Nakashipara, Jan.1: A large section of sugarcane farmers in Nadia’s Nakashipara and Kaliganj block have been burning their produce in the field as they are not getting good price from the jaggery manufacturers. Many farmers this year tried to sell sugarcane to the jaggery makers as the only sugar mill in…
Krishnanagar, Dec. 30: Matangini Ekota today become the first club in the district to win the first ever Nadia district women’s hockey league title. The ME girls today outplayed girls of Nivedita XI defeating them by a solitary goal in the title fight that was played at the Krishnanagar Government…
Kalyani, Dec. 29: State transport minister Suvendu Adhikari today inaugurated ‘Kalyani Book Festival’ at the Central Park civic centre ground in the town. Eminent author Bani Basu was present on the occassion as the chief guest. Over 60 publishing houses of National and International repute took part in this year’s…
Mayapur, Dec. 29:With an aim to inculcate spiritual values among people, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) organised long “Gita Mela” that began from December 23 in Mayapur. The 10 days long fair would conclude on January 2. To mark the occasion, copies of ‘Bhagavad- Gita’ published in more…
Kalyani, Dec. 26: Even as tragedy struck making an irrecoverable personal loss due to sudden death of his father in a road accident, a young teacher showed great compassion by donating his eyes to fulfill his father’s last wish. On Monday night a little after his father succumbed to injuries at…
Ranaghat, Dec.25: A good number of small and medium bakeries in Nadia this Christmas have taken more private orders for cake from local residents taking the raw materials from them instead of making bulk quantity for retail sail as they could not procure raw materials as per their requirement due…
Thanarpara, Dec. 24: Asma Biwi (65) was hacked to death by her younger son Mustafa Mandal (45), at her home following a tiff over share of property in Nadia’s Dogachi-Pagalpara village on Sunday morning. Police said, Mustafa, a farm labour by profession, had first hacked her mother Asma Biwi with…
Krishnanagar, Dec. 22: The 33rd Nadia District Book Fair began on Friday at the Krishnanagar public library ground. The 9day’s fair was inaugurated by academy award wining author Sudhir Chakraborty. This year 81 publishing houses of international and natural repute have taken part in the fair. The fair has been organized…
Krishnanagar, Dec. 20: A new police station would soon be set up in Nadia’s Palashipara . The new police station would be created bifurcating existing Tehatta police station, which was spanned over 519 square kilometers and comprising of 18 gram panchayat bodies under Tehatta-II block. The newly formed Palashipara police…
Krishnanagar, Dec. 18: A 50 year old woman from Nadia’s Krishnanagar, has alleged that the police refused to register her complaint despite she was gang raped by three youths on December 15 night and forced her to sign on complaint written by them only to accuse the youths of abusing…