Nabadweep, April 19: A 70 year old Sannyasi (hermit) was arrested on Thursday morning allegedly for sexually harassing two class seven boys in Nadia’s Mayapur. Padmanabha Maharaj, whose earlier name was Madhusudan Kundu, was arrested from his ashram on the basis of a complaint lodged by mother of one of…
Kaliganj, April 18: Block Development Officer of Nadia’s Kaliganj Nazir Hossain today rescued a girl, after she rushed in to her school seeking shelter and refused to return home knowing that her father has fixed her marriage to a Doha based youth ignoring her desire wish to ready further. The…
Chakdah: An elderly farmer had died when he was hit by a bamboo pole amidst a clash between two groups of youths that broke out over teasing some school girls in Nadia’s Chakdah on Tuesday evening. The victim, Taher Biswas, a resident of Sahispur-Gohora village was rushed to Jawaharlal Nehru…
Hanshkhali, April 15: Two unexploded bombs, look quite similar to “general purpose bombs” (GP Bomb) used by air force weighing approximately over 200kg were discovered during reclamation of a pond in Choto-Chupria village of Hanskhali on Sunday. The vintage bombs, which are approximately 75 years old, considering its initial look…
Kalyani, April 15: The Kalyani Police arrested three bookies from on Saturday night for accepting bets for the ongoing IPL matches. The suspects, were arrested on the basis of a tip of from Gayeshpur and Dumdum Cantonment while they were accepting bets during the match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils. …
Krishnanagar, April 8: BJP leader Mukul Roy on Sunday called the CPM workers to leave political prejudice and join Bharatiya Janata Party if they really want to ensure defeat of the ruling Trinamul Congress which he alleged has unleashed a reign of terror across the state. In a categorical call to…
Chakdaha, April 6: A sub inspector of Calcutta Traffic Police died in an accident on Chakdaha-Banagram road on Thursday morning when he rammed on to a stationary lorry while riding his motorcycle in a very high speed to catch a Sealdah bound train from Chakdaha station. SI Rakesh Kundu (33),…
Tehatta/Chapra, April 3: The last rites of mortal remains of Khokon Sikdar of Nadia’s Tehatta and Samar Tikadar of Chapra, who were killed by ISIS militants in Iraq’s Mosul performed after their reached homes on Tuesday morning. The exhumed body remains packed in coffins were arrived at Dumdum airport from Baghdad on Monday night and…
Kolkata: Khokon Sikdar of Nadia’s Tehatta and Samar Tikadar of Chapra today returned India dead, nearly after four years since they went missing from Iraq where they went to work for a Turkish construction company. Their mortal remains packed in coffins reached Kolkata airport via Amritsar and Patna from Mosul…
Karimpur, March 31: A hailstorm that swept over Karimpur-I and II blocks in Nadia on Friday night had largely ravaged standing crops as well as banana and betel cultivation. Block development officer of Karimpur-I Surajit Ghosh said several villages under eight gram panchayat bodies in the area were devastated. The…