Santipur, Nov. 28: At least ten persons including a woman died and about twenty others fell ill as they had consumed suspected spurious liquor in Nrisinhapur Choudhury para area of Nadia’s Santipur since the early hours of Wednesday morning. Three persons died at Kalna sub divisional hospital, two at Santipur…
Karimpur, Nov. 27: Narayan Jha (46), a construction labour from Baliadanga-Thakurpar area of Nadia’s Murutia died as he was run over by a speeding train at Salem railway station in Tamil Nadu under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased labourer was going to Tirur in Kerala where he was…
Ranaghat, Nov. 26: A class eleven girl aged 17, from Nadia’s Ranaghat was allegedly molested and beaten up by three youths on Saturday night on her way back home from private tuition as she had protested against their sleazy remarks and indecent proposals. The girl, daughter of a hawker, was…
Hanshkali, Nov. 25: Police have arrested a sub agent of a Delhi based overseas labour supplying agency from Nadia’s Hanshkhali on Sunday for forgery and breach of trust after 13 Indian labourers which include 8 from Hanskhali were arrested by Tanzanian police for entering the country without visa and on…
Krishnanagar, Nov. 1: Over hundreds fish-eating birds of different species are regularly trapped and killed being entangled in nets laid over ponds and wetlands by the fishermen to protect fish in several places in Nadia regularly. While farmers claimed that they are compelled to use the net to protect the…
Krishnagar, Oct. 26: The Nadia District Primary School Council has scripted an audio drama and advised all the 2643 primary schools in the district to perform it to create awareness among parents to resist them to build pressure on their children to match their expectations. The council thinks that it…
Krishnanagar, Oct. 26: Veteran journalist and author Narugopal Ghosh (83) has passed away on Friday afternoon at Saktingar district hospital in Krishnanagar. Born on June 1, 1935, the elderly author and former CPI leader, was suffering from sodium deficiency apart from old age ailments. He was admitted to the hospital…
Majhdia, Oct. 24: He works on daily wage for Rs.120 at a sweet shop in Nadia’s Majhdia and his monthly income seldom crosses Rupees 3200 due to weekly off. Nevertheless, a diamond studded gold ring which he found on the floor of the shop could not lure him for lucre….
Karimpur, Oct. 18: 280 years old Durga puja of Bagchi family in Nadia’s Jamsherpur got a patriotic fervor during the early part of 19th century when the swadeshi movement had began. Poet Jatindramohan Bagchi was the driving spirit behind this fervor, who being one of the young members of the family,…
Chakdah, Oct. 2: Satish Chandra Memorial School in Nadia’s Chakdah, a CBSE affiliated higher secondary school, has been chosen as one of the ‘Test Practice Centre’ (TPC) in the state by the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) National Testing Agency (NTA) for aspiring candidates who would appear in higher…