New Delhi/Tehatta, March 20: Two laborers who went to Iraq to work for a Turkish construction company were killed by ISIS militants along with 37 other Indians in Mosul, from where they went missing during June 2014. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj today stated in Rajya Sabha that corpses of…
Debagram, March 20: A sub inspector of Murshidabad police today fired at a lorry laden with sand after its driver refused to pay him Rupees 500 as demanded by him. The officer in a jeep chased the lorry for over 5km when it was trying to flee and fired on…
Kaliganj, March 19: Two Madhyamik appearing girls were run over by a state bus on the NH34 in Panighata village of Kaliganj on Monday morning when they were going the examination centre in Debagram riding on the pillion of a scooter being driven by one of the girl’s brother. The…
Santipur, March 17: Craze for an ambitious picture while riding a motorcycle claimed life of a second year polytechnic student in Nadia’s Santipur on Friday evening. Subhranil De (19), a mechanical engineering student at Hooghly’s Saroj Mohan Institute of Technology (SMIT), died on Guptipara ghat road as he lost control…
Karimpur, March 16: A 36 year old mentally ill man from Uttar Pradesh was reunited with his parents in Nadia’s Karimpur 40 days after since he went missing from his home in Pratapgarh. Elderly couple Ram Das and his wife Israwati Devi had lost all hopes to get their eldest…
Tehatta, March 16: Fishermen in Nadia’s Tehatta have come up to protect the migratory birds those visit a water body in their area during winter and autumn so that the birds do not fell prey to the poachers. Since November last year the members of Shyamnagar-Chitka Fishermen’s Cooperative Society have…
Nabadweep, March 13: Police have arrested a Russian lady Vaishnab devotee, allegedly for assaulting a lady worshipper from USA associated with Iskcon in Nadia’s Mayapur on Tuesday morning. Police said that the accused Russian woman identified as Olga Mazahara, who adopted Vaishnabism and renamed as ‘Champaklata’ had allegedly beaten up Maria Dzlebakowski,…
Santipur, March 12: Police busted a two wheeler theft racket and recovered over 2 motorcycles and arrested three of its kingpins from Nadia’s Santipur on Sunday night. The sleuths got to know about the racket after the arrested youths failed to produce relevant documents of the two motorbikes they were…
Ranaghat, Feb. 28: Raj Bhakta, a student of class XII at Purnanagar high school in Dhantala, died this afternoon while taking a selfie using his mobile phone with a fast approaching train on his background. Raj who stepped on railway tracks died on the spot as a Ranaghat bound train…
Krishnanagar, Feb. 28: In an attempt to develop concept of menstrual hygiene, a group of 214 young girls and women living East Burdwan’s Purbasthali (East) block were shown Hindi film “Padman” at a Cineplex today in Krishnanagar. The team included School girl, members of self help groups as well as…