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Manabi Relents, Unlocks Staff Room After DM Intervenes

Krishnanagar, July 7: Principal of Krishnagar Women’s College professor Manabi Bandopadhyay unlocked the staff room of the college at about 8pm on Saturday night, 30 hours after she locked it finding no teacher inside on Friday afternoon. The 20 teachers of the college was absent at the college on Friday…


Krishnanagar Women’s College: Manabi Locks Staff Room, Teachers In Protest

Krishnanagar, July 6: 19 teachers of Krishnanagar Women’s College sat on dharna since Friday afternoon in college campus after they found that the staff room has been allegedly locked by principal Manabi Bandopadhyay when they went to meet District Magistrate Sumit Gupta to submit a deputation against her. The teachers…


Spotted Deer Died At Vaishnav Temple In Nabadwip

Nabadwip, July 3: A 12 years old spotted deer died at a Vaishnab temple premise in Nabadwip town apparently due to illness on Monday morning. The state forest department sent a team to the Sri Chaitanya Saraswata Math in Kelerdanga area of the town to conduct autopsy and a probe…


Santipur Youth Makes Longest Staple Chain

Santipur, June 27: 32-year-old Anupam Sarkar of Nadia’s Santipur had a long cherished dream to make an entry to the Guinness Book of World Records through the ‘cheapest’ possible way. The search prompted him to take up an endeavour to make the longest handmade ‘staple chain’ in the world. The professional television…


22000-Km ‘Swachh Bharat’ Awareness Ride On A Bicycle Without Brake & Chain

Krishnanagar, June 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be happy enough if he could see that a 45 year old medicine shop owner from Bengal’s Sabang has taken up a toiling mission to create awareness about his “Swachh Bharat” programme through an unusual cycle ride across the country. Debendra Nath Bera of Sarta…


Centenary Celebrations Of Chakdaha Basanta Smriti Pathagar Begins

Chakdaha, June 17: The yearlong centenary celebration of Basanta Smriti Pathagar, a state government sponsored library in Nadia’s Chakdaha begin in the town on Sunday afternoon. To mark the beginning of the celebration, around one thousand readers of the library that includes students and people from all walks of life…


Researcher from Sudan Died Of Heart Attack at BCKV

Kalyani, June 10: An Assistant Professor from Sudan who was doing a research work at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswabidyalay (BCKV) in Nadia’s Mohanpur died on Sunday afternoon after he suffered cardiac arrest at his hostel room. Some fellow researchers took him to Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Kalyani where he succumbed…


Ice Candy Seller Killed For Eve Teasing Protest

Krishnanagar, June 6: A 23-year-old man died of his injuries on the way when being transferred to a Ranaghat based private hospital from Saktinagar district hospital in Krishnagar on Tuesday night after he was battered with iron rods and metal punchers or taking on a group of eve-teasers at a religious…


Fear Of Snakes Suspends Agriculture In Chakdah Village

Chakdah: Around fifty families in Sutro-Mathpara village of Nadia’s Chakdah have stopped cultivation in 16 acres land for about past two years due to fear of snake bite. The sprawling multi-crop land has been left desolate after 15 farm laborers were bitten by snake in 2016 and five of them…


Prime Minister Narendra Modi Lauds ISKCON

Mayapur, May 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) authorities in Mayapur on the 30th anniversary of the organisation’s registration in Russia. In a communication issued this week, the ISKCON authorities have expressed pleasure and thanked the Prime Minister acknowledging his congratulatory message. The ISKCON authorities have…