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Demand For Rail Link Revived In Karimpur

Karimpur: The bus accident in Daulatabad of Murshidabad that claimed 45 lives on January 29 this year has revived the demand for a railway link between Krishnanagar and Berhampur via Karimpur. To reiterate their demand, youths in Karimpur have launched campaign in social media asking every resident to send a petition to union railways minister…


Mentally Ill Man From UP Reunited With Parents In Nadia

Karimpur, March 16: A 36 year old mentally ill man from Uttar Pradesh was reunited with his parents in Nadia’s Karimpur 40 days after since he went missing from his home in Pratapgarh. Elderly couple Ram Das and his wife Israwati Devi had lost all hopes to get their eldest…


Civic Volunteer Marries Destitute Girl

Krishnanagar, Feb. 28: Nadia district administration today arranged marriage of a 20 year old girl from Siliguri who was forced to escape from home being tortured by her step mother and rescued by police near Gede. Asha Das of Baghajatin colony today tied the marital knot with Buddhadeb Biswas, a…


Rotten Rice In Ration Shops: Blame Game Begins

Krishnanagar, Feb. 28: The Nadia district administration has asked the ration dealers in the district to “check” quality of rice and food grains while receiving the same from the distributors. The district administration, embarrassed with large number of complaints for distribution rotten rice, has also asked the dealers not to…


36 Died In Karimpur-Malda Bus Tragedy, 17 From Nadia

Karimpur/Daulatabad, Jan. 29: A Maldah bound bus of North Bengal State Transport Corporation packed with over 50 passengers plunged into a canal in Daulatabad in Murshidabad district crashing through the concrete railing of a bridge while running over it in high speed this morning. Till late evening bodies of 36…


State To Probe Library Fund Remain Unutilized: Siddiqullah

Karimpur, Dec. 16: State library services minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury today said that the state government has ordered an inquiry after it found that a huge amount of money it sanctioned for development of infrastructure of public libraries remained unutilized. Speaking on the occasion of golden jubilee celebration of Karimpur Public Library…


MLA Mohua Moitra To Challenge Aadhar In Supreme Court

New Delhi/Kolkata, Oct. 30: A little after the Supreme Court today flayed the Bengal Government for challenging the Narendra Modi Government’s decision to make the Aadhar a mandatory proof for availing benefits of different social welfare schemes, its chief minister Mamata Banerjee bounced back by putting party MLA from Nadia’s…


Empty Ambulance Killed 2 Morning Walkers In Karimpur

Karimpur, Oct. 18: Two morning walkers having tea at a road side tea stall died when an ambulance running in a high speed lost control and hit them at Kanthalia market near Karimpur town on Krishnanagar-Karimpur state highway on Wednesday morning. Ramen Bairagya (26) and Dhananjay Mullick (55), who were…


Elderly Grocer Died In Road Accident

Karimpur, Oct. 15: Zafar Ali Mandal (51), a grocer was mowed down by a speeding truck at Goas Madhya Bazar on Mahishbathan-Amtala Ghat road on Sunday morning. The victim, who was returning home from market was hit from behind by the truck and crushed him under the wheels leaving him…


Passengers’ Feedback To Identify Errant Bus Drivers

Krishnanagar, Aug. 20: Concerned with reckless driving in 90-km Krishnanagar-Karimpur stretch that claimed over a dozen of lives in recent past, the Nadia police have started taking feed back on the activities of drivers on board to identify the errant drivers. The initiative came in the wake of August 8…