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BJP Nominates ‘Goalie’ Kalyan Chaubey To Fight From Krishnanagar

Kolkata, March 21: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has nominated eminent Indian footballer turned entrepreneur Kalyan Chaubey as the party candidate to fight the Lok Sabha election from Krishnanagar parliamentary constituency. His name was announced along with 183 other party candidates after party’s National Executive body meeting in New Delhi on…


Students, Teachers Angry With India’s First Transgender Principal Manabi Bandopadhyay

Krishnanagar: First transgender principal of India Professor Manabi Bandopadhyay has ignited a major resentment among the students and teachers in her college since she suspended a popular Mathematics teacher allegedly going beyond her jurisdiction. Condemning the suspension the students and teachers of the Krishnanagar Women’s College on Friday took on…


Mamata Nominates Rupali For Ranaghat And Mahua For Krishnanagar

Kolkata, March 12: In a surprising move, Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has nominated slain party MLA Satyajit Biswas’s wife Rupli as  the party candidate to fight the Lok Sabha poll from the Ranaghat (SC) constituency replacing sitting MP Professor Tapas Mandal. For Krishnanagar seat, she has nominated party’s Karimpur…


Nadia Groom Drove To Wedding Venue On Road Roller

Krishnanagar, 28: Forget the horse drawn carriage or the sleek luxury cars to arrive as the groom at the venue of marriage any more. A young jewelry shop owner became talk of the town when he took a 2km ride on a huge road roller to arrive at his wedding…


Smriti Irani Cut Short Speech For Alleged Landing Clearance Delay

Krishnanagar, Jan. 24: Landing woes continue to pose trouble for union textiles minister Smriti Irani even on Thursday as she apparently forced to cut short her speech at a party rally in Nadia’s Krishnanagar to meet the return schedule by chopper that landed at Iskcon premise in Mayapur, 32km away…


Nabadwip Dham-Sealdah Rail Link Work Suspended Over Land Dispute

Nabadwip, Jan. 18:  The residents of Mahisura, a Muslim dominated village near Nabadwip town, have accused Trinamul led Government for an ambiguous approach  over acquisition of land for a major rail project linking Nabadwip Dham with Sealdah since they found the district administration and the local Trinamul leadership insisting them…



Partha Prefers Kanyashree University At Krishnanagar Government College Land

Krishnanagar, Dec. 21: The proposed Kanyashree University is most likely set to come up at the heart of the Krishnanagar town after Nabanna raised its objection to 14 acres land the district administration identified earlier for the project. On Friday education minister Partha Chatterjee visited at least two others lands…


Kanyashree University To Be Set Up In Godadanga Of Krishnanagar

Krishnanagar, Dec. 10: Bengal’s second exclusive university for women, Kanyanshree University is all set to come up at a 10 acres of land in Godadanga area of Krishnanagar town very soon. The Nadia district administration has identified a piece of 14 acres land where the proposed flagship university for the…


জগদ্ধাত্রী পূজা: কৃষ্ণনগরে “বইঘর” মন্ডপ ও থিমের বিবর্তন

– সঞ্জিত দত্ত   এবার কৃষ্ণনগরে গ্রন্থাগার কক্ষে বা লাইব্রেরী রুমে ‘জগদ্ধাত্রী’ মা পূজিতা হচ্ছেন। সরস্বতীর বদলে জগদ্ধাত্রী! চমকে  যাওয়ার মত ব্যাপার। দেখা গেল কড়ি বরগার ছাদের নিচে থাকে থাকে বই সাজানো কাঠের আলমারি বা স্টিলের খোলা মঞ্চে। আছে মনীষীদের মূর্তি। দ্বিজেন্দ্রলাল, বিদ্যাসাগর, রবীন্দ্রনাথ সহ আরো অনেকে।  জগদ্ধাত্রী পুজো মানেই…