Kalyani, Feb. 23: A 22-year-old woman was killed, and three others critically injured, when a hydrogen gas cylinder exploded at a crowded rural fair in the Shaguna-Ghoragacha area of Nadia’s Kalyani late Saturday night. The blast, occurring around 12:30 am, instantly killed Muskan Mondal, a homemaker purchasing a balloon for…
Kalyani, Feb. 8: A devastating explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Kalyani’s Rathtala area on Friday afternoon claimed the lives of four women and critically injured an elderly person. The blast, which occurred around 2 PM ripped apart the 500-square-foot structure, sending shockwaves through the densely populated neighborhood….
Kaligaj, Feb. 2: Trinamool Congress MLA from Kaliganj, Nadia, Nasiruddin Ahmed, has died at the age of 71. He suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on Saturday night and was pronounced dead at Mira Primary Health Center in Plassey. His death has been met with sadness across the political spectrum, particularly…
Krishnanagar, Jan. 31: An additional district judge’s court in Krishnanagar has sentenced nine individuals to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for trafficking contraband drugs, including heroin and acetic anhydride, a chemical compound, that occurred two years ago. Each convict found to be associated with an interstate narcotic smuggling racket, has…
Ranaghat: For one-year-old Aasmika Das of Ranaghat Daspara in Nadia, the clock is ticking fast. Daughter of a young web designer, Aasmika is facing an unusual deadline of June this year, by which she needs to be administered a vaccine, which is not just costly enough rather beyond the normal…
Majhdia, Jan. 25: Border Security Force (BSF) has raised concerns about border security after discovering three underground bunkers in Nadia’s Majhdia, less than two kilometers inside Indian territory along the porous Indo-Bangladesh border. A fourth, incomplete bunker was also found nearby. The discovery comes amid heightened tensions in Bangladesh following…
Majhdia, Jan. 24: In a significant crackdown on smuggling along the Indo-Bangladesh border, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday conducted a raid in the Naghata area of Nadia’s Krishnaganj, uncovering three underground bunkers packed with Phensedyl, a banned cough syrup that is widely abused as an addictive substance. The…
Karimpur: A dispute has emerged between the Border Security Force (BSF) and residents of Sikarpur gram panchayat in Karimpur-II block, Nadia, over the installation of gates in the fencing being erected along a stretch of the Indo-Bangladesh border. Villagers have demanded the inclusion of at least three gates to access…
A multi-faith brotherhood congregation was held on Saturday evening at the Cathedral Church premises in Krishnanagar to mark World Religion Day, observed annually on the third Sunday of January (January 19). Representatives from various religious faiths participated in the event. Father Jose Pulickal, Director of Sanjibani Training Centre at the…
Phulia, Jan. 4: Senior BJP leader and Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday urged Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to support the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) if she is genuinely against the infiltration of Bangladeshis into India. Singh accused…