Chakdaha, Aug. 29: At least 16 families of ‘Dom’ community in Gournagar area of Nadia’s Chakdaha who either lost their home due to erosion of the Hooghly river bank or facing the threat were denied rehabilitation on government land by the local panchayat authorities because of opposition by a section…
Kolkata, Aug. 22: A patrolling team of the Border Security Force attached to 141 battalion seized 600 kg Hilsa fish, worth around Rs.9.6 lakhs, from smugglers at Murshidabad’s riverine border on Saturday evening. BSF sources said that the smugglers were trying to push the consignment of the prized fish into…
Mayapur, Aug. 10: In the wake of an increasing number of Covid cases in Nadia, the Iskcon authorities announced to shut down of its temple premises in Mayapur suspending the daily ‘darshan’ of the deities from Sunday for at least one month to avoid spreading of the deadly virus. As…
Krishnanagar, Aug. 5: Concerned over the increasing trend of Covid positive cases in the district, the Nadia district administration on Wednesday has announced imposition of a weeklong comprehensive round-the-clock lockdown from August 8 to 14 in the 8 municipality towns and 25-gram panchayat areas in a bid to contain the…
Gede, July 20: A patrolling team of BSF has seized goods worth Rs.46.5 lakhs from a rail wagon in Nadia’s Gede while being smuggled to Bangladesh through a goods train on Sunday. The goods were noticed by the BSF team in the wagon whose door seal was found tampered barely…
Krishnanagar, July 2: A team of 10 scientists from India and Denmark’s Aalborg University has developed a mobile application, a first of its kind that can detect the suspected Beta-Thalassemia carriers by conducting a statistical analysis of the 5 hematological parameters available through a complete blood count (CBC) test. The…
Haringhata, June 20: A glimmer of hope for a remedy of Coronavirus disease has emerged up since a Bengali scientist from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) has proved that the Neem (Azadirachta Indica) bark extract (NBE) can prevent the murine coronavirus Mouse Hepatitis virus (MHV) infection in mice. Jayasri…
Kaliganj, June 6: While the migrant workers advised home quarantine being compelled to share their one-room residences with the other family members increasing the possibility of covid outbreak, residents of Bhaga village in Nadia’s Kaliganj, which include Muslim and Hindus have launched community quarantine centre at a mosque and adjacent…
Chakdah, June 2: A joyride on a new motorcycle turned fatal when a class X boy was crushed to death along with one of his friends as he rammed a stationary vehicle head-on at a high speed on Bongaon expressway in Pumlia-Talikhola area at the outskirts of Chakdah town on…
Krishnanagar, May 30: 10 more Covid19 positive cases were added to Nadia’s tally on Saturday raising the total to 73. The district health department in a statement has said that the new Covid patients who are included to the list are from Nakashipara (1), Tehatta-I (1), Kaliganj (1), Ranaghat-II (2),…