously chosen as the new chief of Nadia Zilla Parishad on Saturday. Party’s Secretary general Partha Chatterjee, who is also party observer of Nadia district, announced her name after 45 elected representatives given their nods for the elderly…


Gangnapur Blast: Factories Stocked Explosives More Than Approved Limit

Gangnapur, Sept. 17: A day after the massive explosion at a firework manufacturing unit in Nadia’s Gangnapur that claimed two lives and rocked the adjacent area developing cracks on several buildings, the district administration to its sheer embarrassment found that only about twenty factories have valid licence to manufacture fireworks….


Two Died After Blast At Fireworks Factory In Gangnapur

Gangnapur, Sept.16: Two persons were died and at least three others were injured in an explosion at a firework manufacturing unit located on station approach road in Nadia’s Gangnapur on Sunday afternoon. At least three houses and a car were gutted in a fire that followed the blast unleashing a panic…


Partha Resolved BCKV Impasse, Asked Students To Return to Hostels

Kalyani, Sept. 15: Education minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday apparently resolved the impasse at the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) campus and categorically condemned the hostel evacuation notice issued by vice chancellor Professor Dharanidhar Patra terming it as ‘inhuman act’. In an attempt to restore normalcy at the campus the…


BCKV Students Continue Class Boycott, VC Asks To Vacate Hostels

Mohanpur, Sept. 14: In a late evening development at BCKV, vice chancellor professor Dharanidhar Patra has issued an order asking the all students and researchers to vacate the nine hostels on Saturday located inside the university campus. This include the international hostel, where students from abroad stay. The students, however,…


AIIMS-Kalyani To Admit First Batch Of Medical Students By August 2019

Kalyani, Sept. 13: A team of Union Health Ministry that is monitoring the ongoing construction work of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalyani on Thursday asked the agencies to complete their work before the targeted schedule as it has decided to begin admission process of first batch…


Deadlock At BCKV After Miscreants Attacked Agitating Students

Mohanpur, Sept. 13: Students and teachers of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswabidyalaya on Thursday demanded resignation of vice chancellor Dharanidhar Patra in the wake of attack on agitating students by armed miscreants at the administrative building and ladies hostel on Wednesday night. The students and teachers on Thursday boycotted classes for…


Jaymala Hospital To Pay Rs.5-Lakhs As Compensation For Woman’s Death

Kalyani/Kolkata, Sept. 12: The West Begnal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has asked Kalyani based Jaymala Carnival Hosptial authorities to pay Rs.5-lakh as compensation to Sri Haralal Das for sheer ‘deficiency in patient care service’ that caused death to his wife Rupali Das on April 11, 2017, a day after she delivered…