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2 IISER-Kolkata Scientists Get Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Kalyani, Sept. 26: Two scientists from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata’s (IISER-K) Chemical Science department – Swadhin K Mandal and Rahul Banerjee – have been awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest science award in the country annually given by the Council of Scientific and Industrial…


Class Six Boy Jumps Off Train To Escape From Clutches Of Kidnappers

Shimurali, Sept. 25:  A class six boy of a Kendriya Vidyalaya from North 24-Pargana’s Kanchrapara who was allegedly kidnapped on Monday afternoon from close to his house, had escaped from the clutches of his kidnappers by jumping off a Santipur bound running train at Shimurali rail station in Nadia around…


Rikta Kundu Announced As New Nadia Zilla Parishad Chief

Krishnanagar, Sept. 22: Senior Trinamul Congress women’s wing leader Rikta Kundu was unanimously chosen as the new chief of Nadia Zilla Parishad on Saturday. Party’s Secretary general Partha Chatterjee, who is also party observer of Nadia district, announced her name after 45 elected representatives given their nods for the elderly…


Gangnapur Blast: Factories Stocked Explosives More Than Approved Limit

Gangnapur, Sept. 17: A day after the massive explosion at a firework manufacturing unit in Nadia’s Gangnapur that claimed two lives and rocked the adjacent area developing cracks on several buildings, the district administration to its sheer embarrassment found that only about twenty factories have valid licence to manufacture fireworks….


Partha Resolved BCKV Impasse, Asked Students To Return to Hostels

Kalyani, Sept. 15: Education minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday apparently resolved the impasse at the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) campus and categorically condemned the hostel evacuation notice issued by vice chancellor Professor Dharanidhar Patra terming it as ‘inhuman act’. In an attempt to restore normalcy at the campus the…


BCKV Students Continue Class Boycott, VC Asks To Vacate Hostels

Mohanpur, Sept. 14: In a late evening development at BCKV, vice chancellor professor Dharanidhar Patra has issued an order asking the all students and researchers to vacate the nine hostels on Saturday located inside the university campus. This include the international hostel, where students from abroad stay. The students, however,…


AIIMS-Kalyani To Admit First Batch Of Medical Students By August 2019

Kalyani, Sept. 13: A team of Union Health Ministry that is monitoring the ongoing construction work of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalyani on Thursday asked the agencies to complete their work before the targeted schedule as it has decided to begin admission process of first batch…


Jaymala Hospital To Pay Rs.5-Lakhs As Compensation For Woman’s Death

Kalyani/Kolkata, Sept. 12: The West Begnal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has asked Kalyani based Jaymala Carnival Hosptial authorities to pay Rs.5-lakh as compensation to Sri Haralal Das for sheer ‘deficiency in patient care service’ that caused death to his wife Rupali Das on April 11, 2017, a day after she delivered…


TMCP Blocked Entry, Teachers Took Classes Under Sky

Krishnanagar, Sept. 6: 20 teachers of Krishnanagar Women’s College on Friday took classes under the sky outside of the college campus after some Trinamul Congress Chatra Parishad activists allegedly prevented them to enter campus as they refused to attend teachers’ day programme organised by the students organisation on Wednesday. As…


Youth Caught Playing Momo Challenge; Quizzed By Police

Bhimpur, Aug. 28: Police have detained a youth from Nadia’s Bhimpur on Tuesday evening allegedly for playing Momo challenge, an online game that indulges player to involve into violent acts but eventually abets to commit suicide. Acting on a tip off by a villager, Police detained the youth, a motor…