Krishnanagar, June 9: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former state minister Ujjal Biswas was arrested on Tuesday evening following allegations of illegally hoarding government-sanctioned relief materials. The arrest comes after a volatile confrontation earlier in the day at the former MLA’s Krishnanagar residence-cum-office. Local residents intercepted a truck allegedly…
Kolkata, July 7: Former CPM MLA from Nadia’s Haringhata and former state rural development minister Bankim Ghosh joined BJP on Sunday at a proramme held in Kolkata. The exit of Bankim Ghosh, who even attended senior party leader Surjakanta Mishra’s meeting in Krishnagar on July 5, has meanwhile shocked the…
Chakdaha, April 17: Trinamul’s Chakdah MLA and state micro, small and medium enterprise minister Ratna Ghosh has been caught in camera provoking party workers to attack central force jawans with brooms and retreat from the area if they put barriers on their way to manage the poll battle. The minister…
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…
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…
Santipur, Nov.30: Over a dozen homemakers of Nrisinhapur village in Nadia’s Santipur who lost their family members in the hooch tragedy have urged state education minister Partha Chatterjee on Friday in folded hands to impose a complete ban on sale of all types of liquors in the state to save…
Krishnaganj: BJP leader and union minster Giriraj Sing has demanded that centre should consider introducing an uniform law to stop people having more than two children irrespective of their religious faith and identity, it should rob their voting rights and initiate legal actions for punishment. While speaking at a religious…
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…
Krishnanagar, Nov. 5: Senior BJP leader and union minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha today said that joining of former Trinamul leader Mukul Roy to the party would not make any division in the Bengal BJP. The Ghazipur MP, who is one of the BJP leaders entrusted the job…
Nabadweep, Aug 26: Pathological examination for caring the domestic animals and their surgical treatment will now be possible in the Nadia as the district on Saturday got its first multi discipline veterinary hospital in Nabadweep. State animal resources development minister Swapan Debnath today inaugurated this multi discipline hospital for the…