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Banner Controversy Before Trinamul’s July 21 Martyars’ Day Rally

Chakdaha, July 19: At a time when Mamata Banerjee on repeated occasions conveying stern message to her party workers asking them to desist from infighting, instead work unitedly respecting the old workers, a section of party workers in Nadia, nevertheless, apparently feel isolated and put up many banners for the…


Murder Cuffs on Trinamul’s Student Leader

Santipur, July 19: Mani Sarkar, a prominent Trinamul Congress Chatra Parishad (TMCP) and former general secretary of Santipur College students’ union was arrested on Thursday for his alleged involvement into murder of a BJP leader in Santipur after panchayat poll. The accused a BA final year student of Santipur College…


2 Students Escaped School, Drowned In Hooghly River

Chakdaha, July 17: Bodies of two class twelve students, who drowned in the Hooghly river on Monday afternoon, were recovered on Tuesday evening from two different locations near Sannyalchar area of Chakdaha. Jyotirmoy Ghosh and Utpalentdu Singha, both aged about 18, drowned in Hooghly when they were taking bath at…


Calcutta High Court Judge Flags Off Iskcon’s Rath Yatra In Mayapur

Mayapur, July 14: Justice Sambuddha Chakraborty of Calcutta High Court flagged off the Rath Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath at the Iskcon hub in Mayapur on Saturday afternoon. Flagging off the festival, the senior judge said that Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra signifies the progress of life and humanity.  Nearly one lakh…


Human Bones Smuggling Racket Uncovered In Nabadwip, 2 Held

Nabadwip, July 11: The Nadia district police have busted a racket trading human skeletons illegally after raiding an isolated “char” land that recently surfaced up over river Bhagirathi on Tuesday night. So far two persons involved in the racket have been arrested. As many as 3 skulls, 38 ribs, 4…


Driver Dozed Off, 2 Cops Killed On NH-34

Bethuadahari, July 9: A sub inspector and a constable of North Dinajpur district police were killed and another constable was critically injured when the Mahindra Bolero they were travelling in had hit a stationary truck laden with stone on NH-34 in Nadia’s Nakashipara on Monday morning after the driver had…


Krishnanagar Women’s College: Manabi Locks Staff Room, Teachers In Protest

Krishnanagar, July 6: 19 teachers of Krishnanagar Women’s College sat on dharna since Friday afternoon in college campus after they found that the staff room has been allegedly locked by principal Manabi Bandopadhyay when they went to meet District Magistrate Sumit Gupta to submit a deputation against her. The teachers…


Water Test To Draw Centre’s Attention On Mathabhanga, Churni Pollution

Krishnaganj, July 5: Fishermen and nature care activists on Thursday collected water samples from over 30km stretch Mathabhanga and Churni rivers to get it tested and to submit the report to the centre so that it could take up the issue of its pollution allegedly done by a Bangladeshi sugar…


Spotted Deer Died At Vaishnav Temple In Nabadwip

Nabadwip, July 3: A 12 years old spotted deer died at a Vaishnab temple premise in Nabadwip town apparently due to illness on Monday morning. The state forest department sent a team to the Sri Chaitanya Saraswata Math in Kelerdanga area of the town to conduct autopsy and a probe…


Young Homemaker Killed At Home

Ranaghat, July 2: A 20-year-old woman was found murdered at her home on Monday evening in Nadia’s Pairadanga. Police said, deceased Sushmita Sarkar, who left her in-law’s house in Sheoraphuli six months ago and was living at her paternal home, was killed by a grab hoe. Police said, the deceased…