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Harsh Vardhan Launched Collaborative Cluster At NIBGM

Kalyani, May 7: Union science and technology minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan today inaugurated a collaborative study cluster at the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG) in Kalyani bringing together five premier institutes with an aim of precipitating systems medicines in India. The NIBGM being the catalyst of the project would…


Partha Warns Party Rebels Fighting Poll As Independent

Kalyani, May 2: Trinamul’s rebel activists who are set to fight the panchayat poll as “Independent” candidates should circulate leaflet announcing unconditional support to party’s official nominee and refrain from personal campaigning if they want to stay in the party. This has been made clear today by party’s general secretary…


Miscreants Hurled Bombs At CPM Activists, 1 Died

Krishnanagar, April 30: A CPM activist was killed when a group of armed miscreants allegedly having close allegiance with Trinamul Congress hurled bombs indiscriminately targeting the CPM supporters on Monday evening in Nadia’s Bhaluka-Anandabas village located at the outskirt of Krishnanagar town. Ohizul Seikh (alias Kalu) died on the spot…


“Independent” Candidates Create Concerns For Trinamul

Krishnanagar, April 30: A large number of Trinamul Congress activists who have fielded nominations but eventually denied party symbols have become a major concern to the Trinamul Congress leadership in Nadia as they remained in the fray as independent candidates ignoring  party’s instruction to withdraw their candidature. As repeated persuasion followed…


Bangladeshi Youth Held For Killing Girlfriends’s Mother

Hanshkhali, April 30: Police have arrested a 26 year old Bangladeshi youth from Nadia’s Hanshkhali on Monday morning allegedly for killing her former fiancé’s mother as she got her daughter married elsewhere rejecting his marriage proposal. Police said body of Rina Adhikary (35), a homemaker, was found on Saturday evening…


TMC Activists Accused Of Raping Pregnant Kin Of BJP Candidate

Krishnanagar, April 29: A close relative of a BJP nominated gram panchayat candidate in Nadia’s Santipur was allegedly raped by Trinamul Congress activists during the early hours of Sunday morning. Armed Trinamul activists had also allegedly ransacked the residences of two BJP candidates and beaten up their relatives in Ghoralia…


Ex Nadia CPM Councilor Held For Carcass Meat Racket Link

Kalyani, April 26: A retired supervisor of Gayeshpur based Multi Disciplinary Training Centre ,  was arrested from his home in Kalyani late Thursday night by South 24Pargana police for his alleged nexus with the noxious meat racket that was busted on Thursday. Police said that accused Manik Mukherjee (62), who…


Student Accidentally Hit With Cricket Bat, Died

Kalyani, April 23: In a bizarre incident a second year student of a private optometry college in Kalyani had died after one of his batch mates accidentally hit a cricket bat on his head. The incident occurred on Sunday evening when the bat apparently slipped off the batsman’s hand and…


Majhdia Trio Made Gram Panchayat Poll A Family Battle

Majhdia, : Three members of a family in Nadia’s Majhdia are all set to fight against each other making the ensuing gram panchayat poll a family affair. At a time when political enmity soured the personal relationship, Laxman Roy, Bablu Roy and Aduri Roy of Adityapur-Roypara have preferred to make…


Fed Up With Pot Holes, Cops Fix Road In Santipur

Santipur, April 22: Fed up with several ditches on a large stretch of NH34 and with the apathy of the National Highway authorities to repair it, a team of Santipur police in a rare incident took the tasks of repairing it by themselves without waiting more. On Sunday evening a…