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Truth Behind The Security Lapse Must Come Out: Pulwama Victims’ Kin

Kolkata, April 17: The fresh revelation of the alleged security lapse has come as a shocker to the family members of the two Pulwama terror attack victims from Bengal. An allegation of denial of aircraft to ferry the CRPF jawans that surfaced four years after the deadly attack has revived…


Theatre Artiste Beaten Up By Trinamul Activists In Ranaghat

Ranaghat, April 10: A theatre activist in Nadia’s Ranaghat was allegedly beaten up by a group of Trinamul Congress activists on Sunday night apparently for staging a play that has politically criticized the Bengal government and the centre at large. Ranaghat Srijak’s latest production “Koshai” (Butcher) based on a poem…


CIFRI Launches River Ranching To Conserve And Restore Gangetic Fish

Nabadwip, April 5: In an attempt to conserve and restore the population of Gangetic fish, the Barrackpore-based Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI) began a fish ranching programme in the Bhagirathi River on Wednesday. To begin with at least 2.5 lakhs of wild Indian major carp germplasm like Rohu, Katla,…



Former Minister Satyabrata Mookherjee (Julu Babu) Passed Away

Kolkata, March 3: Former BJP MP from Nadia’s Krishnanagar and Union Minister Satyabrata Mookherjee, better known as Julu Babu, passed away at his residence in Kolkata after a prolonged illness on Friday morning. Mookherjee, 90, who originally hailed from Nadia’s Kaliganj, was also very popular as a Good Samaritan. He…



BSF Inspector Accused Of Raping Lady Constable Arrested

Krishnaganj, Feb. 23: Kitab Sing, 60, a BSF Inspector attached to the 54-Battalion and posted in Nadia’s Tungi’s border outpost was arrested on Wednesday night allegedly for raping a 34-year-old lady constable. The alleged rape occurred on the night of February 18 (Saturday). The accused officer had summoned the on-duty…


BSF Inspector Accused Of Raping Lady Constable In Nadia

Gede/Kolkata, Feb 21: An Inspector attached to the BSF’s 54-Battalion deployed in Nadia’s Krishnaganj has been accused of raping an on-duty lady constable outside a border outpost in Tungi village close to Indo-Bangladesh on Saturday night. This is the first occasion a lady personnel has been raped by her superior…


Matua Devotees Clashed With Police In Kalyani Over Errant Driving

Kalyani , Feb. 19:  An alleged errant driving of a patrolling vehicle of police through a narrow road crowded due to a religious congregation of the Matua community that unleashed panic and spoiled “prasad” for distribution led to a violent clash between the cult group members and cops in Kalyani…


Two Youths Arrested With Firearms And Ammunition

Ranaghat, Feb. 18: Police have arrested two youths with three country-made revolvers and 15 rounds of live ammunition when they were trying to flee ignoring an ‘anti-crime’ naka checking by police on the Ranaghat-Dhantala road in Nadia during the early hours of Saturday morning.  A team from Dhantala police station…