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Warehouse Of Cooking Spices Gutted In Kalyani

Kalyani, Sept. 16: Packaged spices meant for export and sorted raw items grossly worth about Rupees ten lakh were gutted in a massive fire that engulfed a warehouse in the Kalyani Industrial Area during the wee hours of Friday morning. Four fire tenders from Kalyani, Kanchrapara, Chakdaha, and 32 personnel…


Mob Set Bus On Fire On NH-12 In Chakdaha After It Mowed Down Youth

Chakdah, Dec. 24:  An angry mob set ablaze a bus that allegedly ran over a motorcyclist while trying to overtake a lorry on NH12 in Panchpota area of Nadia’s Chakdaha on Tuesday morning. Local residents turned violent after they found Atab Mandal, 32, a mason by profession, from Uttar Panchpota…


Two Died After Blast At Fireworks Factory In Gangnapur

Gangnapur, Sept.16: Two persons were died and at least three others were injured in an explosion at a firework manufacturing unit located on station approach road in Nadia’s Gangnapur on Sunday afternoon. At least three houses and a car were gutted in a fire that followed the blast unleashing a panic…


Youth Set On Fire In Chakdaha For Drink Protest

Chakdaha, Jan. 11: A youth was allegedly beaten up and set ablaze by two of his friends in Chakdaha’s Gourpara area on Wednesday night when he protested against drinking and abusing in front of his residence. The accused “friends” who were in intoxicated state poured petrol on Santanu Das, alias…


Lorry Laden With Cotton Bales Gutted In Ranaghat

Ranaghat, Nov. 23: A lorry laden with cotton bales was gutted on NH34 in Ranaghat during the early hours of Thursday morning. It took three hours by two fire tenders to douse the fire. The sudden inferno suspended traffic movement on the NH34 for about three hours. Normal traffic movement…


Youth Sets Girl Friend On Fire, Locks Her From Outside

Krishnanagar, Sept. 29: Police have arrested a young railway gateman allegedly for setting her girlfriend on fire after he came to know that the girl’s father has negotiated her marriage elsewhere. The girl was critically burnt and died late on Thursday night in Saktinagar district hospital, where in a dying…


Man Sets Parents Ablaze After Fight Over Money, Father Dies

Ranaghat, Aug. 5: In a bizarre incident a man after a fight with his parents over a share of money poured petrol on them and set them ablaze in Rabonbor village of Ranaghat on Friday night. The 83-year old father Baidyanath Biswas, a farmer by profession, died on the spot…