Kalyani, Oct. 25: Kalyani based Luminous Club that was chosen by the Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose for Durga Ratna award, has declined to accept the honor as a mark of protest for freezing of funds for rural job scheme by BJP led central government of which he is a…
Santipur, Oct. 25: Adhir Sarkar, an elderly BJP activist was allegedly beaten to death by some suspected Trinamul Congress supporters at a rural market in Nadia’s Santipur on Wednesday night. The victim was the vice president of Booth -17 in Baro Jiakur village under Arbandi panchayat, where he lived. Police…
Santipur, Oct. 13: 18 students were rescued by a combined team of National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence personnel on Friday evening after they remained trapped on a boat on a canal of the river Hooghly in Nadia’s Santipur for about nine hours since the morning as dense patches…
Chakdaha, Sept. 18: Around five hundred families in Mosra-Nabapally village of Nadia’s Chakdaha have stopped accessing outside of their homes for over a month once sun sets in the afternoon, due to fear bite of Kalas snake (Common Krait). With the visibility of venomous snakes, like Kalas, has increased alarmingly…
Phulia, Sept. 15: Police on Friday arrested a BJP Mandal committee president from Nadia’s Phulia allegedly for beating up a businessman as he refused to contribute to the party fund to organize a public meeting of party leader Suvendu Adhikari. Businessman Sujan Joardar, who is also a social activist, lodged…
Phulia, Sept. 14: A businessman from Nadia’s Phulia who is also known as a social activist, was allegedly thrashed by a BJP mandal committee president and his brother as he refused to shell out money to the party fund, which they demanded to organize a public meeting of party leader…
Ranaghat, Sept. 12: Nadia district administration organized a quiz competition in Ranaghat for students on ‘Duare Sarkar’ initiative, to make the young generations and common people aware of the beneficial schemes and other facilities offered by the state government at their doorstep. The quiz competition, which the Nadia administration claimed…
Santipur, Sept. 2: Irate residents of Govindapur in Nadia’s Santipur blocked NH12 near a railway crossing for about one hour to protest the shocking condition of the road, while accusing the authorities of negligence in maintaining the road. The villagers alleged that a stretch of about 200 metres of NH12…
Ranaghat, Aug. 31: Police investigating the Senco Gold robbery in Ranaghat said that one of the five robbers arrested is Kundan Singh Yadav, a Vaishali-based professional shooter, who is suspected to be involved in the murder of businessman Rajesh Jha that occurred in Shaktigarh on April 1. Jha joined the…
Ranaghat, Aug. 30: Even after 24 hours of the desperate daylight robbery at the Senco Gold’s Ranaghat branch, at least three gang members, who are suspected to have fled with the major part of the booty remained elusive. The gross amount of jewelry items that the Bihar-based gang had decamped…